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Do you want to surrounded by many pretty sweets everyday?: Sweets deco.

Sweets memo stand by Dolce deco

Cakes, macaroons, cookies, and chocolate…..Do you like sweets? Maybe many people will answer “yes”. So, do you want to be surrounded by such pretty sweets everyday? If your answer was “yes” again, you should pay attention this time much more than before!

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Do Japanese really eat whales? The true eating habits of the Japanese.


Japan doesn’t stop catching whales despite the criticism from anti-whaling nations and groups. Why aren’t Japanese people satisfied with other meat such as beef or pork? Are the Japanese really savage and eat many poor whales?

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Do you want to become a “Mori girl?” Girls like a fairy in forest, the latest fashion of cute girls!

Mori girl Magazine ”Spoon.”
Recently, another new girls fashion style was born in Japan!
“Girls who are likely to be seen in forests” are “Mori girls.” “Mori” means “Forest” in Japanese.
But it seems to difficult to distinguish them from “Natural fashion” or “Lolita fashion.”
So this style tends to be entrusted to lookers. If we think “She is likely to be seen in a forest!”

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Happy and healthy new year food from Japan! : Osechi, Ozoni, Kagami-mochi

Osechi ryori

Osechi ryori


Happy new year! Did you have a nice holiday?

We have some special new year food in Japan. There are wide variations among them in terms of recipe and styles, no one knows the whole variations. Though they have common rules and they all contain few fat and a lot of vitamin and mineral. They are all healthy food. I show you them in this post.

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A steel gave out “TOGO Heihachiro”? : Western steel in Japan.

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After the Japanese-Sino War (1894) and the Japanese-Russo War (1904), the industrial revolution finished in Japan. At that time, Japan was short on Tamahagane but Japanese modern steelmaking was still developing.

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Kyoto is the mecca of cartoon? All manga fans must go to the great manga museum!: Kyoto International Manga Museum


Many people enjoy a huge number of comics freely, and see autographs and original drawings of famous cartoon artists in the museum. It must be a heaven for all manga fans, isn’t it?

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Why are your ads unacceptable in Japan? Choose the best Japanese font to build a feeling of trust.

8_strokes of Ei; 永字八法.

8_strokes of Ei; 永字八法.


Sometimes advertising designers use Chinese fonts such as “MingLiU” instead of Japanese fonts. But Kanji in Chinese fonts are a little different from those in Japanese fonts. So, an advertisement which uses a Chinese font looks odd for Japanese people. If you want to make natural Japanese ads, you should use Japanese fonts.

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Why was Tamahagane replaced by imported steel? The history of imported steel in Japan.

Chiyozuru Korehide short knife.
I previously explained that Tamahagane which is a Japanese traditional steel is the best steel.

But CHIYOZURU Korehide, who has been admired as the great master of the plane and a legendary blacksmith in the 19th century, left a will that said “Don’t use Tamahagane. Use imported steels” for his disciples.

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