“Origami” is now an international term and appreciated by people all over the world. In Japan people starts learning origami before we go to elementary school. At the beginning we make simple pieces like a boat, house, dog and so on. At th…

Last year I went to Hanoi, Vietnam to eat pho, a Vietnamese soup noodle. For this 20 years Vietnamese restaurants have appeared here and there in Japan. And I love Vietnamese dishes. They are easy to be digested and low in calories. Genera…

Last week hot water supplying system of my house got out of order. The repairer said it was due to the aged machine and several days were required for the replacement. During that period I went to a public bath house for the first time in …

The town of Nihonbashi has been the commercial centre in Japan since Edo era (1603-1868) and there used to be large fish market where my ancestors worked. Now, in this town there are Bank of Japan, a stock exchange, famous department store…

This spring the Japanese suffered from face mask shortages. Then, the former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe hit upon an idea of distributing face masks to every nation. His idea seemed marvellous, but ended in failure. Why? Because: (1) He spen…

The number of people who have been found to have THAT virus is rapidly increasing also in Japan. So, this time let’s enjoy teatime together at home. Japanese green tea has now become popular around the world. I have experienced flavoured g…

The other day I went to Shinjuku-Gyoen park in the central Tokyo. Actually I went to a bank in Shinjuku. When I went outside, the beautiful blue sky was like asking me “why don’t you take a walk!” I go to the park every spring to see cherr…

Many Japanese people have allergy to cedar pollen and I am not the exception. From February to April, even before the pandemic, visitors to Japan were surprised to see so many Japanese wearing face masks. Healthy person also wear masks, fo…

Go To Travel campaign is underway in Japan. It is government-subsidized campaign to boost traveling industry and recover Japanese economy. But the procedure is troublesome to get subsidized. So I decided to carry out my own Go To Japan cam…

There is a shinto shrine with a large forest close to my house. It is Meiji-jingu shrine. When I was a little child my parents often took me there on Sundays. To tell the truth, I didn’t enjoyed this outing because it had no equipments lik…