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…