Happy Mother's Day ! May 13th this year is Mother's Day. The second Sunday in May are set Mother's Day In Japan. Most popular present is flowers especially carnations on Mother's Day. There were only red and pink carnations before. Nowaday…

// Momijigari is “Autumn Leave Viewing.” Autumn Leave Viewing is one of the seasonal events of Autumn in Japan. After the hot and humid summer, people enjoy the comfortable climate and plan to view the colored autumn leaves. Mt. Fuji from …

Do you know Sumo?Sumo is a Japanese national sport.It is said that Sumo has been practicing more 1500 years. In ancient time, Sumo matches were annually held as rituals to pray for a good harvest.This lasted over 300 years as an event of t…

// Many traditional festivals are held in autumn in Japan. The pictures below are “Hagi matsuri” in Nashiki Shrine, Kyoto."Hagi" means bush clover, and "matsuri" means festival in Japanese. Bush clover is one of “aki-no-nanakusa”(the seven…

// We have many seasonal events in Japan, which are often held in shrines and temples.In Shinto, it is said that “yaoyorozu no kami” which means eight million gods are existing in nature, even in mountain, trees, river, ocean, all over the…