‘Cultural Box’ Archives
Get Thinking Snow?
Its time to get thinking about the snow and the festival if you are seriously thinking of going to Sapporo’s 61st Yuki Matsuri/Snow Festival in 2010. The hotels, trains, and planes get booked out very quickly and whilst the first week in February can seem a long way [Read More]
Munich Christmas Festival in Sapporo
The Munich Christmas Festival in November to mid-December in Sapporo is wonderful. With the smell of cinnamon, crunching of snow, German beer and regional German delicacies, you could almost believe you were in Munich! Well not quite – But you are in the sister city [Read More]
Rites of Passage
In Japan, the festival known as shichi-go-san is held annually on November 15. It celebrates three and seven year old girls and five year old boys. These numbers are seen traditionally to be lucky numbers and it is a practise that has continued since the Heian Period [Read More]
Bring out the Dolls
Mum loves the dolls. Every year they bring them out in the department stores and mum says – lets take a photo -写真をとりましょう！ I always smile! Because afterwards we go and buy a starbucks coffee. And sometimes we get a power ranger toy. Girls Day is [Read More]
