‘Just Japan’ Archives
Japan & the Giant Peach
Peaches play a key role in Japanese tradition. One of the most notable heroes in Japanese folklore was the little peach boy, Momotaro, who was born from within an enormous peach floating down a stream. Then there is “Momo no Sekku” – Peach Blossom Festival [Read More]
Gachapon Train?
Gachapon are also called capsule toys. And the toys inside the capsules are generally related to manga or anime figures. Sometimes there are some Disney gachapon toys which go down a treat. A popular place to purchase the gashapon is from coin machines – but to my [Read More]
Mitaka. Mikoshi. Matsuri.
The Mitaka Matsuri was great. This is the final of 3 posts published about the natsu-matsuri event held over the weekend. On display at the Mitaka matsuri was the mikoshi, or portable Shinto shrine. Mikoshi which are often rectangle in shape, can resemble a miniature [Read More]
Japanese Festival, Dango
I have looked at ‘fairground’ food before at Kimonobox. The cucumber on sticks brought a lot of interesting comments. But these giant dango were really grand and very popular on the weekend at the Mitaka Matsuri. They cost 300 yen each and brought a fairground [Read More]
Artwork, Crochet Sushi on Toilet Paper
The other day, I put out a post on crafty ways that the sushi concept is currently being re-created and photographed online. The post showed how some people have concocted a felt variation. Others have knitted sushi delights. Some people have made edible sushi sweets. After [Read More]
Ponyo Bubbles
Despite reviews that Ponyo didnt live up to expectations, I am a fan of Ghibli characters and film. I found this bubble set in Ito Yokado along with puzzles the other day. Cute! Perfect for the nephews! Anybody else bought Ponyo bubbles? Jigsaws look interesting too. [Read More]
