Asakusa is one of the downtowns in Tokyo.

I have gone to "Asakusa" on business today.

Asakusa is one of the downtowns in Tokyo.

An old town also remains.
The illumination shone though it did not know the reason.

The photograph will be up-loaded in a few days.


From Tokyo Japan
Unique Japanese Information

"Tenpura-Udon"?

Do you know "Tenpura-Udon"?
Don't you know "Tenpura"?

The "Udon" is a kind of the noodle.
The one in the photograph is "Tenpura-Udon" sold in the stall in the amusement park.
(Eat the child's being pleased. )

"Tenpura" is put on the noodle.
It was a certainty, and about 500 yen（about 4.3 $）.

Please eat it, if you travel around Japan.
It is considerably delicious in reasonable.

From Tokyo Japan
Japanese foods Information

"Sith" was recalled(STARWARS,dark side)

57-year-old man was arrested,Yesterday.
He is apparently living in Tokyo with 10 women in their 20s and 30s and a baby.
He seems to be a very strange man.

More details:
The Japan Times
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?nn20060126a3.htm

When I saw his photograph, "Sith" was recalled. (STARWARS,dark side)
Will you think that he looks like Sith?


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Strange Japanese Information

"KYO-YUZEN"

I write about some craft goods.
It is related to "Kyoto",not to"Tokyo"

Maybe you don't know "Kyo-yuzen".
"Kyo"means Kyoto.
"Yuzen" is a word that shows the Ayasama dye.

It to be handwriting coming originally and coloring of the person.
"kata-yuzen" with a paper pattern increased after the Meiji era.
It is one of a Japanese original dye.

So, the purse made from the material of "Kyo-yuzen" is this.
This purse is very light.
It is sold in the souvenir shop in Kyoto ,too.

Maybe you can find it in Ebay,now.
Japanese"Kyo-yuzen"purse
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=ADME:L:LCA:US:11&item=6842668330


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Beautiful Japanese　Information

"UKIYOE"

Do you know "Ukiyoe"?

They are pictures of painters in Edo period.
It was completed by "Moronobu Hishikawa" in the latter half of the 17th
century.
Customs,the portrait,the scenery, the play, and the sumo wrestling etc.
were portrayed.

Especially, the multi color printing print that was called "Nishikie"
influenced a French impressionist school.
The author of "Harunobu Suzuki", "Utamaro Kitagawa","Tousyusai Sharaku","Hiroshige
Utagawa(Ando)", and "Hokusai Katsushika", etc. is famous.

By the way,This is a purse "Ukiyoe"print.
This purse is very light.
It is sold by the souvenir shop of Kyoto.

Will you think that it is an unusual thing?

Maybe you can find it in Ebay,now.
Japanese"Ukiyoe"purse
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=ADME:L:LCA:US:11&item=7384741139




From Tokyo Japan
Beautiful Japanese　Information

Tokyo now be what time?

Tokyo now be what time?

If You want to know,please check this site.
http://wwp.greenwichmeantime.com/time-zone/asia/japan/time.htm

Will it be convenient?

http://wwp.greenwichmeantime.com/



From Tokyo Japan
Nice Japanese　Information

Want to get warm drinking "SAKE"?

Want to get warm drinking "SAKE"?

Tokyo is unusual and a snow today. The snowfall of six centimeters will be observed for the first time in Otemachi this winter at 1:00PM. After recording eight centimeters on January 27,'01, it is after an interval of five years that the snowfall of six centimeters or more was confirmed in the center of a city.

So,maybe many Japanese people are drinking"Warm sake"today,because of a cold climate.
When "Sake" is warmed, this pottery is used,and it's called "Tokkuri".
It drinks in the small glass set to.
The small glass is called "Ochoko".

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From Tokyo Japan
Information of Japanese "SAKE"

"Katsu-Don"

This is a food that is called a "Katsu-Don", and one of the major dishes also in Japan.

"Katsu"is a meaning of the pork cutlet.
"Don"is a meaning of bowl.

There is rice below though pork that fried in oil and the egg.

Please eat this by all means when you come to Japan.

By the way, the one in the photograph was a box lunch that did the takeout, and the price was 504 yen (about 4.5$).


From Tokyo Japan
Unique Japanese　Information

Have you ever seen tha bottle of "Sake"?

Have you ever seen tha bottle of "Sake"?

This is called "Issyou-Bin" .

"Issyou" means about 1.8 liters, and "Bin" is a meaning of the bottle.

There is various kinds of sake.

This sake is delicious sake even if it warms and it drinks.



From Tokyo Japan
Unique Japanese　Information

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"ANKIMO"

This is a liver of the fish "Angler".

It is called ”Ankimo”one of the Japanese food.

It is a dish that neatly and is delicious.


From Tokyo Japan
Unique Japanese　Information

The rest room in Japan

This is a photograph in the rest room in Japan.

It is a toilet that it is white.
It's called, "Benki" in Japanese.

Please know use when you come to Japan.

From Tokyo Japan
Unique Japanese　Information

Do you know "SOMETSUKE"?

Do you know "SOMETSUKE"?

It is porcelain that the handle with beautiful indigo was expressed in white foundation.

"SOMETSUKE" seems to be called "blue and white" in English.

The production person's signature and the made place, etc. are recorded on the back side of the plate.

KANJI, HIRAGANA, and KATAKANA are used for this character.

From Tokyo Japan
Various Japanese　Information

Do you know "SASHIMI"?

Do you know "SASHIMI"?

It is at the center of the photograph.
It is slices of raw fish, eats it with the soy sauce.
Of course,if it is not a fresh fish, it is the food that cannot be done.

Lunch in tokyo,060113

This is a cream croquette.
I eat it for lunch yesterday.
Rice, pickles, and the miso-soup were 890 yen for the set.
Almost Japanese people likes rice and miso-soup. 　

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