Last month I had a short trip to Omishima island, the one of the islands in the Seto inland sea. In the Seto inland sea there are over 700 islands, large and small, inhabited and uninhabited. Islands between Ehime prefecture and Hiroshima prefecture, they are separated by the Seto inland sea, are connected by bridges … [Read more…]
I have my own chopsticks for private use. In Japan having your own chopsticks and your bowl for rice and sometimes your bowl for soup and your cup for Japanese tea is very common. People often give Meoto-bashi, Meoto-jawan or Meoto-yunomi (meoto means a couple, Mr. and Mrs.), two pair of chopsticks, a pair … [Read more…]
Today is the day called risshun in Japan, the beginning of spring. (But spring has come just on calendar, it’s very very cold today.) And day on which season changes (on calendar) is called setsubun. Yesterday we hold the setsubun event. If people from overseas saw the event, they though it very outlandish. Before … [Read more…]