In Japan they look up the sky to find the beautiful moon at Autumn night. It is the season we can enjoy the beautiful sky and the moon. But we missed “Tyusyu-no-meigetsu” in September this year, which is said to be the most beautiful moon in a year, because of a typhoon. Japanese associate the … [Read more…]
Invited to a house in foreign countries, I really hesitate to enter a house with my shoes on.Because we generally take off our shoes at the entrance of a house in Japan. Some inns and hotels, some restaurants and bar, which are often in the Japanese style, requires you to take off your shoes. … [Read more…]
Pampas grass remind us the full moon in September. We have the event called “O-tsuki-mi”, “tsuki” means the moon and “mi” means seeing. At the event, we use Japanese pampas grass(Miscanthus sinensis) for the decoration. And we prepare sweets called “Tsukimi-dango”, and appreciate the beautiful moon. “O-tsuki-mi” is held in around mid-September, 24th this year. … [Read more…]
Loosestrife is called “Toranoo” in Japan. It means a tail of a tiger. Nyagoo also has a tail is interested in Toranoo.(^^)
In a Japanese traditional style room you can see a vacant space like a built-in closet without doors. This space is called Tokonoma, and the floor is higher than other area of a room. Tokonoma has hanging partition wall, so it can be called alcobe in English. We display flowers or art objects matches with … [Read more…]