Around Tokyo sakura(cherry blossoms) are full bloom. In my hometown, you can see beautiful sakura just before full bloom now. It was a fine afternoon today, so I went around the city by bicycle.Along streets, in a park, in a private garden, you can see pale pink blossoms anywhere in Japan in this season. The … [Read more…]
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…]