For Japanese people live on tatami floor, kotatsu is a special low table covered with kotatsu futon and gets people together as a warm and comfortable place in winter. When you put your foot in it, an electric heater(used to be coals) warms you and makes you sleepy. You would have a long long nap. … [Read more…]
On 3rd April, we hold the doll festival calledHina-matsuri (click ★ to get more information about Hina-matsuri, I wrote about that last year). I had displayed Ohinasama doll for a month from 3 march to 3 April, and today put it back in a closet. Now Sakura(cherry blossom) season is coming in Japan! I think … [Read more…]
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…]
I’d like to get starting this blog talking about Japanese wedding which made me a “Japanese Housewife”. I think people in countryside spend much money for Wedding ceremony and relating things than people in a city. (I’m talking about middle class people, not about high class (very rich) people or so called celebrity. ) And … [Read more…]