This is a great story of a ramen shop in the middle of the field. I saw this on NHK WORLD.

Wabi-Sabi In traditional Japanese aesthetics, wabi-sabi is a world view centered on the acceptance of transience and imperfection. Japanese do not really admire perfection ... The idea is that nothing in the universe ie perfect, therefor you should not look for perfection. So when you design things, you leave something to mak...

"Fukkin-Joshi," or Six-Pack-Women is a term that's becoming popular in Japan. We meet trainer and model AYA, who's inspiring women to sculpt their bodies and toughen their minds. https://www.facebook.com/nhkworld/videos/2155106364536108/

Do you even know what this is?

If you have a change to be there ... You really should go there. I have never been there but I always wanted to go there ... one my bucket list items....

Japan Fair will be held on July 7 and 8 at Bellevue Meydenbauer Center. Please come see us. http://www.japanfairus.org

Does anyone know what this building is? This building appears on many Japanese movies including anime movies.

Did you know Tokyo Haneda Airport was ranked the cleanest airport in the world? Here are the top 10 cleanest airports. The World's Cleanest Airports 1 Tokyo Haneda 2 Centrair Nagoya 3 Incheon 4 Taiwan Taoyuan 5 Singapore Changi 6 Tokyo Narita 7 Hong Kong 8 Zurich 9 Doha Hamad 10 Helsinki http://www.worldair...

Another Japanese anime title turned into a real FX movie by Hollywood. I hope this one does better than the Ghost in the Shell. Hollywood manage to butcher the storyline.

My friend gave me this 水羊羹 Mizu-Yokado, a type of Japanese sweets when I was in Japan. This is so good. Many people in the west do not associate red b...