Daijingu – Tokyo most powerful love shrine
Valentine Day is approaching and it is a big thing in Japan. Unlike in Western Countries in Japan is only the girl …
Attending a traditional wedding in Japan: the party
This is the final post of my story about my first traditional wedding in Japan. If you missed the first two posts …
Attending a traditional wedding in Japan: the ceremony
This post is the second part of the story about my experience attending a Japanese traditional wedding, if you missed the first …
Attending a traditional wedding in Japan: the preparations
All my friends are now turning thirty and this is usually the average age to get married. Somebody has been married already …
Praying in Japan – part 1
They say that the Japanese are born as Shinto; they become Christians when they marry and Buddhists when they die. Why? When …
Praying in Japan – part 2
Let’s continue our trip to Japan discovering temples and shrines, today we explore the Shinto shrines. If you missed the first part …
Ukai on the Kiso River
It is a 1300 year tradition in Japan to fish with the help of trained cormorants and this tradition is called ukai. The …
Can you tell a real geisha from a fake?
Maybe you don’t know it but most probably none of the geisha you saw around Kyoto were actually real geisha. Especially if …
10 things to do in the hot Japanese Summer
It’s here! Summer, in Japanese Natsu (夏), has arrived and it is already unbearably hot! I won’t lie, summer is not my …