Posted by Ed | Last updated Aug 1, 2017 | Traditional Japan | 3 |
If you’ve ever been to a Japanese garden, you’ve may have seen these little rocks wrapped in ropes in various places. What are they? Decorations? Stuff left by lazy workers? If I saw the rock in the middle of this...
Read MorePosted by Ed | Last updated Jun 24, 2017 | Festivals, Tokyo and the Kanto Region, Traditional Japan | 4 |
The Fukagawa Matsuri (officially the Fukagawa Hachimangu Matsuri) is one of Tokyo’s “Big Three” festivals, but seems to be a lot less well-known than Asakusa’s Sanja Matsuri and the Kanda Matsuri. Its a...
Read MorePosted by Ed | Last updated Jun 24, 2017 | Festivals, Kids and Toys | 3 |
This is the annual festival at my son’s preschool and was held on July 17. I thought it was kind of strange to have an Obon festival in July because the Obon holidays are in August, but apparently, the festival gets...
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