Do you know cut flowers help your body and mind healthier and happier?

When I do Ikebana, I dell very happy and charged. I thought it may be because I like arrnaging flowers. However there are scentifically prooved. I amwriting e-book about Ikebana:  the Japanese art of arranging flowers. I found two reserch abou tcut fowers. One is by Chiba University, and another is Harvrad Home Studay. Why …

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Do you know Brian Tracy e-Book Blowout Sale-Save 30-50%!NOW

Do you know Brian Tracy e-book Blowout Sale? This is exciting! Brian Tracy, Success Expert, and Best-Selling Author is having an e-Book blowout sale. His best-selling books have never been on sale before, so this is a rare opportunity to get a library of knowledge on personal development, business growth, time management techniques, and more. …

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Anime is a great ambassador!

Anime. music, TV dramas are great ambassadors of Japan.There are many people who are intersted in  Japanese anime, pop culture,  drama and music and additionally many of them learn the language and visit Japan. Today I met Chinese students.They are very young and going to study at a university near my place.At a pool party asked me in fulent Japanese, “Nihonnjinn desuka?”(Are …

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In Japan Obon, August 13-15, is the time to honor ancestors and deceased

Japanese people do not take many leaves but Obon (お盆:おぼn)and Oshougatsu(お正月:おしょうがつNew year’s day) are very special. Japanese make it shoet to call, Bon-Shogatsu. Shogatu means nw year. Bon is during Auguat 13-15. Obon is the time to think about our ancestors and close people who passed awway. The firt obon is very special becuase the …

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Ikebana will provide you and your daughter a special moment, creating beautifu flower arrangiments

Every parent and child need quality time and I recommend to do something together, Ikebana:the Japanese art of arrnaging flowers. You will feel happy to share beauty of flowers together, create new beauty and you will be proud of your daughter/son. When you bring the Ikebana flower arrangements home, your family will happy to enjoy …

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Yukata is Japanese kimono for summer so you can try it much easier than formal kimono

  How are you? It’s very humid hot in summer in Japan but it’s one of  the post popular season when many women wear in teaditional outfit for summer faetival and fireworks. Like me we bring Uchiwa or fan with us. Yukata doesn’t have liner and useally made of cotton. It’s not formal so you …

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Why don’t you try Calligraphy with Machiko?

These days  we send emails and text and we rarely write letters and reports  with our hand. I like hand writing and today because hand and brain directly connect and I fell like sending my messages better. I joined  a calligraphy lesson. Machiko is an expert of Calligraphy.  I can teach calligraphy but she has much more experienced. I am …

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Let’s write summer greeting card which is called Shochu Mimai in Japanese!

暑中お見舞い申し上げます。 I made a video. I hope you will feel cool!!    I received a beautiful card. These days we send much email than a lette or card so I was so happy to see it’d from Japan. There were many Kwaii(cute) stamps. Many Japanese have experience collecting stamps. I was one of them. My …

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