Shochumimai is a summer greeting card in Japan. We used to exchange summer greeting card, though it is less popular than new years card. It very hot and humid in summer in Japan so we think of acquaintances health. Instead of visiting, we send a card. Sometimes send a gift called お中元Ochugen, 暑中見舞いShochumimai, 残暑見舞いZanshomiai depending on …
[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”] [et_pb_row admin_label=”row”] [et_pb_column type=”4_4″] [et_pb_text admin_label=”Text”] Tanabata is a Japanese festival celebrated on July 7th and we decorate a bamboo with origami ornaments. We write a wish on an origami strip. It has two different origins. One is from Chinese legend and the other is from a Shinto ritual, offering strings of five …
Hanaiku 花育is a Japanese education for kids to foster a sense of beauty and appreciation of life through experience with plants and flowers. Hana 花 means “flowers” and Iku 育 means “to foster, to educate, to cultivate.” We use cut flowers because they have a life, They need to be watered and taken cared. They …
Please watch this video which was created from the most watched video in mine. I hope you will imagine how happy you will feel after Ikebana to see my face full of smile when I was talking about Ikebana. Now I can explain much better but this video expresses my genuine passion to share the …
I don’t know I can call it a reverse-culture shock but I experienced strange feeling in Japan. When I came to the States 8 years ago, I experienced culture shocks in almost everything. Everything looked different. However, I experienced reverse culture shocks in Japan when I visited my family in May. The biggest and the funniest …
I would like to introduce 青いこいのぼりプロジェクト Do you remember Tsuami which hit Tohoku in Japan on March 11, 2011? The earthquake was far beyond the size of warning. There were so many child victims too. May 5 is a national holiday. It’s children’s day. Also boy’s festival. households who have boys clelbrate for their sons. …
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If you are a cat lover, come and ride a cat bus in Okayama, Japan. This bus drives between Okayama Station to Yumeji Art Museum.（Engkish Engkish web site This black cat is called Kuronosuke黒の助. Kuro 黒 means black. Name with endingsuke 助 is for boy’s name. In Yumeji‘夢二’s famous painting, a lady is holding a black cat and a …
A cat loved to eat flowers or to enjoy Ikebana? When I was teaching Ikebana, a cat came into the room and looked at flowers. He was so cute and his owner told me he sometimes eat baby breath. Whenever his mom(owner )let him away from flowers, he came back. While we were facing flowers …
Hi, this is Motoko, Japanese Culture Consultant specialized in Ikebana and Japanese culture class and event. I published eBook about Ikebana; the Japanese art of flower arranging in Japanese. You can download from Amazon. I am editing an English version and in 2-3 months it will be published. The title is Beautiful Meditation because if …
