Most of Japanese love SAKURA SAKURA, cherry blossoms, is sure to be the one of the most loved flowers among Japanese. It is so full of hearts of memories of Japanese, more than just feeling beautiful. There is no particular low of Japan defining the national flower but it deserved to be the one from […]
Japanese treat physical matters like as living matters “HARI-KUYOU” is one of religious observances of Japanese Buddhism held on 8th of February at SENSOJI temple in Tokyo, ASAKUSA. It is said in Japan that the day is “KOTO HAJIME no HI” which means the starting day of work deriving from the habit of agriculture but […]
Mikuji – you find it at Japanese Buddhist Temple When you have a chance to visit Buddhist temples or Shinto shrines in Japan, you may find many people drawing MIKUJI (or OMIKUJI), the fortune paper. At the famous Buddhist temple in Tokyo where I am serving, recently becoming the landmark for overseas travelers, many tourists […]