Culture Donzoko – Shinjuku 3-chome, a pleasure house loved by famous people
Izakaya "Donzoko". The name comes from a play by the Russian writer Gorky. Founded in 1951, this Western-style bar is on...
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History Here is the history of Asakusa and Sensoji Temple
Senso-ji Temple in Asakusa, Tokyo, attracts many Japanese and foreign tourists. The temple's streets and scenery are sur...
Culture Seijun Suzuki~Anime, yakuza and surrealism! A strange film hermit who influenced LA LA LAND with his extreme colors~!
Released in 2016, LA LA LAND was a mega-hit at the 89th Academy Awards, receiving a record 14 nominations (13 categories...
Comedy Natsume Soseki: The Rare Novelist Who Stood Up to the Unity of Word and Sentence Movement in Search of Identity
彼の文学の求心力の正体は、いったい何なのだろうか。私は、それはもしかしたら、言文一致運動の渦中にあったのではないかと考えている。今回のブログでは、主にその正体を探る内容にしたい。
Culture Kenji Miyazawa – A Fairy Tale Writer and a Religious Man! A heretic of Japanese fairy tales with two faces!
この宮沢賢治を理解できれば、【日本】という国を深く知る大きな一歩となるに違いない。独特な四季を持ち、仏教と神道の空気を擁しつつ、西洋化の波に足搔く島国。今回のブログが、そんな日本人が愛してやまない宮沢賢治の指南書となっていれば幸いである。
Culture Osorezan – Japan’s Three Most Spiritual Mountains where you can see a seance by an itako! Closest place to the dead~!
Mount Osorezan (Osorezan, Osoreyama) is an active volcano located in central Aomori Prefecture. The mountain's caldera (...
Contents Haruki Murakami, a world-famous writer born in Kobe: Mystery of a style that transcends national borders and the Kitano Ijinkan Street
On October 5, 2023, the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature was announced. Murakami, who has been rumored to be in t...
Culture If you take the stairs up Tokyo Tower, you will have 0 calories even if you eat!
What's Tokyo Tower? Tokyo Tower is a structure steeped in history and culture, known as an iconic landmark of Japan's ca...
Experience Kabukicho Russian Restaurant “Sungaree～A restaurant where Madame Gina will tell you “sometimes stories about the old days” ~.
Tokiko Kato at Sungaree Shinjuku 3-chome restaurant The restaurant Sungaree serves authentic Russian cuisine in Shinjuku...
History Unveiling the ancient history of Onsen in Japan
If I were to ask you what Japanese culture is, what would you say? Sushi? Naruto? Or the popular Kiｍetsu no yaiba (Demon...