Flowers in Japan

Enoshima Island

Enoshima is both a small seaside town and a small island in Kanagawa Province as as part of Fujisawa City. Located to the south of Tokyo (about 1,5 hours from Tokyo Station). It is popular as beach-vacation destination, and in the summer many people swimming at the beach, surfing.

At the top of the island, there [...]

Typo

“Speker” or “speaker”? A typo in a big electric shop in Fujisawa-shi, Kanagawa-ken.

Sushi

If you sit at the counter in a sushi restaurant, you will be served sushi according to your order.
You can also order one of nigirizushi (握り寿司)or chirashizushi (ちら寿司)sets at fixed price such
as tokujou (特上) (superior), jou (上) (excellent), or nami (並) (standard).
At kaiten-sushi restaurant, you can simply take any sushi you like as you are sitting and many
kind of [...]

Trains

A sign at Odakyu Line’s entrance gate. Most people walk too fast while touching their IC card, less than 1 second.

Japanese Clothes

Kimono

If you visit Japan, do not expect to see the streets full of “samurai, 侍” or “geisha, 芸者”. The lifestyle of Japanese has today become almost completely westernized. But beneath Japan’s fast-moving, ultra-modern exterior, its unique culture and customs, shaped by centuries of tradition, live on.

Japan’s traditional garment, the “kimono” , is well suited [...]