Valentine’s Day in Japan
How it goes with Valentine’s Day in Japan ? Saint Valentine's Day on Feb. 14th is cerebrated around the world. Each country has its own custom how to cerebrate this day. How it goes in Japan? The day for women give Chocolates to men. Rather than couples exchanging cards or gifts each other, only women give […]
Edo-Tokyo Open Air Architectural Museum
Edo-Tokyo Open Air Architectural Museum Edo-Tokyo Open Air Architectural Museum（江戸東京たてもの園 Edo-Tokyo Tatemono-en）is located in Koganei park in Koganei-city, Tokyo. Although it's not very center of Tokyo, it's not too difficult to visit because the nearest station is just 20 minutes from Shinjuku station. Exhibition of reconstructed valuable historical building This is a very unique open-air museum […]
National Foundation Day in Feb. 11th
February 11th is cerebrated as National Foundation Day. It is a National Holiday in Japan. Based on Nihon-shoki (the oldest chronicles of Japan), the first Emperor of Japan, Jinmu（神武）, ascended to the throne on this day. In Japanese, 神（Jin）means God and 武（Mu）means martial arts. It is said that the present Imperial family are the […]
Setsubun festival in Feb 3rd. Eat Eho-maki!
Setsubun Festival "Demons out! Happiness in!" February 3rd is “Setsubun” festival in Japan. (The date is different on each year, but mostly around Feb.3rd) It’s kind of a funny holiday in Japan. “Setusbun” literally means “splitting the seasons”. It is the day before the first day of spring, so Setsubun splits between winter and spring. Although […]
Heavy snow in Tokyo
It snowed heavily in Tokyo. It snows a few times a year in Tokyo, but rare to see this much. It was the heaviest snowfall in 4 years. Tokyo is not snowy region, so snow directly disrupts the traffic in Metropolitan area. Tokyo commuters face severe delays due to snow. Stations are packed with people. The […]
Setting up Website
Thank you for visiting my site. I have just set up J-cloppers website and Facebook. As I am going to start guide service in Tokyo near future, I go many places of interest for visitors from abroad. Some are the popular tourist spots but some would be off the beaten path. I also would like […]