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10 Things I’m REALLY Going to Miss About Japan by Sara Burgess

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10 Things I’m REALLY Going to Miss About Japan 10. Trains Trains that travel at over 200 mph, are silent, smooth, clean, comfortable to travel in and run on time to the second. 9. Green tea That EVERYTHING seems to have green…

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Why Japan? by Nigel Watts

Ecrit le29/4/2016

I first became interested in Japan when I started work on a client’s garden in Battersea, London. Until then my aesthetic revolved around the classic Italian tradition of straight lines, box hedging and symmetry. As I started to explore Japanese gardens a…

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Setsubun – the day before the beginning of spring in Japan

Ecrit le03/3/2016

Today, the 3rd of February is Setsubun, the traditional last day of winter. From the end of the Edo period, people come to expel their bad luck and many Shrines & Temples host the Setsubun Festival all over Japan. At Fukuoka, you…

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The porcelain produced in Arita (Arita ware)

Ecrit le26/2/2016

Japanese porcelain was first produced in the early 17th century in Arita, Saga prefecture located in the northern part of Kyushu. When Hideyoshi Toyotomi the ruler of Japan at that time, sent his army to invade Korea in the end of the…