Blogs about: Japanese Nature
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Why do Asian cities choose to plant trees with the smelliest fruit in the world?
I was sitting in this café for about 10 minutes thinking “Man, it smells like someone puked in here” before in a flash of inspiration I looked at the bottom of my shoe and found the squash… more →
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A Shigin poem
dannycycle wrote 3 days ago: Recently I visited a group who practices the ancient art of Shigin, a Chinese song styling rather co … more →
More on lodging- conflicting thoughts
dannycycle wrote 1 week ago: In my last post I suggested that staying in a low cost minshuku would be a better experience than a … more →
Asahi Shinbun Publications Says 'No'
tsubakuro wrote 3 weeks ago: Asahi Shinbun Publications was the fifth publisher to whom I sent the proposal for Sanmyaku: Photogr … more →
Kiku in the Japanese Autumn Garden
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Tama-chan wrote 1 month ago: I went on a tour of the Kiku exhibition at the New York Botanical Garden in the Bronx on Sunday. Thi … more →
Live with Nature
takaohara wrote 3 months ago: Shiramizu-WaterFall in Oita Japan. The place is surrounded by forest. It was hot day. But the plac … more →
Nature Attacks! - in Japan
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hillslearning wrote 6 months ago: Background: Living in Japan one of the things you notice is how different your natural surroundings … more →
Enjoying the beauty of plum blossoms
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gaijinnosekai wrote 9 months ago: Today I’m going to share one of my favourite pictures which I took in Japan. Like pretty much … more →
Why do Asian cities choose to plant trees with the smelliest fruit in the world?
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alexcase wrote 10 months ago: I was sitting in this café for about 10 minutes thinking “Man, it smells like someone puked in … more →
Why does nothing eat all the cicadas up?
alexcase wrote 1 year ago: They look pretty big and fat and juicy to me, and pretty slow moving and loud and therefore easy to … more →
Why are washlet toilets so popular in Japan? Third Attempt
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alexcase wrote 1 year ago: According to Makoto Shiina in Shukan Kinyobi (July 4), water to wash your smelly bits and the sound … more →
Things people in Japan are surprisingly slack about
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alexcase wrote 1 year ago: - Crushing cans - Recycling paper - Take the caps and labels off plastic bottles for recycling … more →
Why is the Japanese rainy season called tsuyu (梅雨- plum rains)?
alexcase wrote 1 year ago: According to Ben Hills in Princess Masako, because it usually comes when the plums are ripening. Mak … more →
Why won't the Japanese switch to daylight saving time?
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alexcase wrote 1 year ago: One theory is that the “change will chain office workers to their desks until 10 pm or later, … more →
Why do the Japanese not worry about mercury etc. in fish, shellfish and seaweed?
alexcase wrote 1 year ago: I’m really puzzled on this one. Japanese people in England have problems getting all the seawe … more →
