If you are looking for somewhere slightly off the beaten track for your momiji-viewing pleasure, how about heading out to Kougenji in Aogaki, Tamba. Access – maps and other information available on the temple’s website http://kougenji-tanba.or.jp/ (Japanese only) Photos by Clint Denison, Sasayama-shi, 2007-2012
So, it’s a typical Autumn weekend: cocktails and pastry all Friday night while chit-chatting on Facebook; sleeping in late Saturday morning to be awoken by the mid-day sun; a lazy lunch date followed by light shopping — scouting out the sales; talking with my Mom on SKYPE….. blah blah blah. But this weekend, the issue…
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Delicious shitake mushrooms stuffed with tuna and spring onion. serves 4 as an appetizer or side dish 12 shitake mushrooms 150 grams fresh minced tuna (maguro) 5 spring onions (aonegi) 3 tablespoons ponzu a little black pepper a little starch (katakuriko) Cut the stems off the mushrooms. Mince the spring onions, tuna and mushroom stems….
What is your “go-to†band? Thinking about living in rural Japan during the winter months, with washi thin walls and windows, how do you find ways to get a sense of what is happening? For me, it was through music. It seems that everyone’s favorite band has the press kit – the promo photos, demo…
JETs are a varied and interesting group mostly characterized by their relative intelligence (usually anyway) and their flexibility and willingness to try new things. Hey y’all – I’ve got a hell of a thing for you to try! I first heard about Vipassana from a tour guide in Cambodia, but it seemed like a thing…
This is an easy, delicious dish. You can easily change the toppings to suit your taste. This is a great dish to make for visitors or when you go home and get asked to make something ‘Japanese’! Toppings – egg (beat with a little sugar and salt, make into an omelette and slice thinly) cucumber…
Finding love or having good sex…In Japan In a ‘normal’ country, one can either choose to search whole-heartedly for love (and leave sex for later) or decide to show ‘true love’ his/her middle fingers and just go straight for the good old sex. Note – in a ‘normal’ country. When I say ‘normal’, persons who…
ç ¥å³°é«˜åŽŸ(Tonomine Highlands, Kamikawa, Hyogo) So I went to the Tonomine highlands (where the movie Norwegian Wood was filmed, based on Murakami Haruki’s famous book) for a moon viewing party. There was dancing, and taiko (two of the performers were JETs) food, etc. Good times basically! Here are a few pictures. There is also a spring festival held on…