Cherry blossoms in Tokyo

Posted on 3 April, 2011 by tomointokyo

Saturday April 2nd 2011         Inokashira Park in Tokyo It`s still early in the hanami season, but already the party has begun in Tokyo. In Inokashira park yesterday, hundreds of people were celebrating the arrival of spring with a picnic with friends/family/colleagues under a sakura (cherry blossom) tree.  There was a festive New Years Eve kind of atmosphere. Knowing tea ceremony [...]

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Life in Tokyo and the people of Japan…

Posted on 21 March, 2011 by Superfatsamurai

It’s a rainy Monday afternoon in Tokyo, but signs of spring have been appearing lately. This weekend the sun was shining, the first buds of sakura began to bloom, and just down the street from my apartment families were in the park drinking beer and playing with their children. For those of you watching the [...]

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Sexy (BIG) babies.

Posted on 28 February, 2011 by Axel

March in Japan marks the official start of the tourist season. This year however, as many of you know already, sumo won’t be on your to-do list as the spring tournament has been cancelled over the bout-fixing scandal. Indeed, this is terrible news for all foreign fans coming over in hope to catch a glimpse at [...]

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Visit the Koshien

Posted on 1 September, 2009 by AJD

The Koshien is the oldest and most famous baseball stadium in Japan. Once the biggest in Asia, it hosted the legendary Babe Ruth on his tour of Japan in the 1930s. In August, captivating the nation, it stages the fiercely contested annual National High School Baseball Championships. Just a short trip from Kobe or Osaka, [...]

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Lovely Uji

Posted on 22 August, 2009 by KyotoKid

I was going to leave a comment in response to Harry’s post about the autumn sumo events. But then I realised I had too much to say, so have turned it into a post instead Basically, I’m so happy to hear the sumo is going to Uji! This is because a) sumo is awesome and [...]

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Bringing Japan Home

Posted on 11 August, 2009 by JKB

I seem to have a slight obsession about festivals in Japan – but that’s ok, because they are awesome. They have the best food, the best fireworks, the best random costumes, and the best atmosphere. They bring together families and communities, allow people to dress up in their best Yukata, and showcase the best and [...]

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Hiroshima Peace Memorial Day

Posted on 6 August, 2009 by supiraa

On this day 64 years ago Hiroshima experienced the most horrific effects of war when the atomic bomb was dropped on the city by American forces during World War II. Every year on this day the Peace Bell is rung at 8:15am, the time when the bomb was dropped, and sirens are sounded all over [...]

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Rugby World Cup Comes to Japan

Posted on 29 July, 2009 by bloggingh

Yesterday the IRB confirmed that Japan will host the 2019 Rugby World Cup. This is fantastic news and will be a major step forward for a sport which has sometimes been regarded as elitelist, upper class and a wee bit cliquey. When Japan narrowly missed out on getting the right to host the 2011 World [...]

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Japanese Embassy Event – London

Posted on 15 May, 2009 by AJD

I went to an event at the Japanese Embassy on Thursday celebrating a selection of World Heritage Photo’s taken by renowned photographer Miyoshi Kazuyoshi. I jumped on the train from Bristol to London to get there in good time for the opening and was looking forward to meeting a few people, seeing some good photo’s [...]

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Tokyo Marathon 2010

Posted on 13 May, 2009 by AJD

The Metropolitan Government has announced that the 3rd Tokyo Marathon will be held on 28th February 2010. Our very own Harry Sargant kindly checked out the course in 2008 running a very respectable time of 3h27 and raising £1,216 for charity at the same time. The course is mainly flat and starts amidst the skyscrapers [...]

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