This year the moon was biggest and brightest on 29th of January (Friday). I didn’t have the opportunity to take it then but here comes the 31st (Sunday) evening shot of the Moon taken from Kansai, Japan: Theoretically it shouldn’t be a full moon any more but it is very difficult to notice the difference. [...]
The photo is from Honsumiyoshi Shrine (Sumiyoshi JR station, Kobe). I will upload the rest of the photos in the next one or two days on our blog. Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on this post Tweet This [...]
I don’t know if it is just me but I really think that the person on the coffee can resemble president Obama quite a abit. I took the pictures this afternoon during the walk in Nada ward, Kobe, Kansai region. I have never seen this kind of coffee before. Here are two more photos: Anyway [...]
The picture is from today trip to Tennoji Park, Osaka. The rest of the pictures you can find here. Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on this post Tweet This Post
A very small and charming Okinawa city. I twill try to post more photos from our trip there later. Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on this post Tweet This Post
A new park is taking shape in Kobe city. The building of the park started almost 2 years ago but only now it looks more or less complete. The location is quite particular as it is situated between two main multilevel highways – rout 2 and Kowan Kansen road just before the bridge for Kobe [...]
The photo is from our yesterday trip to the Hyogo Shinto Shrine. Coming of Age Day and Ebisu (the good of luck) festival coincided so we had the great opportunity to enjoy them both. For the rest of the photos and video please click here. Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook share [...]
For the rest of the photos from our Kobe China Town trip please visit the blog entry. Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on this post Tweet This Post
What I realized today is that our supermarket is a great opportunity to learn about Japanese traditions. You just have to observe the changes in it. That is why I am starting a new section – Gourmet City Chronicles. Japan traditions through the metamorphosis of a food chain supermarkets. I know – it is not [...]
8% of our genome consists of processed retroviruses. These are remnants of ancient infections which swept through our ancestor’s population. Yet a Japanese research team found something different lurking deep in our chromosomal landscape and which seems to enter a pact with our genetic makeup. In brief – this is what happened toward the end [...]
