Category: Japan’s Tradition

Today is Halloween.  A block from our house is one of the busiest streets in Seattle on Halloween night.  In recent years I have seen so many kids and adults drive up this street from

If you wonder what Bunka no Hi is, I posted last year what it means, for your reference.  This year it has just fell into November 3rd, the day I remember we used to celebrate

Several years ago, I turned our tiny front yard into a Japanese garden.  I ripped off lawn, laid two layers of weed sheet, and spread gravel on top of it. Having seen Gio-ji Temple in

It’s a simple bag.  No zip on top.  There is a small inner pocket, that’s it.  I just fell in love with this basic stripe design.  This was another thing I found at Japan Fair.

Reverend Katsuya Kusunoki of Seattle Betsuin Buddhist Temple took over the responsibility of visiting this tomb stone in Mt. Pleasant Cemetery on every second Saturday of July.   For the last three years, nobody accompanied him.

When I found these footware at a Japan Fair booth, at first I felt strange.  They looked like geta, Japanese wood sandals.  But their shape was different from traditional geta that I’ familiar with.  The