Arimatsu Festival (????) held in October is famous for its karakuri dolls mounted on ornate festival floats. Arimatsu is a short journey from Nagoya Station.
The 1st of 3 easy tutorials for English-speakers about how to use CASIO's EX-word DATAPLUS 4 electronic dictionary. For customers of GoodsFromJapan.com
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The 3rd of 3 easy tutorials for English-speakers about how to use CASIO's EX-word DATAPLUS 4 electronic dictionary. For customers of GoodsFromJapan.com
The Korea Train eXpress (KTX) is South Korea's high-speed rail system, connecting Seoul to Busan via Daejeon and Daegu and Yongsan to Gwangju and Mokpo. The KTX train is based on the French TGV and has a top speed of 350 km/h, though 300 km/h is the normal operating speed for safety reasons.
See the wild crowd at Tokyo's Sunday trance party in Yoyogi Park. Japanese boys and girls and the foreign crowd let loose, mingling in this weekly trance free-for-all. From JapanVisitor.com.
Nagoya Festival, held on the second weekend of October is Nagoya's largest autumn festival. Nagoya Festival celebrates its 3 historic heroes: Nobunaga Oda, Hideyoshi Toyotomi Ieyasu Tokugawa with a two-day parade in Fushimi and Sakae of over 700 people dressed in period costume.
Arimatsu Festival in south eastern Nagoya is held annually in early October. 3 festival floats are paraded through the old part of town pulled by the local men. Karakuri dolls (mechanized puppets) are mounted on the floats and are the highlight of the festival. At night the floats are illuminated along with lanterns along the main street in town.
Watch a ritual Shinto dance in a village in rural Shimane prefecture, Japan, featuring a kimono sash, or "obi". (Shinto is the native religion of Japan.)
The plaintive piped notes of the tofu vendor still echo through the quiet streets of Tokyo's neighborhoods, as he slowly pulls his cart along. Come out and buy! Watch a video of this old Japanese tradition from JapanVisitor.com.
Kansai International Airport, western Japan's biggest, is an ultra-modern air transport hub and features this huge sail-inspired mobile. Chill to its slow oscillations.
Nearly every station in Japan has a teenage or 20s-something guitar crooner or duet banging out a doleful "tune" faced by a loyal crowd of female admirers.
