May 20, 2019• by japon1minuto
Sadako and the thousand cranes
Since I was a child I liked to read, I suppose my father, also a regular reader, made me fall in love with reading by recommending titles. One of them was "Sadako wants to live" by Karl Bruckner. The...
May 18, 2019• by japon1minuto
The Kukurizaru (くくり猿) are the hanging monkeys of Kyoto, is a round ball-shaped talisman made of cloth, which symbolizes the monkeys in good faith, with the body of cloth of different colors...
May 9, 2019• by japon1minuto
Kanazawa is a city of almost half a million inhabitants located on the west coast of Japan, located between the Sea of Japan and the Japanese Alps. Immerse yourself in the streets of its old...
May 5, 2019• by japon1minuto
Coastal city located south of Tokyo which is an important center of both local and foreign tourism. Among its multitut of temples highlights the Great Buddha (Kotoku-in) with an impressive bronze...
May 2, 2019• by japon1minuto
Kodomo no Hi こどもの日, Children's Day
Surely we have all seen this type of flags in the form of tents, their name is koinobori (鯉 幟) or Satsuki-nobori (皐 幟, さ つ き の ぼ り) and are the traditional Japanese flags that are...
Apr 28, 2019• by japon1minuto
Nara was the first capital of Japan in medieval times, and still retains a large number of temples that are part of the World Heritage, since 1998, as Historical Monuments of ancient Nara. The symbol...
Youth Hostel transformed from a bathhouse near Osaka Castle