Tasting hot ”AMAZAKE" in Paris.

TAWASHI iｓa tool to clean the kiten goods or food by scrabing the surface of the goods. AWASHI is hard enough to scrab and and does not hurt the dishes or foods.



Here is how they make it.

IWO-JIMA is famous for the movie named "Letter from IWO-JIMA".

In 2004, it was re-named as IWO-TO officially by Japanese government.

Anyway, do you know this island is getting bigger day by day.

Watch this video from 4:30.



By the way, no one is allowed to enter this island without permission.

OTAMA-tone is a music instrument by MEIWA-DENKI.

"OTAMA" is shortened word of "OYAMA-JAKUSHI" which means tadpole.
And Tadpole is often used to mean the music note.



Description by the maker.



OTAMA-tone Deluxe:



And yes, I have small one.

活け締め：いけじめ："IKE-JIME"= Kill fish alive to keep them fresh

Poverty in Japan.

A case of "Homeless Girl".

You might already know "CIAO CHURU" because it is exported over sea from Japan.

I suspected it could include some kind of "drag" as cats fall crazy when ciao churu is fed. But the maker denied the drag story. They said "we just arrange the ingredients to fit the cats' taste".

大喜利：おおぎり；OHGIRI

OHGIRI is a traditional stage comedy show. The players compete each other how their answers are funny against the given subject.

In this movie, "IPPON!":modern style of OHGIRI is played in a TV show.

Here is the highlight from released IPPON! where the players are reuested to compose some words against the picture. Enjoy!

CHIHARA: draining off the whole water from the pool. 7 points
(name Not called)

NAKAOKA: "your fishing rod is moving!" 10 points

SHIBATA: "ah, if you don't have honney, I will order salmon" 10 points

BAKARIZUMU: "hey, then what's next!?" 10 points

WAKABAYASHI: "Yes, I requested the ambulance" 10 points

DAIKICHI: "It smells very good!" 10 points

DAIGO: "THE NIHON(JAPAN)" 0 point

KINOSHITA: "PANPARCE is good !", "ALSO MOOMIN-MAN is good too!" 10 points

HORIUCHI: "Welcome to Honney ONSEN(hot spring) !" 7 points

DAIKICHI: (Failed to translate) 10 points
(after HORIUCHI called)

KAWASHIMA: "Ride on me, she is waiting for you! " 6 points

BAKARIZUMU: "Oh, this is what I can do for crescent moon" 10 points

DATE: "Would you join our circle?" 10 points

HORIUCHI: "This restaurant doesn't serve even water" 10 points

TANAKA: SKIP (0 point: how to say "senior devorce" in Japanese-English)

BAKARIZUMU: "A-ha, your wisdom teeth is in trouble" 10 points

22 Seriously Weird Things That Only Exist In Japan

https://www.thetravel.com/22-serious...xist-in-japan/

Can you find who he is?

The temple officially stated "we have no model for this statue." while local people call him as "Steve Joubutsu(成仏：じょうぶつ;to become like Buddha)".

You can find the link to translated page for this temple here.

Correction: It is not a temple but a kind of "ZEN museum".