Many of you know that my wife Yoko and I are hardcore summer festival revelers and this summer already has us feverish with so many festivals scheduled on our days off! Never before have we been able to plan for so many festivals (22 to be exact !), and as a result this year I […]
Kaguya Part 1 ( かぐや ) Hayabusa ( はやぶさ )
Last month, you must have heard news about the Hayabusa space probe which was sent by the Japan Space Agency (JAXA) to drill into the near-Earth asteroid Itokawa and bring back samples. This successful and important mission will tell us a lot about how the Solar System was formed and the likelihood that we may someday find […]
Sento-kun a Fixture For Nara Tourism ( せんとくん )
Who likes this guy? Sento-kun has become quite a figure of controversy in Kansai, and this debate is sparking an interest in Nara tourism. Getting people to be mildly put off by Sento-kun was intentional; the controversy is in itself the primary goal that will in turn generate interest in Nara. Pretty soon we will see additional […]
