2015 is the year of the Sheep. Wishing you all a peaceful, healthy, and prosperous 2015! Team YAQMO
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Happy New Year Everyone!
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Japanese garden and architectures in one convenient location
Visiting Tokyo but don’t have enough time to travel around Japan to see the traditional architectures and the Japanese gardens. It would be wonderful to take a trip to Kyoto, Wakayama or Gifu to see the temples, pagoda, and country houses, but you would need the luxury of time to do that. Well, here’s an…
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Can’t wait to have Hanami Cherry Blossom Parties!
Cherry blossom is here in Tokyo now! A very ordinary suburban Tokyo streets change its appearance in quite a dramatic way with the coming of spring, when roads are covered with cherry blossoms. These photos are not from any tourist oriented locations but just plain ordinary suburban neighborhood of Yakumo in Meguro Ward. The power…
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Going to see beautiful cherry blossoms – The beautiful and unique cherry blossoms found only in Japan
The people of Japan eagerly await the blooming of cherry blossoms when spring comes. Cherry blossoms are in bloom for only a week where they can be found, but it is between late March and mid-May that they bloom throughout the various locations in Japan, as the country is long from north to south. The…
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Happy New Year to you All!
2014 is the year of the Horse. Wishing you all a peaceful, healthy, and prosperous 2014! Team YAQMO
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Autumn leaves color the Tokyo suburban temple, Kuhon-butsu
A stroll in the temple grounds is a relief from that of a bustling Tokyo streets, here at Kuhon-butsu temple there are various old trees such as a kaya estimated to be over 700 years old (a natural monument), and a huge Ginko tree (ichi, a natural monument) also referred to as a Bodhi tree,…
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How Video Games Revived The Dying Art Of Japanese Woodprinting | Co.Design
A successful Kickstarter campaign that depicts classic video characters like Mario and Zelda in medieval Japan has injected new designs into an ancient but stagnating craft. Whether Hyrule or the Mushroom Kingdom, we’re used to video game heroes saving their own respective pixel worlds. This is the story of how video game characters…
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Before Robots, Japan Had Tiny Dolls That Tumbled Down Stairs And Served Tea | Smart News
During Japan’s Edo period, which stretched from the early 17th century to the mid-1800s, wealthy families would buy Karakuri—little self operating dolls or toys that served tea and shot arrows. Here, you can see how one works—this one’s called the tumbling doll: Read full story here: Before Robots, Japan Had Tiny Dolls That Tumbled Down…
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Japan’s Hippest Island | Only in Japan
It was a bit disconcerting, being led to a bench in a pitch-black room and being told to sit there, wait, and let my eyes adjust until I could see. So I sat there for five minutes, maybe ten, worrying I’d be the first person in the history of this room who failed to see…
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5 Urban Agriculture Initiatives in Tokyo
By Ann-Maree While it may have started off as a bit of a faddish trend, the rise in the number of farmer’s markets and green innovations like Imera’s soil-less “hydromembrane” has accompanied a resurgence of interest in the potential of urban agriculture and farming. Trying to come up with innovative ways to both promote and supply…
