“He who has seen Paris but not Cassis can say, I haven’t seen everything” ~ Federique Mistral, a Nobel prize winning writer. Our French friend echoed the same feeling as the Nobel prize winning writer. “Skipping Cassis while in Provence is a big loss”, she said. It was more than enough to make up …
Long before Pokemon Go enters the market, Japan has already had a heart for Pikachu. The cute yellow Pokemon monster with long ears has charmed the country for quite sometime now. There are many Pokemon stores in Tokyo for Pokemon lovers. Pikachu is the most common item sold in Pokemon stores. Some of my …
Summer means fireworks festivals in Japan. Fireworks watching has been done for many years throughout the country. It is known as “hanabi” which literally means “fire flowers”. For this reason, most of the fireworks in hanabi festivals imitate flowers shape. There are many fireworks festivals in Japan. In Tokyo, the most famous and the …