Pastime in the rainy season

Chiho is busy with Umeshigoto for this year. Umeshigoto literally means Ume=plum and Shigoto = work in Japanese and it is a traditional seasonal event for Japanese people to make plum wine, plum juice or pickled plum in rainy season. Rainy season in Japanese is Tsuyu and it is 梅雨 in Kanji character. And 梅 …

New Architecture tour will start on Jun 14

Hi! I am Mana. We recently set up the new route for cycling tour, “Architecture tour”. It features unique, outstanding and a little bit strange buildings in Tokyo. In recent years, Japanese contemporary architects have been highly acclaimed worldwide. In this tour, we can visit some of their works, such as SunnyHills by Kuma Kengo. …