traditional Japanese life – Omi-merchant's way of Sustainable Prosperity

Irori a Japanese Way of Having Hygge

It is time to think of Danish hygge when Satoyama is covered with snow. While it is hygge to sit

Last Monday Dondo-Yaki fire festivals were held at many shrines in Hino and the one at Watamuki Shrine was the

The next morning I attended the ceremony at the shrine. A Shinto shrine is very much part of a Satoyama

Happy New Year! We have a tradition to eat soba on New Year eve in Japan, and we call it

Japan is one of the first countries to enter the aging society, and we have already had some experience in