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Tambara Lavender Park: A breathtaking sea of lavender in Eastern Japan

August 12, 2022 by Japan Informer

Look at a stunning, purple sea of 50,000 lavender in bloom on the Tambara Lavender Park, which is easily accessible by bus or train from Tokyo! The park provides lavender-picking classes as well as lavender-infused treats and a variety of kinds of fragrant souvenirs.Summer Fun! Go to a Lavender Field Near Tokyo You may have seen images of the breathtaking and incredibly famous … [Read more...] about Tambara Lavender Park: A breathtaking sea of lavender in Eastern Japan

A Sea of 4.5 Million Baby Blue Eye Flowers in Japan’s Hitachi Seaside Park

April 1, 2022 by Japan Informer

Azure TB Hitachi Seaside Park is a sprawling 470 acre park located in Hitachinaka, Ibaraki, Japan, that features vast flower gardens including millions of daffodils, 170 varieties of tulips, and an estimated 4.5 million baby blue eyes (Nemophila). The sea on blue flowers blooms once annually around April in an event referred to as the “Nemophila Harmony.” If you plan on … [Read more...] about A Sea of 4.5 Million Baby Blue Eye Flowers in Japan’s Hitachi Seaside Park

Japanese World’s Oldest Man who Promised to Keep Smiling Dies at 112

The world’s oldest man died on Sunday, less than weeks after Guinness World Records supplied him the recognition. Chitetsu Watanabe, 112, exceeded away at a nursing domestic in his nearby of Joetsu, Niigata Prefecture in northern Japan. Guinness World Records showed Chitetsu Watanabe because the oldest guy at 112 on Feb. 12. The calligraphy — […]

Apple Releases Limited Year Of The Tiger Airtags For New Year In Japan

Apple has announced a 2-day promotion to celebrate the Japanese New Year. Customers in Japan will receive a free Apple gift card worth up to 24,000 yen when they purchase eligible Apple products on January 2 and January 3. Apple also announced a special edition Beats Studio Buds, which celebrates the new year. It features […]

Why Scientists Are Stabbing Pig Carcasses with Samurai Swords

By Charles Q. Choi, Live Science Contributor Pay no attention to the person wielding a samurai sword and hacking away at a pig carcass — he’s doing it for science. The bloody exercise was done to analyze wounds from both machetes and Japanese samurai swords in order to better identify murder weapons from the […]

Wholesome Japanese Elderly Operates Vending Machine Manually In The Countryside

Dagashiya is a traditional Japanese confectionery shop that sells inexpensive candies known as dagashi. These antique establishments, popular with children and adults who want to relive their childhood confectionery days, can be found throughout Japan. Still, one in Tokyo’s neighboring Chiba Prefecture is particularly unique: Maboroshido. Maboroshido, located in Yachiyo City, combines the vintage atmosphere […]

Denki Buro: The Electric Baths of Japan

Many public bath houses in Japan have special pools lined with live metal electrodes for those peculiar bathers who would rather have actual electricity surging through their bodies than have coffees like normal folks. These baths are known as denki buro or “electric baths” and they are found throughout Japan. Whatever you had learned about the deadly […]

Japanese Billionaire And CEO Of Rakuten Donates 1 Billion Yen To Ukraine

Hiroshi Mikitani, a Japanese billionaire, announced Sunday that he would donate $8.7million to Ukraine’s government. He called Russia’s invasion “a challenge for democracy.” In a letter to Volodymyr Zelensky, the founder of Rakuten, an e-commerce company, stated that the 1 billion yen ($8.7million) donation will be used to support “humanitarian activities to assist people in […]

9 Japanese School Rules That Are Shocking, But True

Schools differ a lot from each other, but schools from different countries are a total mass of varieties. While Japanese people are beautiful and fashionable, like the little girl who is an Instagram fashion star, they cannot be fashionable at school. Japanese schools have pretty strict rules, and you must obey them if you want […]

Most Of 47 Prefectures Might Go Under Quasi Emergency Lockdown Soon

Most of Japan’s prefectures have fallen under or are preparing to seek restrictions on restaurants and bars to combat the rising number of coronavirus cases. With 12 more regions comprising Osaka Prefecture set to seek quasi-state-of-emergency declarations from the central government in the coming days. Osaka, Kyoto, Hyogo, Shizuoka prefectures were, together with Hokkaido, expected […]

10 magical Japanese gardens you must visit

Once you have set eyes upon the varied landscape of the Japanese islands, it becomes all the easier to understand Japanese gardens For centuries, the Japanese have re-created their favourite native scenery in their gardens, not only in their pond plots but also in their more esoteric-looking stone-and-gravel dry gardens. Travelling by Japan’s well-organised transport […]

Japanese Flying Squirrel Is Possibly One Of The Cutest Animals In The World

Photo story| Have you ever seen these nice, small animals of fur? These are known as the Japanese flying squirrels, a little mammal that is capable of moving from branch to branch, because of their furry membrane (patagium) between the front and back legs. While these beautiful beasts do not fly, they can float 100 […]