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It is rare but you still find some street food vendors and shops in Japan. Try them when you are in Japan.
Ema 絵馬 ... Means Painted Hourse
Ema supposed take whatever you write on it takes it to the heaven.
So you write what you wish and hang it on the tree or Ema hangers.
You can find Ema in Shrines or Temples.
http://www.posteinheaven.com <- The design concept of this site is the same as Ema.
One of the things you should look into is visiting Japanese gardens. You can often find them at Temples, Shrines, Parks and Hotels. Those pictures are taken at New Otani Hotel in Alaska, Tokyo.
Seattle
Population 700,000
Kobe
Population 1,500,000
The biggest city in the State of Washington is Seattle. And Seattle is a sister city of Kobe, Hyogo, Japan. Both are harbor and port city.
Have you ever heard about the hotel called APA Hotel.
It is very successful chain of hotel in Japan. Rooms are very small but they are very clean. It includes buffet breakfast. It is usually cheaper than most other hotels. It is a good alternative to city hotels.
桜 Sakura Cherry Blossom
満開 Mankai Full Blossom
For Japanese, Cherry Blossom has a lot of meaning. There are many songs that names include "Sakura". Sakura usually mean short but beautiful life. Also the Sakura represents "Graduation".
Here are some songs that are called "Sakura"
Japanese Folk Song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UoTavO4Zbi4
Hit Songs with "Sakura" name.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5pyfRSyDhU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kZNdnv_haM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWOoMOw53Gc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_UW6acbdyU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4RIpSC0n1Y
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbjo6eOohMw
Have a Happy Easter!
Easter is holiday Japanese people do not celebrate. Japan is usually good at commercializing all holidays.
Uchikura & Co is looking for a distributor in the US and Canada for this colored sawdust painting kit from Japan. If you are looking for something unique to sell, please let us know. We can private label the product as well.
Kenichi Uchikura
UCHIKURA & CO LLC
CEO / Founder
1404 140th Place NE, Bellevue, WA 98007-3925
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What is funny?
何がおかしいの?
Product naming in Japan.
There are many products in Japan that has alphabets as the name. "Calpis" and "Creap" are very famous for weird names for westerners. Japanese people do not understand the meaning of the sound or the meaning itself to know if the product name sound funny.
This is not funny name ... but it is a very odd name.But most Japanese will not understand.
Uniqlo Co., Ltd. (株式会社ユニクロ, Kabushiki-gaisha Yunikuro) (US: /ˈjuːnikloʊ/ YOO-nee-klo; Japanese pronunciation: [jɯɲikɯɾo]) is a Japanese casual wear designer, manufacturer and retailer. The company has been a wholly owned subsidiary of Fast Retailing Co., Ltd.
If you like UNIQLO, they are having a u=huge sale in the US.
https://kiroboto.com/United_States/Posts/view/UNIQLO_SALE/20180330/283
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