A beautiful sunny Friday outing to see the ginkgo trees (イチョウ) in Aoyama Jingu Gaien park (神宮外苑) It’s a 300 meter long avenue planted with tall ginkgo trees on both side, leading to the imposing Meiji Memorial Picture Gallery building at the end. During the second part of November, when the leaves turn a bright …
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Japan Less Traveled Spots – Gifu Castle
Back to our trip to Gifu prefecture last month, I’d like to present you a little excursion to the Gifu Castle (岐阜城) in Gifu city. In the middle of the city there is a small mountain called mount Kinka (金華山) and the castle was first built in the 16th century at the very top. At …
Japan Less Traveled Spots – Tajimi Mosaic Tile Museum
So while we were in Tajimi to visit our friend’s tile accessories workshop, we also checked out the sights in town. We were most impressed by the Tajimi Mosaic Tile museum which you should definitely visit if you are in the area. The visit starts on the top fourth floor with a opened roof room …
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Japanese Sweets – Kuzumochi
As a new series on this blog, I will introduce Japanese sweets we love and want to share with the world. My first installment is Kuzumochi (葛餅). Made from starch powder, it is usually eaten with kinako (sweet roasted soybean flour) and kuromitsu (black cane sugar syrup). This particular one is from Funabashiya (船橋屋), a …
Japanese Paper
A couple weekends ago, while strolling around Ginza, we ended up at the Itoya flagstore – always a good spot to find cool products and ideas. They had a very nice exhibition of hundreds of various Japanese papers on pin badges spread across a huge table. It was beautiful. 和紙 (washi), Japanese traditional paper, is produced by …
Tokyo Less Travelled Spots – Teien Art Museum
Our goal with Chuchulu is to bring objects that we like from Japan to a wider worldwide audience. As part of that objective, I wanted to also show you some of our favorite lesser known spots through a series of blog posts. As the first installment, I will start with our personal favorite picnic spot: …
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