Perfect Score in Kumamon Quiz 2

The webmaster passed Kumamon Quiz sponsored by KUMAMOTO NICHINICHI SHIMBUN, a local newspaper publisher, with a perfect score both in the Japanese version for the second consecutive year and in the English version inaugurated this year. Once again she hopes to attend the awarding ceremony next March.

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Rainy Season Is Over in Tokyo

On July 22, the Japan Meteorological Agency announced the official end of the rainy season in the Kanto region including Tokyo, 1 day earlier than last year and 3 days later than usual. Varieties of Japanese ice cream brands are very popular among foreign tourists.   Enjoy their flavors unique to Japan to cool down in the hot weather.

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News on Flower in Spring

Cherry trees have come into bloom in Tokyo, the Japan Meteorological Agency announced on March 14,  6 days earlier than last year and 10 days earlier than usual. This is the earliest since the start of statistics.

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Happy New Year!

2021 was also a very tough year for tourism industry all over the world because of  the epidemic of COVID-19.  In Japan,  the 2020 Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games were  held without any incident.   The webmaster wishes that the pandemic would unspread and that many tourists will freely visit Japan again in the near future.

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Frolicking Animals

The webmaster visited Heiseikan, Tokyo National Museum to appreciate NATIONAL TREASURE: FROLICKING ANIMALS, medieval scroll painting.  Amazingly, the work was drawn long before "The Tale of Peter Rabbit" was published in 1902.  She has thought that  the animals depicted in such art work are the origin of numerous Japanese animated characters and yuru-chara mascots.