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This site is dedicated to ROYCE chocolates which are made in Hokkaido Japan. I want to share with you the wonders of ROYCE chocolate and other Japanese things. Come and see how my BFFs and I progress in devouring these delicious morsels.
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Mitaka Awa Odori
On August 22-23, they held an Awa Odori Festival at Mitaka which I happened to see. Actually Awa Odori is probably originating from Tokushima where they have a huge 4 day dance fest. All the music is "live" with the shamisens, drums, flutes and d...
Off with her head!
I love Kewpie dolls, those angelic dolls drawn by Rosie O'Neill and the ones that were made some time ago. However in Japan, the kewpie dolls have been creeping me out. I have been seeing kewpies all over Japan. They are called costume kewpies and ha...
Shobu Bath!
On May 5th, Childrens'Day, the leaves of the Shobu (is this iris?) is sold at flower shops and super markets so that we can steep the fragrant leaves in the bath because it was believed that this rhizome, could treat nerve pain and gout. The sento (p...
Golden Week
This is definitely something that every country should have! These are a series of National holidays April 29, May 3,4 and 5 and this year the 6th. Tokyo clears out as everyone goes on holidays and I can snore in the subway trains. May 5th is Childre...
ROYCE' chocolate gone bad?
No, this is Domo-kun! A creature hatched from an egg! He loves NIKU JAGA and can't eat apples and can be quite a farter when nervous.... soooo cute domo-kun domo-kun...
Everything but #1 and #2
Love Japanese toilets! The norm for present Japanese toilet is what are called washlets. They do almost everything except #1 and #2 and wash your hands for you. The first time I met up with one was when I was at a company that I was visiting for bus...
Sento!
Went to a communal bath house (sento) today with my BFF. Cost 450 yen and you can stay until you become a shriveled prune. The entrance of the sento has a shoes locker with wooden keys and we took the elevator up to the 3rd floor where we bought entr...
Doll's Festival or Girl's Day
March 3 is Doll's Festival (hina matsuri) or Girl's Day (hina no sekku). They also call it momo no sekku (peach festival) because I think its because the peach flowers bloom around this time. Families with girls display these dolls starting from usua...
White Day! March 14th
So everyone knows about Valentine's Day right? Well, what about White day? It is on March 14th every year for guys to give the girls who gave them something on Valentine's Day something in return. Japanese are basically polite and reciprocate with a ...
Bridge Asia Foundation's 22nd New Year's Party
Bridge Asia Foundation celebrated the 22nd Lunar Year on February 22, 2009 at the Grand Prince Hotel Akasaka. I was told that 1,500 students attended. International Students, their family and friends attended this buffet reception for free! They h...
Zenmai Zamurai! (* ^ - ^)
This is one of my fav Japanese cartoon characters, Zenmai Zamurai (windup samurai) which is aired on NHK. According to the story, he died and is brought back alive but the hitch is that it is with a windup key on his head. If he comnpletely unwinds t...
