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hello all this time I will share information about the delicious foods in japan
typical and unique Japanese food in Japan,,,,

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1. takoyaki




Who does not know takoyaki? This is typical of Japanese snacks in the form of small balls of dough made ​​from wheat flour and filled with pieces of octopus in it. Fun, you can easily find takoyaki when the streets to any area in Japan.Takoyaki is usually sale in a set or a box, which contains 6-12 takoyaki. To eat it, you can use a toothpick or chopstick. The price of a box, usually ranging from 300-500 yen.


2. Korokke




French food croquettes are made ​​from flour bread coated with egg white. But if in Japan, there Korokke form of potatoes and various contents, such as vegetables, beef, chicken and shrimp. Korokke shape is similar to a croquette, which is round and oval.

Korokke fun eaten while hot. Korokke most famous and most delicious famous in Tokyo, there Nikuten Maruya restaurant. See for yourself!



3. Okonomiyaki




If this one is Japanese food, guaranteed to shake up the tongue. This is the okonomiyaki, which is a typical Japanese food made ​​from wheat flour diluted in the water in a flat pan or so-called teppan. So, flour is given the shredded cabbage and topped added chicken eggs, fish, beef, squid, and others, according to taste.


4. Yakitori





Taste yakitori. Yakitori is chicken pieces such as skin, liver, meat, and other like satay stabbed and burned on charcoal. Even better, if added with spicy sauce!

The yakitori usually pegged at 70 yen, or about $ 1 only. Some traditional market in Tokyo is famous for its delicious yakitori is in Sugamo, Yanaka, and Ameya Yokocho.

Kyoto Botanical Garden - Kyoto-JAPAN







Are you are lovers of flowers? Or may include various types of plant lovers? So no need to worry if you deciding to travel to Kyoto while on vacation to Japan. While in town, the number of city parks that are not as much in Tokyo, but that does not mean you can not do here nature know. Even without all the way up the mountain you've been able to visit any tourist place full of natural shades. Curious? ^^

Not far from Kitayama Station, there is a large park named Kyoto Botanical Garden (or Kyoto Furitsu Shokubutsuen). From the name alone is able to guess if the park is also known as the Kyoto Prefectural Botanical is a botanical garden.

But of course the park is not the usual botanical garden, because it has a conservatory. The park is said to have been opened since 1924 (although there is also the opinion of this park has existed since 1917). But then the operation of the park was halted during World War II, and the newly re-opened in 1961.

Kyoto Botanical Garden has a main area that consists of Bamboo garden, flower garden, garden trees Cheri, European and Japanese-style garden, and much more. In other words, here there is always enjoyable for everyone. Interesting, is'n? ^ ^

This area is one of the popular areas to visit in the spring, because at that time the flowers will bloom in this area. Other interesting spots to visit in the spring of course lies in the collection Cheri trees in this park.

Kyoto Botanical Garden has 500 trees Cheri (Sakura will bloom in the spring) and consists of 70 varieties, so you can enjoy a wide variety of flowers Sakura in one place.

Kyoto Botanical Garden
Location: Sakyo
Address: Shimogamo, Hangi-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto City
Tel: 075-701-0141
Operating hours: -09.00-16.00 (park), 10:00 to 15:30 (greenhouse).
-Close when the New Year's holiday.
Ticket price: 200 yen * (general), 150 yen * (high school students), ¥ 80 * (elementary and junior high school students), an additional ¥ 200 * to get into the greenhouse.
Access: Kitayama-station (Karasuma Line);
-5 Minute walk from the bus stop Shokubutsuen-mae.

* Prices are subject to change at any time.

Heian Jingu - Kyoto Japan




In addition to having an area with many buildings that serve religious, Heian Jingu has a garden famous for its beauty. The garden surrounds the complex named Shin'en Heian Jingu in the south, west, east, and also in the middle.With a total area reaches 33000 square meters, is designed with the concept Shin'en stroll-style landscape garden with a large lake as its main focus, and the entire area of ​​the park has been recognized as National Scenic Spot as in the garden represents the value at the beginning of the Meiji period (1868 -1912). Anyway, please note that you do not need to pay for admission to the Heian Jingu area. You just have to buy a ticket if you want to get into the park area.

In this area there are a variety of trees that will blossom Cheri Sakura in the spring, as well as a variety of other plants that will bloom like spring outside Azalea flowers (blooms in summer). The park has a special spot where there are a variety of plants and flowers are commonly shown in the literature of the Heian period, and the spot is called Heian-no-sono.

Different with Naka Shin'en, or the middle of the park. Parks that have been built since 1895 has a lake called Soryu-ike. Lake in the middle of the park is equipped with large rocks that can be used to cross the lake. Anyway, in this lake there are also flowers Iris as found in the west garden.

Byodo-in Temple - Kyoto / JPN





Want traveling to Kyoto, but has not yet determined where the preferred place to be visited tourist was so confused choose? Not to be confused. Take a look at your wallet. Not to check your travel budget, but to seek inspiration from the 10 yen coin. If you already have the money 10 yen, look at the picture of what was behind the inscribed figure.

You will see a very beautiful image building with symmetrical proportions and looks elegant. The building really exist and are in Kyoto you know, exactly the building is part of a Buddhist temple called Byodo-in Temple. Interested to visit Byodo-in Temple?
Before you actually decide to pay a visit to the temple, there is no harm in getting to know the history of this beautiful temple. Byodo-in Temple is one of the unique Buddhist temples. This temple is a Buddhist temple of the combined flow of the Jodo-shu and Tendai-shu.

When viewed from history, this temple was already aged long enough. Originally this temple is a villa of a high-level court officials named Minamoto no Shigenobu in the year 998. After Minamoto no Shigenobu died, the villa was purchased by a member of the Fujiwara clan is the most powerful Fujiwara no Michinaga

1. Hadaka Matsuri, festival naked man





At Temple Saidaiji, Okayama there Hakada Matsuri festival or commonly known as the Naked Men Festival. As the name implies, you will see the man in there wearing only a loincloth such as the Japanese-style wrestlers and not wearing a shirt or pants at all!
In the festival, thousands of men will walk together around town. The festival usually takes place every February, when Japan in the winter aiming to have good luck throughout the year.


2. Nakizumo Matsuri, a festival baby crying sumo





Nakizumo sumo means the tears. Make no mistake, not the wrestlers, but a baby crying. In this festival, the two sumo wrestlers each will be holding a baby. Then, they both will lift the baby into the air or strange noises until the baby is crying.
The festival aims to provide the health blessing and cast out demons in infants. Nakizumo Matsuri usually takes place every April at Sensoji Temple, Tokyo. There are hundreds of babies who participate in the festival and the age of the festival has been going on for 400 years.


3. Akita Kanto, harvest festival





Akita Kanto probably most colorful festivals in Japan. Took place in the city of Akita, this festival takes place every August 3-6 every year. There, you can see dozens of people carrying kanto or bamboo poles that can reach 12 meters in length with ornate lanterns.


4. Sanja Matsuri





One of the most colorful festivals in Tokyo is Sanja Matsuri. The festival takes place in during the third full weekend in May in the district of Asakusa, Tokyo. Sanja Matsuri is a celebration for the founder of the Sensoji Temple in Tokyo and is considered the oldest Shinto gods. The festival was usually attended by about 2 million people!

Japanese traditional clothes, kimono and yukata looks similar. They both look like a cloak that covers the entire body to the tip of the toe. However, for the layman, is quite difficult to distinguish the two types of clothes. At the "Discovery Kimono" at the Japan Foundation, alu, a Japanese kimono, Kai, explain the difference. "The first difference was seen at the time of wearing," he said.

According to Kai, a yukata is more often used for casual events. Different from the kimono usually reserved for formal occasions.

Another difference is in terms of time. Yukata is used more often during the summer, while the kimono can be worn throughout the season. "There is a kimono for winter, spring and summer," said Kai, who was wearing a maroon colored kimono.

He added that, judging from the material there is any difference. "Yukata kimono cloth made ​​from cotton and silk," he said. Because the quality of the material is different, Kai suggests, better wash Kimono in place "laundry". While Yukata is okay if just washed himself by hand.

This difference also include the user of socks. Yukata, according to Kai, do not have to wear socks for the additional, while kimono mandatory. Meanwhile, the most noticeable difference, he added, there is the obi or large cloth wrapped around the waist of the wearer. "In yukata, obi used simpler. Cain just wrapped a single sheet of cloth and can be directly dikreasikan a ribbon on the back," he said.

While the kimono, said Kai, obi size will appear larger than the yukata. Kimono obi was more solid in the stomach because there is a small board that is used as a buffer obi looks stiff and neat. "The back of the kimono obi was usually added a small cushion which makes it look more official," he said.

Sakura flower is a special interest in Japan, because the flowers only grow 2 weeks for a year. When it grows, flowers fulfill all tree, without leaves. After 2 weeks, none of the sakura flowers, only green leaves, without interest, and so not interesting anymore.



This is photo the beauty of the the sakura flowers, pink and white

Japan is famous for various anime and uniqueness. Japanese society is considered as the people who are disciplined, punctual, stiffly but on the other hand they have a unique and an exciting and different life than with people in other countries. There are always trends and unique items or odd coming from Japan. You might remember the trend of Japanese men wearing a bra? It was not just one trend that's all you know is booming and briefly made ​​a public fascinated with the variety of strange and unique trends of the cherry country. There are a few more trends that you must be curious and want to know, let alone the unique trends that could boom in Japan this?

# Substitution season usually brings its own trends in Japan. Spring is usually identical with the breaking of the flowers and the cool air seemed to inspire teenagers Japan to make hair color trends and new models. With a blend of red and green as well as a haircut like tomatoes, Japanese teen makes a unique trend called 'hair tomatoes'. Cuts and color of this model was to make the wearing look more cute and pretty

Japanese people always seem to look fashionable if we are concerned about the lifestyle. They are usually rarely smiles, looks stiff and often each behavior when dealing with other people, and the most important is the Japanese citizens are always on time when working, never too late in his life, therefore no wonder if Japanese people love discipline.


This habit is a lifestyle of the Japanese. Kimono, sumo, chopsticks is an example of the four things that are always relates with Japanese Kimono and their lifestyles for example, Japan's traditional dress was not just simply cover the body. A lot of philosophy and history
contained therein. Wearing kimono random origin and should not be.


chopsticks

Identical to the procedure chopsticks to eat. Most Japanese people would break his chopsticks into two parts finished eating. According to traditional Japanese culture, when the chopsticks are not broken, they will be stricken with an illness caused by the food we eat. However, now that tradition is only done when we were in the restaurant. For meals at home, every member of the family save their own chopsticks and sumpi it only for personal and may not be exchanged chopsticks walaupoun fellow family members, this is done because it can be considered as bad luck to the family itself


sumo

We may be surprised and always think, why do players always Sumo body fat and large. The main requirement is a Sumo player, a man with a large bone structure, and is able and willing to gain weight. not all of the sumo player since childhood. In fact, many who become big and fat after getting special training. When someone has been accepted as a sumo wrestler, he should be able to keep the "greatness" badannnya.