Soba and tempura are two of Japan’s most popular dishes, along with sushi.     Soba (right cuisine of the photo) is a noodle dish made from buckwheat flour made from buckwheat seeds. Tempura (left cuisi …

Soba and tempura, そば & 天ぷら…の続きを読む

  Chanpon is a Japanese cuisine created in Nagasaki. It was invented to provide a cheap and nutritious meal by the Chinese chef at Shikairo restaurant in 1899 originally for Chinese students visiting Japan at that t …

Chanpon, ちゃんぽん…の続きを読む

  When Matsukura Shigemasa became the new federal lord of Shimabara in 1616, many people were Christians. Initially, he acquiesced in Christianity, because he needed people’s cooperation to build Shimabara Cas …

Unzen jigoku Martyrdom, 雲仙地獄殉教…の続きを読む

  Sushi is a popular Japanese dish consisting mainly of seafood on top of vinegared rice. Sushi has a wide variety of toppings, and you can enjoy sushi according to the season.   The freshness of the ingredient …

Sushi, 寿司…の続きを読む

  Karato Fish Market, is a fish market in Shimonoseki establish in 1933, and the blowfish trading volume is Japan’s highest. This market is not only the wholesale market of fresh fishes taken in the sea around Shimo …

Karato Fish Market, in Shimanoseki…の続きを読む

  25 years after the martyrdom of the 26 Saints, the blood of Christians was shed once again at Nishizaka in Nagasaki.       55 Christians were martyred who were arrested at Suzuta Prison in Omura and Kuru …

Genna great Martyrdom in 1622, 元和の大殉教…の続きを読む

  Rokubei is a local cuisine in Shimabara. In 1792, Shimabara Disaster was occurred that Mt. Mayuyama exploded and caused major damage due to landslides entire area of Shimabara. After that, the Shimabara Peninsula …

Rokubei, 六兵衛…の続きを読む

  In 1853, Mathew C Perry came to Uraga; the Commodore of the US navy, who played a significant role in Japanese history, succeeded in opening Japan to foreign countries. Japanese industry was 200years behind Europe …

Mathew C Perry came to Uraga in 1853…の続きを読む

  The number of Christians in Japan continued to increase, and reaching 300,000 in 1614. Fearing the ever-increasing number of Christian rebellions, Tokugawa Shogunate finally issued a ban on Christianity in Nagasak …

Ban on Christianity in 1614…の続きを読む

  Hatsu-moude is one of Japanese custom that first visit of the year to Shrines or/and Temples. Literal meaning of Hatsu is first and moude is pray. Most Japanese people visit Shrines and/or Temples at the beginning …

Hatsu-moude, 初詣…の続きを読む