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The Setsubun (節分) Festival or also known as the Bean-Throwing Festival, is a celebration that is held in Japan every year. The word Setsubun (節分) can directly be translated to 'season division', which is used to mark the first day of spring in Japan's traditional calendar. Even through it is not ...

September 16th(Mon), we have “Respect for the Aged Day”, “Keirou no hi (敬老の日）” in Japanese. This day is always on the third Monday of September every year and we celebrate and honor elderly people. In Japan, we visit our grandparents and give them some present with our feeling of gratitude and...

Takaokaya's favorite lunch place "Shofukutei (招福亭)"  Today, we went to have lunch at "Shofukutei" which is our favorite noodle shop near our office.This restaurant is famous for green tea soba noodle and loved by local people for a long time. Every Saturday, we have lunch here with some co-worker...

Hello from Takaokaya.We are happy to announce that we are going to start to write our blog "Kyoto Now" from today!We would like you to know more about not only Takaokaya but also Kyoto which is a great city of Japan Takaokaya located. We are happy if you come to like Kyoto more and this blog beco...