Summer is surely here in Japan, with the humid and scorching weather. Store front people sprinkling water in the morning to cool the street or road in front of their shops. People cutting the beautiful Japanese seedless watermelons to clinch their thirst. Summer festivals sponsored by the local temples and shrines. Morning glory plants and […]
Tanabata or the Star Festival, celebrated every year in Japan on two different dates. July 7th in the Kanto area which is the Tokyo area and on August 6-8 in Sendai. Difference is that Tokyo celebrate on the seventh month, seventh day. Sendai is align with the lunar calendar. Adults along with children celebrate, writing […]
Coming to Japan, the best way to see and feel the place is traveling by public transportation. The subways, trains, trolley ( trams), ferry and the taxis. All very easy to travel on and much of the directions written in English. Yes , we still have the trolley, before and after the war, they ran […]
Step outside of your comfort zone and travel to Yokohama Chinatown (Motomachi Chukagai) only 30 minutes away from downtown Shibuya. Great for shopping but the best is the food. From Shoronpo (dumplings) to noodles and even Peking Duck you can have right there every kind of Chinese food you desire. Either be Cantonese, Shanghai, Peking […]
Have you come across a traditional sake shop on one of your walks around town? There are the modern liquor shops that carry all types of alcoholic beverages and there are the traditional sake shops that only carry many brands of sake plus possibly wine and beer. In the years past, in Japan a traditional […]
Cherry blossom viewing is almost over in the Kanto area with many viewers trying the catch the last full bloom trees. You will be able to get more viewings in the next couple of weeks in Aomori and Hokkaido possibly during Golden Week. Rest assure you can also take in the beautiful Wisteria trellis ( […]
Reserve your spot today! Homat Grace means one thing: Beautiful properties in one of Tokyo’s most luxurious neighborhoods — created with expatriates in mind. Each unit has been carefully designed for comfort and convenience, with bright, spacious rooms, the latest in kitchen and home appliances, and some even more opulent touches like a private sauna […]
The Tokyo weather department has finally declared on March 24 at 14:00 from Yasukuni Shrine where the designated tree for the declaration of the beginning of the Cherry Blossom Season. Yes, Spring has finally arrived with the cherry blossoms painting the entire Tokyo area PINK! Learned a little something about cherry trees. Did you know […]
Why not step outside of your comfort zone in Tokyo and venture out to Shizuoka. As the summer weather was so hot all over Japan the turning of the fall foliage has been late or not turning at all. Walking along the Jingu Gaien, ginkonut tree lane the trees are only turning on one […]
We’re very excited to share this announcement! Homat Grace, our latest Homat project, will be available for you to rent this winter. These residences, which are in a newly built low-rise building, are beautiful and spacious. They have a vintage vibe, with interior designs modelled on classic Homat properties from the 1980s. But they’re […]