When it’s that cold (although to be honest, Spring may be around the corner, it was almost warm yesterday) it doesn’t get any better than a big bowl of Ramen! Why “black Ramen”? Well, the noodles are actually normal (the dark things on the top are sliced mushroom), but as you can see at the bottom, the oil is black (I guess it’s some sort of sesame oil, I forgot).
Can you guess what this is? Give your answer in the comments.
They’re not exactly common (I’ve seen only two so far) and I still don’t understand. But maybe I still don’t understand “otakuism” and how grown up men can be infatuated with manga characters and too afraid to speak to a real woman…
I didn’t try this coffee shop in Hiroshima, but I really like its front decoration.
One thing I like about Shintō shrines is that they really come in all shapes and especially sizes. Ranging from huge mountainside shrine complexes like Konpirasan to this very small shrine in my neighborhood. I particularly like the plastic chair in front of it.
On Sunday I took part in a pretty interesting workshop. If I understood correctly, it was organized by Archipelago and JEAN – Japan Environmental Action Network (as well as Ogi de Asobitai?) and led by Yoshifumi Oshima. It was about creating picture frames from various scraps and junk found on the area’s island beaches. I hopefully won’t teach you anything when I say that the seas all over the world have become real garbage dumps, and it’s pretty much the same for most coasts. And if big cities and famous beaches have the means to clean them up, it is not the case for many places, included the Seto Continue reading »
A few days ago I met the real Anpanman! What happened next was… well… not exactly unpredictable… To my defense, he had it coming.
Not a real Tanuki unfortunately (I have yet to see a real one, I’m not even sure there are any in the area) but a cute little statuette found in Daiso, the 100 Yen shop. On a completely unrelated note, you may have noticed a few major changes on the blog lately. First of all, the new social media icon in the sidebar, as well as this page about the social media and networks that I use. Connect with me and this blog through them to have even a better experience using and reading Ogijima.com Also, I made some changes to the menu bar, adding more than Continue reading »
Tengu at the Karato Matsuri on Teshima
Born in the French South-West, in the 70's, nothing predisposed me to be interested in Japan. Yet, this is exactly what happened when I met the one that was going to become my wife and when I discovered her home area, Shikoku! As a consequence -among other things- this blog. While dealing with Japan in general, it mostly focuses on Shikoku, Kagawa and the Seto Inland Sea. I hope you enjoy it, and that it allows you to discover, at least a little bit, this region that is too often overlooked when people think about this fascinating country.
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