Post Tagged with "Japan"

Picture Postcards: Cars in Japan

Happy New Year to all you Pocketcultures followers!

This month we are looking at means of transport in different countries here on Picture Postcards. I’m starting things off with a snap I took in Japan of a priest blessing a car. This was at Hakusan Shrine in Niigata, Japan.

If you have a photo of some form of transport in your country that you would like to contribute, please consider placing it in our Picture Postcards of the World Flickr group. We’d love to see your pics!

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Picture Postcards: Cos play girls in Japan
Picture Postcards: Japanese lunch
Conversation with a Japanophile

Picture Postcards: Cos play girls in Tokyo, Japan

Continuing our look at things people wear around the world, here are a group of girls in the Harajuku area of Tokyo dressed up in Cos (ie. costume) play outfits. These are not usually clothes for everyday wear, but dressing up in them and heading out to certain meet-up areas is a kind of hobby in Japan. The costumes are often based on characters from anime (animated films) or manga (comic books) or even video games. Harajuku is an area famous for this at the weekends.

Read more:
Ukon Tea from Okinawa
Five Unusual Servings I’ve Encountered Living in Japan
Japan Rediscovers Healthy Food

Picture Postcards: Ukon tea from Okinawa

You might notice the special colour of this Okinawan tea in the photo sent in by our contributor, Mike. It is yellow because it contains turmeric which is said to help will all manner of ills. Since Okinawa has a large population of centenarians, there must be something to it!

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Okinawa Lunch
Shopfront in Naha, Okinawa, Japan
Five unusual servings I’ve encountered in Japan

Picture Postcards: Okinawa Island life

Thanks to Mike for sending this ‘Island life’ street art which is painted on the front of a karaoke bar in Okinawa, Japan.

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Picture Postcards: Japanese lunch

The last post in our lunch series is from Japan – this photo of Zaru Soba is by Shanti, Shanti, otherwise known as PocketCultures’ contributing editor Marie. Zaru Soba is a summer dish of cold boiled noodles with a sauce for dipping.

In August we’re looking for photos of Everyday People on Picture Postcards. If you want to share yours, add it to our Picture Postcards Flickr group and tag it with ‘everydaypeople’. See you there!

Read more:
Lunch around the world (Picture Postcards)
Vancouver’s sushi culture
Ancestor worship in Okinawa, Japan

Picture Postcards: Okinawa lunch

This photo of yakisoba was taken by our contributor Mike, also known around the internet as “Ryukyu Mike“. He describes this dish as stir-fried noodles with a few veggies and a bit of meat that, when offered up at festivals, is sometimes cooked in a pan over charcoal.

More about Okinawa and Japan:
Ancestor Worship in Okinawa, Japan
An Okinawan Wedding
Breakfast Around the World