Cooling down the rice

... for chirashi sushi (scattered sushi). It is very easy to make as doesn’t require any particular ability, and the ingredients are casually scattered and layered on top of the rice.

kostbar ding

Foreign languages are often used in Japan to make things or shops fancier, usually english and french. It's rare to see a shop with such a german name ("precious thing").

Census of bus passengers

Sand graphics

At the beach of Rikuzentakata.

Strange little car

Cosy old onsen

Namari onsen, a famous hot spring in Hanamaki.

Winter in Kitakami...

... every icy street a challenge.

Snow-covered rice paddy

Kitakami nightlife

... in the heart of the amusement district.

"Max" shinkansen at Tokyo station

Queuing for the shinkansen