Archive for: July 2007

Here is a small list of onsens, or hot springs or spas, which you can visit and stay at if you like in Osaka. They all have open air outdoor baths so you can soak up the volcanic heated hot …

Danjiri are the large wooden mobile (Shinto) shrines, which are said to house the local God, which are pulled around neighbourhoods in Summer festivals where the locals can get together to watch the shrine and dance to the accompanying drums …

August sees the arrival of the 11th IAAF world championships to Osaka with over 200 countries and territories represented and 3,200 athletes competing in the height of Summer heat it should be a spectacular and thrilling event.

If you’re already in …

If you’re struggling a bit with Japanese then there are a couple of great bibles of Japanese grammar which you should check out.

Written in cooperation with the Japan Times, the Dictionaries of Japanese Grammar are a complete source of well …