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• Category: Accommodations
  • Getting to Narita from Tsukuba in the Early Morning November 26th, 2008
  • Guest Room in Tsukuba November 28th, 2008
  • Hotel Bestland Offers Discounted Rates February 1st, 2008
• Category: Animals
  • A Hard Fact To Swallow- Swallows Not Getting The Respect That They Have Been Long Used To In Japan May 15th, 2009
  • Adopting a Dog or Cat in Japan December 26th, 2008
  • Annual Memorial Service (Ireisai) For Animals Sacrificed At Medical School October 29th, 2008
  • Birds Of a Feather Flock Together July 25th, 2008
  • Discovering Tsukuba's Animal Welfare Activists ( at last! ) August 31st, 2009
  • Eating UGUISU MOCHI In Anticipation of Japan's Most Famous Sound of Spring February 18th, 2009
  • Egret Rookery Threatened! May 26th, 2008
  • Fido-Friendly, Alfresco Dining at Cafe Plus 1 August 7th, 2008
  • Fighting To Protect Tsukuba's Remaining Wilds in Nakane Kondadai (中根 金田台) June 23rd, 2008
  • For Those Who Give A Hoot -- What To Do If You Find a Sick or Injured Raptor February 25th, 2009
  • FROG CHORUS Is Nature`s Richest Orchestral Show- Take Some Time To Give It a Serious Listen May 22nd, 2009
  • From the Deep Waters Off Ibaraki, a Winter Delicacy: ANKO NABE December 14th, 2008
  • In Autumn, Don't Forget WEB SEARCH as You Near Your Front Door! September 29th, 2008
  • Kasumigaura Bird Rescue Needs Your Help More Than Ever As Migrators Pass Through En Masse And Tsuchiura City Approves Funding For MORE Deadly Nets April 11th, 2009
  • Leaves Fall away, Sometimes Revealing the Macabre MOZU NO NIE (鵙の贄) November 30th, 2008
  • Making a Mountain of Tsukuba's Mole Hills (mogura zuka) January 21st, 2009
  • More on Dogs and a Dog's Life in Japan August 7th, 2008
  • More Tree Fellings In Tsukuba Leave Local Activists and Forest STUMPED February 23rd, 2010
  • Once Again, Goshawks Not Given a Fair Trial- This Time in Nakane Konda-Dai (中根 金田台) September 26th, 2009
  • One Coin Horse Riding December 21st, 2008
  • Party Crashing Red-Billed Leiothrix (ソウシチョウ) Stunned, But Apparently Unharmed December 11th, 2008
  • Peacock at Amabiki Kannon May 9th, 2007
  • Running with Tsukuba Center's Tireless Bird-Chasers September 6th, 2008
  • SOUNDSCAPES and GROUNDSCAPES Shift as Starlings are Chased from One Roosting Place to the Next August 19th, 2008
  • Thar She Glows! Wild Fireflies Spotted Not Far From Tsukuba Center June 22nd, 2008
  • The Brown-Eared Bulbul (Hiyodori) Might Be An Everyday Bird Here In Japan, But You Wont Find It In Many Other Places March 15th, 2009
  • The Long Hard Run Comes To An End November 28th, 2008
  • The Tiger in Japanese History and Culture ( a brief look) February 16th, 2010
  • Traces of Tsukuba`s Mammals- Past and Present September 8th, 2009
  • Traps are Back Up as Three Day New Year's Moratorium On Mouse Catching Ends January 5th, 2009
  • Tsukuba's Central Park Pond Gets A Scrubbing (And its Carp Get Sucked Away) January 15th, 2009
  • Tsukuba's Traditional Hunters: Hawkers and Falconers January 10th, 2009
  • Tsukuba`s Fleeting Snowscapes ( revisited) February 2nd, 2010
  • TV Show about Cats December 14th, 2008
  • Vet Recommendation: Tsukuba Gakuen Pet Clinic November 28th, 2008
  • What's That BUZZ About? August 21st, 2008
  • What`s the Buzz About (again)?- The Cicadas (semi) of Japanese Summer July 29th, 2009
  • Category: Kasumigaura Bird Rescue
    • A Day for the Birds December 24th, 2008
    • Bird Rescue Stuck in the Mud February 18th, 2008
    • Bird Rescue Underway! Six saved, thousands to go..... December 26th, 2007
    • In Real Life, Tsukuba's Official Bird and Ubiquitous Mascot Gets Little Love These Days January 27th, 2009
    • Kasumigaura Bird Rescue January 13th, 2008
    • Kasumigaura Bird Rescue Meeting: Feb 28 February 26th, 2008
    • Kasumigaura Bird Rescue Needs Your Help More Than Ever As Migrators Pass Through En Masse And Tsuchiura City Approves Funding For MORE Deadly Nets April 11th, 2009
    • Save the Birds December 4th, 2007
    • Still Caught Up In Kasumigaura Bird Rescue December 18th, 2008
• Category: Art
  • A Look from Behind: The Yakushi-Ji Treasures In Ueno June 3rd, 2008
  • A Showing Of Provocative New Works by Thomas Mayers September 28th, 2009
  • Aigasa Masayoshi`s Striking Works Capture The Numbing Sense Of Alienation Brought On By Modernization And Urbanization May 8th, 2009
  • Annual Azabu Juban Open Air Ceramic Exhibition March 16th, 2009
  • Art fair and festival in Kasama this weekend June 5th, 2008
  • Ballads in Wood - This Friday February 6th, 2008
  • Big Black Heart: Photography and the Aboriginal September 14th, 2009
  • BlizzardBoy Talks about Dolls December 29th, 2006
  • China Disabled People's Performing Art Troupe to perform in Ibaraki October 24th, 2007
  • Come and see the works of local artist family! April 19th, 2008
  • Contemporary dance performances today and tomorrow September 4th, 2007
  • Contemporary Japanese Art With A View (of the City) November 9th, 2007
  • Dazzling Works From The Red Center July 26th, 2008
  • Drop Everything And Go See The Dazzling Kayama Matazo Retrospective -- You've Only Got Till March 2nd! March 1st, 2009
  • Faces for Father's Day June 15th, 2008
  • GERD KNÄPPER, a German artist to open his gallery in Daigo May 21st, 2007
  • I've Discovered One In Tsukuba at Last! A Horse-Headed Kannon Sacred Stone with an Actual Horse-Headed Image! March 9th, 2009
  • Kabuki coming to Ibaraki April 22nd, 2008
  • Kasama Pottery Fair April 18th, 2007
  • Leonard Fujita Exhibit Shows Newly Found Works But Fails to Give the Whole Picture January 9th, 2009
  • Maria Elizabeth Robles Exhibition this week September 6th, 2007
  • Michi no Ichi (arts and craft fair) in Kasama May 31st, 2007
  • Mokuzougan: Intricate Artwork Made of Wood August 31st, 2007
  • New exhibit at the Ibaraki Nature Museum February 1st, 2007
  • No Place Like Home June 3rd, 2008
  • Noh mask exhibit July 5th, 2007
  • Quilt Show at Tsukuba Museum of Art June 3rd, 2009
  • Retro-bus from Tsukuba Station April 15th, 2007
  • Roots of Manga October 28th, 2007
  • Sakura-themed exhibit in Tsuchiura April 13th, 2007
  • Second Nature: Tsukuba Photography Exhibit by John Tran November 15th, 2007
  • The 15th ARTwave Tsukuba Exhibition June 12th, 2009
  • The 6th Challenge Art Festival in Tsukuba February 27th, 2007
  • The Daruma Doll - The Evolution Of Japan's Longest Selling CHARACTER January 3rd, 2009
  • The filming of an Indian movie taking place in Tsukuba! April 4th, 2007
  • The Legend Returns to the Place of Origin April 23rd, 2009
  • Tsuchiura Sakura Festival 2008 March 25th, 2008
  • Tsuchiura Takigi Noh September 7th, 2007
  • Tsukuba dancers to perform in a dance event May 8th, 2008
  • Tsukuba Museum of Art Schedule (March 2008) March 5th, 2008
  • Tsukuba's Famous Architect January 23rd, 2008
  • Two “one of a kind” Doll Festivals taking place in Ibaraki February 1st, 2007
  • Very Cute Illustrations July 31st, 2008
  • What Is Now Culture Day Was Long Celebrated As The Emperor Meiji's Birthday November 3rd, 2008
  • Yasato Pottery Festival May 29th, 2007
• Category: Books
  • An Introduction to Amazon.co.jp September 5th, 2007
  • Inter-Library Loans in Tsukuba September 12th, 2007
  • Libraries in Tsukuba March 3rd, 2007
  • Scribblings on the Occassion of Shiki-Ki （子規忌）, the Memorial Day for Poet and Man of Letters- Masaoka Shiki September 20th, 2009
  • Search for Books in Tsukuba Public Library through Amazon.co.jp September 21st, 2007
  • The River with No Bridge (Hashi No Nai Kawa), New Arrival at ARS Library September 5th, 2008
• Category: Computers
  • ACCS Improves Payment Options November 28th, 2008
  • Cleaning Up a Computer January 24th, 2008
  • Computer Classes January 14th, 2007
  • Computer Course for Foreign Residents of Tsukuba February 2nd, 2009
  • English Service for NTT Customers March 6th, 2009
  • Notice to Users of Panasonic Let's Note Laptops January 25th, 2008
  • Category: Hardware
    • Trojan Horse in Certain Buffalo Flash Memory Sticks October 17th, 2007
  • Category: Software
    • Kanji Practice Made Fun December 26th, 2006
• Category: Culture
  • Japan's Traditional Celebrations of Longevity October 25th, 2008
  • Mysterious (and Creepy) Roadside Markers Explained October 21st, 2008
  • "Miracle Working" Stone Still Has Devotees in Tsukuba and Beyond November 11th, 2008
  • A Brief History of Buraku Discrimination in Japan July 1st, 2008
  • A Celestial Bridge for the Gods of Mt Tsukuba December 10th, 2008
  • A Climb To The Top Of Tsukuba`s Little Mt. Fuji (23 steps high) Sheds Light On Local Edo Period Dispute Resolution Processes, Folk Beliefs, And The Origin Of The Place Name SENGEN (千現 ) June 11th, 2009
  • A Fine day For Fire-Walking at Mt Kabasan (加波山) ! December 22nd, 2008
  • A Glimpse (and Whiff) of Things to Come February 5th, 2009
  • A Hard Fact To Swallow- Swallows Not Getting The Respect That They Have Been Long Used To In Japan May 15th, 2009
  • A Look at Moon-Viewing ( O-Tsukimi, お月見) in Japan October 4th, 2009
  • A More Comprehesive View Of MORIJIO Salt Piles (盛塩) February 13th, 2009
  • Aigasa Masayoshi`s Striking Works Capture The Numbing Sense Of Alienation Brought On By Modernization And Urbanization May 8th, 2009
  • Amabiki Kannon May 8th, 2007
  • An evening with Indonesian Dance and Music August 31st, 2007
  • Ancestors Remembered Around the Autumnal Equinox September 21st, 2008
  • Ancient Custom Hanging on by a (Silk) Thread March 28th, 2008
  • Annual Ibaraki Artifact Exhibit at Seibu August 6th, 2007
  • Annual Memorial Service (Ireisai) For Animals Sacrificed At Medical School October 29th, 2008
  • Are you ready for the BIG ONE? September 2nd, 2008
  • Argentina Day at University of Tsukuba May 27th, 2008
  • Around the Spring Equinox in Japan, All Around Things Start To Stir -- Even the Graveyards! March 20th, 2009
  • Autumn Festival at Raijinsama November 22nd, 2008
  • “Tsukuba Havriin Bayar” Mongolian Festival April 17th, 2009
  • Big Names in Shamisen Coming to Tsukuba April 17th, 2007
  • BON Jour! August 15th, 2008
  • Bonenkai (忘年会)- a Deeper Look at Japan`s Year-End Parties December 26th, 2009
  • Camellias (tsubaki) Create Special Spring Soundscapes And Groundscapes April 16th, 2009
  • Capture Go as Communication January 30th, 2007
  • Changing of the Gods: Mt Tsukuba's Onzawari Ceremony April 2nd, 2008
  • China Week at Fureai Plaza September 30th, 2009
  • Choco LOCO -- The Legacy of Lupercalia in Contemporary Japan February 16th, 2009
  • Choco Loco- A Deeper Look at Valentines Day in Japan February 13th, 2010
  • Come Away From Mt. Tsukuba Shrine's Toshikoshi-Sai Festival With Plenty Of Booty! February 10th, 2009
  • Complete Your Moon-Viewing ( O-Tsukimi) For This Year- Tonight With The Ju-Sanya ( 13th night) Moon October 30th, 2009
  • Contemporary Japanese food culture documentary "eatrip" June 19th, 2009
  • Convenience Stores And Supermarkets Promote Osaka Custom And Point Setsubun Celebrations In NEW DIRECTION February 1st, 2009
  • Convenience Stores And Supermarkets Promote Osaka Custom And Point Setsubun Celebrations In NEW DIRECTION (revisited) January 28th, 2010
  • Cries of- SAKURA might be mistaken, but dont let that discourage you from savoring the beauty of Tsukuba`s anzu (apricot) blossoms March 21st, 2009
  • Daikon Radish Hung Out To Dry Mark The Beginning of the TAKUAN Making Process December 10th, 2009
  • Daily Victuals - Online German Bread Shop October 15th, 2008
  • Dancers, Musicians and Artists Converge On Rustic Chestnut Farm for Unique HAPPENING inspired by Fashion Designer`s Latest Works October 16th, 2009
  • Dazzling Works From The Red Center July 26th, 2008
  • Did You Win This Year? February 3rd, 2008
  • Do The Shikoku 88 Temple Circuit Pilgrimage Right Here In Tsukuba At The Nichirinji Temple April 27th, 2009
  • Do You Have Good Chopstick Manners? September 4th, 2007
  • Do You Uchimizu? August 8th, 2007
  • Doll's festival in Tsuchiura! February 19th, 2007
  • Doll's Festivals taking place in Tsukuba February 17th, 2007
  • Dondoyaki: Festive Decorations Go up In Smoke on Jan. 16th in Tsuchiura January 14th, 2010
  • Dondoyaki: New Years Decorations Go up In Smoke on January 13 January 12th, 2008
  • Drop Everything And Go See The Dazzling Kayama Matazo Retrospective -- You've Only Got Till March 2nd! March 1st, 2009
  • Early Plum Blossoms, So-Bai (早梅), Reassure Us That Spring Is Not Far Off January 24th, 2010
  • Earth Festa Kanagawa 2008 May 14th, 2008
  • Eating UGUISU MOCHI In Anticipation of Japan's Most Famous Sound of Spring February 18th, 2009
  • Emperor and Empress to Visit Tsukuba August 1st, 2009
  • Emperor's Birthday December 22nd, 2006
  • Enjoy the Moss, Get Rid of the Mould! June 29th, 2008
  • Everything Is Peachy Keen At Koga`s Momo Matsuri March 24th, 2009
  • Fall Event at Hirasawa Kanga September 19th, 2007
  • For The Delicate Aroma Of Japan's Matsutake Mushrooms You Have To Pay Through The Nose October 25th, 2008
  • For the Winter Solstice - Yuzu Baths, Pumpkin, Konyaku and Walking on Fire December 20th, 2008
  • For the Winter Solstice – Yuzu Baths, Pumpkin, Konyaku and Walking on Fire (revisited) December 18th, 2009
  • Forty Seven Samurai December 14th, 2006
  • Free bamboo grass for Tanabata July 2nd, 2007
  • Free guided tour of Akihabara! August 29th, 2007
  • Free Rakugo shows at Seibu tomorrow June 1st, 2007
  • FUGU (pufferfish)- safe and reasonably priced- but still TO DIE FOR! February 6th, 2010
  • Fuji Flowers Create a PURPLE HAZE Overhead, but For some real WISTERIA HYSTERIA Head Out For Ashikaga May 1st, 2009
  • Getting Deeper Into O-Shogatsu (New Year's) Preparations December 28th, 2008
  • Getting Ready For Ibaraki's Unique Hatsu Uma (初午) Celebrations, At Home And At Inari Shrines February 6th, 2009
  • Getting Ready for O-Shogatsu December 27th, 2008
  • Getting Ready For O-Shogatsu ( The Japanese New Year Festival)-once again! December 27th, 2009
  • Gion Galore ! July 25th, 2009
  • Gion Galore! July 20th, 2008
  • Gion Matsuri Season is here! July 20th, 2007
  • Gone With The Dew- The tiny, blue blossoms of TSUYUGUSA (露草) Appear Before Dawn and Vanish by the Afternoon August 4th, 2009
  • HANABIRAMOCHI ( 花びら餅 )- a Japanese sweet for January which has roots in an ancient court ceremony January 19th, 2010
  • Having Evolved In A Very Rainy Country, The Japanese Language Is Unusually Rich in Words and Expressions Describing Different Kinds Of Rain July 11th, 2009
  • Higashioka's Fudo-Ko: A Meeting With The Unmoveable One July 28th, 2008
  • Hina Dolls Coming Out Of The Closet (In the Literal Sense) February 21st, 2009
  • Hina Matsuri Event: Tea and Ikebana February 24th, 2008
  • Hina Matsuri- Tsukubans In No Rush To Put Away Hina Dolls ( revisited) March 3rd, 2010
  • How to Eat Sushi February 3rd, 2007
  • I've Discovered One In Tsukuba at Last! A Horse-Headed Kannon Sacred Stone with an Actual Horse-Headed Image! March 9th, 2009
  • Ibaraki`s Rolling Fields of Buckwheat ( 蕎麦畑) Almost Ready For Harvesting October 8th, 2009
  • Ikebana Class Party November 5th, 2007
  • In autumn MUMS THE WORD, as Japans Chrysanthemum Cultivators Display their Creations November 9th, 2009
  • In Japan, Ancestors Are Remembered On and Around Equinox Days (O-Higan)- Revisited September 23rd, 2009
  • In Japan, August is a month of REMEMBERANCE August 9th, 2009
  • In Japan, Summer Is Autumn- for MUGI (wheat and barley) June 12th, 2009
  • In Late Autumn and Early Winter, its Sazanka(山茶花) , NOT Tsubaki (椿, camellia ) - revisited November 18th, 2009
  • In Line With the Far Side March 21st, 2008
  • In November- THE place to visit in Tokyo is The Meiji Shrine ( revisited) November 22nd, 2009
  • In Real Life, Tsukuba's Official Bird and Ubiquitous Mascot Gets Little Love These Days January 27th, 2009
  • In the Tsukuba Area, Misopi 味噌ピー (roasted peanuts basted in miso ), Is a Traditional O-Kazu ( accompaniment to rice)- not just a snack February 23rd, 2010
  • In Tsukuba, Fancier Than Usual Offerings to Roadside DOSOJIN ( 道祖神) Sacred Stones, Probably Mean Someone Is Having Bad Back Or Leg Pain August 26th, 2009
  • Ishioka Festival this weekend September 13th, 2007
  • Its the Turn of the YABURAN (ヤブラン)- Liriope platyphylla - to be the Highlight of Tsukuba`s Dark and Shadowy Spaces September 4th, 2009
  • Japan Turns Yellow As Nanohana (Rapeseed Flowers) Take Over The Spring Landscape April 20th, 2009
  • Japanese Buzzwords for 2007 November 21st, 2007
  • Japanese Fencing (Kendo) and Archery (Kyudo) Lessons March 23rd, 2009
  • Japan`s Prehistoric Staple Food - The Chestnut ( KURI, 栗), Is One of Tsukuba`s Most Outstanding (and dangerous!) Features September 12th, 2009
  • Joso brings back SOIL OF KOSHIEN after disappointing early exit August 4th, 2008
  • July First Is YAMABIRAKI (山開き) On Mt Fuji - Which Means The Climbing Season Has Begun ! July 1st, 2009
  • Kabuki coming to Ibaraki April 22nd, 2008
  • Kaki is the Color (and Flavor) of Fall in Rural Japan November 9th, 2008
  • Kanji Day December 11th, 2006
  • Kansai Area`s Popular Rite of Passage For 13 Year Olds Is Also Celebrated In Ibaraki, At Tokai-Mura`s Muramatsuyama Kokuzo-Do Temple April 13th, 2009
  • Kanto Plain Is Transformed Into The Mongolian Steppes During 2 Day Festival April 22nd, 2009
  • Kasama Area Summer Events August 14th, 2007
  • Kit Kats and other Lucky SOUNDING Charms for Japan`s Entrance Exam Season January 26th, 2010
  • Kit Kats and Other Lucky Sounding Charms for the Entrance Exam Season January 16th, 2009
  • Know the Local Lingo (2): Sha-Meh-Nah August 6th, 2008
  • KVA Festival: Japanese Education Exhibition October 14th, 2007
  • Learn by Doing: Japanese Culture August 24th, 2007
  • Lecture on Italian Culture February 14th, 2008
  • Leonard Fujita Exhibit Shows Newly Found Works But Fails to Give the Whole Picture January 9th, 2009
  • Lightning! Hide Your Bellybuttons! August 30th, 2008
  • Long Living Tsukubans December 8th, 2006
  • Loss of Traditional Respect Hard Fact to Swallow for Swallows July 23rd, 2008
  • Lots o' Lotus! September 8th, 2008
  • Lunar or Solar? July 19th, 2008
  • Makabe All Dolled-Up Until March 3rd February 27th, 2009
  • Makabe, in Sakuragawa City, All Dolled-Up Until March 3rd February 4th, 2010
  • Make a Wish Upon 2 Stars at a Tanabata Decoration Near You! July 3rd, 2008
  • Make a Wish Upon Two Stars (Japan`s Tanabata Festival) July 6th, 2009
  • Making a Mountain of Tsukuba's Mole Hills (mogura zuka) January 21st, 2009
  • Masked Nation March 17th, 2009
  • Meiji Shrine - THE Place To Visit in November November 25th, 2008
  • Men Facing Tough Choices as WHITE DAY Draws Near March 13th, 2009
  • Mongolia Exhibition May 30th, 2007
  • More on Tsukuba`s Ubiquitous Winter Citrus Fruit- The YUZU ( 柚子) December 19th, 2009
  • Mount Tsukuba Plum Festival February 21st, 2007
  • Namiki Kominkan Festival May 23rd, 2007
  • New Year's Cards December 10th, 2006
  • New Year's Postcard Lottery January 27th, 2009
  • Nihonglish December 12th, 2008
  • Noh mask exhibit July 5th, 2007
  • Nova Hall and Capio Schedule (March 2008) March 5th, 2008
  • O-Sechi (御節)- A Deeper Look at Japan`s Traditional New Year`s Dishes January 5th, 2010
  • One of Japanese Summer`s Representative Veggies, NASU (eggplant) Is Versatile,Tasty, Culturally Significant, AND Has Beautiful Flowers July 16th, 2009
  • One of Japan`s More Popular Traditional Festivals — KURISUMASU (revisited) December 23rd, 2009
  • One of the More Popular of Japan's Traditional Festivals -- KURISUMASU December 25th, 2008
  • Opening The Mirrors ( Kagami Biraki)- A more comprehensive look at Kagami-mochi ( revisited) January 9th, 2010
  • Opening The Mirrors (Kagami Biraki) January 11th, 2009
  • Outdoor Daruma Market December 16th, 2006
  • Philippine Fiesta 2008 in Ishioka April 15th, 2008
  • Plum Crazy! March 18th, 2008
  • PLUM crazy! Ibaraki`s Ume Trees in Bloom! ( revisited) March 5th, 2010
  • Professional Sumo coming to Ibaraki! May 26th, 2007
  • Rankin' By Palanquin January 19th, 2009
  • Religious Symbols Used To Discourage Littering (and Urinating in Public) October 11th, 2008
  • Report on Autumn Festival at Raijinsama November 23rd, 2008
  • Retro-bus from Tsukuba Station April 15th, 2007
  • Ringing out the Old Year, Ringing in the New December 31st, 2008
  • Saiki`s Old Fudo-Hall and its Traditional Monthly Women`s Prayer Meetings (妻木の不動尊) October 21st, 2009
  • Scribblings on the Occassion of Shiki-Ki （子規忌）, the Memorial Day for Poet and Man of Letters- Masaoka Shiki September 20th, 2009
  • Shichi-Go-San celebrations uniquely extravagant in Ibaraki November 22nd, 2009
  • Something Smells Fishy- it must be Setsubun! (revisited) February 1st, 2010
  • Something Smells Fishy: It's Setsubun! February 2nd, 2008
  • Striking up a Debate with The Right-Wing Activists Outside The Yasukuni Shrine on August 15th Might Not Be a Very Good Idea After All August 20th, 2009
  • Tai-Yaki Eaters' Dilemma -- Is It Heads or Tails? February 23rd, 2009
  • Taiko at iias on August 15 and 16, 2009 August 13th, 2009
  • Taiko at iias on January 1, 2, and 3, 2009 November 30th, 2008
  • Tango no Sekku Over the Ages May 6th, 2008
  • Tantric Fire Ritual on New Year's Eve December 25th, 2007
  • Ten Hours, One Piece of Paper February 13th, 2007
  • Ten Japanese Habits Worth Emulating January 10th, 2007
  • The Connection Between Tsukuba`s Sakuragawa River and Sakura (cherry) Trees Traced To Its Source- THE ACTUAL SOURCE OF THE RIVER ITSELF April 10th, 2009
  • The Daruma Doll - The Evolution Of Japan's Longest Selling CHARACTER January 3rd, 2009
  • The Etymology of DOKKOISHO, a word uttered by the Japanese at the onset or completion of certain acts of EXERTION July 4th, 2009
  • The Evolution Of Japan`s Hina Dolls ( Hina Ningyo)- A Brief Look February 28th, 2010
  • The Man Behind The Mascot November 7th, 2008
  • The Possible Connection Between The Myth of The Sun Goddess (Amaterasu), Himiko, Ruler of The Ancient Kingdom of Yamatai and a Solar Eclipse (or two)! July 25th, 2009
  • The Seven Herbs Of Spring (七草) In Rice Porridge On Jan. 7th January 6th, 2009
  • The Seven Herbs Of Spring (七草) In Rice Porridge On Jan. 7th　( revisited) January 6th, 2010
  • The Tiger in Japanese History and Culture ( a brief look) February 16th, 2010
  • They're Coming Home -- on Serpents of Straw, Cucumber Horses, and Eggplant Oxen August 13th, 2008
  • THINKING Green Grass Group October 19th, 2009
  • To Eat the Leaf or Not to Eat the Leaf, That is the Question April 12th, 2008
  • Tomorrow is Tsukuba`s MOST DISTINCTIVE (and aromatic!) Gion Matsuri- Ichinoya Shrines Garlic Festival ! July 27th, 2009
  • Toshi no Ichi (年の市) - Japan`s Traditional End-of-The Year Markets December 28th, 2009
  • Toshikoshi-Soba (年越しそば)- Why? December 29th, 2009
  • Traditional Korean and Japanese Music Concert in Tsukuba May 25th, 2007
  • Traps are Back Up as Three Day New Year's Moratorium On Mouse Catching Ends January 5th, 2009
  • Tsuchiura Takigi Noh September 7th, 2007
  • Tsukuba Becomes A WATERWORLD As Rice Transplantation ( Taue) Gets Underway May 2nd, 2009
  • Tsukuba Festival page updated May 2nd, 2007
  • Tsukuba Wadaiko Festa in Nova Hall September 8th, 2007
  • Tsukuba's Coming of Age Ceremony (Seijin Shiki) Proceeds Without Incident -- Well, Almost... January 14th, 2009
  • Tsukuba's Sweetgums Ablaze November 18th, 2008
  • Tsukuba's Traditional Hunters: Hawkers and Falconers January 10th, 2009
  • Tsukubans in No Rush to Pack up Hina Dolls March 3rd, 2008
  • Tsukuba`s Very Own (?) Nebuta Parade! (revisited) August 29th, 2009
  • TSUNABI (綱火), Ina-Machi`s Fire and Smoke Spewing Puppets On a String August 23rd, 2009
  • Tunisian Day January 23rd, 2008
  • Twenty-Third Night Stones ( 二十三夜塔) in Tsukuba are Evidence of How MOON WAITING (月待) Prayer Meetings Once Thrived in This Area October 12th, 2009
  • Two “one of a kind” Doll Festivals taking place in Ibaraki February 1st, 2007
  • Up In Arms! Dressing Up in Samurai Armour in Sakura, Chiba May 10th, 2008
  • Westernized Calendar Makes New Year`s Joya No Kane (year-end-bells) and Futsuka-Mode a Frosty ordeal- Bundle up ( revisited!) December 31st, 2009
  • Westernized New Year Makes Joya No Kane and Futsuka-Modeh a Frosty Ordeal! January 1st, 2009
  • What is now Culture Day was long celebrated as the Birthday of the Emperor Meiji November 3rd, 2009
  • What Is Now Culture Day Was Long Celebrated As The Emperor Meiji's Birthday November 3rd, 2008
  • What's SHUN (旬) in June? June 19th, 2008
  • Whats The Deal With All This Eating Of Eel (UNAGI)- A More Comprehensive Look at Japan`s DOYO NO USHI (土用の丑) July 19th, 2009
  • What`s the Buzz About (again)?- The Cicadas (semi) of Japanese Summer July 29th, 2009
  • Where are the Real Blossoms at Peach Festival Time? March 3rd, 2009
  • Wild Mulberry (kuwa no mi, 桑の実) Pickers Get Caught Red-Handed ! June 1st, 2009
  • Winning Lottery Numbers for New Year's Cards January 14th, 2007
  • With All The Attention On Cherry Blossoms and Hanami, HANA-MATSURI, The Japanese Celebration Of Buddha`s Birthday, Is Often Overlooked These Days April 7th, 2009
  • With TX, Toned-Down Sanja Matsuri Still Well Worth The Trip May 20th, 2008
  • Yuzu Bath December 22nd, 2006
  • Zakumata, Y-shaped sticks placed at cross-roads are a unique way of praying for EASY DELIVERY! March 9th, 2010
  • Zakuro (Pomegranates) and The Goddess of Fertility and Easy Delivery - Kishibojin November 21st, 2008
  • Zen Priest Baiho`s Idea Proves to be a Long-Lasting HIT as the Tsuchiura Fireworks Competition Grows More Popular By the Year October 2nd, 2009
• Category: Education
  • April 2008 Ibaraki JALT Presentation April 2nd, 2008
  • Buying an Electronic Dictionary June 2nd, 2007
  • Education Information for Foreign Residents January 4th, 2007
  • Free admission day @ Ibaraki Nature Museum March 20th, 2007
  • Ideas about Improving Tsukuba October 9th, 2008
  • JALT Meeting: Joe Tomei January 30th, 2008
  • Japanese Fencing (Kendo) and Archery (Kyudo) Lessons March 23rd, 2009
  • Kit Kats and other Lucky SOUNDING Charms for Japan`s Entrance Exam Season January 26th, 2010
  • Kit Kats and Other Lucky Sounding Charms for the Entrance Exam Season January 16th, 2009
  • Lectures on the nature of NZ and its conservation project July 11th, 2007
  • Make your own replica of a teeth fossil November 9th, 2007
  • Map and Survey Festival May 30th, 2007
  • Meguro Parasitological Museum May 14th, 2007
  • Mt. Tsukuba, One of 100 Unique Geological Spots in Japan June 20th, 2007
  • Namiki High School Festival May 29th, 2007
  • New Zealand Day at Ibaraki Nature Museum August 17th, 2007
  • Remembering Sho Nemoto ( 根本正)- the Father of Japan`s Drinking Age Laws ( and free universal education!)- on Coming-of-Age Day January 11th, 2010
  • Science Day and Environment Day at Ibaraki Nature Museum May 31st, 2007
  • Science Day Events at Ibaraki Nature Museum May 28th, 2008
  • Study in Canada Fairs September 3rd, 2008
  • Summer Events at the Geology Museum August 17th, 2007
  • TABS Boarding Schools Fair in Tokyo October 23rd, 2009
  • TIS Open School Days September 2nd, 2008
  • Translations of Letters from Japanese Elementary Schools March 23rd, 2009
  • Tsuchiura Nihon University Secondary School and a new school in Namiki April 6th, 2007
  • Tsukuba Schools Information Sessions in October September 27th, 2007
  • Tsukuba Statistics May 10th, 2008
  • Updates on free Japanese lessons at TGU February 20th, 2008
  • YMCA Day Care Accepting Kids January 29th, 2008
  • Category: Students
    • Donations to China for Earthquake Fund May 15th, 2008
    • Free Japanese lessons at TGU February 12th, 2008
    • Kit Kats and Other Lucky Sounding Charms for the Entrance Exam Season January 16th, 2009
    • Mind the Gap: April 2008 May 8th, 2008
    • Mind the Gap: August 2006 August 1st, 2006
    • Mind The Gap: December 2006 December 5th, 2006
    • Mind the Gap: July 2006 July 1st, 2006
    • Mind the Gap: June 2006 June 1st, 2006
    • Mind the Gap: October 2006 October 1st, 2006
    • Mind the Gap: September 2006 September 1st, 2006
    • yougakusei~! February 1st, 2007
  • Category: Universities
    • Tsukuba's Non-Turning Windmills-Turned Objets D'Art - Gone With The Wind October 7th, 2008
    • yougakusei~! February 1st, 2007
    • Category: University of Tsukuba
      • AgESD Symposium 2008 November 8th, 2008
      • Annual Memorial Service (Ireisai) For Animals Sacrificed At Medical School October 29th, 2008
      • Argentina Day at University of Tsukuba May 27th, 2008
      • Big Black Heart: Photography and the Aboriginal September 14th, 2009
      • CAPEDS presents Sudan Café in Tsukuba vol.2 - What we found in "Real" Sudan- November 25th, 2009
      • City Chat Cafe - Let's meet at LALA Garden August 26th, 2008
      • Dormitory Festival "Yadokari-sai" will take place May 25th, 2007
      • Free Japanese Classes in Tsukuba March 16th, 2007
      • Glorious Weather For Sports Day and University Festival 2008 October 13th, 2008
      • JALT-Ibaraki Chapter December Meeting December 2nd, 2009
      • Libraries in Tsukuba March 3rd, 2007
      • Mind the Gap: April 2008 May 8th, 2008
      • Mind the Gap: August 2006 August 1st, 2006
      • Mind The Gap: December 2006 December 5th, 2006
      • Mind the Gap: July 2006 July 1st, 2006
      • Mind the Gap: June 2006 June 1st, 2006
      • Mind the Gap: October 2006 October 1st, 2006
      • Mind the Gap: September 2006 September 1st, 2006
      • New University "Re-Use" System February 27th, 2007
      • Photos of Tsukuba University by Mori March 11th, 2007
      • Plenty of BLUE BLOOD passing through Tsukuba's Main Arteries November 15th, 2008
      • Superpowers Start in Tsukuba March 11th, 2007
      • Tsukuba U Students Let Their Hair Down (or Put Their Wigs On!) May 24th, 2008
      • University of Tsukuba Grad wins Akutagawa Prize March 10th, 2007
      • University of Tsukuba Marching Band June 10th, 2007
      • Which university’s lectures do you most want to see available as Open Course Ware? March 4th, 2007
      • Youth Ending Hunger Charity Concert June 26th, 2008
• Category: Environment
  • A Celestial Bridge for the Gods of Mt Tsukuba December 10th, 2008
  • A Day for the Birds December 24th, 2008
  • A Glimpse (and Whiff) of Things to Come February 5th, 2009
  • A Showing Of Provocative New Works by Thomas Mayers September 28th, 2009
  • Advisory for smog was issued yesterday May 24th, 2007
  • And yet more FORAGING in Tsukuba-MUBE ( むべ)- and the etymology of its name December 3rd, 2009
  • Are you ready for the BIG ONE? September 2nd, 2008
  • Bags, Bags, Everywhere... August 24th, 2007
  • Bird Rescue Stuck in the Mud February 18th, 2008
  • Bird Rescue Underway! Six saved, thousands to go..... December 26th, 2007
  • Birds Of a Feather Flock Together July 25th, 2008
  • Bitter Herbs in this Season's Sweet March 17th, 2008
  • Chestnut Trees Give Tsukuba Its Distinctive Summer Smell June 7th, 2009
  • Cries of- SAKURA might be mistaken, but dont let that discourage you from savoring the beauty of Tsukuba`s anzu (apricot) blossoms March 21st, 2009
  • Destruction of Woods in Tsukuba`s Nakane Konda-dai ( 中根金田台の自然破壊が始まりました) Is Now Underway. Its NOT a pretty picture. January 23rd, 2010
  • Do You Uchimizu? August 8th, 2007
  • DOKUDAMI- Traditional Herbal CURE-ALL Flourishes In Japan`s Damp and Shadowy Places June 26th, 2009
  • Early Plum Blossoms, So-Bai (早梅), Reassure Us That Spring Is Not Far Off January 24th, 2010
  • Ecoshop System February 23rd, 2007
  • Encountering Phallus Impudicus In Tsukuba's Bamboo Forests November 4th, 2008
  • Fair Weather Friends: Tsukuba's Solar Cooking Enthusiasts Enjoy The Taste Of Nature While Promoting GREEN Lifestyle October 18th, 2008
  • Fallen Gingko Leaves (銀杏落葉) Give Tsukuba Glimmering, Golden Early-Winter Groundscapes December 1st, 2009
  • Famous Environmentalists Come to Tsukuba October 5th, 2007
  • Fighting To Protect Tsukuba's Remaining Wilds in Nakane Kondadai (中根 金田台) June 23rd, 2008
  • For Getting a Look At One of Japan`s MOST AMAZING FLOWERS (the karasu-uri no hana) a Flashlight comes in handy August 17th, 2009
  • For Those Who Give A Hoot -- What To Do If You Find a Sick or Injured Raptor February 25th, 2009
  • FROG CHORUS Is Nature`s Richest Orchestral Show- Take Some Time To Give It a Serious Listen May 22nd, 2009
  • Fuji Flowers Create a PURPLE HAZE Overhead, but For some real WISTERIA HYSTERIA Head Out For Ashikaga May 1st, 2009
  • Gardeners or Butchers? Tsukuba's Tree Trimmers Go About Their Annual Winter Hack Job January 29th, 2009
  • Get Ready for a Hot Summer March 22nd, 2007
  • Gone With The Dew- The tiny, blue blossoms of TSUYUGUSA (露草) Appear Before Dawn and Vanish by the Afternoon August 4th, 2009
  • Good News for Pollen Allergy Sufferers in Tsukuba December 28th, 2006
  • Having Evolved In A Very Rainy Country, The Japanese Language Is Unusually Rich in Words and Expressions Describing Different Kinds Of Rain July 11th, 2009
  • Ibaraki`s Rolling Fields of Buckwheat ( 蕎麦畑) Almost Ready For Harvesting October 8th, 2009
  • In Autumn, Don't Forget WEB SEARCH as You Near Your Front Door! September 29th, 2008
  • In Early Winter it's Sazanka, not Tsubaki (Camellia) December 5th, 2008
  • In Japan, Semi-translucent Ro-bai 蝋梅 Blossoms ( Japanese allspice) are The New Year`s First Tree-based Flowers to Bloom and Fill The Winter Air With a Welcome Fragrance January 30th, 2010
  • In Japan, Summer Is Autumn- for MUGI (wheat and barley) June 12th, 2009
  • In Late Autumn and Early Winter, its Sazanka(山茶花) , NOT Tsubaki (椿, camellia ) - revisited November 18th, 2009
  • In Late June Its Raining YAMAMOMO (under Tsukuba`s YAMAMOMO trees) June 27th, 2009
  • In Real Life, Tsukuba's Official Bird and Ubiquitous Mascot Gets Little Love These Days January 27th, 2009
  • Information about the Environment in Japan May 1st, 2007
  • Its the Turn of the YABURAN (ヤブラン)- Liriope platyphylla - to be the Highlight of Tsukuba`s Dark and Shadowy Spaces September 4th, 2009
  • Japan Turns Yellow As Nanohana (Rapeseed Flowers) Take Over The Spring Landscape April 20th, 2009
  • Japanese Tree Pruning by the Book January 30th, 2009
  • Japan`s Pretty little HEBI-ICHIGO ( literally snake strawberries) Are NOT Eaten By Snakes, NOT Poisonous and NOT Very Tasty, But Some Old-Timers Believe They Have Medicinal Powers May 29th, 2009
  • July First Is YAMABIRAKI (山開き) On Mt Fuji - Which Means The Climbing Season Has Begun ! July 1st, 2009
  • Kaki is the Color (and Flavor) of Fall in Rural Japan November 9th, 2008
  • Karin' For Your Sore Throat December 8th, 2008
  • Kasumigaura Bird Rescue January 13th, 2008
  • Kasumigaura Bird Rescue Meeting: Feb 28 February 26th, 2008
  • Last Chance For Kumagusu's Forest January 21st, 2008
  • Leaves Fall away, Sometimes Revealing the Macabre MOZU NO NIE (鵙の贄) November 30th, 2008
  • Lectures on the nature of NZ and its conservation project July 11th, 2007
  • Locals Still Taking in The KOWASHIMIZU Spring Waters At the Foot of The Konda Castle Ruins June 30th, 2009
  • Loss of Traditional Respect Hard Fact to Swallow for Swallows July 23rd, 2008
  • Lots o' Lotus! September 8th, 2008
  • Make-Your-Own Solar Heater November 22nd, 2007
  • More Traditional Functions of Seasonal Bon-Fires: Roasting Potatoes and Toasting Buns December 2nd, 2008
  • More Tree Fellings In Tsukuba Leave Local Activists and Forest STUMPED February 23rd, 2010
  • National Parks of Japan June 18th, 2007
  • Negi 葱 ( welsh onions)- Keeping Tsukuba`s fields Green and fragrant through the winter January 9th, 2010
  • New University "Re-Use" System February 27th, 2007
  • NIES Summer Open House 2007 June 29th, 2007
  • NPOs Devise Business Model to Revitalize Lake Kasumigaura December 19th, 2006
  • Once Again, Goshawks Not Given a Fair Trial- This Time in Nakane Konda-Dai (中根 金田台) September 26th, 2009
  • One of Japanese Summer`s Representative Veggies, NASU (eggplant) Is Versatile,Tasty, Culturally Significant, AND Has Beautiful Flowers July 16th, 2009
  • One Person, One Day, One Kilogram Reduction in CO2 August 15th, 2007
  • Party Crashing Red-Billed Leiothrix (ソウシチョウ) Stunned, But Apparently Unharmed December 11th, 2008
  • Pollen Count for 2008 January 28th, 2008
  • Religious Symbols Used To Discourage Littering (and Urinating in Public) October 11th, 2008
  • Running with Tsukuba Center's Tireless Bird-Chasers September 6th, 2008
  • Sarusuberi, not Salisbury, Adds Longlasting Color to Tsukuba's Dog Days August 7th, 2008
  • Save the Birds December 4th, 2007
  • Science Day and Environment Day at Ibaraki Nature Museum May 31st, 2007
  • Science Day Events at Ibaraki Nature Museum May 28th, 2008
  • Scribblings on the Occassion of Shiki-Ki （子規忌）, the Memorial Day for Poet and Man of Letters- Masaoka Shiki September 20th, 2009
  • Some Prefer Nettles- No-Azami (野薊), The First Thistles Of The Year- Beautiful AND (as most thistles are- ) Edible ! June 19th, 2009
  • SOUNDSCAPES and GROUNDSCAPES Shift as Starlings are Chased from One Roosting Place to the Next August 19th, 2008
  • Still Caught Up In Kasumigaura Bird Rescue December 18th, 2008
  • Thar She Glows! Wild Fireflies Spotted Not Far From Tsukuba Center June 22nd, 2008
  • The 19th Urban Greening Festival tomorrow September 28th, 2007
  • The Brown-Eared Bulbul (Hiyodori) Might Be An Everyday Bird Here In Japan, But You Wont Find It In Many Other Places March 15th, 2009
  • The Colder, the Sweeter: Farmers Let Their Daikon Radish Chill Out in the Soil March 5th, 2009
  • The Connection Between Tsukuba`s Sakuragawa River and Sakura (cherry) Trees Traced To Its Source- THE ACTUAL SOURCE OF THE RIVER ITSELF April 10th, 2009
  • The Destruction of Rare Woods and Covering Up Of Ancient Ruins For Suburban Chicago-Style Development in Tsukuba`s Nakane Konda-Dai (中根金田台) Is Bizarrely Hailed As green development By Officially Sponsored Groups March 28th, 2009
  • The Long Hard Run Comes To An End November 28th, 2008
  • Their Amazing Blossoms Are Gone, But The Fruit Of the KARASU-URI (烏瓜) Have Started To Glow Deep Orange October 9th, 2009
  • THINKING Green Grass Group October 19th, 2009
  • This Year, HATSUSHIMO (初霜), the First Frost, Comes Early and Suddenly to Tsukuba- Lets Hope Its a Fluke November 5th, 2009
  • Traces of Tsukuba`s Mammals- Past and Present September 8th, 2009
  • Tsukuba Becomes A WATERWORLD As Rice Transplantation ( Taue) Gets Underway May 2nd, 2009
  • Tsukuba Dust Bowl March 23rd, 2009
  • Tsukuba Farmers Give This Year's Rice Crop a Big Thumbs Up! September 11th, 2008
  • Tsukuba Farmers Still No.1 at Growing Grass ! A closer look at our turf-lawn heritage ( revisited) February 19th, 2010
  • Tsukuba Statistics May 10th, 2008
  • Tsukuba's Central Park Pond Gets A Scrubbing (And its Carp Get Sucked Away) January 15th, 2009
  • Tsukuba's Fleeting Snowscapes March 4th, 2009
  • Tsukuba's Non-Turning Windmills-Turned Objets D'Art - Gone With The Wind October 7th, 2008
  • Tsukuba's Smokey Autumn Air - The Gomi Moshi Problem November 2nd, 2008
  • Tsukuba's Sweetgums Ablaze November 18th, 2008
  • Tsukuba`s Fleeting Snowscapes ( revisited) February 2nd, 2010
  • Turn Off the Lights, Take it Slow June 22nd, 2007
  • What's That BUZZ About? August 21st, 2008
  • What`s the Buzz About (again)?- The Cicadas (semi) of Japanese Summer July 29th, 2009
  • Why The Area On Which the Science City was Built Remained Undeveloped Until Recent Years August 28th, 2008
  • Wild Mulberry (kuwa no mi, 桑の実) Pickers Get Caught Red-Handed ! June 1st, 2009
  • Category: Garbage
    • Buying Tickets to Dispose of Large Items May 11th, 2008
    • Clean Up Tsukuba August 23rd, 2007
    • Cleaning Up the City January 18th, 2007
    • Closed for the Holidays December 28th, 2008
    • Cost of Waste Management in Tsukuba September 21st, 2007
    • Dondoyaki: Festive Decorations Go up In Smoke on Jan. 16th in Tsuchiura January 14th, 2010
    • Holiday Garbage Schedule December 8th, 2006
    • Religious Symbols Used To Discourage Littering (and Urinating in Public) October 11th, 2008
    • Tsukuba's Smokey Autumn Air - The Gomi Moshi Problem November 2nd, 2008
    • Underground Garbage Collection System January 31st, 2007
  • Category: Recycling
    • Buying Tickets to Dispose of Large Items May 11th, 2008
    • Ecoshop System February 23rd, 2007
    • Farmer's Market in Namiki April 26th, 2007
    • Recycle Cooking Oil at Ritz'n March 30th, 2008
    • Recycling Telephone Books November 21st, 2006
    • Supporting Groups who Collect Resources for Recycling May 30th, 2007
    • Tsukuba Recycle Festival November 2nd, 2007
    • Tsukuba Recycle Market May 24th, 2007
  • Category: Reusing
    • A visit to the Umezono House March 5th, 2007
    • Buying Tickets to Dispose of Large Items May 11th, 2008
    • No More Free Bags in Tsukuba August 16th, 2008
    • Tsukuba Recycle Market March 8th, 2007
    • Tsukuba Recycle Market May 24th, 2007
    • Tsukuba Recycle Market September 13th, 2007
    • Umezono House's New Store Hours July 18th, 2006
    • Upcoming bazaars and flea markets May 28th, 2009
• Category: Events
  • Japan's Traditional Celebrations of Longevity October 25th, 2008
  • 11th Dragon Boat Race Competition in Kasumigaura City June 29th, 2007
  • 46,000 Visits at One Shot! Asakusa Kannon's Hozuki-Ichi July 10th, 2008
  • 7th Anniversary events at You World July 6th, 2007
  • A Fine day For Fire-Walking at Mt Kabasan (加波山) ! December 22nd, 2008
  • A Look at Moon-Viewing ( O-Tsukimi, お月見) in Japan October 4th, 2009
  • A Look from Behind: The Yakushi-Ji Treasures In Ueno June 3rd, 2008
  • A Showing Of Provocative New Works by Thomas Mayers September 28th, 2009
  • Advance Tickets for Extra Dralion Shows May 30th, 2007
  • Adventures in Jamblini March 31st, 2009
  • AIST Open House 2007 July 17th, 2007
  • An evening with Indonesian Dance and Music August 31st, 2007
  • Ancestors Remembered Around the Autumnal Equinox September 21st, 2008
  • Annual Azabu Juban Open Air Ceramic Exhibition March 16th, 2009
  • Annual Ibaraki Artifact Exhibit at Seibu August 6th, 2007
  • Annual Memorial Service (Ireisai) For Animals Sacrificed At Medical School October 29th, 2008
  • April 2008 Ibaraki JALT Presentation April 2nd, 2008
  • Are you ready for the BIG ONE? September 2nd, 2008
  • Argentina Day at University of Tsukuba May 27th, 2008
  • Art fair and festival in Kasama this weekend June 5th, 2008
  • Autumn Festival at Raijinsama November 22nd, 2008
  • Azalea Festival May 4th, 2008
  • Azalea festivals in Tsukuba and Kasama April 20th, 2007
  • “Tsukuba Havriin Bayar” Mongolian Festival April 17th, 2009
  • Baiho's Idea a BIG HIT in Tsuchiura October 2nd, 2008
  • Ballads in Wood - This Friday February 6th, 2008
  • Beethoven's Ninth Symphony December 16th, 2006
  • Best Tsuchiura Fireworks Ever! October 5th, 2008
  • Big Black Heart: Photography and the Aboriginal September 14th, 2009
  • Big Names in Shamisen Coming to Tsukuba April 17th, 2007
  • Blast! May 27th, 2007
  • BON Jour! August 15th, 2008
  • Canada Pavilion at Tokyo International Anime Fair 2007 March 15th, 2007
  • Capture Go as Communication January 30th, 2007
  • Cello and Piano Recitals at Nova Hall January 29th, 2008
  • Changing of the Gods: Mt Tsukuba's Onzawari Ceremony April 2nd, 2008
  • Charity Ballet Presentation for Kids November 21st, 2006
  • China Disabled People's Performing Art Troupe to perform in Ibaraki October 24th, 2007
  • China Week at Fureai Plaza September 30th, 2009
  • Choco Loco- A Deeper Look at Valentines Day in Japan February 13th, 2010
  • Christian Preschool Bazaar October 23rd, 2007
  • Christmas Lights and Merry-Go-Round! November 27th, 2006
  • City Chat Cafe: December 2008 December 1st, 2008
  • City Chat Cafe: February 2009 January 26th, 2009
  • City Chat Cafe: January 2009 January 5th, 2009
  • City Chat Cafe: November 2008 October 27th, 2008
  • Clematis Exhibit April 29th, 2008
  • Clothing Swap in Tokyo March 8th, 2008
  • Coffee Hour: International Relations in Tsukuba January 23rd, 2007
  • Come Away From Mt. Tsukuba Shrine's Toshikoshi-Sai Festival With Plenty Of Booty! February 10th, 2009
  • Complete Your Moon-Viewing ( O-Tsukimi) For This Year- Tonight With The Ju-Sanya ( 13th night) Moon October 30th, 2009
  • Computer Classes January 14th, 2007
  • Contemporary Japanese food culture documentary "eatrip" June 19th, 2009
  • Crash Testing April 19th, 2007
  • Crash Tests at JARI this Weekend April 17th, 2008
  • Current events at Aquaworld Ooarai February 15th, 2007
  • Dancers, Musicians and Artists Converge On Rustic Chestnut Farm for Unique HAPPENING inspired by Fashion Designer`s Latest Works October 16th, 2009
  • David Sanborn Group Performance at Tsukuba Capio October 29th, 2009
  • Dazzling Works From The Red Center July 26th, 2008
  • Desmostylus Exhibit in Tsukuba September 20th, 2007
  • Disaster Drill in Tsukuba August 25th, 2007
  • Doll's festival in Tsuchiura! February 19th, 2007
  • Doll's Festivals taking place in Tsukuba February 17th, 2007
  • Dondoyaki: Festive Decorations Go up In Smoke on Jan. 16th in Tsuchiura January 14th, 2010
  • Dondoyaki: New Years Decorations Go up In Smoke on January 13 January 12th, 2008
  • Dormitory Festival "Yadokari-sai" will take place May 25th, 2007
  • Doudou N'Diaye Rose Percussion Orchestra May 6th, 2008
  • Drop Everything And Go See The Dazzling Kayama Matazo Retrospective -- You've Only Got Till March 2nd! March 1st, 2009
  • Earth Festa Kanagawa 2008 May 14th, 2008
  • Emperor and Empress to Visit Tsukuba August 1st, 2009
  • Events for August 4-5 weekend August 3rd, 2007
  • Events for Marine Day weekend July 11th, 2007
  • Events in January 2009 December 26th, 2008
  • Everything Is Peachy Keen At Koga`s Momo Matsuri March 24th, 2009
  • Faces for Father's Day June 15th, 2008
  • Fall Event at Hirasawa Kanga September 19th, 2007
  • Famous Environmentalists Come to Tsukuba October 5th, 2007
  • Fighting Lanterns in Koga-shi December 1st, 2006
  • Fireworks Display at Potiron July 20th, 2007
  • Fireworks Festivals along Tx Line July 18th, 2006
  • For the Winter Solstice - Yuzu Baths, Pumpkin, Konyaku and Walking on Fire December 20th, 2008
  • Free admission day @ Ibaraki Nature Museum March 20th, 2007
  • Free admission day at Potiron-no-Mori April 5th, 2007
  • Free Admission Day at Potiron-no-Mori April 4th, 2008
  • Free concerts at Seibu November 29th, 2006
  • Free Rakugo shows at Seibu tomorrow June 1st, 2007
  • Fun at NIES and AIST July 18th, 2006
  • Getting Deeper Into O-Shogatsu (New Year's) Preparations December 28th, 2008
  • Getting Ready For Ibaraki's Unique Hatsu Uma (初午) Celebrations, At Home And At Inari Shrines February 6th, 2009
  • Getting Ready for O-Shogatsu December 27th, 2008
  • Gion Galore! July 20th, 2008
  • Gion Matsuri Season is here! July 20th, 2007
  • Girl's Festival in Makabe February 6th, 2007
  • Global Communication Movie Party October 12th, 2007
  • Glorious Weather For Sports Day and University Festival 2008 October 13th, 2008
  • Gospel Events in June June 8th, 2007
  • Halloween goods at Joyful Honda September 14th, 2006
  • Harvard Krokodiloes and Cymbeline May 20th, 2008
  • Have Your Treasures Appraised in Tsukuba April 22nd, 2007
  • Higashioka's Fudo-Ko: A Meeting With The Unmoveable One July 28th, 2008
  • Hina Dolls Coming Out Of The Closet (In the Literal Sense) February 21st, 2009
  • Hina Matsuri Event: Tea and Ikebana February 24th, 2008
  • Hina Matsuri- Tsukubans In No Rush To Put Away Hina Dolls ( revisited) March 3rd, 2010
  • Hirasawa Kanga Illuminations August 16th, 2007
  • Ibaraki Artifact Exhibit at Seibu August 10th, 2006
  • Ibaraki Golden Golds Tsukuba Series May 12th, 2008
  • Ichinoya's Garlic Festival Kicks Off Gion Season in Ibaraki July 12th, 2008
  • If You See Only One Show This Year... February 22nd, 2007
  • Ikebana Class Party November 5th, 2007
  • In November- THE place to visit in Tokyo is The Meiji Shrine ( revisited) November 22nd, 2009
  • Iris Festival (Ayame Matsuri) in Sawara June 7th, 2008
  • Ishioka Festival this weekend September 13th, 2007
  • JALT Meeting: Joe Tomei January 30th, 2008
  • JALT September 2007 Event September 20th, 2007
  • JALT-Ibaraki Chapter December Meeting December 2nd, 2009
  • Jeff Nelson Worship Concert at Tsuchiura Megumi Church June 29th, 2007
  • Kanto Plain Is Transformed Into The Mongolian Steppes During 2 Day Festival April 22nd, 2009
  • Kasama Area Summer Events August 14th, 2007
  • Kasumi Accepting Event Proposals February 7th, 2007
  • Kasumigaura Bird Rescue Meeting: Feb 28 February 26th, 2008
  • KEK Open House 2007 August 29th, 2007
  • KVA Festival: Japanese Education Exhibition October 14th, 2007
  • Lantern Festival at Ushiku Daibutsu August 9th, 2006
  • Last Chance For Kumagusu's Forest January 21st, 2008
  • Lecture by a Nobel Prize Winner February 26th, 2008
  • Lecture on Italian Culture February 14th, 2008
  • Look at the Etymology of the Word SAKURA For a Deeper Understanding of Japan's UNIQUE Celebration of Cherry Blossoms: O-HANAMI (お花見) April 4th, 2009
  • Makabe All Dolled-Up Until March 3rd February 27th, 2009
  • Makabe, in Sakuragawa City, All Dolled-Up Until March 3rd February 4th, 2010
  • Make a Wish Upon 2 Stars at a Tanabata Decoration Near You! July 3rd, 2008
  • Make the Summer Solstice Meaningful June 21st, 2008
  • Make your own replica of a teeth fossil November 9th, 2007
  • Map and Survey Festival May 30th, 2007
  • Matsuri Tsukuba 2007 August 26th, 2007
  • Meiji Shrine - THE Place To Visit in November November 25th, 2008
  • Men Facing Tough Choices as WHITE DAY Draws Near March 13th, 2009
  • Michi no Ichi (arts and craft fair) in Kasama May 31st, 2007
  • Mint Exhibition in Tsukuba February 4th, 2007
  • Miraikan Turns Six May 9th, 2007
  • Mokuzougan: Intricate Artwork Made of Wood August 31st, 2007
  • Mongolia Exhibition May 30th, 2007
  • Mother and Young Children Cafe October 9th, 2008
  • Mount Tsukuba Festivals August 4th, 2006
  • Mount Tsukuba Plum Festival February 21st, 2007
  • Musicafesta di Tsukuba 2007 June 9th, 2007
  • My Ami Festival 2007 August 2nd, 2007
  • Nagareyama Green Festival May 4th, 2008
  • Namiki High School Festival May 29th, 2007
  • Namiki Kominkan Festival May 23rd, 2007
  • National Women's Ekiden January 5th, 2007
  • New exhibit at the Ibaraki Nature Museum February 1st, 2007
  • New Zealand Day at Ibaraki Nature Museum August 17th, 2007
  • NIES Summer Open House July 25th, 2006
  • NIES Summer Open House 2007 June 29th, 2007
  • No Place Like Home June 3rd, 2008
  • Nova Hall and Capio Schedule (February 2008) February 2nd, 2008
  • Nova Hall and Capio Schedule (March 2008) March 5th, 2008
  • Oh, yeah, "that" festival! April 26th, 2007
  • One Day of No Rain July 20th, 2006
  • One of the More Popular of Japan's Traditional Festivals -- KURISUMASU December 25th, 2008
  • Open House Events at NIES and AIST July 20th, 2007
  • Opening The Mirrors (Kagami Biraki) January 11th, 2009
  • Outdoor Daruma Market December 16th, 2006
  • Pedeon,The First Tsukuba Open Air Music Festival April 14th, 2009
  • Philippine Festival at Yoyogi Park in Tokyo July 8th, 2007
  • Philippine Fiesta 2008 in Ishioka April 15th, 2008
  • Piano Recital in Tsukuba June 9th, 2007
  • Pink Ribbon Festival May 4th, 2008
  • Plenty of BLUE BLOOD passing through Tsukuba's Main Arteries November 15th, 2008
  • Plum Crazy! March 18th, 2008
  • Potiron Festival and Fireworks Displays August 10th, 2007
  • Professional Sumo coming to Ibaraki! May 26th, 2007
  • Report on Autumn Festival at Raijinsama November 23rd, 2008
  • Residents' Day and "Nenrin-pic" November 9th, 2007
  • Ringing out the Old Year, Ringing in the New December 31st, 2008
  • Roots of Manga October 28th, 2007
  • Salsa Party December 1st, 2007
  • Science & Technology Week 2007 April 16th, 2007
  • Science Day and Environment Day at Ibaraki Nature Museum May 31st, 2007
  • Science Day Events at Ibaraki Nature Museum May 28th, 2008
  • Second Harvest Japan Charity Concert December 13th, 2007
  • Second Nature: Tsukuba Photography Exhibit by John Tran November 15th, 2007
  • Seminar on Medical Translation Assistance in Tsukuba January 28th, 2007
  • Sen-Hime Festival on Sunday May 12th, 2007
  • Seshami Street at Matsuri Tsukuba 2007 August 18th, 2007
  • Shichi-Go-San celebrations uniquely extravagant in Ibaraki November 22nd, 2009
  • Sirens -- Do Not be Alarmed January 5th, 2007
  • Sixth Guitar Festival in Tsukuba April 16th, 2007
  • Snowbird Ski School March 5th, 2008
  • So you think you can "food fight" July 23rd, 2007
  • Something Smells Fishy- it must be Setsubun! (revisited) February 1st, 2010
  • Special Lecture by Former Chairman of Sony February 21st, 2008
  • Special Showing of a film in Joso City February 7th, 2007
  • Special Thanks Week November 20th, 2006
  • Sri Lanka Festival 2007 May 17th, 2007
  • St. Patrick's Day in Tsukuba March 7th, 2009
  • Star Wars Celebration Japan June 30th, 2008
  • Striking up a Debate with The Right-Wing Activists Outside The Yasukuni Shrine on August 15th Might Not Be a Very Good Idea After All August 20th, 2009
  • Taiko at iias on August 15 and 16, 2009 August 13th, 2009
  • Taiko at iias on January 1, 2, and 3, 2009 November 30th, 2008
  • Take Me Out To Za Ballgame: Kin-Chan's Baseball Team May 19th, 2008
  • Tennis Tournament for Beginners February 14th, 2007
  • Thanksgiving at Cork Head's November 21st, 2006
  • The 100th Kasama Chrysanthemum Festival Starts This Saturday October 10th, 2007
  • The 15th ARTwave Tsukuba Exhibition June 12th, 2009
  • The 19th Urban Greening Festival tomorrow September 28th, 2007
  • The 26th Ushiku Kappa Festival this weekend July 27th, 2007
  • The 6th Challenge Art Festival in Tsukuba February 27th, 2007
  • The Legend Returns to the Place of Origin April 23rd, 2009
  • The Seven Herbs Of Spring (七草) In Rice Porridge On Jan. 7th January 6th, 2009
  • The World of Historical Maps, an exhibit at University Library October 4th, 2007
  • They're Coming Home -- on Serpents of Straw, Cucumber Horses, and Eggplant Oxen August 13th, 2008
  • THINKING Green Grass Group October 19th, 2009
  • Time To Go Through The Wringer Again! June 26th, 2008
  • TODAY: Showing of Hana Makhmalbaf Film October 17th, 2009
  • Tokyo Scavenger Hunt April 10th, 2007
  • Toshi no Ichi (年の市) - Japan`s Traditional End-of-The Year Markets December 28th, 2009
  • Traditional Korean and Japanese Music Concert in Tsukuba May 25th, 2007
  • Tsuchiura City Museum reopened July 3rd, 2007
  • Tsuchiura Curry Festival November 21st, 2007
  • Tsuchiura Fireworks Festival 2007 October 4th, 2007
  • Tsuchiura Fireworks Festival 2008 October 1st, 2008
  • Tsuchiura Sakura Festival 2008 March 25th, 2008
  • Tsukuba Agriculture Research Gallery Open House - Today! July 28th, 2007
  • Tsukuba Calendar November 27th, 2006
  • Tsukuba Catholic Church Bazaar October 6th, 2007
  • Tsukuba Catholic Church Bazaar October 15th, 2008
  • Tsukuba City Hall Newsletter: Oct 2008 October 1st, 2008
  • Tsukuba Environmental Walk Festival: Ushiku-numa January 15th, 2008
  • Tsukuba Environmental Walking Festival February 10th, 2007
  • Tsukuba Festival flyer May 9th, 2007
  • Tsukuba Festival page updated May 2nd, 2007
  • Tsukuba Heliport Open House tomorrow October 12th, 2007
  • Tsukuba Japanese Speech Contest 2007 October 11th, 2007
  • Tsukuba Machikado Music Festival 2007 October 5th, 2007
  • Tsukuba Marathon November 23rd, 2006
  • Tsukuba Marathon 2008 November 30th, 2008
  • Tsukuba Movie Marathon August 18th, 2007
  • Tsukuba Orientation Seeking Volunteers February 28th, 2007
  • Tsukuba Park Street Walk May 8th, 2008
  • Tsukuba Pink Ribbon Festival May 11th, 2007
  • Tsukuba Recycle Market March 8th, 2007
  • Tsukuba Recycle Market May 24th, 2007
  • Tsukuba Science Tour Stamp Rally January 26th, 2007
  • Tsukuba U Students Let Their Hair Down (or Put Their Wigs On!) May 24th, 2008
  • Tsukuba Wadaiko Festa in Nova Hall September 8th, 2007
  • Tsukuba Walk Rally April 25th, 2007
  • Tsukuba Walking and Mountaineering Club: Upcoming Walks November 28th, 2008
  • Tsukuba's Coming of Age Ceremony (Seijin Shiki) Proceeds Without Incident -- Well, Almost... January 14th, 2009
  • Tsukuba's Vegetarian Restaurant Ritz'n Celebrates 7th Anniversary September 13th, 2007
  • Tsukuba's Very Own (?) Nebuta Parade! August 25th, 2008
  • Tsukuba`s Very Own (?) Nebuta Parade! (revisited) August 29th, 2009
  • TSUNABI (綱火), Ina-Machi`s Fire and Smoke Spewing Puppets On a String August 23rd, 2009
  • Tunisian Cooking Class August 28th, 2007
  • Tunisian Day January 23rd, 2008
  • Tunisian Ishwiya January 17th, 2009
  • TWMC's annual family hike April 1st, 2008
  • Two “one of a kind” Doll Festivals taking place in Ibaraki February 1st, 2007
  • U2 in Saitama December 1st, 2006
  • Ume in Umezono Park February 18th, 2007
  • Up In Arms! Dressing Up in Samurai Armour in Sakura, Chiba May 10th, 2008
  • Ushiku Science Festa today February 10th, 2007
  • Vertical Jousting December 4th, 2006
  • Volunteer Festa 2009 at Oho Kouminkan This Sunday October 3rd, 2009
  • Volunteer to Interpret at a Triathlon February 4th, 2008
  • Walking RinRin Road March 8th, 2007
  • Westernized Calendar Makes New Year`s Joya No Kane (year-end-bells) and Futsuka-Mode a Frosty ordeal- Bundle up ( revisited!) December 31st, 2009
  • Westernized New Year Makes Joya No Kane and Futsuka-Modeh a Frosty Ordeal! January 1st, 2009
  • What Is Now Culture Day Was Long Celebrated As The Emperor Meiji's Birthday November 3rd, 2008
  • Where Have All The Flowers Gone?! Problem POPS up at Shimotsuma Poppy Festival! June 1st, 2008
  • Wild Orchid Across Korean Peninsula December 14th, 2007
  • With All The Attention On Cherry Blossoms and Hanami, HANA-MATSURI, The Japanese Celebration Of Buddha`s Birthday, Is Often Overlooked These Days April 7th, 2009
  • With TX, Toned-Down Sanja Matsuri Still Well Worth The Trip May 20th, 2008
  • Women's Varsity Basketball Championships in Tsukuba September 26th, 2007
  • World Refugee Day June 12th, 2007
  • Yasato Pottery Festival May 29th, 2007
  • Youth Ending Hunger Charity Concert June 26th, 2008
  • Zen Priest Baiho`s Idea Proves to be a Long-Lasting HIT as the Tsuchiura Fireworks Competition Grows More Popular By the Year October 2nd, 2009
  • Zeppelin in Tsukuba May 12th, 2007
  • Category: Classes
    • 2008 Classes at the Community Centers May 5th, 2008
    • Computer Classes January 14th, 2007
    • Computer Course for Foreign Residents of Tsukuba February 2nd, 2009
    • Ikebana Classes in Tsukuba September 20th, 2007
    • Japanese Classes at Tsukuba Gakuin University March 10th, 2009
    • One Coin Horse Riding December 21st, 2008
    • Sold on Square Dancing April 8th, 2007
    • The 34th Japanese Conversation Course March 10th, 2009
    • Tsukuba Square Dance Club March 27th, 2007
    • Tsukuba Square Dance Club: Beginner's Class 2008 February 9th, 2008
• Category: Family
  • Japan's Traditional Celebrations of Longevity October 25th, 2008
  • 11th Dragon Boat Race Competition in Kasumigaura City June 29th, 2007
  • Christian Preschool Bazaar October 23rd, 2007
  • Convenience Stores And Supermarkets Promote Osaka Custom And Point Setsubun Celebrations In NEW DIRECTION February 1st, 2009
  • Convenience Stores And Supermarkets Promote Osaka Custom And Point Setsubun Celebrations In NEW DIRECTION (revisited) January 28th, 2010
  • Free admission day @ Ibaraki Nature Museum March 20th, 2007
  • Free admission day at Potiron-no-Mori April 5th, 2007
  • Free Admission Day at Potiron-no-Mori April 4th, 2008
  • Glorious Weather For Sports Day and University Festival 2008 October 13th, 2008
  • Hebi Ichigo - The Movie - a Well-Written, Well-Acted and Thought-Provoking Look at a TYPICAL Japanese Family that you might want to watch more than just once June 5th, 2009
  • Japan With Kids website renewed May 15th, 2007
  • Kansai Area`s Popular Rite of Passage For 13 Year Olds Is Also Celebrated In Ibaraki, At Tokai-Mura`s Muramatsuyama Kokuzo-Do Temple April 13th, 2009
  • Make a Wish Upon Two Stars (Japan`s Tanabata Festival) July 6th, 2009
  • Opening The Mirrors (Kagami Biraki) January 11th, 2009
  • Parent Care When You Can’t Be There December 6th, 2008
  • Schedule for Shrek3 at Cineplex Tsukuba July 6th, 2007
  • Social Network for Families in Japan January 10th, 2007
  • The 26th Ushiku Kappa Festival this weekend July 27th, 2007
  • Tsukuba Statistics May 10th, 2008
  • TWMC's annual family hike April 1st, 2008
  • Ume in Umezono Park February 18th, 2007
  • Where are the Real Blossoms at Peach Festival Time? March 3rd, 2009
  • Category: Children
    • And Still More Food For Autumn Foraging In Tsukuba: MUKAGO (or NUKAGO) October 28th, 2008
    • Children's Club After School December 28th, 2007
    • Children's Home Needs Computers December 5th, 2007
    • Convenience Stores And Supermarkets Promote Osaka Custom And Point Setsubun Celebrations In NEW DIRECTION February 1st, 2009
    • Current events at Aquaworld Ooarai February 15th, 2007
    • Excellent Site for Tsukuba Moms December 4th, 2007
    • Faces for Father's Day June 15th, 2008
    • Free bamboo grass for Tanabata July 2nd, 2007
    • Hina Dolls Coming Out Of The Closet (In the Literal Sense) February 21st, 2009
    • Hina Matsuri- Tsukubans In No Rush To Put Away Hina Dolls ( revisited) March 3rd, 2010
    • Mother and Young Children Cafe October 9th, 2008
    • Social Network for Families in Japan January 10th, 2007
    • The Anpanman Museum to open in Yokohama tomorrow April 19th, 2007
    • They're Coming Home -- on Serpents of Straw, Cucumber Horses, and Eggplant Oxen August 13th, 2008
    • To ACCS Customers: Nickelodeon's Airtime has Changed April 2nd, 2009
    • Tsukuba City Hall Newsletter: Oct 2008 October 1st, 2008
    • Tsukuba's Central Park Pond Gets A Scrubbing (And its Carp Get Sucked Away) January 15th, 2009
    • YMCA Day Care Accepting Kids January 29th, 2008
    • YMCA Ibaraki 2009 Spring Day Camp May 20th, 2009
    • YMCA Ibaraki 2009 Summer Programs June 11th, 2009
    • Zakuro (Pomegranates) and The Goddess of Fertility and Easy Delivery - Kishibojin November 21st, 2008
    • Category: Pregnancy
      • Maternity Mark January 9th, 2007
      • Zakuro (Pomegranates) and The Goddess of Fertility and Easy Delivery - Kishibojin November 21st, 2008
• Category: Food
  • Ancestors Remembered Around the Autumnal Equinox September 21st, 2008
  • And Still More Food For Autumn Foraging In Tsukuba: MUKAGO (or NUKAGO) October 28th, 2008
  • And yet more FORAGING in Tsukuba-MUBE ( むべ)- and the etymology of its name December 3rd, 2009
  • Any passionfruit lovers out there? October 2nd, 2007
  • Around Mitsukaido Station, Its Not Arigato- Its OBRIGADO ! August 7th, 2009
  • Autumn mackerel (fresh, juicy and tasty!) October 2nd, 2007
  • Choco LOCO -- The Legacy of Lupercalia in Contemporary Japan February 16th, 2009
  • Contemporary Japanese food culture documentary "eatrip" June 19th, 2009
  • Convenience Stores And Supermarkets Promote Osaka Custom And Point Setsubun Celebrations In NEW DIRECTION February 1st, 2009
  • Convenience Stores And Supermarkets Promote Osaka Custom And Point Setsubun Celebrations In NEW DIRECTION (revisited) January 28th, 2010
  • Cries of- SAKURA might be mistaken, but dont let that discourage you from savoring the beauty of Tsukuba`s anzu (apricot) blossoms March 21st, 2009
  • Curry Shop SRI LANKA Still Spicing Up Life In Tsukuba June 20th, 2008
  • Daikon Radish Hung Out To Dry Mark The Beginning of the TAKUAN Making Process December 10th, 2009
  • Daily Victuals - Online German Bread Shop October 15th, 2008
  • Eating UGUISU MOCHI In Anticipation of Japan's Most Famous Sound of Spring February 18th, 2009
  • Fair Weather Friends: Tsukuba's Solar Cooking Enthusiasts Enjoy The Taste Of Nature While Promoting GREEN Lifestyle October 18th, 2008
  • Farmer's Market in Namiki April 26th, 2007
  • Fido-Friendly, Alfresco Dining at Cafe Plus 1 August 7th, 2008
  • First Burger King Restaurant to Open in Shinjuku Tomorrow June 7th, 2007
  • For The Delicate Aroma Of Japan's Matsutake Mushrooms You Have To Pay Through The Nose October 25th, 2008
  • For the Winter Solstice - Yuzu Baths, Pumpkin, Konyaku and Walking on Fire December 20th, 2008
  • For the Winter Solstice – Yuzu Baths, Pumpkin, Konyaku and Walking on Fire (revisited) December 18th, 2009
  • Free Scoop Night @ Baskin Robbins tonight May 9th, 2008
  • From the Deep Waters Off Ibaraki, a Winter Delicacy: ANKO NABE December 14th, 2008
  • Fruit Picking and Mysterious Rock Carvings Near Tsukuba (Chiyoda Town) September 24th, 2008
  • FUGU (pufferfish)- safe and reasonably priced- but still TO DIE FOR! February 6th, 2010
  • Getting Deeper Into O-Shogatsu (New Year's) Preparations December 28th, 2008
  • Getting Ready for O-Shogatsu December 27th, 2008
  • HANABIRAMOCHI ( 花びら餅 )- a Japanese sweet for January which has roots in an ancient court ceremony January 19th, 2010
  • Hina Dolls Coming Out Of The Closet (In the Literal Sense) February 21st, 2009
  • Hina Matsuri- Tsukubans In No Rush To Put Away Hina Dolls ( revisited) March 3rd, 2010
  • Ibaraki`s Rolling Fields of Buckwheat ( 蕎麦畑) Almost Ready For Harvesting October 8th, 2009
  • In Late June Its Raining YAMAMOMO (under Tsukuba`s YAMAMOMO trees) June 27th, 2009
  • In the Tsukuba Area, Misopi 味噌ピー (roasted peanuts basted in miso ), Is a Traditional O-Kazu ( accompaniment to rice)- not just a snack February 23rd, 2010
  • Japan Turns Yellow As Nanohana (Rapeseed Flowers) Take Over The Spring Landscape April 20th, 2009
  • Japan`s Prehistoric Staple Food - The Chestnut ( KURI, 栗), Is One of Tsukuba`s Most Outstanding (and dangerous!) Features September 12th, 2009
  • Japan`s Pretty little HEBI-ICHIGO ( literally snake strawberries) Are NOT Eaten By Snakes, NOT Poisonous and NOT Very Tasty, But Some Old-Timers Believe They Have Medicinal Powers May 29th, 2009
  • Kaki is the Color (and Flavor) of Fall in Rural Japan November 9th, 2008
  • Karin' For Your Sore Throat December 8th, 2008
  • Krispy Kreme Doughnuts opens today December 14th, 2006
  • Local Produce March 20th, 2007
  • Margarine-Free Bakery August 25th, 2008
  • Men Facing Tough Choices as WHITE DAY Draws Near March 13th, 2009
  • Mikan Picking on Mt. Tsukuba November 1st, 2007
  • MORE Food for Autumn Foragers in Tsukuba September 23rd, 2008
  • More on Tsukuba`s Ubiquitous Winter Citrus Fruit- The YUZU ( 柚子) December 19th, 2009
  • Natto, the hidden way July 11th, 2007
  • Negi 葱 ( welsh onions)- Keeping Tsukuba`s fields Green and fragrant through the winter January 9th, 2010
  • New Store Opens in Hitachi no Ushiku December 12th, 2006
  • O-Sechi (御節)- A Deeper Look at Japan`s Traditional New Year`s Dishes January 5th, 2010
  • Okonomiyaki shop review October 2nd, 2007
  • One of Japanese Summer`s Representative Veggies, NASU (eggplant) Is Versatile,Tasty, Culturally Significant, AND Has Beautiful Flowers July 16th, 2009
  • One of the More Popular of Japan's Traditional Festivals -- KURISUMASU December 25th, 2008
  • Opening The Mirrors ( Kagami Biraki)- A more comprehensive look at Kagami-mochi ( revisited) January 9th, 2010
  • Opening The Mirrors (Kagami Biraki) January 11th, 2009
  • Restaurant Review: MaMaYa November 21st, 2007
  • Sipahhs on sale at Mos Burger July 8th, 2007
  • So you think you can "food fight" July 23rd, 2007
  • Some Prefer Nettles- No-Azami (野薊), The First Thistles Of The Year- Beautiful AND (as most thistles are- ) Edible ! June 19th, 2009
  • Still More Fall Foraging In Tsukuba -- Akebi October 17th, 2008
  • Tai-Yaki Eaters' Dilemma -- Is It Heads or Tails? February 23rd, 2009
  • The Colder, the Sweeter: Farmers Let Their Daikon Radish Chill Out in the Soil March 5th, 2009
  • The Long Hard Run Comes To An End November 28th, 2008
  • The Seven Herbs Of Spring (七草) In Rice Porridge On Jan. 7th January 6th, 2009
  • The Seven Herbs Of Spring (七草) In Rice Porridge On Jan. 7th　( revisited) January 6th, 2010
  • The Shape Of Watermelons to Come August 2nd, 2008
  • To Eat the Leaf or Not to Eat the Leaf, That is the Question April 12th, 2008
  • Tokyo Eats August 25th, 2007
  • Tokyo-quality Italian food, right here in Tsukuba! November 2nd, 2007
  • Toshikoshi-Soba (年越しそば)- Why? December 29th, 2009
  • Tsuchiura Curry Festival November 21st, 2007
  • Tsukuba Becomes A WATERWORLD As Rice Transplantation ( Taue) Gets Underway May 2nd, 2009
  • Tsukuba Farmers Give This Year's Rice Crop a Big Thumbs Up! September 11th, 2008
  • Tsukuba's Gingko Nut Nuts Putting Their Gloves On! September 16th, 2008
  • Tunisian Cooking Class August 28th, 2007
  • Vegetable Ice Cream: Worth Driving Out For! September 18th, 2008
  • Westernized Calendar Makes New Year`s Joya No Kane (year-end-bells) and Futsuka-Mode a Frosty ordeal- Bundle up ( revisited!) December 31st, 2009
  • What's SHUN (旬) in June? June 19th, 2008
  • Whats The Deal With All This Eating Of Eel (UNAGI)- A More Comprehensive Look at Japan`s DOYO NO USHI (土用の丑) July 19th, 2009
  • Where did all the butter go? June 26th, 2008
  • Wild Mulberry (kuwa no mi, 桑の実) Pickers Get Caught Red-Handed ! June 1st, 2009
  • Zakuro (Pomegranates) and The Goddess of Fertility and Easy Delivery - Kishibojin November 21st, 2008
  • Category: Bakeries
    • Around Mitsukaido Station, Its Not Arigato- Its OBRIGADO ! August 7th, 2009
    • Baking Ingredients June 19th, 2007
    • Charming Family Bakery: David Pain September 1st, 2007
    • Daily Victuals - Online German Bread Shop October 15th, 2008
    • German Bakery in Tsukuba: Backerei Brõtzeit February 7th, 2008
  • Category: Recipes
    • And Still More Food For Autumn Foraging In Tsukuba: MUKAGO (or NUKAGO) October 28th, 2008
    • Autumn mackerel (fresh, juicy and tasty!) October 2nd, 2007
    • In the Tsukuba Area, Misopi 味噌ピー (roasted peanuts basted in miso ), Is a Traditional O-Kazu ( accompaniment to rice)- not just a snack February 23rd, 2010
    • Japanese Pancake! June 9th, 2007
    • More on Sweet Potatoes November 2nd, 2007
    • Natto, the hidden way July 11th, 2007
    • Sweet Potatoes on Hand? November 2nd, 2007
  • Category: Restaurants
    • A More Comprehesive View Of MORIJIO Salt Piles (盛塩) February 13th, 2009
    • African Restaurant in Tsukuba: The Hub March 5th, 2009
    • Around Mitsukaido Station, Its Not Arigato- Its OBRIGADO ! August 7th, 2009
    • Breakfast Restaurant February 16th, 2007
    • Cafe Noir Opens Tomorrow April 15th, 2008
    • Curry Shop SRI LANKA Still Spicing Up Life In Tsukuba June 20th, 2008
    • Doho Park Cafe July 26th, 2007
    • Fido-Friendly, Alfresco Dining at Cafe Plus 1 August 7th, 2008
    • For The Delicate Aroma Of Japan's Matsutake Mushrooms You Have To Pay Through The Nose October 25th, 2008
    • From the Deep Waters Off Ibaraki, a Winter Delicacy: ANKO NABE December 14th, 2008
    • FUGU (pufferfish)- safe and reasonably priced- but still TO DIE FOR! February 6th, 2010
    • KITA Japanese Dining November 26th, 2007
    • Make Your Next Visa Extension Delicious November 29th, 2006
    • Momoko House August 26th, 2007
    • New Indian Restaurant in the Middle of Tsukuba July 16th, 2008
    • New Thai Restaurant in Tsukuba: Songfungmekon June 13th, 2007
    • Oh! La Vache June 12th, 2007
    • Okinawa Massage and Cuisine in Tsukuba! February 12th, 2007
    • Okonomiyaki shop review October 2nd, 2007
    • Restaurant Review: Ali's Kebab October 2nd, 2007
    • Restaurant Review: Il Cuore March 9th, 2007
    • Restaurant Review: La Vie Provencal January 29th, 2007
    • Restaurant Review: MaMaYa November 21st, 2007
    • Restaurant Review: Tsuruya December 19th, 2006
    • Restaurant: Yellow Leaf July 14th, 2006
    • Restaurants in Tsukuba with Veggies on the Menu February 9th, 2007
    • SUBWAY in Tsukuba! July 19th, 2007
    • Tokyo-quality Italian food, right here in Tsukuba! November 2nd, 2007
    • Toshikoshi-Soba (年越しそば)- Why? December 29th, 2009
    • Tsukuba's Vegetarian Restaurant Ritz'n Celebrates 7th Anniversary September 13th, 2007
• Category: Government
  • A Page Out of History February 3rd, 2009
  • Changes to Traffic Laws May 24th, 2008
  • Clean Tsukuba By-Law November 2nd, 2007
  • Closed for the Holidays December 28th, 2008
  • History Rewrites Itself... November 6th, 2008
  • Ideas about Improving Tsukuba October 9th, 2008
  • Jon Heese Running for City Council October 15th, 2008
  • Jon's Stunning Victory October 28th, 2008
  • New and Improved Tsukuba City Hall August 16th, 2009
  • New Rules for Lost and Found Items December 14th, 2007
  • No Age Restrictions on Job Ads October 30th, 2007
  • Pension Payment Refunds for Returners August 22nd, 2007
  • Plans for the New City Hall Building October 15th, 2007
  • Remembering Sho Nemoto ( 根本正)- the Father of Japan`s Drinking Age Laws ( and free universal education!)- on Coming-of-Age Day January 11th, 2010
  • The Destruction of Rare Woods and Covering Up Of Ancient Ruins For Suburban Chicago-Style Development in Tsukuba`s Nakane Konda-Dai (中根金田台) Is Bizarrely Hailed As green development By Officially Sponsored Groups March 28th, 2009
  • Tsukuba City Hall Newsletter: Oct 2008 October 1st, 2008
  • Tsukuba Statistics May 10th, 2008
  • Tsukuba's Non-Turning Windmills-Turned Objets D'Art - Gone With The Wind October 7th, 2008
  • Category: Immigration
    • Foreign = Criminal Suspect? October 5th, 2007
    • MOJ Site for Immigration Procedures August 10th, 2007
    • New Immigration Procedures September 25th, 2007
    • Petition to Abolish Mandatory Fingerprinting in Japan October 31st, 2007
    • Welcome to Japan November 20th, 2007
• Category: Health
  • "Miracle Working" Stone Still Has Devotees in Tsukuba and Beyond November 11th, 2008
  • A Gathering Of Blues July 16th, 2008
  • Advisory for smog was issued yesterday May 24th, 2007
  • Bone Marrow Bank in Tsukuba May 13th, 2008
  • Combat 'Natsubate' August 8th, 2007
  • Cries of- SAKURA might be mistaken, but dont let that discourage you from savoring the beauty of Tsukuba`s anzu (apricot) blossoms March 21st, 2009
  • DOKUDAMI- Traditional Herbal CURE-ALL Flourishes In Japan`s Damp and Shadowy Places June 26th, 2009
  • Don't Get Bitten by the Winter Bug January 6th, 2009
  • Finding a Doctor in Ibaraki April 5th, 2007
  • For the Winter Solstice - Yuzu Baths, Pumpkin, Konyaku and Walking on Fire December 20th, 2008
  • Good News for Pollen Allergy Sufferers in Tsukuba December 28th, 2006
  • Ichinoya's Garlic Festival Kicks Off Gion Season in Ibaraki July 12th, 2008
  • Japan`s Pretty little HEBI-ICHIGO ( literally snake strawberries) Are NOT Eaten By Snakes, NOT Poisonous and NOT Very Tasty, But Some Old-Timers Believe They Have Medicinal Powers May 29th, 2009
  • Karin' For Your Sore Throat December 8th, 2008
  • Locals Still Taking in The KOWASHIMIZU Spring Waters At the Foot of The Konda Castle Ruins June 30th, 2009
  • Masked Nation March 17th, 2009
  • Measles in Japan May 31st, 2007
  • Medical Facilities at Namiki Shopping Center August 30th, 2007
  • MORE Food for Autumn Foragers in Tsukuba September 23rd, 2008
  • Namiki Internal Medicine Department Clinic December 12th, 2007
  • Need Vaccinations for Travel? June 4th, 2007
  • Okinawa Massage and Cuisine in Tsukuba! February 12th, 2007
  • Pink Ribbon Festival May 4th, 2008
  • Pollen Count for 2008 January 28th, 2008
  • Register your Bone Marrow to Help a Fellow Foreigner February 25th, 2008
  • Remembering Sho Nemoto ( 根本正)- the Father of Japan`s Drinking Age Laws ( and free universal education!)- on Coming-of-Age Day January 11th, 2010
  • Residents' Day and "Nenrin-pic" November 9th, 2007
  • Seminar on Medical Translation Assistance in Tsukuba January 28th, 2007
  • The Seven Herbs Of Spring (七草) In Rice Porridge On Jan. 7th　( revisited) January 6th, 2010
  • Time To Go Through The Wringer Again! June 26th, 2008
  • Trouble Explaining Your Condition to Doctors in Japan? August 17th, 2008
  • Tsukuba Pink Ribbon Festival May 11th, 2007
  • Tsukuba's Gingko Nut Nuts Putting Their Gloves On! September 16th, 2008
  • Tsukuba's Smokey Autumn Air - The Gomi Moshi Problem November 2nd, 2008
  • What do you gargle with? March 30th, 2007
  • Whats The Deal With All This Eating Of Eel (UNAGI)- A More Comprehensive Look at Japan`s DOYO NO USHI (土用の丑) July 19th, 2009
  • Yuzu Bath December 22nd, 2006
  • Category: Exercise
    • Flag Football February 28th, 2007
    • Register Now for Tsukuba Marathon September 19th, 2008
    • Tap Dancing Classes in Tsukuba June 26th, 2007
    • Tsukuba Marathon 2008 November 30th, 2008
    • Tsukuba Walk Rally April 25th, 2007
    • Tsukuba Walking and Mountaineering Club Schedule May 8th, 2008
    • Tsukuba Walking and Mountaineering Club: Upcoming Walks November 28th, 2008
    • Walking RinRin Road March 8th, 2007
    • Wanna Box? December 15th, 2006
• Category: History
  • Japan's Traditional Celebrations of Longevity October 25th, 2008
  • "Miracle Working" Stone Still Has Devotees in Tsukuba and Beyond November 11th, 2008
  • A Celestial Bridge for the Gods of Mt Tsukuba December 10th, 2008
  • A Climb To The Top Of Tsukuba`s Little Mt. Fuji (23 steps high) Sheds Light On Local Edo Period Dispute Resolution Processes, Folk Beliefs, And The Origin Of The Place Name SENGEN (千現 ) June 11th, 2009
  • A Day At Yasukuni Shrine August 17th, 2008
  • A Fine day For Fire-Walking at Mt Kabasan (加波山) ! December 22nd, 2008
  • A Look at Moon-Viewing ( O-Tsukimi, お月見) in Japan October 4th, 2009
  • A More Comprehesive View Of MORIJIO Salt Piles (盛塩) February 13th, 2009
  • Amabiki Kannon May 8th, 2007
  • Ancient Custom Hanging on by a (Silk) Thread March 28th, 2008
  • And yet more FORAGING in Tsukuba-MUBE ( むべ)- and the etymology of its name December 3rd, 2009
  • Are you ready for the BIG ONE? September 2nd, 2008
  • Around Mitsukaido Station, Its Not Arigato- Its OBRIGADO ! August 7th, 2009
  • Around the Spring Equinox in Japan, All Around Things Start To Stir -- Even the Graveyards! March 20th, 2009
  • Baiho's Idea a BIG HIT in Tsuchiura October 2nd, 2008
  • Camellias (tsubaki) Create Special Spring Soundscapes And Groundscapes April 16th, 2009
  • Chestnut Trees Give Tsukuba Its Distinctive Summer Smell June 7th, 2009
  • Choco LOCO -- The Legacy of Lupercalia in Contemporary Japan February 16th, 2009
  • Choco Loco- A Deeper Look at Valentines Day in Japan February 13th, 2010
  • Come Away From Mt. Tsukuba Shrine's Toshikoshi-Sai Festival With Plenty Of Booty! February 10th, 2009
  • Convenience Stores And Supermarkets Promote Osaka Custom And Point Setsubun Celebrations In NEW DIRECTION (revisited) January 28th, 2010
  • Cries of- SAKURA might be mistaken, but dont let that discourage you from savoring the beauty of Tsukuba`s anzu (apricot) blossoms March 21st, 2009
  • Do The Shikoku 88 Temple Circuit Pilgrimage Right Here In Tsukuba At The Nichirinji Temple April 27th, 2009
  • Dondoyaki: Festive Decorations Go up In Smoke on Jan. 16th in Tsuchiura January 14th, 2010
  • Eating UGUISU MOCHI In Anticipation of Japan's Most Famous Sound of Spring February 18th, 2009
  • Everything Is Peachy Keen At Koga`s Momo Matsuri March 24th, 2009
  • February 26 Incident February 26th, 2007
  • For the Winter Solstice – Yuzu Baths, Pumpkin, Konyaku and Walking on Fire (revisited) December 18th, 2009
  • Fruit Picking and Mysterious Rock Carvings Near Tsukuba (Chiyoda Town) September 24th, 2008
  • Fuji Flowers Create a PURPLE HAZE Overhead, but For some real WISTERIA HYSTERIA Head Out For Ashikaga May 1st, 2009
  • Getting Deeper Into O-Shogatsu (New Year's) Preparations December 28th, 2008
  • Getting Ready For Ibaraki's Unique Hatsu Uma (初午) Celebrations, At Home And At Inari Shrines February 6th, 2009
  • Getting Ready For O-Shogatsu ( The Japanese New Year Festival)-once again! December 27th, 2009
  • Gion Galore ! July 25th, 2009
  • Glorious Weather For Sports Day and University Festival 2008 October 13th, 2008
  • HANABIRAMOCHI ( 花びら餅 )- a Japanese sweet for January which has roots in an ancient court ceremony January 19th, 2010
  • Happy Tunnelversary March 13th, 2007
  • Have Your Treasures Appraised in Tsukuba April 22nd, 2007
  • Hina Matsuri- Tsukubans In No Rush To Put Away Hina Dolls ( revisited) March 3rd, 2010
  • I've Discovered One In Tsukuba at Last! A Horse-Headed Kannon Sacred Stone with an Actual Horse-Headed Image! March 9th, 2009
  • Ibaraki`s Rolling Fields of Buckwheat ( 蕎麦畑) Almost Ready For Harvesting October 8th, 2009
  • Ichinoya's Garlic Festival Kicks Off Gion Season in Ibaraki July 12th, 2008
  • In autumn MUMS THE WORD, as Japans Chrysanthemum Cultivators Display their Creations November 9th, 2009
  • In Early Winter it's Sazanka, not Tsubaki (Camellia) December 5th, 2008
  • In Japan, Ancestors Are Remembered On and Around Equinox Days (O-Higan)- Revisited September 23rd, 2009
  • In Japan, August is a month of REMEMBERANCE August 9th, 2009
  • In Japan, Summer Is Autumn- for MUGI (wheat and barley) June 12th, 2009
  • Japan`s Prehistoric Staple Food - The Chestnut ( KURI, 栗), Is One of Tsukuba`s Most Outstanding (and dangerous!) Features September 12th, 2009
  • Kansai Area`s Popular Rite of Passage For 13 Year Olds Is Also Celebrated In Ibaraki, At Tokai-Mura`s Muramatsuyama Kokuzo-Do Temple April 13th, 2009
  • Kanto Plain Is Transformed Into The Mongolian Steppes During 2 Day Festival April 22nd, 2009
  • Leonard Fujita Exhibit Shows Newly Found Works But Fails to Give the Whole Picture January 9th, 2009
  • Locals Still Taking in The KOWASHIMIZU Spring Waters At the Foot of The Konda Castle Ruins June 30th, 2009
  • Makabe All Dolled-Up Until March 3rd February 27th, 2009
  • Make a Wish Upon 2 Stars at a Tanabata Decoration Near You! July 3rd, 2008
  • Make a Wish Upon Two Stars (Japan`s Tanabata Festival) July 6th, 2009
  • Meiji Shrine - THE Place To Visit in November November 25th, 2008
  • Men Facing Tough Choices as WHITE DAY Draws Near March 13th, 2009
  • More Traditional Functions of Seasonal Bon-Fires: Roasting Potatoes and Toasting Buns December 2nd, 2008
  • Musings on Japan`s National Foundation Day ( Kenkoku Kinenbi) February 11th, 2010
  • O-Sechi (御節)- A Deeper Look at Japan`s Traditional New Year`s Dishes January 5th, 2010
  • Old Tokyo maps online February 12th, 2007
  • One of Japanese Summer`s Representative Veggies, NASU (eggplant) Is Versatile,Tasty, Culturally Significant, AND Has Beautiful Flowers July 16th, 2009
  • One of Japan`s More Popular Traditional Festivals — KURISUMASU (revisited) December 23rd, 2009
  • Opening The Mirrors ( Kagami Biraki)- A more comprehensive look at Kagami-mochi ( revisited) January 9th, 2010
  • Opening The Mirrors (Kagami Biraki) January 11th, 2009
  • Pearl Harbor and Kamikaze Pilots Have Strong Connection to Lake Kasumigaura August 10th, 2008
  • Rankin' By Palanquin January 19th, 2009
  • Remembering Sho Nemoto ( 根本正)- the Father of Japan`s Drinking Age Laws ( and free universal education!)- on Coming-of-Age Day January 11th, 2010
  • Ringing out the Old Year, Ringing in the New December 31st, 2008
  • Saiki`s Old Fudo-Hall and its Traditional Monthly Women`s Prayer Meetings (妻木の不動尊) October 21st, 2009
  • Shichi-Go-San celebrations uniquely extravagant in Ibaraki November 22nd, 2009
  • Small Shrine and Monument for Locals Who Fell in Russo-Japanese War September 15th, 2008
  • Solemn OPEN HOUSE Event at the Old Nogi Residence September 14th, 2008
  • Striking up a Debate with The Right-Wing Activists Outside The Yasukuni Shrine on August 15th Might Not Be a Very Good Idea After All August 20th, 2009
  • Tai-Yaki Eaters' Dilemma -- Is It Heads or Tails? February 23rd, 2009
  • Tango no Sekku Over the Ages May 6th, 2008
  • The Connection Between Tsukuba`s Sakuragawa River and Sakura (cherry) Trees Traced To Its Source- THE ACTUAL SOURCE OF THE RIVER ITSELF April 10th, 2009
  • The Daruma Doll - The Evolution Of Japan's Longest Selling CHARACTER January 3rd, 2009
  • The Evolution Of Japan`s Hina Dolls ( Hina Ningyo)- A Brief Look February 28th, 2010
  • The Man Behind The Mascot November 7th, 2008
  • The Possible Connection Between The Myth of The Sun Goddess (Amaterasu), Himiko, Ruler of The Ancient Kingdom of Yamatai and a Solar Eclipse (or two)! July 25th, 2009
  • The Seven Herbs Of Spring (七草) In Rice Porridge On Jan. 7th January 6th, 2009
  • The Seven Herbs Of Spring (七草) In Rice Porridge On Jan. 7th　( revisited) January 6th, 2010
  • The Tiger in Japanese History and Culture ( a brief look) February 16th, 2010
  • Tomorrow is Tsukuba`s MOST DISTINCTIVE (and aromatic!) Gion Matsuri- Ichinoya Shrines Garlic Festival ! July 27th, 2009
  • Toshikoshi-Soba (年越しそば)- Why? December 29th, 2009
  • Traces of Tsukuba`s Mammals- Past and Present September 8th, 2009
  • Tsukuba Becomes A WATERWORLD As Rice Transplantation ( Taue) Gets Underway May 2nd, 2009
  • Tsukuba Dust Bowl March 23rd, 2009
  • Tsukuba Farmers Still No.1 at Growing Grass ! A closer look at our turf-lawn heritage ( revisited) February 19th, 2010
  • Tsukuba in Television History January 13th, 2007
  • Tsukuba News Archive October 13th, 2007
  • Tsukuba Oroshi November 23rd, 2007
  • Tsukuba Statistics May 10th, 2008
  • Tsukuba's Sweetgums Ablaze November 18th, 2008
  • Tsukuba's Traditional Hunters: Hawkers and Falconers January 10th, 2009
  • TSUNABI (綱火), Ina-Machi`s Fire and Smoke Spewing Puppets On a String August 23rd, 2009
  • Twenty-Third Night Stones ( 二十三夜塔) in Tsukuba are Evidence of How MOON WAITING (月待) Prayer Meetings Once Thrived in This Area October 12th, 2009
  • Westernized Calendar Makes New Year`s Joya No Kane (year-end-bells) and Futsuka-Mode a Frosty ordeal- Bundle up ( revisited!) December 31st, 2009
  • Westernized New Year Makes Joya No Kane and Futsuka-Modeh a Frosty Ordeal! January 1st, 2009
  • What is now Culture Day was long celebrated as the Birthday of the Emperor Meiji November 3rd, 2009
  • What Is Now Culture Day Was Long Celebrated As The Emperor Meiji's Birthday November 3rd, 2008
  • Whats The Deal With All This Eating Of Eel (UNAGI)- A More Comprehensive Look at Japan`s DOYO NO USHI (土用の丑) July 19th, 2009
  • Where are the Real Blossoms at Peach Festival Time? March 3rd, 2009
  • Where Did the Name "Tsukuba" Come From? May 7th, 2008
  • Why The Area On Which the Science City was Built Remained Undeveloped Until Recent Years August 28th, 2008
  • With All The Attention On Cherry Blossoms and Hanami, HANA-MATSURI, The Japanese Celebration Of Buddha`s Birthday, Is Often Overlooked These Days April 7th, 2009
  • Zen Priest Baiho`s Idea Proves to be a Long-Lasting HIT as the Tsuchiura Fireworks Competition Grows More Popular By the Year October 2nd, 2009
• Category: Holidays
  • A trip to Tohoku July 12th, 2007
  • Around the Spring Equinox in Japan, All Around Things Start To Stir -- Even the Graveyards! March 20th, 2009
  • Bonenkai (忘年会)- a Deeper Look at Japan`s Year-End Parties December 26th, 2009
  • Closed for the Holidays December 28th, 2008
  • Convenience Stores And Supermarkets Promote Osaka Custom And Point Setsubun Celebrations In NEW DIRECTION February 1st, 2009
  • Emperor's Birthday December 22nd, 2006
  • Getting Deeper Into O-Shogatsu (New Year's) Preparations December 28th, 2008
  • Getting Ready for O-Shogatsu December 27th, 2008
  • Getting Ready For O-Shogatsu ( The Japanese New Year Festival)-once again! December 27th, 2009
  • Hiroo Santa Mail! November 27th, 2006
  • In Japan, Ancestors Are Remembered On and Around Equinox Days (O-Higan)- Revisited September 23rd, 2009
  • Lunar or Solar? July 19th, 2008
  • Musings on Japan`s National Foundation Day ( Kenkoku Kinenbi) February 11th, 2010
  • One of the More Popular of Japan's Traditional Festivals -- KURISUMASU December 25th, 2008
  • Pearl Harbor and Kamikaze Pilots Have Strong Connection to Lake Kasumigaura August 10th, 2008
  • Residents' Day and "Nenrin-pic" November 9th, 2007
  • Seishun 18 Kippu JR Ticket 20th Anniversary Discount February 8th, 2007
  • Special deals for seniors! September 14th, 2007
  • The Tiger in Japanese History and Culture ( a brief look) February 16th, 2010
  • They're Coming Home -- on Serpents of Straw, Cucumber Horses, and Eggplant Oxen August 13th, 2008
  • Today is Pear Day! July 4th, 2007
  • What is now Culture Day was long celebrated as the Birthday of the Emperor Meiji November 3rd, 2009
• Category: International
  • “Tsukuba Havriin Bayar” Mongolian Festival April 17th, 2009
  • CAPEDS presents Sudan Café in Tsukuba vol.2 - What we found in "Real" Sudan- November 25th, 2009
  • For the Typhoon Ondoy/Ketsana Victims in the Philippines September 30th, 2009
  • Nihonglish December 12th, 2008
  • Plenty of BLUE BLOOD passing through Tsukuba's Main Arteries November 15th, 2008
  • TODAY: Showing of Hana Makhmalbaf Film October 17th, 2009
  • Tunisian Ishwiya January 17th, 2009
  • Category: China
    • China Week at Fureai Plaza September 30th, 2009
    • Donations to China for Earthquake Fund May 15th, 2008
    • In Late June Its Raining YAMAMOMO (under Tsukuba`s YAMAMOMO trees) June 27th, 2009
  • Category: United States
    • A Page Out of History February 3rd, 2009
• Category: Jobs
  • AET positions open in Tsukuba May 24th, 2007
  • ALT Job in Tsukuba February 6th, 2007
  • Job: Translator/Editor at Environmental Institute March 28th, 2008
  • Jobs for Students at Tsukuba City Hall December 25th, 2006
  • NIMS Hiring Functional Thin Films Specialist January 9th, 2007
  • Research Job in Tsukuba December 24th, 2006
  • Research Positions in Japan January 11th, 2007
  • Tengu Natural Foods hiring a full-time worker September 30th, 2007
  • Tokyo English Life Line (TELL) Telephone Counselor Training Program December 17th, 2007
  • Tsukuba City Hiring Assistant English Teachers December 10th, 2006
  • Wikia Seeking Japan Community Manager March 9th, 2007
  • Women in Positions of Power December 6th, 2007
• Category: Language
  • Around Mitsukaido Station, Its Not Arigato- Its OBRIGADO ! August 7th, 2009
  • Caught in the political correctness argument June 7th, 2007
  • Japanese Classes at Tsukuba Gakuin University March 10th, 2009
  • TCF's Special Japanese Course　for Beginners June 17th, 2009
  • The 34th Japanese Conversation Course March 10th, 2009
  • The Mito Hollyhock Soccer Team Incorrectly Named! (TsukuBlog Exclusive) July 4th, 2008
  • THINKING Green Grass Group October 19th, 2009
  • Category: English
    • April 2008 Ibaraki JALT Presentation April 2nd, 2008
    • Feeling Homesick? October 7th, 2007
    • Goin' Where the Wind Brows March 4th, 2007
    • I'm Not Making This Up April 7th, 2007
    • JALT-Ibaraki Chapter December Meeting December 2nd, 2009
    • Reform your kitchin August 16th, 2007
    • Translations of Letters from Japanese Elementary Schools March 23rd, 2009
    • Tsukuba Japenglish - 1 July 28th, 2006
    • Tsukuba Japenglish - 2 August 4th, 2006
    • What a Pity! September 2nd, 2007
  • Category: Japanese
    • A New Understanding of かしら December 20th, 2006
    • Buying an Electronic Dictionary June 2nd, 2007
    • Changes to the Japanese Language Proficiency Test July 24th, 2008
    • Early Plum Blossoms, So-Bai (早梅), Reassure Us That Spring Is Not Far Off January 24th, 2010
    • Fallen Gingko Leaves (銀杏落葉) Give Tsukuba Glimmering, Golden Early-Winter Groundscapes December 1st, 2009
    • Free Japanese Classes in Tsukuba March 16th, 2007
    • Free Japanese lessons at TGU February 12th, 2008
    • Free Rakugo shows at Seibu tomorrow June 1st, 2007
    • Having a Hard Time Reading Some Kanji? September 4th, 2007
    • Having Evolved In A Very Rainy Country, The Japanese Language Is Unusually Rich in Words and Expressions Describing Different Kinds Of Rain July 11th, 2009
    • In Japan, Semi-translucent Ro-bai 蝋梅 Blossoms ( Japanese allspice) are The New Year`s First Tree-based Flowers to Bloom and Fill The Winter Air With a Welcome Fragrance January 30th, 2010
    • Increase Your Kanji Power January 13th, 2007
    • JALT-Ibaraki Chapter December Meeting December 2nd, 2009
    • Japanese Chatting Time February 15th, 2008
    • Japanese Classes at Tsukuba Gakuin University March 10th, 2009
    • Japanese Classes at Tsukuba Information Center September 26th, 2007
    • Japanese Language Proficiency Test 2007 August 20th, 2007
    • Japanese Lessons Online July 15th, 2006
    • Kanji Practice Made Fun December 26th, 2006
    • Know the Local Lingo June 14th, 2008
    • Know the Local Lingo (2): Sha-Meh-Nah August 6th, 2008
    • KVA Festival: Japanese Education Exhibition October 14th, 2007
    • Lightning! Hide Your Bellybuttons! August 30th, 2008
    • Lots o' Lotus! September 8th, 2008
    • Mango for Learning Japanese September 22nd, 2007
    • New Type of Japanese Language Class for Parents and Kids September 8th, 2008
    • NIPPON BA-RE (日本晴れ) November 23rd, 2008
    • Quick Choose! November 23rd, 2006
    • Romanization of Asian Language Writing Systems June 30th, 2008
    • Sarusuberi, not Salisbury, Adds Longlasting Color to Tsukuba's Dog Days August 7th, 2008
    • TCF's Special Japanese Course　for Beginners June 17th, 2009
    • TCI Japanese Classes March 29th, 2007
    • The 34th Japanese Conversation Course March 10th, 2009
    • The Etymology of DOKKOISHO, a word uttered by the Japanese at the onset or completion of certain acts of EXERTION July 4th, 2009
    • The Mito Hollyhock Soccer Team Incorrectly Named! (TsukuBlog Exclusive) July 4th, 2008
    • Today is Pear Day! July 4th, 2007
    • Translations of Letters from Japanese Elementary Schools March 23rd, 2009
    • Tricky Japanese: Kotowatte Kudasai December 18th, 2006
    • Tsukuba Language Group Books Praised March 29th, 2007
    • Tsukuba Oroshi November 23rd, 2007
    • Updates on free Japanese lessons at TGU February 20th, 2008
    • What's SHUN (旬) in June? June 19th, 2008
    • Category: Kanji
      • Buying an Electronic Dictionary June 2nd, 2007
      • Kanji Day December 11th, 2006
      • Kanji Practice Made Fun December 26th, 2006
• Category: Leisure
  • Area museum and park's winter holiday schedules 2007 December 21st, 2007
  • Fireworks Display at Potiron July 20th, 2007
  • Free Admission Day at Potiron-no-Mori April 4th, 2008
  • Fruit Picking and Mysterious Rock Carvings Near Tsukuba (Chiyoda Town) September 24th, 2008
  • July First Is YAMABIRAKI (山開き) On Mt Fuji - Which Means The Climbing Season Has Begun ! July 1st, 2009
  • Kasama Pottery Fair April 18th, 2007
  • Look at the Etymology of the Word SAKURA For a Deeper Understanding of Japan's UNIQUE Celebration of Cherry Blossoms: O-HANAMI (お花見) April 4th, 2009
  • New Zealand Day at Ibaraki Nature Museum August 17th, 2007
  • Potiron Festival and Fireworks Displays August 10th, 2007
  • Sunflower Maze at Mizuho no Mura August 9th, 2007
  • The Police November 26th, 2007
  • Tokyo Sesame Place to be closed September 27th, 2006
  • Tsuchiura Sakura Festival 2008 March 25th, 2008
  • Tsukuba Expo Center to be closed for 5 days May 25th, 2007
  • Category: Clubs
    • Adventures in Jamblini March 31st, 2009
    • One Coin Horse Riding December 21st, 2008
    • Sold on Square Dancing April 8th, 2007
    • Taiko at iias on August 15 and 16, 2009 August 13th, 2009
    • Tap Dancing Classes in Tsukuba June 26th, 2007
    • Tsukuba Square Dance Club March 27th, 2007
    • Tsukuba Square Dance Club: Beginner's Class 2008 February 9th, 2008
    • Tsukuba Walking and Mountaineering Club Schedule May 8th, 2008
    • Tsukuba Walking and Mountaineering Club: Upcoming Walks November 28th, 2008
    • TWMC's annual family hike April 1st, 2008
  • Category: Dance
    • Adventures in Jamblini March 31st, 2009
    • Argentina Day at University of Tsukuba May 27th, 2008
    • BON Jour! August 15th, 2008
    • Contemporary dance performances today and tomorrow September 4th, 2007
    • Dancers, Musicians and Artists Converge On Rustic Chestnut Farm for Unique HAPPENING inspired by Fashion Designer`s Latest Works October 16th, 2009
    • Salsa in Tsukuba: March 2008 February 26th, 2008
    • Tap Dancing Classes in Tsukuba June 26th, 2007
    • Tsukuba dancers to perform in a dance event May 8th, 2008
    • Tsukuba Square Dance Club: Beginner's Class 2008 February 9th, 2008
  • Category: Hobbies
    • Gardening Plots for Sale July 26th, 2006
    • One Coin Horse Riding December 21st, 2008
  • Category: Movies
    • Contemporary Japanese food culture documentary "eatrip" June 19th, 2009
    • Global Communication Movie Party October 12th, 2007
    • Hebi Ichigo - The Movie - a Well-Written, Well-Acted and Thought-Provoking Look at a TYPICAL Japanese Family that you might want to watch more than just once June 5th, 2009
    • Hula Girls December 7th, 2007
    • Japanese People Recommend Japanese Movies June 28th, 2007
    • Movies in Tsukuba January 25th, 2007
    • Parking at You World & Free Bus Service July 6th, 2007
    • Schedule for Shrek3 at Cineplex Tsukuba July 6th, 2007
    • Special Showing of a film in Joso City February 7th, 2007
    • Star Wars Celebration Japan June 30th, 2008
    • The filming of an Indian movie taking place in Tsukuba! April 4th, 2007
  • Category: Music
    • Adventures in Jamblini March 31st, 2009
    • Beethoven's Ninth Symphony December 16th, 2006
    • Blast! May 27th, 2007
    • Cello and Piano Recitals at Nova Hall January 29th, 2008
    • Communication SNAFU Leads to Great Musical Find June 13th, 2008
    • Concert at Epochal tomorrow December 23rd, 2007
    • Dancers, Musicians and Artists Converge On Rustic Chestnut Farm for Unique HAPPENING inspired by Fashion Designer`s Latest Works October 16th, 2009
    • David Sanborn Group Performance at Tsukuba Capio October 29th, 2009
    • Doudou N'Diaye Rose Percussion Orchestra May 6th, 2008
    • Free admission day at Potiron-no-Mori April 5th, 2007
    • Harvard Krokodiloes and Cymbeline May 20th, 2008
    • Musicafesta di Tsukuba 2007 June 9th, 2007
    • Musings on Japan`s National Foundation Day ( Kenkoku Kinenbi) February 11th, 2010
    • Nagareyama Green Festival May 4th, 2008
    • Nova Hall and Capio Schedule (February 2008) February 2nd, 2008
    • Nova Hall and Capio Schedule (March 2008) March 5th, 2008
    • Pedeon,The First Tsukuba Open Air Music Festival April 14th, 2009
    • Report on Autumn Festival at Raijinsama November 23rd, 2008
    • Sixth Guitar Festival in Tsukuba April 16th, 2007
    • Sound Gazette Charity Concert December 18th, 2007
    • Taiko at iias on August 15 and 16, 2009 August 13th, 2009
    • Taiko at iias on January 1, 2, and 3, 2009 November 30th, 2008
    • Tengooz Releases New Album March 6th, 2009
    • The Police November 26th, 2007
    • Traditional Korean and Japanese Music Concert in Tsukuba May 25th, 2007
    • Tsukuba Musician: Avi Landau November 27th, 2007
    • Tune Up Your Warble... July 26th, 2007
    • University of Tsukuba Marching Band June 10th, 2007
    • YEH, Youth Ending Hunger Charity Concert June 14th, 2007
    • Youth Ending Hunger Charity Concert June 26th, 2008
  • Category: Sports
    • Anyone plays "Petanque" in Tsukuba? July 13th, 2007
    • CAPEDS presents Sudan Café in Tsukuba vol.2 - What we found in "Real" Sudan- November 25th, 2009
    • Flag Football February 28th, 2007
    • Glorious Weather For Sports Day and University Festival 2008 October 13th, 2008
    • Ibaraki Golden Golds Tsukuba Series May 12th, 2008
    • Japanese Fencing (Kendo) and Archery (Kyudo) Lessons March 23rd, 2009
    • Joso brings back SOIL OF KOSHIEN after disappointing early exit August 4th, 2008
    • Nova Hall and Capio Schedule (February 2008) February 2nd, 2008
    • Nova Hall and Capio Schedule (March 2008) March 5th, 2008
    • One Coin Horse Riding December 21st, 2008
    • Register Now for Tsukuba Marathon September 19th, 2008
    • Snowbird Ski School March 5th, 2008
    • Take Me Out To Za Ballgame: Kin-Chan's Baseball Team May 19th, 2008
    • Tennis Tournament for Beginners February 14th, 2007
    • Volunteer to Interpret at a Triathlon February 4th, 2008
    • Wanna Box? December 15th, 2006
    • Women's Varsity Basketball Championships in Tsukuba September 26th, 2007
  • Category: Television
    • A TV drama filmed in Tsukuba to be aired tonight October 2nd, 2007
    • A TV show filmed in Tsukuba to be aired on Tuesday July 15th, 2007
    • ACCS Improves Payment Options November 28th, 2008
    • English TV Listings January 16th, 2007
    • Joso brings back SOIL OF KOSHIEN after disappointing early exit August 4th, 2008
    • On Location at Tsukuba Center May 22nd, 2008
    • Taiko Tricks December 30th, 2006
    • The Man Behind The Mascot November 7th, 2008
    • To ACCS Customers: Nickelodeon's Airtime has Changed April 2nd, 2009
    • Tsukuba Festival Report on TV May 30th, 2007
    • TV Drama "Seito-shokun!" April 24th, 2007
    • TV Drama "Tokkyu Tanaka 3 go" May 4th, 2007
    • TV Show about Cats December 14th, 2008
  • Category: Theatre
    • Adventures in Jamblini March 31st, 2009
    • Harvard Krokodiloes and Cymbeline May 20th, 2008
  • Category: Videos
    • Hebi Ichigo - The Movie - a Well-Written, Well-Acted and Thought-Provoking Look at a TYPICAL Japanese Family that you might want to watch more than just once June 5th, 2009
    • Morning Snow in Tsukuba February 7th, 2008
• Category: Life In Tsukuba
  • A Climb To The Top Of Tsukuba`s Little Mt. Fuji (23 steps high) Sheds Light On Local Edo Period Dispute Resolution Processes, Folk Beliefs, And The Origin Of The Place Name SENGEN (千現 ) June 11th, 2009
  • A Hard Fact To Swallow- Swallows Not Getting The Respect That They Have Been Long Used To In Japan May 15th, 2009
  • A Look at Moon-Viewing ( O-Tsukimi, お月見) in Japan October 4th, 2009
  • Aigasa Masayoshi`s Striking Works Capture The Numbing Sense Of Alienation Brought On By Modernization And Urbanization May 8th, 2009
  • And yet more FORAGING in Tsukuba-MUBE ( むべ)- and the etymology of its name December 3rd, 2009
  • “Tsukuba Havriin Bayar” Mongolian Festival April 17th, 2009
  • Big Black Heart: Photography and the Aboriginal September 14th, 2009
  • Bonenkai (忘年会)- a Deeper Look at Japan`s Year-End Parties December 26th, 2009
  • Brrrr! November 15th, 2006
  • Camellias (tsubaki) Create Special Spring Soundscapes And Groundscapes April 16th, 2009
  • Celebrating Soba ! Making Noodles, Dumplings and Cakes- all out of Ibaraki`s famed buckwheat! February 28th, 2010
  • Chestnut Trees Give Tsukuba Its Distinctive Summer Smell June 7th, 2009
  • Coffee Hour: International Relations in Tsukuba January 23rd, 2007
  • Complete Your Moon-Viewing ( O-Tsukimi) For This Year- Tonight With The Ju-Sanya ( 13th night) Moon October 30th, 2009
  • Convenience Stores And Supermarkets Promote Osaka Custom And Point Setsubun Celebrations In NEW DIRECTION February 1st, 2009
  • Convenience Stores And Supermarkets Promote Osaka Custom And Point Setsubun Celebrations In NEW DIRECTION (revisited) January 28th, 2010
  • Cool Days in Early August Mean 2009`s Rice Crop Will Not Match Up to Last Year`s BUMPER HARVEST September 15th, 2009
  • Cries of- SAKURA might be mistaken, but dont let that discourage you from savoring the beauty of Tsukuba`s anzu (apricot) blossoms March 21st, 2009
  • Daikon Radish Hung Out To Dry Mark The Beginning of the TAKUAN Making Process December 10th, 2009
  • Destruction of Woods in Tsukuba`s Nakane Konda-dai ( 中根金田台の自然破壊が始まりました) Is Now Underway. Its NOT a pretty picture. January 23rd, 2010
  • Discovering Tsukuba's Animal Welfare Activists ( at last! ) August 31st, 2009
  • Do The Shikoku 88 Temple Circuit Pilgrimage Right Here In Tsukuba At The Nichirinji Temple April 27th, 2009
  • Documenting Autumn in Tsukuba December 16th, 2007
  • DOKUDAMI- Traditional Herbal CURE-ALL Flourishes In Japan`s Damp and Shadowy Places June 26th, 2009
  • Fallen Gingko Leaves (銀杏落葉) Give Tsukuba Glimmering, Golden Early-Winter Groundscapes December 1st, 2009
  • For Getting a Look At One of Japan`s MOST AMAZING FLOWERS (the karasu-uri no hana) a Flashlight comes in handy August 17th, 2009
  • For the Winter Solstice – Yuzu Baths, Pumpkin, Konyaku and Walking on Fire (revisited) December 18th, 2009
  • For Those Who Give A Hoot -- What To Do If You Find a Sick or Injured Raptor February 25th, 2009
  • FROG CHORUS Is Nature`s Richest Orchestral Show- Take Some Time To Give It a Serious Listen May 22nd, 2009
  • From the Deep Waters Off Ibaraki, a Winter Delicacy: ANKO NABE (revisited) December 1st, 2009
  • FUGU (pufferfish)- safe and reasonably priced- but still TO DIE FOR! February 6th, 2010
  • Fuji Flowers Create a PURPLE HAZE Overhead, but For some real WISTERIA HYSTERIA Head Out For Ashikaga May 1st, 2009
  • Getting Ready For O-Shogatsu ( The Japanese New Year Festival)-once again! December 27th, 2009
  • Gion Galore ! July 25th, 2009
  • Gone With The Dew- The tiny, blue blossoms of TSUYUGUSA (露草) Appear Before Dawn and Vanish by the Afternoon August 4th, 2009
  • Hina Dolls Coming Out Of The Closet (In the Literal Sense) February 21st, 2009
  • Hina Matsuri- Tsukubans In No Rush To Put Away Hina Dolls ( revisited) March 3rd, 2010
  • House of Garbage? November 10th, 2006
  • Ideas about Improving Tsukuba October 9th, 2008
  • In autumn MUMS THE WORD, as Japans Chrysanthemum Cultivators Display their Creations November 9th, 2009
  • In Autumn, Don't Forget WEB SEARCH as You Near Your Front Door! September 29th, 2008
  • In Japan, Semi-translucent Ro-bai 蝋梅 Blossoms ( Japanese allspice) are The New Year`s First Tree-based Flowers to Bloom and Fill The Winter Air With a Welcome Fragrance January 30th, 2010
  • In Japan, Summer Is Autumn- for MUGI (wheat and barley) June 12th, 2009
  • In Japan, Those Who Did Not Give Up Despite Overcast Skies, Were Rewarded With Unforgetable Naked-Eye Views Of Partial Solar Eclipse July 23rd, 2009
  • In Late Autumn and Early Winter, its Sazanka(山茶花) , NOT Tsubaki (椿, camellia ) - revisited November 18th, 2009
  • In Late June Its Raining YAMAMOMO (under Tsukuba`s YAMAMOMO trees) June 27th, 2009
  • In the Tsukuba Area, Misopi 味噌ピー (roasted peanuts basted in miso ), Is a Traditional O-Kazu ( accompaniment to rice)- not just a snack February 23rd, 2010
  • In Tsukuba, Fancier Than Usual Offerings to Roadside DOSOJIN ( 道祖神) Sacred Stones, Probably Mean Someone Is Having Bad Back Or Leg Pain August 26th, 2009
  • Its the Turn of the YABURAN (ヤブラン)- Liriope platyphylla - to be the Highlight of Tsukuba`s Dark and Shadowy Spaces September 4th, 2009
  • Japan`s Pretty little HEBI-ICHIGO ( literally snake strawberries) Are NOT Eaten By Snakes, NOT Poisonous and NOT Very Tasty, But Some Old-Timers Believe They Have Medicinal Powers May 29th, 2009
  • Kasumigaura Bird Rescue Needs Your Help More Than Ever As Migrators Pass Through En Masse And Tsuchiura City Approves Funding For MORE Deadly Nets April 11th, 2009
  • Kit Kats and other Lucky SOUNDING Charms for Japan`s Entrance Exam Season January 26th, 2010
  • Living in Tsukuba Guidebook December 28th, 2006
  • Locals Still Taking in The KOWASHIMIZU Spring Waters At the Foot of The Konda Castle Ruins June 30th, 2009
  • Mailing List Recommendations for People in Tsukuba October 25th, 2007
  • MORE Food for Autumn Foragers in Tsukuba September 23rd, 2008
  • More on Tsukuba`s Ubiquitous Winter Citrus Fruit- The YUZU ( 柚子) December 19th, 2009
  • More Tree Fellings In Tsukuba Leave Local Activists and Forest STUMPED February 23rd, 2010
  • Morning Snow in Tsukuba February 7th, 2008
  • Negi 葱 ( welsh onions)- Keeping Tsukuba`s fields Green and fragrant through the winter January 9th, 2010
  • Noisy Helicopters January 19th, 2007
  • NOZENKAZURA ( trumpet creepers) Give Tsukuba`s Old Neighborhoods a Tropical Glow July 18th, 2009
  • Once Again, Goshawks Not Given a Fair Trial- This Time in Nakane Konda-Dai (中根 金田台) September 26th, 2009
  • One of Japanese Summer`s Representative Veggies, NASU (eggplant) Is Versatile,Tasty, Culturally Significant, AND Has Beautiful Flowers July 16th, 2009
  • Opening The Mirrors ( Kagami Biraki)- A more comprehensive look at Kagami-mochi ( revisited) January 9th, 2010
  • Pedeon,The First Tsukuba Open Air Music Festival April 14th, 2009
  • Pigeons July 25th, 2006
  • Proud to be a Tsukuban April 28th, 2007
  • Saiki`s Old Fudo-Hall and its Traditional Monthly Women`s Prayer Meetings (妻木の不動尊) October 21st, 2009
  • Scribblings on the Occassion of Shiki-Ki （子規忌）, the Memorial Day for Poet and Man of Letters- Masaoka Shiki September 20th, 2009
  • Shichi-Go-San celebrations uniquely extravagant in Ibaraki November 22nd, 2009
  • Some Prefer Nettles- No-Azami (野薊), The First Thistles Of The Year- Beautiful AND (as most thistles are- ) Edible ! June 19th, 2009
  • TCF's Special Japanese Course　for Beginners June 17th, 2009
  • The 15th ARTwave Tsukuba Exhibition June 12th, 2009
  • The Connection Between Tsukuba`s Sakuragawa River and Sakura (cherry) Trees Traced To Its Source- THE ACTUAL SOURCE OF THE RIVER ITSELF April 10th, 2009
  • The Destruction of Rare Woods and Covering Up Of Ancient Ruins For Suburban Chicago-Style Development in Tsukuba`s Nakane Konda-Dai (中根金田台) Is Bizarrely Hailed As green development By Officially Sponsored Groups March 28th, 2009
  • The Etymology of DOKKOISHO, a word uttered by the Japanese at the onset or completion of certain acts of EXERTION July 4th, 2009
  • The Evolution Of Japan`s Hina Dolls ( Hina Ningyo)- A Brief Look February 28th, 2010
  • The Fascinating Evolution of Children`s Day (KODOMO NO HI) May 4th, 2009
  • Their Amazing Blossoms Are Gone, But The Fruit Of the KARASU-URI (烏瓜) Have Started To Glow Deep Orange October 9th, 2009
  • THINKING Green Grass Group October 19th, 2009
  • This Year, HATSUSHIMO (初霜), the First Frost, Comes Early and Suddenly to Tsukuba- Lets Hope Its a Fluke November 5th, 2009
  • Time For a Change- Mt Tsukuba`s Onzagawari Ritual on November ( and April) 1st (revisited) October 29th, 2009
  • Tomorrow is Tsukuba`s MOST DISTINCTIVE (and aromatic!) Gion Matsuri- Ichinoya Shrines Garlic Festival ! July 27th, 2009
  • Toshi no Ichi (年の市) - Japan`s Traditional End-of-The Year Markets December 28th, 2009
  • Traces of Tsukuba`s Mammals- Past and Present September 8th, 2009
  • Tsukuba Becomes A WATERWORLD As Rice Transplantation ( Taue) Gets Underway May 2nd, 2009
  • Tsukuba Bus Terminal Building Closed! July 18th, 2008
  • Tsukuba During the Holidays January 1st, 2007
  • Tsukuba Dust Bowl March 23rd, 2009
  • Tsukuba Farmers Still No.1 at Growing Grass ! A closer look at our turf-lawn heritage ( revisited) February 19th, 2010
  • Tsukuba Farmers Still Number One at Growing Grass March 1st, 2008
  • Tsukuba Gakuen Church Bazaar 2009 October 15th, 2009
  • Tsukuba on Google Maps August 27th, 2007
  • Tsukuba on the BBC March 25th, 2007
  • Tsukuba Orientation November 25th, 2006
  • Tsukuba Orientation Seeking Volunteers February 28th, 2007
  • Tsukuba Places 53rd: Cities Offering Best Quality of Life March 4th, 2007
  • Tsukuba Science Information Center Now Open on Weekends October 23rd, 2009
  • Tsukuba's Distinctive Summer Smell June 16th, 2008
  • Tsukuba's Very Own (?) Nebuta Parade! August 25th, 2008
  • Tsukuba`s Fleeting Snowscapes ( revisited) February 2nd, 2010
  • Tsukuba`s Very Own (?) Nebuta Parade! (revisited) August 29th, 2009
  • TsukuPod: A Podcast about Life in Tsukuba October 25th, 2008
  • Tune in to Radio Tsukuba at 84.2 FM October 12th, 2008
  • Twenty-Third Night Stones ( 二十三夜塔) in Tsukuba are Evidence of How MOON WAITING (月待) Prayer Meetings Once Thrived in This Area October 12th, 2009
  • Upcoming bazaars and flea markets May 28th, 2009
  • Volunteer Festa 2009 at Oho Kouminkan This Sunday October 3rd, 2009
  • Weeping Willows Exemplars Of Spring Greenery and Demarcators Of Boundaries Between Realms March 31st, 2009
  • Westernized Calendar Makes New Year`s Joya No Kane (year-end-bells) and Futsuka-Mode a Frosty ordeal- Bundle up ( revisited!) December 31st, 2009
  • What's it Like in Japan? April 25th, 2007
  • Whats The Deal With All This Eating Of Eel (UNAGI)- A More Comprehensive Look at Japan`s DOYO NO USHI (土用の丑) July 19th, 2009
  • What`s the Buzz About (again)?- The Cicadas (semi) of Japanese Summer July 29th, 2009
  • Wild Mulberry (kuwa no mi, 桑の実) Pickers Get Caught Red-Handed ! June 1st, 2009
  • With All The Attention On Cherry Blossoms and Hanami, HANA-MATSURI, The Japanese Celebration Of Buddha`s Birthday, Is Often Overlooked These Days April 7th, 2009
  • YMCA Ibaraki 2009 Spring Day Camp May 20th, 2009
  • YMCA Ibaraki 2009 Summer Programs June 11th, 2009
  • yougakusei~! February 1st, 2007
  • Zakumata, Y-shaped sticks placed at cross-roads are a unique way of praying for EASY DELIVERY! March 9th, 2010
• Category: Maps
  • Map of Tsukuba With Points of Interest Marked April 3rd, 2009
• Category: Media
  • Japan With Kids website renewed May 15th, 2007
  • Joso brings back SOIL OF KOSHIEN after disappointing early exit August 4th, 2008
  • The Man Behind The Mascot November 7th, 2008
  • Tune in to Radio Tsukuba at 84.2 FM October 12th, 2008
  • Ways to kill time on a rainy day... May 17th, 2007
  • Category: Blogs
    • BlizzardBoy Talks about Dolls December 29th, 2006
    • Bloggers in Tsukuba December 21st, 2006
    • Explaining RSS in Plain English June 11th, 2007
    • Podcast by Tsukuba Blogger January 26th, 2007
    • Ten Japanese Habits Worth Emulating January 10th, 2007
    • Tsukublog, tsuku...blog, tsu..blog, tsublog... May 25th, 2007
    • yougakusei~! February 1st, 2007
    • Category: Tsukublog
      • Alien Times Fundraising Week 2008 November 30th, 2008
      • AT Server Down on Saturday September 26th, 2008
      • Contribute to TsukuBlog February 28th, 2007
      • Mission Accomplished February 25th, 2007
      • Moderating Comments July 20th, 2006
      • Moving from Blogger to WordPress February 23rd, 2007
      • Moving to Blogger Beta December 9th, 2006
      • Onegai August 10th, 2006
      • Posting Articles on Alien Times Site October 1st, 2006
      • Still There? November 5th, 2006
      • Subscribing to TsukuBlog December 17th, 2006
      • The Blogger to WordPress Switcheroo June 9th, 2007
      • TsukuBlog Available by Email November 26th, 2006
      • TsukuBlog Maintenance March 8th, 2008
      • TsukuBlog Makeover March 21st, 2007
      • TsukuBlog Privacy Policy December 17th, 2006
      • TsukuBlog Updated November 23rd, 2006
      • TsukuBlog's First Anniversary August 23rd, 2007
      • Upgrading WordPress Software October 21st, 2007
      • Welcome to TsukuBlog! July 14th, 2006
      • What is TsukuBlog? July 14th, 2006
      • Words of Encouragement July 28th, 2006
  • Category: Forums
    • Japan With Kids website renewed May 15th, 2007
    • New Tsukuba Forum: Tsukuband November 27th, 2006
    • TAIRA Server Down January 31st, 2008
    • Tsukuba International Forum May 25th, 2008
    • Win a Free Subscription to Being a Broad Magazine August 16th, 2008
  • Category: Manga
    • Manga Expert at University of Tsukuba February 7th, 2007
    • TV Drama "Seito-shokun!" April 24th, 2007
  • Category: Podcasting
    • Podcast by Tsukuba Blogger January 26th, 2007
  • Category: Publications
    • Have you picked up The Alien Times lately? May 26th, 2008
    • Nagaknow magazine now online May 28th, 2007
    • NAGAKNOW, the Nagano's first English magazine May 15th, 2007
    • Subscribe to Metropolis Magazine June 16th, 2007
    • Tsukuba City Hall Newsletter: Oct 2008 October 1st, 2008
    • Category: Alien Times
      • Alien Times Fundraising Week 2008 November 30th, 2008
      • Alien Times Makes the News September 26th, 2007
      • Alien Times Site Down January 3rd, 2007
      • AT Server Down on Saturday September 26th, 2008
      • Caught in the political correctness argument June 7th, 2007
      • December 2006 Alien Times Online December 18th, 2006
      • Have you picked up The Alien Times lately? May 26th, 2008
      • Portable Alien Site Launched June 24th, 2007
      • The Legend Returns to the Place of Origin April 23rd, 2009
      • YMCA Ibaraki 2009 Summer Programs June 11th, 2009
    • Category: Mind The Gap
      • Mind the Gap: April 2008 May 8th, 2008
      • Mind the Gap: August 2006 August 1st, 2006
      • Mind The Gap: December 2006 December 5th, 2006
      • Mind the Gap: July 2006 July 1st, 2006
      • Mind the Gap: June 2006 June 1st, 2006
      • Mind the Gap: October 2006 October 1st, 2006
      • Mind the Gap: September 2006 September 1st, 2006
• Category: Money
  • Annual Pay Statements April 12th, 2007
  • Foreign Bank Cards Accepted at 7-11 ATMs August 3rd, 2007
  • Individual Inhabitant Tax Increased June 11th, 2007
  • Kasumi Accepting Event Proposals February 7th, 2007
  • Pension Payment Refunds for Returners August 22nd, 2007
  • Category: Banking
    • Closed for the Holidays December 28th, 2008
    • Days with Fives and Zeros March 5th, 2007
    • Getting a Japanese Credit Card March 30th, 2007
    • Getting a New Bankbook November 24th, 2006
    • ID required for Bank Transfer of over 100,000yen January 16th, 2007
    • New Laws about Transfering Money November 21st, 2006
    • Sending Money Between Banks and Postal Bank Accounts November 13th, 2008
  • Category: Discounts
    • AU Phone - call your friends for half price! January 7th, 2007
    • Bargains at Masuda March 9th, 2007
    • Hotel Bestland Offers Discounted Rates February 1st, 2008
    • Lady's Days in Tsukuba! January 10th, 2007
    • Seishun 18 Kippu JR Ticket 20th Anniversary Discount February 8th, 2007
  • Category: Donations
    • Alien Times Fundraising Week 2008 November 30th, 2008
    • Charity Auction: Hope International March 4th, 2008
    • Children's Home Needs Computers December 5th, 2007
    • Clothing Swap in Tokyo March 8th, 2008
    • Come to the Festival and Support Zaya! August 25th, 2007
    • Donate Your Used Things January 31st, 2007
    • Donations to China for Earthquake Fund May 15th, 2008
    • Help the Victims of the Snowstorm in China February 10th, 2008
    • Kasumigaura Bird Rescue Meeting: Feb 28 February 26th, 2008
    • Second Harvest Japan Charity Concert December 13th, 2007
    • Soccer Balls to Mozambique November 7th, 2007
    • Spare Flat Screen Monitor? December 10th, 2007
    • Tsukuba Catholic Church Bazaar October 6th, 2007
    • Tsukuba Catholic Church Bazaar October 15th, 2008
    • You can help Myanmar Cyclone and Sichuan Earthquake Victims! May 15th, 2008
  • Category: Frugal
    • Cheaper Gasoline on the Expressways? December 11th, 2006
    • Finding the cheapest gas in your neighborhood December 11th, 2006
    • Frugal Watch Newsletter January 22nd, 2007
    • Frugal(ish) Option for Putting your Child on Your Car Insurance Policy June 3rd, 2007
    • Getting a Japanese Credit Card March 30th, 2007
    • Search for Books in Tsukuba Public Library through Amazon.co.jp September 21st, 2007
    • Still More Fall Foraging In Tsukuba -- Akebi October 17th, 2008
    • Upcoming bazaars and flea markets May 28th, 2009
• Category: News
  • December 2006 Alien Times Online December 18th, 2006
  • For the Typhoon Ondoy/Ketsana Victims in the Philippines September 30th, 2009
  • Hello Kitty-shaped vending machine in Moriya April 9th, 2007
  • Kasama Pottery Fair April 18th, 2007
  • Long Living Tsukubans December 8th, 2006
  • Mt. Tsukuba, One of 100 Unique Geological Spots in Japan June 20th, 2007
  • NAGAKNOW, the Nagano's first English magazine May 15th, 2007
  • Plenty of BLUE BLOOD passing through Tsukuba's Main Arteries November 15th, 2008
  • Police Warn People About Recent Chainmail October 3rd, 2007
  • Protect Your Bells March 11th, 2007
  • Protect Your Faucets February 25th, 2007
  • Receive Area Crime Reports on Your Computer or Cellphone June 26th, 2007
  • Some Recent Articles About Tsukuba November 21st, 2006
  • The filming of an Indian movie taking place in Tsukuba! April 4th, 2007
  • Tsuchiura Nihon University Secondary School and a new school in Namiki April 6th, 2007
  • Tsukuba in the News January 1st, 2007
  • Tsukuba News Archive October 13th, 2007
  • Tsukuba teen wins third place at the Rubik's Cube Championship October 9th, 2007
  • Tsukuba Wind Farm July 15th, 2006
  • Tsukuba's Famous Architect January 23rd, 2008
  • Watch Where you Park! August 2nd, 2007
• Category: Off Topic
  • A Way to Pass the Time November 20th, 2006
  • Math Lesson November 24th, 2006
  • Use the Radioactive Ooze March 4th, 2007
  • Who Came Up With This Name? January 11th, 2009
• Category: Opportunities
  • Free Scoop Night @ Baskin Robbins tonight May 9th, 2008
  • Lecture by a Nobel Prize Winner February 26th, 2008
  • Lecture on Japanese etiquette for women May 11th, 2009
  • So you think you can "food fight" July 23rd, 2007
  • TABS Boarding Schools Fair in Tokyo October 23rd, 2009
  • World Partnership Forum in Ibaraki September 27th, 2007
• Category: Outside Tsukuba
  • A Gathering Of Blues July 16th, 2008
  • A trip to Tohoku July 12th, 2007
  • Amabiki Kannon May 8th, 2007
  • Anyone plays "Petanque" in Tsukuba? July 13th, 2007
  • Around Mitsukaido Station, Its Not Arigato- Its OBRIGADO ! August 7th, 2009
  • China Disabled People's Performing Art Troupe to perform in Ibaraki October 24th, 2007
  • Dancers, Musicians and Artists Converge On Rustic Chestnut Farm for Unique HAPPENING inspired by Fashion Designer`s Latest Works October 16th, 2009
  • Day Trip from Tsukuba: Glass Blowing In Kita Ibaraki November 19th, 2007
  • Earth Festa Kanagawa 2008 May 14th, 2008
  • Everything Is Peachy Keen At Koga`s Momo Matsuri March 24th, 2009
  • Free Beer in Moriya September 29th, 2007
  • From the Deep Waters Off Ibaraki, a Winter Delicacy: ANKO NABE December 14th, 2008
  • Fruit Picking and Mysterious Rock Carvings Near Tsukuba (Chiyoda Town) September 24th, 2008
  • Fuji Flowers Create a PURPLE HAZE Overhead, but For some real WISTERIA HYSTERIA Head Out For Ashikaga May 1st, 2009
  • GERD KNÄPPER, a German artist to open his gallery in Daigo May 21st, 2007
  • History Rewrites Itself... November 6th, 2008
  • Kabuki coming to Ibaraki April 22nd, 2008
  • Kansai Area`s Popular Rite of Passage For 13 Year Olds Is Also Celebrated In Ibaraki, At Tokai-Mura`s Muramatsuyama Kokuzo-Do Temple April 13th, 2009
  • Kasama Area Summer Events August 14th, 2007
  • Kasama Pottery Fair April 18th, 2007
  • Makabe, in Sakuragawa City, All Dolled-Up Until March 3rd February 4th, 2010
  • Meguro Parasitological Museum May 14th, 2007
  • Michi no Ichi (arts and craft fair) in Kasama May 31st, 2007
  • Nagaknow magazine now online May 28th, 2007
  • NAGAKNOW, the Nagano's first English magazine May 15th, 2007
  • New COSTCO Store to Open Soon in Kawasaki June 21st, 2007
  • Peacock at Amabiki Kannon May 9th, 2007
  • Photos from Yamanashi August 20th, 2007
  • PLUM crazy! Ibaraki`s Ume Trees in Bloom! ( revisited) March 5th, 2010
  • Sen-Hime Festival on Sunday May 12th, 2007
  • Star Wars Celebration Japan June 30th, 2008
  • The Anpanman Museum to open in Yokohama tomorrow April 19th, 2007
  • The Long Hard Run Comes To An End November 28th, 2008
  • Vegetable Ice Cream: Worth Driving Out For! September 18th, 2008
  • Category: Tokyo
    • 46,000 Visits at One Shot! Asakusa Kannon's Hozuki-Ichi July 10th, 2008
    • A Day At Yasukuni Shrine August 17th, 2008
    • Annual Azabu Juban Open Air Ceramic Exhibition March 16th, 2009
    • Cheaper Way to Get to Tokyo May 3rd, 2007
    • Clothing Swap in Tokyo March 8th, 2008
    • Contemporary dance performances today and tomorrow September 4th, 2007
    • Contemporary Japanese Art With A View (of the City) November 9th, 2007
    • Contemporary Japanese food culture documentary "eatrip" June 19th, 2009
    • Dazzling Works From The Red Center July 26th, 2008
    • Drop Everything And Go See The Dazzling Kayama Matazo Retrospective -- You've Only Got Till March 2nd! March 1st, 2009
    • First Burger King Restaurant to Open in Shinjuku Tomorrow June 7th, 2007
    • Free guided tour of Akihabara! August 29th, 2007
    • Getting to Tokyo Disneyland from Tsukuba December 28th, 2008
    • If You See Only One Show This Year... February 22nd, 2007
    • In November- THE place to visit in Tokyo is The Meiji Shrine ( revisited) November 22nd, 2009
    • Krispy Kreme Doughnuts opens today December 14th, 2006
    • Last Chance For Kumagusu's Forest January 21st, 2008
    • Leonard Fujita Exhibit Shows Newly Found Works But Fails to Give the Whole Picture January 9th, 2009
    • Lunar or Solar? July 19th, 2008
    • March in March March 4th, 2008
    • Meiji Shrine - THE Place To Visit in November November 25th, 2008
    • Old Tokyo maps online February 12th, 2007
    • Philippine Festival at Yoyogi Park in Tokyo July 8th, 2007
    • Rankin' By Palanquin January 19th, 2009
    • Solemn OPEN HOUSE Event at the Old Nogi Residence September 14th, 2008
    • Special Lecture by Former Chairman of Sony February 21st, 2008
    • Sri Lanka Festival 2007 May 17th, 2007
    • Striking up a Debate with The Right-Wing Activists Outside The Yasukuni Shrine on August 15th Might Not Be a Very Good Idea After All August 20th, 2009
    • Subscribe to Metropolis Magazine June 16th, 2007
    • Symposium in Celebration of 150 Years of Japan-France Relations November 14th, 2008
    • TABS Boarding Schools Fair in Tokyo October 23rd, 2009
    • Tokyo Scavenger Hunt April 10th, 2007
    • Tokyo Sesame Place to be closed September 27th, 2006
    • Tsukuba dancers to perform in a dance event May 8th, 2008
    • Underground: an exhibition in Tokyo October 10th, 2007
    • What is now Culture Day was long celebrated as the Birthday of the Emperor Meiji November 3rd, 2009
    • What Is Now Culture Day Was Long Celebrated As The Emperor Meiji's Birthday November 3rd, 2008
    • Who Came Up With This Name? January 11th, 2009
    • World Refugee Day June 12th, 2007
• Category: People
  • A Brief History of Buraku Discrimination in Japan July 1st, 2008
  • Blomster Anna May 5th, 2008
  • CAPEDS presents Sudan Café in Tsukuba vol.2 - What we found in "Real" Sudan- November 25th, 2009
  • Jon Heese Running for City Council October 15th, 2008
  • Plenty of BLUE BLOOD passing through Tsukuba's Main Arteries November 15th, 2008
  • The Legend Returns to the Place of Origin April 23rd, 2009
  • Tsukuba People (and Robots) January 10th, 2007
  • Tsukuba's Famous Architect January 23rd, 2008
  • University of Tsukuba Grad wins Akutagawa Prize March 10th, 2007
  • Category: Women
    • Lecture on Japanese etiquette for women May 11th, 2009
    • Maternity Mark January 9th, 2007
    • Win a Free Subscription to Being a Broad Magazine August 16th, 2008
• Category: Photoblogging
  • Akihabara: 5pm on Sunday January 21st, 2007
  • Documenting Autumn in Tsukuba December 16th, 2007
  • Guess what this is May 2nd, 2007
  • Here's the Kitty May 12th, 2007
  • Long Way From Home July 31st, 2007
  • Mt. Fuji, Seen from Tsukuba March 2nd, 2007
  • Photos from Mt. Tsukuba March 13th, 2007
  • Photos from Yamanashi August 20th, 2007
  • Photos of Tsukuba University by Mori March 11th, 2007
  • Pigeons July 25th, 2006
  • Season's Greetings December 25th, 2006
  • summer pictures of Asakusa July 30th, 2006
  • summer woodstock August 13th, 2006
  • TsukuBlog Makeover March 21st, 2007
  • University of Tsukuba Today November 24th, 2006
  • Where in Tsukuba? December 18th, 2006
  • Category: Where In Tsukuba
    • A Climb To The Top Of Tsukuba`s Little Mt. Fuji (23 steps high) Sheds Light On Local Edo Period Dispute Resolution Processes, Folk Beliefs, And The Origin Of The Place Name SENGEN (千現 ) June 11th, 2009
    • Hina Dolls Coming Out Of The Closet (In the Literal Sense) February 21st, 2009
    • Where in Tsukuba? December 18th, 2006
• Category: Polls
  • Have you seen a ghost? July 24th, 2007
  • What is your mother tongue? October 14th, 2007
  • Where are you from? [Fall '07] September 8th, 2007
• Category: Religion
  • Mysterious (and Creepy) Roadside Markers Explained October 21st, 2008
  • "Miracle Working" Stone Still Has Devotees in Tsukuba and Beyond November 11th, 2008
  • A Fine day For Fire-Walking at Mt Kabasan (加波山) ! December 22nd, 2008
  • A Look from Behind: The Yakushi-Ji Treasures In Ueno June 3rd, 2008
  • Amabiki Kannon May 8th, 2007
  • Annual Memorial Service (Ireisai) For Animals Sacrificed At Medical School October 29th, 2008
  • Come Away From Mt. Tsukuba Shrine's Toshikoshi-Sai Festival With Plenty Of Booty! February 10th, 2009
  • Do The Shikoku 88 Temple Circuit Pilgrimage Right Here In Tsukuba At The Nichirinji Temple April 27th, 2009
  • Getting Deeper Into O-Shogatsu (New Year's) Preparations December 28th, 2008
  • Gospel Events in June June 8th, 2007
  • Higashioka's Fudo-Ko: A Meeting With The Unmoveable One July 28th, 2008
  • I've Discovered One In Tsukuba at Last! A Horse-Headed Kannon Sacred Stone with an Actual Horse-Headed Image! March 9th, 2009
  • Ichinoya's Garlic Festival Kicks Off Gion Season in Ibaraki July 12th, 2008
  • In Japan, August is a month of REMEMBERANCE August 9th, 2009
  • In Tsukuba, Fancier Than Usual Offerings to Roadside DOSOJIN ( 道祖神) Sacred Stones, Probably Mean Someone Is Having Bad Back Or Leg Pain August 26th, 2009
  • Jeff Nelson Worship Concert at Tsuchiura Megumi Church June 29th, 2007
  • Lectures by a German Prof. Dr. Werner Gitt May 26th, 2008
  • One of the More Popular of Japan's Traditional Festivals -- KURISUMASU December 25th, 2008
  • Religious Symbols Used To Discourage Littering (and Urinating in Public) October 11th, 2008
  • Ringing out the Old Year, Ringing in the New December 31st, 2008
  • Saiki`s Old Fudo-Hall and its Traditional Monthly Women`s Prayer Meetings (妻木の不動尊) October 21st, 2009
  • Small Shrine and Monument for Locals Who Fell in Russo-Japanese War September 15th, 2008
  • Solemn OPEN HOUSE Event at the Old Nogi Residence September 14th, 2008
  • They're Coming Home -- on Serpents of Straw, Cucumber Horses, and Eggplant Oxen August 13th, 2008
  • Time To Go Through The Wringer Again! June 26th, 2008
  • Tomorrow is Tsukuba`s MOST DISTINCTIVE (and aromatic!) Gion Matsuri- Ichinoya Shrines Garlic Festival ! July 27th, 2009
  • Tsukuba Catholic Church Bazaar October 15th, 2008
  • TSUNABI (綱火), Ina-Machi`s Fire and Smoke Spewing Puppets On a String August 23rd, 2009
  • Westernized New Year Makes Joya No Kane and Futsuka-Modeh a Frosty Ordeal! January 1st, 2009
  • Zakumata, Y-shaped sticks placed at cross-roads are a unique way of praying for EASY DELIVERY! March 9th, 2010
• Category: Research
  • Crash Tests at JARI this Weekend April 17th, 2008
  • Desmostylus Exhibit in Tsukuba September 20th, 2007
  • ESA and JAXA Satellites ‘Talk’ to Each Other January 3rd, 2007
  • Hydrogen Vehicle in Tsukuba March 14th, 2007
  • Ideas about Improving Tsukuba October 9th, 2008
  • Information about the Environment in Japan May 1st, 2007
  • Is Rice a Drug? April 1st, 2007
  • Lectures by a German Prof. Dr. Werner Gitt May 26th, 2008
  • Libraries in Tsukuba March 3rd, 2007
  • Low Ratio of Foreign Researchers November 24th, 2006
  • Making Sour into Sweet April 3rd, 2007
  • Meguro Parasitological Museum May 14th, 2007
  • Meson Changes into its Anti-Particle March 20th, 2007
  • Mitsubishi Foundation Grants December 19th, 2006
  • Research in Tsukuba January 13th, 2007
  • Research in Tsukuba January 21st, 2007
  • Robots in Tsukuba July 15th, 2006
  • Science & Technology Week 2007 April 16th, 2007
  • Superpowers Start in Tsukuba March 11th, 2007
  • Symposium in Celebration of 150 Years of Japan-France Relations November 14th, 2008
  • Tsukuba People (and Robots) January 10th, 2007
  • Tsukuba Research on Sleep Disorders January 6th, 2007
  • Tsukuba Scientist Comments on Quake March 28th, 2007
  • Two Private Research Institutes in Tsukuba to Close March 22nd, 2007
  • Volunteers for a User Evaluation January 10th, 2007
  • Wish Upon the Moon December 25th, 2006
• Category: Safety
  • Air Conditioners Being Stolen in Tsukuba September 11th, 2007
  • Ask for Identification from Police Officers February 28th, 2008
  • Be Aware of Hunters! November 29th, 2007
  • Beware: Earthquake Early Warning System Scam February 5th, 2008
  • Car Owners, Be on Alert! November 16th, 2007
  • Car Thefts in Tsukuba November 17th, 2007
  • Chemical Terrorism Drill to be Held in Tsukuba November 27th, 2007
  • Determining Your Location in Case of Emergency September 3rd, 2007
  • Disaster Drill in Tsukuba August 25th, 2007
  • Earthquake Early Warning System to be introduced in October September 5th, 2007
  • Extra Traffic Accident Insurance February 2nd, 2009
  • Fake Police Phishing for Bank Details July 15th, 2008
  • For Those Who Give A Hoot -- What To Do If You Find a Sick or Injured Raptor February 25th, 2009
  • Hotline for Police Counselling in Tsukuba September 11th, 2007
  • Ibaraki Police Report: Accidents in November December 5th, 2007
  • Ibaraki Police Report: Elderly in Accidents November 28th, 2007
  • Increase in Bike and Motorcycle Theft in Tsukuba June 25th, 2007
  • Ladies Beware November 27th, 2007
  • Lock Your Car Doors June 3rd, 2008
  • Masked Nation March 17th, 2009
  • Police Warn People About Recent Chainmail October 3rd, 2007
  • Preparing Your Family for Earthquakes August 21st, 2007
  • Protect Yourself from Sneaky Thieves August 7th, 2007
  • Quake Only Rumble in Tsukuba March 25th, 2007
  • Receive Area Crime Reports on Your Computer or Cellphone June 26th, 2007
  • Register with your Embassy December 16th, 2008
  • Stranger Alert - Nov.21 November 22nd, 2007
  • Three cars stolen in Tsukuba since yesterday! October 3rd, 2007
  • Tsukuba Scientist Comments on Quake March 28th, 2007
  • Tsukuba Statistics May 10th, 2008
  • Typhoon Warning September 5th, 2007
  • Watch the Terrorism Drill Live Online November 28th, 2007
  • Where to Call in Case of Maritime Emergencies July 10th, 2007
• Category: Science
  • Annual Memorial Service (Ireisai) For Animals Sacrificed At Medical School October 29th, 2008
  • Report on a Visit to Tsukuba Space Center, JAXA December 20th, 2009
  • Category: Alien Scientist
    • Alien Scientist 20: The 4-D Earthling January 1st, 2005
    • Alien Scientist 21: The Invisible Alien March 1st, 2005
    • Alien Scientist 22: Inter-planetary Smell Sensation April 1st, 2005
    • Alien Scientist 23: The Alien Within May 1st, 2005
    • Alien Scientist 24: An Incredibly Alien Habitat June 1st, 2005
    • Alien Scientist 25: An Alien Society Analogue July 1st, 2005
    • Alien Scientist 26: The Conquest Of Life On Earth September 1st, 2005
    • Alien Scientist 27: Alien Nature Of Life October 1st, 2005
    • Alien Scientist 28: Alien Matters Of Mind December 1st, 2005
    • Alien Scientist 29: Anthropocentric Games January 1st, 2006
    • Alien Scientist 30: The Alien You And Me February 1st, 2006
    • Alien Scientist 31: Science Alien To Common Sense March 1st, 2006
    • Alien Scientist 32: Gaian Life April 1st, 2006
    • Alien Scientist 33: Alien Vegetable Technologies May 1st, 2006
    • Alien Scientist 34: Alien Family Trees June 1st, 2006
    • Alien Scientist 35: Cities Fit For Insects October 1st, 2006
    • Alien Scientist 36: Alien Communication November 1st, 2006
    • Alien Scientist 37: Alien Body Language April 1st, 2007
    • Alien Scientist 38: Newton's Alien Intuition May 1st, 2007
    • Alien Scientist 39: Elementary Planetary Chemistries June 1st, 2007
    • Alien Scientist 40: The Stuff of Life July 1st, 2007
    • Alien Scientist 41: Mind Made Up by the Cognitive Committee November 1st, 2007
    • Alien Scientist 42: Alien Science Paradigms December 1st, 2007
    • Alien Scientist 43: Nature's Design and Alien Artifice January 1st, 2008
    • Alien Scientist 44: Divining the Sun February 1st, 2008
    • Alien Scientist 45: Seen Through by Alien Eyes March 1st, 2008
    • Alien Scientist 46: An Alien Kind of Order April 1st, 2008
    • Alien Scientist 47: Almost Impossible Alien Creations May 1st, 2008
    • Alien Scientist 48: Globes and Bagels June 1st, 2008
    • Alien Scientist 49: Cosmic Crossroads and Carousels October 1st, 2008
    • Alien Scientist 50: Alien Fossil Possibilities November 1st, 2008
    • Alien Scientist 51: Google-Brained Aliens December 1st, 2008
    • Alien Scientist 52: Ever-Speculative Extraterrestrials January 1st, 2009
    • Alien Scientist 53: Universal Darwinism February 1st, 2009
• Category: Services
  • Earthquake Early Warning System to be introduced in October September 5th, 2007
  • How about getting married... in a soccer stadium? May 28th, 2007
  • Parent Care When You Can’t Be There December 6th, 2008
  • Receive Area Crime Reports on Your Computer or Cellphone June 26th, 2007
  • Tsukuba Statistics May 10th, 2008
  • Where to Call in Case of Maritime Emergencies July 10th, 2007
  • Category: Electricity
    • Lightning! Hide Your Bellybuttons! August 30th, 2008
    • Make the Summer Solstice Meaningful June 21st, 2008
    • Request from Tepco to Conserve Electricity August 19th, 2007
    • Tsukuba's Non-Turning Windmills-Turned Objets D'Art - Gone With The Wind October 7th, 2008
  • Category: Shipping
    • Shipping Companies December 11th, 2007
• Category: Shopping
  • 7th Anniversary events at You World July 6th, 2007
  • A big preschool bazaar today July 1st, 2007
  • A visit to the Umezono House March 5th, 2007
  • Annual Ibaraki Artifact Exhibit at Seibu August 6th, 2007
  • Another Gigantic Shopping Mall July 29th, 2007
  • Any passionfruit lovers out there? October 2nd, 2007
  • Bargains at Masuda March 9th, 2007
  • Blomster Anna May 5th, 2008
  • Casolea November 27th, 2006
  • Costco's new hours March 1st, 2007
  • Daily Victuals - Online German Bread Shop October 15th, 2008
  • Ecoshop System February 23rd, 2007
  • Farmer's Market in Namiki April 26th, 2007
  • Gift Idea December 3rd, 2006
  • Good option for souvenirs for your home February 28th, 2007
  • Hello Kitty-shaped vending machine in Moriya April 9th, 2007
  • Homemade Sausages and Ham July 27th, 2006
  • Ibaraki Tumbler at Starbucks November 30th, 2007
  • Kitchen Supplies in Tsukuba September 28th, 2007
  • Namiki SC's grand opening today March 30th, 2007
  • Namiki Shopping Center getting ready for its reopening March 6th, 2007
  • New COSTCO Store Scheduled to Open in Saitama February 4th, 2007
  • New COSTCO Store to Open Soon in Kawasaki June 21st, 2007
  • New Ikea Store to Open on Nov 19 in Misato November 17th, 2008
  • New Store Opens in Hitachi no Ushiku December 12th, 2006
  • New Wonder Goo in Tsukuba October 29th, 2007
  • No More Free Bags in Tsukuba August 16th, 2008
  • One of the More Popular of Japan's Traditional Festivals -- KURISUMASU December 25th, 2008
  • Sakura Technopark Revealed - 1 July 16th, 2006
  • Sakura Technopark Revealed - 2 July 22nd, 2006
  • Shoes That Fit (Each Foot) Perfectly May 16th, 2008
  • Sipahhs on sale at Mos Burger July 8th, 2007
  • The Shape Of Watermelons to Come August 2nd, 2008
  • Tokyo YMCA Bazaar December 11th, 2007
  • Tsukuba Gakuen Church Bazaar 2009 October 15th, 2009
  • Tsutaya Sale July 15th, 2006
  • Umezono House's New Store Hours July 18th, 2006
  • Upcoming bazaars and flea markets May 28th, 2009
  • Where did all the butter go? June 26th, 2008
• Category: Telephones
  • AU Phone - call your friends for half price! January 7th, 2007
  • English Service for NTT Customers March 6th, 2009
  • International Public Telephones in Tsukuba August 26th, 2007
  • Recycling Telephone Books November 21st, 2006
  • Category: Cellphones
    • Advisory for smog was issued yesterday May 24th, 2007
    • Finding a Doctor in Ibaraki April 5th, 2007
    • Portable Alien Site Launched June 24th, 2007
    • Read TsukuBlog Posts on Your Cellphone June 27th, 2007
    • Receive Area Crime Reports on Your Computer or Cellphone June 26th, 2007
    • Same Number, Different Phone November 24th, 2006
    • University of Tsukuba Marching Band June 10th, 2007
• Category: Tourism
  • 46,000 Visits at One Shot! Asakusa Kannon's Hozuki-Ichi July 10th, 2008
  • A Trip to Ibaraki Nature Museum November 12th, 2006
  • A trip to Tohoku July 12th, 2007
  • Adventure at an Undersea Station March 16th, 2007
  • Amabiki Kannon May 8th, 2007
  • Annual Azabu Juban Open Air Ceramic Exhibition March 16th, 2009
  • Area museum and park's winter holiday schedules 2007 December 21st, 2007
  • Azalea festivals in Tsukuba and Kasama April 20th, 2007
  • Come Away From Mt. Tsukuba Shrine's Toshikoshi-Sai Festival With Plenty Of Booty! February 10th, 2009
  • Day Trip from Tsukuba: Glass Blowing In Kita Ibaraki November 19th, 2007
  • Do The Shikoku 88 Temple Circuit Pilgrimage Right Here In Tsukuba At The Nichirinji Temple April 27th, 2009
  • Doll's festival in Tsuchiura! February 19th, 2007
  • Doll's Festivals taking place in Tsukuba February 17th, 2007
  • Events for August 4-5 weekend August 3rd, 2007
  • Everything Is Peachy Keen At Koga`s Momo Matsuri March 24th, 2009
  • Experience Japanese Culture in Aizu Wakamatsu November 6th, 2006
  • Fireworks Display at Potiron July 20th, 2007
  • Free Beer in Moriya September 29th, 2007
  • Free guided tour of Akihabara! August 29th, 2007
  • Fukuroda no Taki August 5th, 2006
  • GERD KNÄPPER, a German artist to open his gallery in Daigo May 21st, 2007
  • Getting to Tokyo Disneyland from Tsukuba December 28th, 2008
  • Gion Matsuri Season is here! July 20th, 2007
  • Hello Kitty-shaped vending machine in Moriya April 9th, 2007
  • Iris Festival (Ayame Matsuri) in Sawara June 7th, 2008
  • Ishioka Festival this weekend September 13th, 2007
  • Kasama Pottery Fair April 18th, 2007
  • KEK Communication Plaza February 23rd, 2007
  • Meiji Shrine - THE Place To Visit in November November 25th, 2008
  • Miraikan Turns Six May 9th, 2007
  • Mt. Tsukuba, One of 100 Unique Geological Spots in Japan June 20th, 2007
  • Oh, yeah, "that" festival! April 26th, 2007
  • Old Tokyo maps online February 12th, 2007
  • Peacock at Amabiki Kannon May 9th, 2007
  • Photos from Yamanashi August 20th, 2007
  • Professional Sumo coming to Ibaraki! May 26th, 2007
  • Report on a Visit to Tsukuba Space Center, JAXA December 20th, 2009
  • Retro-bus from Tsukuba Station April 15th, 2007
  • Sakura-themed exhibit in Tsuchiura April 13th, 2007
  • Seishun 18 Kippu JR Ticket 20th Anniversary Discount February 8th, 2007
  • Solemn OPEN HOUSE Event at the Old Nogi Residence September 14th, 2008
  • Sunday at Tokyo National Museum November 19th, 2006
  • Take Advantage of Annual Passes! August 1st, 2006
  • Temporary Closing: Tsukuba Expo Center May 30th, 2008
  • The 100th Kasama Chrysanthemum Festival Starts This Saturday October 10th, 2007
  • Tokyo Tourism: A Trip to Roppongi Hills November 7th, 2006
  • Tsuchiura City Museum reopened July 3rd, 2007
  • Tsuchiura Fireworks Festival 2008 October 1st, 2008
  • Tsuchiura Takigi Noh September 7th, 2007
  • Tsukuba Expo Center to be closed for 5 days May 25th, 2007
  • Tsukuba Festival flyer May 9th, 2007
  • Tsukuba museums Fall temporary closing dates September 14th, 2007
  • Tsukuba on the Water May 3rd, 2007
  • Two “one of a kind” Doll Festivals taking place in Ibaraki February 1st, 2007
  • Ume in Umezono Park February 18th, 2007
  • Yukari no Mori November 13th, 2006
  • Category: Gardens
    • A Gathering Of Blues July 16th, 2008
    • A Glimpse (and Whiff) of Things to Come February 5th, 2009
    • Azalea Festival May 4th, 2008
    • Azalea festivals in Tsukuba and Kasama April 20th, 2007
    • Camellias (tsubaki) Create Special Spring Soundscapes And Groundscapes April 16th, 2009
    • Clematis Exhibit April 29th, 2008
    • Cries of- SAKURA might be mistaken, but dont let that discourage you from savoring the beauty of Tsukuba`s anzu (apricot) blossoms March 21st, 2009
    • DOKUDAMI- Traditional Herbal CURE-ALL Flourishes In Japan`s Damp and Shadowy Places June 26th, 2009
    • Enjoy the Moss, Get Rid of the Mould! June 29th, 2008
    • Everything Is Peachy Keen At Koga`s Momo Matsuri March 24th, 2009
    • Fallen Gingko Leaves (銀杏落葉) Give Tsukuba Glimmering, Golden Early-Winter Groundscapes December 1st, 2009
    • For Getting a Look At One of Japan`s MOST AMAZING FLOWERS (the karasu-uri no hana) a Flashlight comes in handy August 17th, 2009
    • For Those Who Give A Hoot -- What To Do If You Find a Sick or Injured Raptor February 25th, 2009
    • Free bamboo grass for Tanabata July 2nd, 2007
    • Fruit Gardens in Tsukuba May 9th, 2008
    • Fuji Flowers Create a PURPLE HAZE Overhead, but For some real WISTERIA HYSTERIA Head Out For Ashikaga May 1st, 2009
    • Gardeners or Butchers? Tsukuba's Tree Trimmers Go About Their Annual Winter Hack Job January 29th, 2009
    • Gone With The Dew- The tiny, blue blossoms of TSUYUGUSA (露草) Appear Before Dawn and Vanish by the Afternoon August 4th, 2009
    • Guess what this is May 2nd, 2007
    • In Early Winter it's Sazanka, not Tsubaki (Camellia) December 5th, 2008
    • In Japan, Semi-translucent Ro-bai 蝋梅 Blossoms ( Japanese allspice) are The New Year`s First Tree-based Flowers to Bloom and Fill The Winter Air With a Welcome Fragrance January 30th, 2010
    • In Late Autumn and Early Winter, its Sazanka(山茶花) , NOT Tsubaki (椿, camellia ) - revisited November 18th, 2009
    • In Late June Its Raining YAMAMOMO (under Tsukuba`s YAMAMOMO trees) June 27th, 2009
    • Japanese Tree Pruning by the Book January 30th, 2009
    • Japan`s Prehistoric Staple Food - The Chestnut ( KURI, 栗), Is One of Tsukuba`s Most Outstanding (and dangerous!) Features September 12th, 2009
    • Karin' For Your Sore Throat December 8th, 2008
    • Late Blooming Sakura April 14th, 2007
    • Look at the Etymology of the Word SAKURA For a Deeper Understanding of Japan's UNIQUE Celebration of Cherry Blossoms: O-HANAMI (お花見) April 4th, 2009
    • Lots o' Lotus! September 8th, 2008
    • Mount Tsukuba Plum Festival February 21st, 2007
    • Nagareyama Green Festival May 4th, 2008
    • NOZENKAZURA ( trumpet creepers) Give Tsukuba`s Old Neighborhoods a Tropical Glow July 18th, 2009
    • Plum Crazy! March 18th, 2008
    • PLUM crazy! Ibaraki`s Ume Trees in Bloom! ( revisited) March 5th, 2010
    • Sarusuberi, not Salisbury, Adds Longlasting Color to Tsukuba's Dog Days August 7th, 2008
    • Still More Fall Foraging In Tsukuba -- Akebi October 17th, 2008
    • Stop and Smell the Roses (and Other Flower Royalty) May 29th, 2008
    • The Colder, the Sweeter: Farmers Let Their Daikon Radish Chill Out in the Soil March 5th, 2009
    • The Connection Between Tsukuba`s Sakuragawa River and Sakura (cherry) Trees Traced To Its Source- THE ACTUAL SOURCE OF THE RIVER ITSELF April 10th, 2009
    • Tsukuba Botanical Gardens September 27th, 2007
    • Tsukuba`s Fleeting Snowscapes ( revisited) February 2nd, 2010
    • Where Have All The Flowers Gone?! Problem POPS up at Shimotsuma Poppy Festival! June 1st, 2008
    • Where to See the Cherry Blossoms in Tsukuba March 4th, 2009
    • Wild Orchid Across Korean Peninsula December 14th, 2007
    • Yasato Pottery Festival May 29th, 2007
    • You Screwy Flower! July 10th, 2008
    • Zakuro (Pomegranates) and The Goddess of Fertility and Easy Delivery - Kishibojin November 21st, 2008
• Category: Transportation
  • Buying a Motorcycle or Scooter in Tsukuba: Motoshop Wildcats September 30th, 2007
  • City to issue "English" license plates starting Nov 30 October 10th, 2007
  • Rankin' By Palanquin January 19th, 2009
  • Watch Where you Park! August 2nd, 2007
  • Category: Bicycles
    • Bike Light Education at Tsukuba University November 4th, 2007
    • Changes to Traffic Laws May 24th, 2008
    • Changes to Traffic Laws in Japan August 20th, 2007
    • Increase in Bike and Motorcycle Theft in Tsukuba June 25th, 2007
    • Rent-a-Cycle Available at Mt. Tsukuba and Tsukuba Station May 23rd, 2007
    • Survey on Traffic Problems in Tsukuba March 2nd, 2007
  • Category: Buses
    • Are Trains and Buses Running? February 3rd, 2008
    • Bus from Tsukuba to Narita Airport October 29th, 2008
    • Cheaper Way to Get to Tokyo May 3rd, 2007
    • Closed for the Holidays December 28th, 2008
    • Densha-mo, Bus-mo, Pasmo March 26th, 2007
    • Gakuen Minami Junkan, a new TsukuBus course September 3rd, 2007
    • Getting to Narita from Tsukuba in the Early Morning November 26th, 2008
    • Overnight Bus to Kyoto and Osaka December 8th, 2006
    • Retro-bus from Tsukuba Station April 15th, 2007
    • Tsukuba to Run Experimental TsukuBus Services June 5th, 2007
  • Category: Cars
    • An empirically-determined faster route from Tsukuba to Narita March 13th, 2007
    • Borrowing Jumper Cables May 18th, 2008
    • Car Auction Tsukuba March 7th, 2007
    • Changes to Traffic Laws May 24th, 2008
    • Changes to Traffic Laws in Japan August 20th, 2007
    • Cheaper Gasoline on the Expressways? December 11th, 2006
    • Crash Testing April 19th, 2007
    • Crash Tests at JARI this Weekend April 17th, 2008
    • Extra Traffic Accident Insurance February 2nd, 2009
    • Finding a Place to Park Around Tsukuba Station August 30th, 2007
    • Finding the cheapest gas in your neighborhood December 11th, 2006
    • Frugal(ish) Option for Putting your Child on Your Car Insurance Policy June 3rd, 2007
    • Getting a Japanese Drivers License from Scratch November 6th, 2007
    • Handle Keeper December 10th, 2006
    • Hydrogen Vehicle in Tsukuba March 14th, 2007
    • IC-Chips in Licenses November 24th, 2006
    • Key Date for Car Tax: April 1 March 22nd, 2007
    • Launch of "Tsukuba Number" February 12th, 2007
    • Lock Your Car Doors June 3rd, 2008
    • Opening of "Ken-oh-dou" tomorrow March 9th, 2007
    • Parking at Narita November 26th, 2007
    • Survey on Traffic Problems in Tsukuba March 2nd, 2007
    • Three-Months Rule When Getting a Japanese Drivers License June 6th, 2007
    • Tis the Season to Use Daiko December 13th, 2006
    • Tsukuba License Plate Numbers January 2nd, 2007
  • Category: Trains
    • Adventure at an Undersea Station March 16th, 2007
    • All JR East Shinkansens Non Smoking March 23rd, 2007
    • Are Trains and Buses Running? February 3rd, 2008
    • Closed for the Holidays December 28th, 2008
    • Densha-mo, Bus-mo, Pasmo March 26th, 2007
    • Fireworks Festivals along Tx Line July 18th, 2006
    • Getting to Narita from Tsukuba in the Early Morning November 26th, 2008
    • Plenty of BLUE BLOOD passing through Tsukuba's Main Arteries November 15th, 2008
    • Seishun 18 Kippu JR Ticket 20th Anniversary Discount February 8th, 2007
    • Tsukuba Express Update August 15th, 2009
    • Tx Summer Holiday Day Pass July 16th, 2006
• Category: Travel
  • A trip to Tohoku July 12th, 2007
  • Bus from Tsukuba to Narita Airport October 29th, 2008
  • July First Is YAMABIRAKI (山開き) On Mt Fuji - Which Means The Climbing Season Has Begun ! July 1st, 2009
  • Learn by Doing: Japanese Culture August 24th, 2007
  • National Parks of Japan June 18th, 2007
  • Need Vaccinations for Travel? June 4th, 2007
  • Parking at Narita November 26th, 2007
  • Register with your Embassy December 16th, 2008
  • Tsukuba Walking and Mountaineering Club: Upcoming Walks November 28th, 2008
  • Volunteer to Interpret at a Triathlon February 4th, 2008
• Category: Trivia
  • Mysterious (and Creepy) Roadside Markers Explained October 21st, 2008
  • Respect for Tsukuba's Aged November 3rd, 2007
  • Small Shrine and Monument for Locals Who Fell in Russo-Japanese War September 15th, 2008
  • Tai-Yaki Eaters' Dilemma -- Is It Heads or Tails? February 23rd, 2009
  • The Mito Hollyhock Soccer Team Incorrectly Named! (TsukuBlog Exclusive) July 4th, 2008
  • Tsukuba Farmers Still Number One at Growing Grass March 1st, 2008
  • Tsukuba Statistics May 10th, 2008
  • Why The Area On Which the Science City was Built Remained Undeveloped Until Recent Years August 28th, 2008
• Category: Uncategorized
  • December 2008 Tsukuba Cultural Schedule November 26th, 2008
  • Disaster & Emergency Drill in Tsukuba September 3rd, 2008
  • In Japan, August is a month of REMEMBERANCE August 9th, 2009
• Category: Volunteering
  • A Day for the Birds December 24th, 2008
  • Alien Times Fundraising Week 2008 November 30th, 2008
  • Bird Rescue Stuck in the Mud February 18th, 2008
  • Bird Rescue Underway! Six saved, thousands to go..... December 26th, 2007
  • Birds Of a Feather Flock Together July 25th, 2008
  • Bone Marrow Bank in Tsukuba May 13th, 2008
  • CAPEDS presents Sudan Café in Tsukuba vol.2 - What we found in "Real" Sudan- November 25th, 2009
  • Discovering Tsukuba's Animal Welfare Activists ( at last! ) August 31st, 2009
  • Donate Your Used Things January 31st, 2007
  • Fighting To Protect Tsukuba's Remaining Wilds in Nakane Kondadai (中根 金田台) June 23rd, 2008
  • For the Typhoon Ondoy/Ketsana Victims in the Philippines September 30th, 2009
  • Kasumigaura Bird Rescue January 13th, 2008
  • Kasumigaura Bird Rescue Meeting: Feb 28 February 26th, 2008
  • Make the Summer Solstice Meaningful June 21st, 2008
  • March in March March 4th, 2008
  • Proud to be a Tsukuban April 28th, 2007
  • Register your Bone Marrow to Help a Fellow Foreigner February 25th, 2008
  • Save the Birds December 4th, 2007
  • Second Harvest Japan Charity Concert December 13th, 2007
  • Still Caught Up In Kasumigaura Bird Rescue December 18th, 2008
  • The Legend Returns to the Place of Origin April 23rd, 2009
  • TODAY: Showing of Hana Makhmalbaf Film October 17th, 2009
  • Tokyo English Life Line (TELL) Seeks Volunteers December 6th, 2007
  • Volunteer Festa 2009 at Oho Kouminkan This Sunday October 3rd, 2009
  • Volunteer in Vietnam with the Friendship Foundation November 25th, 2006
  • Volunteers for a User Evaluation January 10th, 2007
  • Youth Ending Hunger Charity Concert June 26th, 2008