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