kentballs:

one of the latest twitter trends coming out of Japan is for young school girls to take photos with their friends doing poses and power moves from anime series like Dragon Ball Z. 

Here’s hoping this is the next trend in North America. 

japanlove:

Dreaming of Sakura by arcreyes [-ratamahatta-] on Flickr.

in-my-mouth:

Takoyaki

hiroshiokuda:

original posts about Japan and its culture! hiroshiokuda.tumblr.com

japanlove:

. by barkertrax on Flickr.

japanlove:

Osaka Castle Plum Garden by Wunkai on Flickr.

japanlove:

Together by Daremoshiranai on Flickr.

albotas:

These Bowls Of Ramen Are Actually Cakes

This incredibly convincing confectionery comes courtesy of Machi no Kumasan, a small bakery in Takasaki City.

And in case you’re curious, here’s a list of the real ingredients that they used to make the fake ingredients:

Noodles – Japanese chestnut and kabocha pumpkin cream

Broth – Early Grey jelly

Bamboo shoot – grilled apple

Egg – annin tofu (Almond jelly)

Chashu pork – raspberry jelly

Green onions – pistachios

isaykonnichiwa:

yamadera in winter by hashiee

mainichijapan:

theskypilot:

Konpeitō (also spelled Konpeito, or Kompeitō) is a Japanese sugar candy made with a technique introduced in Japan in the early 16th century by Portuguese traders. The process to refine large amounts of sugar at that time was rarely practice, making konpeito a luxurious treat. 

•  word “konpeito” comes from the Portuguese word confeito, which means a sugar candy
• 1569 - a Portuguese missionary presented a glass of konpeito to Oda Nobunaga (leader of the unified Japan of the shogunate in 16th century) in order to obtain the permit for mission work of Christianity 

By the Meiji period, konpeito had become one of the standard Japanese sweets of the culture. 

The above gif with Hayao Miyazaki’s soot spirits (makurokurosuke, or  susuwatari) were seen to be happily eating the konpeito candy in the movie Spirited Away (Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi). Konpeito were seen as whimsical and would be paired with faeries, so Miyazaki gave konpeito to his whimsical soot characters. 

Buy Konpeito here!!