Kansai airport Japan recorded 19 million passenger visits in 2013

Picture: Gion Matsuri Kyoto

"Kansai International Airport....had 19.35 million domestic and international passengers last year, up 9 per cent on 2013. ...it has reported significant increases in foreign travellers, (but) the number of Japanese passengers ....fell for the second consecutive year in 2014."





Source:  Australian investors line up as bidders for large Japanese airport
By Matt O'Sullivan
March 17th 2015
The Age Newspaper
http://www.smh.com.au/business/australian-investors-line-up-as-bidders-for-large-japanese-airport-20150317-1m05ws.html#ixzz3UaybJMZG

"Japan is one of those places you just gotta go to" Mikey Cahill

Picture: Carp banners on boys day Japan

"...if you haven' between to Japan, then save your yen for a plane ticket...Japan is one of those places you just gotta go to" 

Mikey Cahill

Source: Livelist

By Mikey Cahill

Herald Sun Newspaper

Saturday 12th July 2014, page 19

Customers can enjoy a foot bath on new shinkansen bullet train from July 2014

Picture: Japanese shinkansen bullet train 

¨JR East will launch the service in July, with one carriage on the "shinkansen" bullet train having two 2.4 metre-long tubs facing windows. Bathing is a ritualised and highly-prized activity in Japan and the footbaths are intended as places for passengers to relax¨

(see our video of a footbath on the street in Hokkaido, Japan here) Very relaxing!

Source:

Japanese bullet train adds footspa for passengers

March 7, 2014

The AGE Newspaper

http://www.smh.com.au/travel/travel-news/japanese-bullet-train-adds-footspa-for-passengers-20140306-348g5.html#ixzz2vEyIDDhx

Japanese green tea found to reduce stroke by up to 20 percent

Picture: Japanese green tea

" (In 2013 Japanese scientists)... discovered that drinking four or more cups of green tea a day reduces the risk of strokes by 20 percent."

Source:the small print

December 20, 2013

The 2013 Best of Small Print

By: Steve Trautlein

Dec 19, 2013

Issue: 1030

http://metropolis.co.jp/features/the-small-print/december-20-2013/

Tairyobata are colourful banners flown by Japanese fisherman

Photo: Colourful tairyobata

"When a vessel pulls into port with a large catch, it raises a banner called a tairyobata. Tairyobata are characteristically showy in color, both from a superstitious and to be conspicious on a vessel. They are mainly hoisted during festivals these days"

Source: In search of the Ultimate seafood

Travel Notes 2

Nipponica, No 8, 2012, page 23

"When you learn a language, it is important to know its cultural background" Shanmuga Priya

“When you learn a language, it is important to know its cultural background." 

Shanmuga Priya.

Teacher and director

 ABK-ATOS DOSOKAI 

Source: A taste for Japanese

COIMBATORE, April 17, 2013

The Hindu.com 

http://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/a-taste-for-japanese/article4626814.ece