As the heat of summer wanes, fall brings a fresh batch of flowers to gardens across Japan. Read on below for five of the most representative blooms of the island nation’s autumn days.
Sep 21, 2022 • Subscribe
More like this
Beyond Sakura: Exploring Japan’s Other Spring Flowers
Capture some of spring’s flower power by brushing up on your seasonal botanical knowledge! Whether you’re ready to hone your own green thumb or take flowery selfies to…
Sunny Blooms: Discovering Japan’s Summertime Flowers
There’s no place to beat the heat like the oasis of your own urban garden. Whether you’re new to the greenery game or an avid gardener, read on…
Exploring one of Japan’s Most Rural Prefectures: Yamaguchi
Motonosumi Shrine in Northern Yamaguchi along the Sea of Japan. After an eventful day in Fukuoka paying my respects to the frog gods and eating delicious food, I…
Say It with a Bouquet: Japan’s Language of Flowers
Learn the meanings behind popular flowers in Japan and how different colored blooms can send varying messages. Up your floral and Japanese cultural knowledge with this primer on…
Female Voices of Japan: Exploring Japan’s All-Female Bands and Ensembles
From jazz improv to rock riffs, classical compositions to pop hits, here are five groups to kickstart your exploration of Japan’s all-female bands and ensembles.
Notes on Hayao Miyazaki: Exploring the Early Work of Japan’s Greatest Animator
Cover We have some red flags already on the cover. First, Miyazaki’s case for “Japan’s Greatest Animator,” while not exactly weak, is also far from the strongest. I…
Japan’s Brilliant Fall Foliage: Top Five Viewing Places
Fall is (very slowly) arriving in Japan - and with it comes the changing of the leaves. Here are the best fall foliage spots.
Hoshikuzu Telepath – Episode 11 – The Fiery Rematch
Episode impressions of Hoshikuzu Telepath Episode 11 as Haruno challenged Matataki to another duel as she promised she would beat her. From the looks of it, they are…
Is Kishida’s Fall Good News for Japan’s Opposition? Well…
Prime Minister Kishida Fumio is sinking rapidly in public opinion polls. Here's why that means nothing will change anytime soon.
Spy x Family - Episode 5 - Yor Fiery Drunk
Yor drank too much wine and enjoyed roleplaying for Anya's celebration. She might not remember how much fun she had. Spy x Family - Episode 5.
Flowers of Grass
Takehiro Fukunaga’s 1954 novel Flowers of Grass is considered to be a classic of postwar Japanese fiction, and it’s the sort of book that I imagine many people…
Flowers of Evil
By Andrew Osmond. Anime is often compared to live-action cinema. If so, Flowers of Evil is the cultish indy film, whose moody images sing with the torments of…
Shaman King: Flowers
Oh well, it’s not really over yet. You thought the original series already ended but then it still somewhat continues. With the next generation! Ah yes, it is…
Coffin of Flowers
YAMAMURA Misa (山村美紗, 1934-1996) was very popular in her day, but has probably faded of late. The last time I looked, few if any of her books...
Red Flowers GN
The peace and solitude of rural spaces is a persistent theme throughout the book, and there is something that feels a bit idealized about that, making it clear…
Exploring Anime Fictophilia
Fictophilia is an interesting phenomenon in general but when focused n anime, it takes on some unique features.
Exploring Isekai Genre.
There something that attracts me towards anime set’s in a gaming world or different world than ours. It might be just love of games or something else but…
Skeleton Flowers (2021) review
A serene narrative that touchingly explores the possibility of reaching each other as subject despite the misrecognition that structures speech.
Somebody’s Flowers (2021) review
“A beautiful narrative that explores the mental and societal obstacles that litter the path of those subjects who suddenly need to grieve the loss of loved ones with…
Exploring Anime Boston's History
►DON'T FORGET TO SUBSCRIBE! --- People interviewed for this video: Lou Arruda, Greg Ayres, Chris Beveridge, Christian Daly, Patrick Delahanty, Samantha Ferreira, Jenna Leary, Brian T. Price, Mike Toole, Doug Wilder,…
Kowai Hanashi: Flowers Anthology 3
It’s certainly an odd feeling to step into the grocery store out of 35-degree heat and see the fall-flavoured snacks on the shelves. Like the shift from short…
Japan’s Deadliest Animal
When summer nears, Japan’s most dangerous animal starts appearing in many places. We are not talking about bears, who roam Hokkaido and the northern part of Honshu. We…
Exploring Gunbuster’s Roots in Shojo
Many anime fans are familiar with Gunbuster, and with good reason. Not only was this OVA the directorial debut of one Hideaki Anno, the man who would go
The Otherworlder, Exploring the Dungeon
Information for the light novel series The Otherworlder, Exploring the Dungeon. The official English release is from Yen On.
Exploring the World of Yōkai
Yōkai have made their way into countless anime series, shaping modern storytelling with their mysterious charm. From mischievous fox spirits to vengeful ghosts, find out what yōkai are,…
My Neighbor Totoro, That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime, Ayakashi, Kamisama Kiss
Exploring Narai in Kiso Valley
A rainy yet beautiful day in the mountain town of Narai. A place that’s been on my bucket list for quite a while is Kamikochi, a beautiful hiking…
Urban Exploring in Takeo, Saga
An abandoned onsen exhibition reflecting the results of the Third Impact in Saga, Japan. After having a fabulous day in Fukuoka exploring local shrines and temples, seeing the…
Exploring Maebashi: Ikaho & Hatago Onsen
Standing on the stones steps of Ikaho Onsen that overlook the mountains of Gunma! After a lovely morning of exploring famous temples in Takasaki, we decided to spend…
Exploring Chobits: Love, AI, Comedy
An Analysis of the themes of Chobits, it's characters, love, AI, and why it means something to the lives we may live in the future.
Tropical Rouge Precure Ep 5 Review: Fiery Sempai! Cure Flamingo has arrived!
Hi, Everyone! This is my review of Tropical Rouge Precure Episode 5 and it is the introduction of our final member, Takizawa Asuka/Cure Flam...
Insufficient Direction and Sweet Blue Flowers
Episode lucky number seven, unlike the movie Lucky Number Slevin, which is an alright movie and has Lucy Liu, but anyway. The Dodgers and Astros are in the…
WHEN FLOWERS BLOOM, SO DOES ANIME
I cannot get enough of Spring 2022 anime season. As you may or may not know, I haven’t been feeling too great these past couple of months; so…
Review: New Five Golden Flowers (2022)
New Five Golden Flowers 你是我的一束光 China, 2022, colour, 2.35:1, 97 mins. Director: Wang Qiang 王强. Rating: 4/10. Messily constructed rom-com set in Yunnan province can’t decide what it…
Evil Flowers and Messed Up Teenagers
I kept avoiding Aku no Hana (The Flowers of Evil) for years now because I usually like to stay away from over-hyped Shounen series (there are exceptions but…
Shaman King Flowers Anime Series Review
Ultimately, my biggest problem with Shaman King Flowers is that it mostly just feels like a set-up to a much larger story that has yet to actually happen.
Cardcaptor Sakura – 10 – Flowers and Family
It’s Sports Day, which means it’s truly Sakura’s time to shine. She wows classmates and parents alike with her running speed, and while she accidentally lets a baton…
Flowers -Le volume sur automne- Review
My thoughts on the third part of the highly acclaimed yuri visual novel mystery series
Insufficient Direction and Sweet Blue Flowers
Episode lucky number seven, unlike the movie Lucky Number Slevin, which is an alright movie and has...
Attack On The Flowers of Originality
So, Aku no Hana. And it’s art style. It’s unique art style. The two major camps in the reactions to it, seem to be divided as either “it’s great…
Gypsy Well features a fiery fiddle and flow for his new track 1997.
Ok, so… if you’re a Japanese MC and you open your new track with a FIDDLE, you’re going to pique my curiosity. I’m guessing there’s some type of…
Tondemo Skill de Isekai Hourou Meshi - Episode 12 [END] - Goddesses Agni Fiery Temper
Agni did not appreciate her sister goddesses making secret requests from Mukouda. Tondemo Skill de Isekai Hourou Meshi - Episode 12 [END]
Books: Japan’s Carnival War
By Jonathan Clements. Many readers of this blog will be familiar with the boggling weirdness of Momotaro, Sacred Sailors, that animated oddity in which the child-hero from Japanese…
Mao, Vol. 3 – Exploring Mao’s Past
I kind of like the fact that I am enjoying this manga. It feels like a very specific version of Rumiko Takahashi’s vision that just works for me.…
Exploring sakuga – An interview with Blou
This time, I talked with Bloodyredstar, aka Blou, sakuga fan and production assistant at Studio Tonton, currently making an amateur Naruto OP and ED.
Exploring the Kimetsu no Yaiba Phenomenon
Whatever you think of Kimetsu, this series' success is truly mind-boggling. Read more
Budget Travel Tips For Exploring Japan
Want to make the most out of your trip to Japan? Here are the best Japan budget travel tips from train passes, accommodations and more.
Exploring a Kyoto with no People
A sunny day in the deserted Arashiyama Bamboo Forest. Due to the nature of my job, I sometimes spontaneously find myself with consecutive days off so I try…
Exploring My Feelings on K-Pop
Like all people not living under rocks, I’ve noticed the rise and sustained international popularity of Korean pop, with a fanbase nigh-unmatched in current times. I first caught…
Exploring the Leijiverse in the 90s
The Leijiverse is an expansive collection of anime and manga containing the works of the legendary Leiji Matsumoto.
Exploring Grief in Tokyo 24th Ward
~Part 1: Introduction~ Grief effects everyone to at least some degree at some point in life. Profound grief can be experienced whether or not the person you lost…