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Discover India in Japan : Tsukiji Honganji. Indian architecture in a Japanese...
Interested in seeing the Indian architectural influence in Tokyo? Next to the Tsukuji Fish Market, walking towards Ginza, is a temple which from the exterior has a distinctively Indian feel to it. The...
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Discover India in Japan : Ashes of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose at Renkoji
The Indian footprint in Japan is quite varied and includes not only cultural aspects but even political scenarios. One such political footprint in Tokyo is of the Indian freedom fighter, well known in...
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Discover India in Japan : Saraswati idol at JR Koenji Azuma Dori
Financial transactions are one to one. 100 yen money for 100 yen worth of goods and services. Exchange (give and take) 100 dollars with your friend and both of you have 100 dollars. Exchange an idea...
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Discover India in Japan : Kobe Jain Temple in Kitano-cho
We are taking a break from Tokyo and introducing you some Indian footprints in a southern city of Japan, KOBE. As per the textbook definition of what I learned back in India, Tirthankar, in Jainism is...
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Roppongi Hills : Enjoy Authentic Hyderabad Chicken Biryani in Tokyo
There are so many Indian restaurants in Tokyo run by Pakistani’s, Nepali’s and Indian’s and most have the staple menu of NAN and CURRY, with some restaurants also selling the locally popular saffron...
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Nirvanam – Original South Indian, Kerala style food in Tokyo
Indian food equates a Nan and Curry for majority of the Japanese. Majority of the North Indian states do have this as their primary diet, but the Southern part of India the dietary styles and tastes...
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HOLI YOKOHAMA 2015
The Indian festival of COLORS, to welcome the spring HOLI will be celebrated on the picturesque location of Aka Renga Souko in Yokohama on the coming weekend. Will be going on Saturday, let us know at...
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Photo Story : YOKOHAMA HOLI 2015
The Indian festival of COLORS, was celebrated on the picturesque location of Aka Renga Souko in Yokohama last weekend. Here are the experiences, we had there, a COLORFUL event and a lot of fun. The...
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Giant Robot and Kyu Furukawa Rose Garden
“Johnny Sokko and His Flying Robot”, does this ring a bell? Well what was popular in the 1960’s in Japan as ジャイアントロボ (Giant Robot) and was a hit in the US in the 70’s as “Johnny Sokko and His Flying...
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Enoshima Lanterns, experience “Yu-Suzumi” a cool summer evening
The Enoshima Island in Kanagawa Prefecture is a picturesque island located just 45 minutes on a train from central Tokyo. Benzaiten (Indian Goddesses Saraswati) , the goddess of music and...
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Nirvanam Ariake : Indian restaurant in the Odaiba area
We had covered the South Indian restaurant Nirvanam based in Kamiyacho a couple of months back. Nirvanam has expanded to one more location and its in the Odaiba neighborhood, closer to the Ariake...
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Ganesha Temple in Asakusa : Kangiten at Matsuchiyama Shōten
Stories, symbols and rituals are the primary way to transmit ideas across generations and the Hindu religion uses symbols in form of idols extensively. So to represent Wisdom, you can look at a few...
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Benzaiten Temple at Shinobazu Pond in Ueno Park
Benzaiten (弁才天, 弁財天) is a Japanese Buddhist goddess, who originated from the Hindu goddess Saraswati. The Shinobzu Pond at Ueno Park has a temple of Saraswati. Floating on the water of the pond, it is...
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50 Years of LOVE IN TOKYO : 1966-2016 photo story
Let me recollect the FIRST word in Japanese language that I have learnt in my life…. Well, I clearly remember that I was around 10-12 years old and the Doordarshan channel was playing the 1966 hit,...
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Mahatma Gandhi Statue at Suginami Ward Library
I have lived all my childhood in Bombay (now Mumbai) and went to the city of Pune for four years in 1992 in my days at an undergraduate college @University of Pune. For any Indian, October 2nd is the...
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Multiple Entry Business Visa for Indians to be extended for 10 year duration
Some “Acche Din” or “good days” for Indians planning to visit Japan on business. Nikkei reports that Japanese Prime Minister Abe in his visit with India’s Prime Minister Modi and also the Vietnam...
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Depiction of Indian gods in Japanese games : Artistic liberties?
The Bollywood movie ‘Satyam Shivam Sundaram’ by the legendary Raj Kapoor has a song “Yashomati maiyya se bole nandalala, radha kyun gori, mein kyun kala? (Krishna asking his mother why he is dark...
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Enoshima Benzaiten – A mystical shrine on a beautiful island
Enoshima Benzaiten is the Japanese Buddhist goddess who has origins in the Hindu goddess Saraswati. Bumping into Indian gods in Japan is not that rare given the cultural export of Buddhism from India....
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Ashok Stambha (Pillar) at the panoramic cutting edge of Chiba
This article is about Nokogiri in Chiba, but lets take a small tour into India’s history.. In todays global scheme of things, internet technology has established an effective line for communication and...
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Rare Kamakura Summer Night Illuminations 2017
Kamakura, the famous tourism spot in Kanagawa Ken near Tokyo was my first day long trip in 1998. I was fascinated by the huge Buddha statue in deep meditation on an open ground and have been visiting...
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