Shogakukan has just published a book which explains how to peel mandarins creating animal silhouettes. This is a short demonstration video on what you can get by skillfully peeling mandarins:
In this website you can read some of the first pages of the book.
This road can be found between Nagano and Toyama prefectures in the “Japanese Alps”. The route is known as the Alpen Route and can only be used by cars “sometimes” π The area is known for its ski resorts and also for the largest dam in Japan: Kurobe dam.
Source: Karapia.livedoor.biz
In Tokyo we are starting the year with really cold temperatures. Here you have a strawberry-sized dessert and a curious way of building a “snowman”.
