Kansai Culture @kansaiculture.com · 17hAs many browsers have a "block element" option, blocking the following page elements would help to improve desktop Twitter: Left 1 - Calls icon Left 2 - Premium icon Right 1 - that "premium" promotional box Right 2 - the "live on X" box 200
Kansai Culture @kansaiculture.com · 19/06/2026Huh, this is the first time I have seen anything from the Washington Times being "suggested" ("sponsored") on Facebook. Let's have a look... oh, written by the "editorial board" ... well, isn't that the most suspicious thing I've ever seen. 100
Kansai Culture @kansaiculture.com · 22/11/2025Did BlueSky change the color of their logo? It is getting more similar to the LinkedIn and Facebook icons: 140
Reposted by Kansai CultureCamellia Tea Ceremony @camelliakyoto.bsky.social · 30/10/2025🐁🐶🐄🐰🐒🐍THE ZODIAC PILGRIMAGE🐅🐉🐗🐎🐓🐐 In the Chinese Zodiac 2026 will be the 'Year of the Fire Horse' (written as '馬', '马' or '午'), aka the 'Red Horse Year' (赤馬年). Kyōto has a special pilgrimage made up of 12 religious sites dedicated to the 12 animals found in the zodiac. #Kyoto #京都 #zodiac 110126
Kansai Culture @kansaiculture.com · 23/10/2025Misu Shrine Torch Festival kansaiculture.blogspot.com/2025/10/misu...kansaiculture.blogspot.comMisu Shrine Torch FestivalJapanese culture, history, festival, events, kendo, and teaching English in the Kansai region of Japan; Osaka, Kyoto, Kobe, Nara, Himeji ... 130
Kansai Culture @kansaiculture.com · 22/10/2025Asuka Glass Workshop kansaiculture.blogspot.com/2025/10/asuk...kansaiculture.blogspot.comAsuka Glass WorkshopJapanese culture, history, festival, events, kendo, and teaching English in the Kansai region of Japan; Osaka, Kyoto, Kobe, Nara, Himeji ... 120
Kansai Culture @kansaiculture.com · 22/10/2025Kenji Yanobe exhibit of Ship's Cat statues. kansaiculture.blogspot.com/2025/10/yano... 083
Reposted by Kansai CultureCamellia Tea Ceremony @camelliakyoto.bsky.social · 22/10/2025🔥FIRE FESTIVAL🔥 Yuki-jinja's (由岐神社) 'Hi Matsuri' (鞍馬の火祭 'Fire Festival') on October 22nd is said to have origins in the bonfires lit to guide the shrine's gods as they journeyed from the imperial palace to the mountain village of Kurama (鞍馬). #鞍馬の火祭 #Kyoto #京都 29130
Reposted by Kansai Culturecurious ordinary @curiousordinary.bsky.social · 01/09/2025In #JapaneseFolklore there is a giant crab #yokai known as kanibozu. These creatures take on the form of priests and move into empty temples. If a new priest arrives to lead the temple the kanibozu demands they answer a riddle & if they can't solve it, they get eaten. #MythologyMonday 🎨Matthew Meyer 15517137
Kansai Culture @kansaiculture.com · 11/08/2025Checking out this IFTT thing I have been hearing about. Seems like it is mostly about saving redundant copies of things on your Google account (calendar, sheets, Gmail, drive, etc). Though, it seems like a good service to automatically share blog posts on social media sites... 100
Kansai Culture @kansaiculture.com · 22/07/2025Called the IRS. Why do their employees need 10 digit ID numbers when Social Security Numbers, which were supposed to identify all Americans, only have 9 digits? 210
Kansai Culture @kansaiculture.com · 17/07/2025A bakery in Namba with a vending machine/coin locker for bread. 030
Kansai Culture @kansaiculture.com · 17/07/2025Dotombori Boat Parade kansaiculture.blogspot.com/2025/07/doto...kansaiculture.blogspot.comDotombori Boat ParadeJapanese culture, history, festival, events, kendo, and teaching English in the Kansai region of Japan; Osaka, Kyoto, Kobe, Nara, Himeji ... 010
Kansai Culture @kansaiculture.com · 16/07/2025I wouldn't trust these Grok AI companions. One looks like she would write my name in a Death Note, then feed my corpse to that murder gopher thing. 010
Kansai Culture @kansaiculture.com · 14/07/2025American gets a letter from the IRS while living in Japan: 1. gather documents 2. formulate an idea of what you will ask for and how you will identify yourself and your situation. 3. See that you have to call a landline phone number. 4. Realize that Skype is gone and that you need to find a new app 010
Kansai Culture @kansaiculture.com · 08/07/2025Shiro-uri (melon cucumbers) being grown at Tamatsukuri-Inari Shrine in Osaka. As the area had many fields for uri, growing them became a tradition and they shrine, they even have an uri mascot. Sometimes, you can find uri at supermarkets in the summer. Good with salt and vinegar. 020
Kansai Culture @kansaiculture.com · 08/07/2025Got on an elevator with a group of random steangers to go to the 6th floor of a 36-floor building. The people who got in ahead pressed the buttons for the 4th and 5th floor. Then , two more people caught the elevator and pressed buttons for the 7th and 8th floor. An elevator straight flush! 020
Kansai Culture @kansaiculture.com · 04/07/2025BlueSky has been pretty quiet, and the number of followers on Twitter has reversed course and started going upward again.media.tenor.coma cartoon character from south park is asking the question helloALT: a cartoon character from south park is asking the question hello 010
Kansai Culture @kansaiculture.com · 02/07/2025Fujinomori Shrine Hydrangea Festival; Iaido Demonstration kansaiculture.blogspot.com/2025/06/fuji...kansaiculture.blogspot.comFujinomori Hydrangea Festival 2025; IaidoJapanese culture, history, festival, events, kendo, and teaching English in the Kansai region of Japan; Osaka, Kyoto, Kobe, Nara, Himeji ... 100
Kansai Culture @kansaiculture.com · 01/07/2025July 2025; Upcoming Kansai Events kansaiculture.blogspot.com/2025/07/july...kansaiculture.blogspot.comJuly 2025; Upcoming Kansai EventsJapanese culture, history, festival, events, kendo, and teaching English in the Kansai region of Japan; Osaka, Kyoto, Kobe, Nara, Himeji ... 100
Kansai Culture @kansaiculture.com · 25/06/2025Rainy season reminder to air out your bogu after kendo practice, or it will look like a moldy petri dish culture after a day. 000
Kansai Culture @kansaiculture.com · 24/06/2025"The Human Faced Stone of Osaka Castle" article from 2019 is suddenly receiving a lot of traffic today, for unknown reasons... but thank you all for your interest in obscure Kansai landmarks. kansaiculture.blogspot.com/2019/02/the-...kansaiculture.blogspot.comThe Human Faced Stone of Osaka CastleJapanese culture, history, festival, events, kendo, and teaching English in the Kansai region of Japan; Osaka, Kyoto, Kobe, Nara, Himeji ... 000
Kansai Culture @kansaiculture.com · 11/06/2025Writing classes in Japan often have students write about SDGs (the 17 Sustainable Development Goals from the UN). The vast majority of students focus on the 6 environmental goals - and write to emphasize limiting personal consumption. ... 100
Kansai Culture @kansaiculture.com · 11/06/2025Darn it, Twitter ads! Your text appearing in the comments section beneath headlines can be very inappropriate and confusing when seen while scrolling! 010
Reposted by Kansai CultureCamellia Tea Ceremony @camelliakyoto.bsky.social · 02/06/2025🍵HUNTING FIREFLIES✨ Each year Shimogamo-jinja (下鴨神社) holds a special tea gathering called 'Hotarubi-no-Chakai' (蛍火の茶会). Over 600 fireflies are released beside the Mitarashi-gawa (御手洗川) as evening falls, bringing an otherworldly feel to the tea ceremony. #Japan #Shimogamojinja #下鴨神社 #fireflies 13912
Kansai Culture @kansaiculture.com · 01/06/2025LinkedIn has little puzzle games and a leader board that shows the average score users based on the University affliation. It seems that Brigham Young University is always no1. Why is that? 200
Kansai Culture @kansaiculture.com · 31/05/2025Somebody wants us to look out for their runaway turtle. 000
Kansai Culture @kansaiculture.com · 29/05/2025June 2025; Upcoming Kansai Events kansaiculture.blogspot.com/2025/05/june...kansaiculture.blogspot.comJune 2025; Upcoming Kansai EventsJapanese culture, history, festival, events, kendo, and teaching English in the Kansai region of Japan; Osaka, Kyoto, Kobe, Nara, Himeji ... 310
Kansai Culture @kansaiculture.com · 21/05/2025Nipponbashi Street Festa 2025 kansaiculture.blogspot.com/2025/05/nipp...kansaiculture.blogspot.comNipponbashi Street Festa 2025Japanese culture, history, festival, events, kendo, and teaching English in the Kansai region of Japan; Osaka, Kyoto, Kobe, Nara, Himeji ... 160
Kansai Culture @kansaiculture.com · 21/05/2025Fujinomori Horse Acrobatics kansaiculture.blogspot.com/2025/05/hors...kansaiculture.blogspot.comHorse Acrobatics; Kake Uma Shinji 2025Japanese culture, history, festival, events, kendo, and teaching English in the Kansai region of Japan; Osaka, Kyoto, Kobe, Nara, Himeji ... 110
Kansai Culture @kansaiculture.com · 16/05/2025Shiramine Shrine Hozoin Demonstration kansaiculture.blogspot.com/2025/05/shir...kansaiculture.blogspot.comShiramine Shrine Hozoin DemonstrationJapanese culture, history, festival, events, kendo, and teaching English in the Kansai region of Japan; Osaka, Kyoto, Kobe, Nara, Himeji ... 240
Reposted by Kansai CultureCamellia Tea Ceremony @camelliakyoto.bsky.social · 16/05/2025💦👁️WATER TO HEAL THE EYES👁️🙌 In 811 the great priest Kūkai (空海) left his post at Otokuni-dera (乙訓寺) to visit the nearby temple of Yōkoku-ji (楊谷寺). Whilst on retreat he noticed monkeys returning each day to a spring. Rather than drink, they washed the eyes of a blind infant🙈💦🤔 #Kyoto #楊谷寺 #乙訓寺 #京都 16519
Reposted by Kansai CultureCamellia Tea Ceremony @camelliakyoto.bsky.social · 13/05/2025⛈️🙏🐎THE AOI FESTIVAL🐎🎎🌿 The Aoi Matsuri (葵祭) is one of the oldest festivals in the world. It dates to the the reign of Emperor Kinmei (欽明天皇 509-71), when a series of crop-destroying storms were attributed to the Kamo deities (賀茂の神), angry at the lack of respect shown to them by the people. #Kyoto 210937
Kansai Culture @kansaiculture.com · 11/05/2025Blech, avoid the sesame oil and salt chicken at KFC. 020
Kansai Culture @kansaiculture.com · 11/05/2025The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has purchased advertising on a Nankai Line train. Interestingly, the first train car was about their green energy initiatives. 230
Kansai Culture @kansaiculture.com · 10/05/2025Oh, look, an officer Judy Hopps bag at the Disney pop-up store... *opens bag* --> bunny brain surgery 031
Kansai Culture @kansaiculture.com · 10/05/2025Capcom exhibit at the Nakanoshima Museum of Art (3000 yen) 241
Kansai Culture @kansaiculture.com · 10/05/2025The Kansai DenRyoku building with MyakuMyaku decorations for Expo 2025. 030
Kansai Culture @kansaiculture.com · 02/05/2025Not a big fan of this new nugget pizza sauce at McDonald's 120
Reposted by Kansai CultureDr. Wes Robertson @scriptingjapan.bsky.social · 02/05/2025Babe wake up, new completely inscrutable romanization style just dropped 10886
Kansai Culture @kansaiculture.com · 30/04/2025May 2025; Upcoming Kansai Events kansaiculture.blogspot.com/2025/04/may-...kansaiculture.blogspot.comMay 2025; Upcoming Kansai EventsJapanese culture, history, festival, events, kendo, and teaching English in the Kansai region of Japan; Osaka, Kyoto, Kobe, Nara, Himeji ... 110
Kansai Culture @kansaiculture.com · 29/04/2025Magoichi Festival 2025 kansaiculture.blogspot.com/2025/04/mago...kansaiculture.blogspot.comMagoichi Festival 2025Japanese culture, history, festival, events, kendo, and teaching English in the Kansai region of Japan; Osaka, Kyoto, Kobe, Nara, Himeji ... 120
Kansai Culture @kansaiculture.com · 27/04/2025This Temu app ads on Facebook seem really unhinged: They use the worst AI art for the Canvas Art Print ads.... and ain't no way this pictured head is for "makeup practice" 120
Kansai Culture @kansaiculture.com · 27/04/2025Hyogo Museum of Nature and Human Activities. Had the most impressive taxidermy display I have seen: 130
