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Kaga Special: Crab Meal + Traditional Pottery

Kutani Mangetsu 九谷滿月

Kutani ware is one of the traditional Japanese potteries with over 350 years of history. Kutani is the name of the village where porcelain raw mineral was discovered, now part of Kaga, Ishikawa Japan. After the discovery, the first lord of Kaga spearheaded the production of porcelain by learning from China and building kilns in the 17th century. There are several styles of Kutani ware but the main features are the vivid color: bluish-green and the “5 colours”, using green, yellow, red, purple and navy. Kuntani ware was designated a traditional craft in 1975 and now available in Kanazawa, Komatsu, Kaga and Nomi-shi.

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Jazz Dream Nagashima

Mitsui Outlet Park Jazz Dream Nagashima 三井奧特萊斯購物城

Locating 50 minutes away by bus from Nagoya station or Central Japan International Airport, Mitsui Outlet Park Jazz Dream Nagashima is an outlet mall in the sub urban of Nagoya with around 180 shops at the time I visited. It is part of the Nagashima Resort which consists of an amusement park, a Spa Land, a garden called Nabana no Sato, and the outlet mall. Jazz Dream Nagashima is one of the largest outlet mall in Japan (some said it’s the largest but I think it all depends on the number of stores at a time).

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Osaka Station City

Time Square at Osaka Station city. 大阪站「時空廣場」

The renovated Osaka Station has become a modern complex connecting trendy shopping malls, including Lucua, Lucau 1100, Dymaru, and Osaka Grand Front. Of course you may walk to Umeda area. There are so many restaurants and shops that it will take more than a day to cover everywhere.

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Blue Light & Pollen Reduction Glasses

Protecting your eyes

50% of the world’s population is expected to be short-sightedness by 2050, according to an Opthalmology journal. 60 years ago, only 15% of the Chinese teenagers need to wear glasses. Now 90% of teenagers and young adults have difficulties reading far objects. 95% of teenagers in South Korea are short sighted. I don’t know how accurate these figures are but I bet it won’t be too far off the reality in developed cities where everyone uses smart phones and computers every day. I haven’t worn any glasses for a long time (except for sun glasses) so I rarely walk into optical shops which are not designed for casual browsing.

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