The company was founded in Tokyo in 1947 by Kosaku Kikuchi, who had worked for a radio parts distributor in Tokyo before and during World War II. Due to the poor quality of radio parts Kikuchi had to deal with, he decided to start his private radio part manufacturer facility in December 1944 in Yoyogi, …
The Moss Temple of Kokedera, as it is also called, is the result of an amazing interaction between nature and human creativity, located in the western part of the city of Kyoto – the ancient capital of Japan at the foot of Mount Koinzan. This place is famous for its exceptionally beautiful natural places, tranquility …
The Vestax Corporation was a Japanese musical instrument, turntable, and audio equipment, founded by Hidezato Shiino in 1977. The company began with the development and production of electronic guitars. In the 1980s, Vestax made multitrack recorders and later moved on to DJ mixers, professional turntables, CD players, and signal processors. Debt problems led to the …
The Horyuji Temple was founded in 607 by Prince Shotoku, who is described in the early popularization of Buddhism in Japan. Horyuji is one of the oldest temples in the country and contains the oldest valued wooden structures in the world. It was declared a World Heritage Site in 1993. Horyuji’s temple areas are simply …
Technics 1200GR is a standard model, inheriting the technology of the leading SL-1200G, which was developed as a reference model turntable with direct drive of a new generation. Merging Technics’ traditional analog technologies with leading digital technologies The SL-1200GR used modified SL-1200G components, such as the iron-core direct drive electric motor, the high-precision electric …
Launched a year before Akai’s last open-reel development (the GX-625, 1979), the GX-635 and GX-635D were the base for the few later high-end open-reel recorders. The GX-636, GX-646 and GX-747 all drew on the same design, the same GX heads, the same SCM-200 and XO-24TD motors and the same features. And all were very successful …
Hase-dera temple This ancient temple was founded in 736. It is sometimes referred to as “Hase Kannon Temple” due to the Kannon statue kept here. Flowers such as hydrangeas, cherries, lilies, clovers, plums, daffodils, etc. grow here. Therefore, the temple is also called “flower temple”. The temple is divided into upper and lower zones. In …
Lurking on the side of a mountain, the Yamadera temple complex seems to embody the very typical Japan for which tourists travel around it, and which the Japanese themselves value very much. This temple is located near the city of Yamagata. It was founded in the middle of the 9th century by the Tendai sect …
Our terrestrial fauna is inhabited by many amazing creatures. Sometimes it seems that nature has decided to divide the animals and make several species into one. A clear confirmation of this is the Japanese spider crab. What is this creature, you ask? Where does it belong? Crustaceans or arthropods? It turns out that the Japanese …
The Japanese macaque, also known as the “snow monkey”, is found in three places in Japan – Honshu, Shikoku and Kyushu. These animals inhabit the northernmost parts of the country. Part of this species is found on the Shimokita Peninsula – the northernmost part of Honshu. Several of Japan’s smaller islands are also inhabited by …