This palmistry how-to video from a Japanese astrologist introduces the basics of reading the lines of your hand. He covers the life, head, and heart lines. Discover the hidden meanings written in the palm of your hand. Follow along with this palmistry how-to video and uncover your destiny.
Watch this hair-styling video for a fun way to use hot rollers to create a cute look inspired by Japanese anime. Bubzbeauty takes you through the entire process of styling hair into doll-like curls. Besides being cutesy, dolly curls are also sexy and simple.
Amigurumi is the Japanese art of crocheting small stuffed animals. Add personal touches to your handmade items with Amigurumi. This how to video is a tutorial on how to crochet a small ball that can be used to create a small head. Watch and learn.
This instructional how to video will show you how to build a traditional Japanese bowed kite that's simple to make and has great soaring ability. Just watch and learn to make a battle kite. For this project you will need: rip-stop nylon, wooden dowels, cloth tape, double stick tape, scissors, string, toothpicks, yard stick, pencil, paper. Have fun creating your kite with an adult helper.
This Japanese kite is a terrific flyer and exciting to make! Watch this instructional how to video to learn how to make a Suruga kite. Have fun creating your kite with an adult helper. For this project you will need: rib-stop nylon, bamboo dowels, cloth tape, double stick tape, scissors, and string.
Kasutera, or traditional Japanese sponge cake, is a wonderfully light dessert that is flavored with the subtle taste of green tea. Impress your guests with this yummy green tea sponge cake.
Strawberry daifuku is a light Japanese dessert that combines the sweet taste of fresh strawberries with crunchy rice cakes and red bean paste. Serve strawberry daifuku with a hot cup of tea.
Craving a sweet but nutty ice cream? Try this simple recipe for black sesame ice cream, a favorite at Japanese restaurants.
Check out this video on how to make a Japanese butterfly and a rabbit using string. (Try not to use your mouth!)
This art uses Japanese wrapping cloths, or furoshiki, to make a cute bookbag.
This art uses Japanese wrapping cloths, or furoshiki, to make a cute handbag.
This art uses Japanese wrapping cloths, or furoshiki, to make a cute handbag.
Craft this cute bookmark of a little Japanese girl in a kimono.
Japanese style wrapping - or Furoshiki - let's you stop using paper, tapes and plastic when you wrap! Use reusable fabric instead. This method works for cylindrical objects and bottles.
Japanese style wrapping - or Furoshiki - let's you stop using paper, tapes and plastic when you wrap! Use reusable fabric instead.
Western toilets are now common in Japan. However, as with everything they've cribbed from the western world, the Japanese have taken it and done it one better - or weirder. If you're new to fully automatic toilets, watch this primer and learn how to use a bidet.
These are step-by-step instructions on how to fold a Japanese paper ball (Kusudama). These are very cool origami decorations and can be hung all around the house, and these paper balls are also an excellent decorations or Christmas tree ornaments. This modular origami model requires 34 - 46 units.
Tie your shoelaces without hands? Sounds impossible, but that's what everyone will think when you complete this Japanese shoe tying trick.
Want to look like a living doll? That's the goal of thousands of Japanese girls in the Harajuku district of Japan, where all fashion trends start. No matter what style of dress, the dolly look seems to be pretty pervasive, espcially when it comes to makeup.
"Harajuku" might sound slightly familiar to you - Gwen Stefani used the word to name her "Harajuku Girls" fashion and perfume line. But other than the cutesy little Japanese dancers she had during her tour and lots of bright clothing and makeup, what is a Harajuku girl exactly?
In this video, we learn how to make chicken katsu or Japanese fried chicken. To start, you will need to pour some flour into a large bowl and then sprinkle it with your favorite seasonings you want on your chicken. Get creative and add as many or few seasonings as you would like. After you mix this together, you will crack two eggs and whisk them together with a fork. Now, pour some panko breadcrumbs into a bowl next to the other two bowls. Take your chicken and dip it into the flour and then...
If you're interested in learning a little bit of Japanese Jujutsu, check out the next video tutorial. In it you'll learn how to perform a standing elbow break and take down move. This is perfect for anyone who is touched by a possible assailant in the shirt. It's a quick and easy move that can put the attacker in a position they don't want to be. When practicing this, though, make sure you are very careful and that you don't overextend your partner's elbow. This can lead to serious injury, so...
A cicada is a fancy term for a flying cockroach, and though it may seem strange - not to mention disgusting - to want to make a cockroach replica out of paper, we promise that the paper version is much cuter and won't pee on you like the real ones would.
In this video, we learn how to make a triangular Japanese box for paper clips. You will need: 3 square pieces of paper and 1 glue stick. First, fold the square into a smaller square by making three triangles. Open up into a large triangle and fold the top down, then make a crease and open back up. Do this for all the pieces of paper, then apply the glue stick to the inside of one corner of the first square. After this, stick the next piece of paper onto this, then fold the bottom paper over t...
In the plant world, not all things are green. This also is especially true for ferns. These plants can grow in a variety of different colors and differ from many other types as well.
In this tutorial, we learn how to make Japanese tofu flan. First, make caramel sauce by heating up 30g of sugar with 2 tbsp water in a saucepan. When finished, grind your tofu up then add with 2 oz of water and place into the blender. When finished, pour into a bowl and set aside. In a separate bowl, beat 2 whole eggs then add in 50 grams of sugar, and 45 cc of fresh cream. Stir this slowly avoiding any bubbles being added to the mixture. Now, combine all ingredients except the caramel, and s...
Fruit cream anmitsu is a delicious Japanese dessert foreign to most Western tongues. In this video, you will earn how to make it at home from scratch. Make sure there is an Asian grocery store near your house, as it requires a number of ingredients not stocked in most Western supermarkets.
Explore cuisine from the far east without leaving your kitchen! In this video, learn how to make Japanese pickles! To complete this recipe, you will need:
In this Home & Garden video tutorial you will learn how to prune & clean a Japanese black pine bonsai for spring. First you got to prune off the branches that you don’t want and allow only the branches that you want in order to design the tree. After about a year of pruning off the branches cut off the studs created by the left over branches so that the area is flush with the rest of the trunk. Then cut off any dry stubs around the foliage. Next cut off the foliage that is growing out of the ...
Hi everyone, happy new year. Today we will be repotting a Japanese black pine bonsai tree with Charles M. We will first check the health of the pine tree by checking the fungus cultures. It is a healthy tree if there is a lot of fungus. We will first prune some of the roots to be used in the new soil. We will loosen up some of the roots to be able to repot it. We will make sure not to throw away any fungus cultures to make sure to preserve the tree. Enjoy the video on how to repot a bonsai tree.
Ken Alston shows how to germinate Japanese maple tree seeds. The most important thing is to always buy fresh seeds. Seeds that are bought on eBay or other unreliable sellers are dry and lifeless and the chances of germination are not very good. The video shows the huge difference between the dry seeds and the fresh seeds. On the fresh seeds you can see that the roots are already out and in some cases the leaves are out, so from this point the rest is easy. Have little seed pots ready, make sm...
The clay dries by air and you don't have to put it into the oven. The clay isn't brittle and doesn't crack like some of the other clays. The clay bends really easily and is very transparent. Consider that this air dry clay shrinks. The moisture is premixed in the clay. The shrinkage is handy for someone making larger projects. You can use pigment inks, powdered pigments and paints on the air dry clay just like you would use with regular polymer clay. You can also use cutters and findings on t...
This instructional video shows us how to make a Japanese flag fan. The materials required are: Foamy (Red and white), four popsicle sticks, glue and scissors. First cut two circular shapes (with one straight edge) from the white foamy, then glue on the popsicle sticks to the straight edge of one of the circles to make the handle. After this, glue down the other white circular piece of foamy to cover the tops of the popsicle sticks. Then cut out two smaller circles from the red foamy and glue ...
In this video tutorial, viewers learn how to use the traditional Japanese stab stitch binding to make books. Stab Stitching is used mainly for office documents and in essence is two or more very strong, long staples that bind together loose sheets up to 25mm thick. The video provides all the materials required to make a book. The materials include: filler paper, two sheets of card stock(must be same size as paper), string, pencil, ruler, ice pick, X-acto knife, needle(must be same thickness a...
In this video, Tosh shows us how to make Japanese sushi rice without a rice cooker. Don't have a rice cooker at home and want some delicious sushi rice? No problem! Follow the directions in this video to make some great rice easily. First, you will need to fill a large pot with your desired amount of rice and then rinse it off with water three to four times. Don't use soap, this will just contaminate the rice. After this, drain out the water from the rice using a strainer. Then, put it back i...
In order to prepare Japanese beef stew, you will need the following: black beer, carrots, celery, garlic, flour, 400 grams of beef, tomato puree, mustard, lemon, black pepper, salt, brown sugar, and onions.
In Korea and Japan a special holiday called Children's Day is celebrated. Like Mother's Day or Father's Day in the United States, the occasion honors one particular family member, or members, with gifts and special parades or events.
Anyone can fold a simple origami crane out of paper. Fold one thousand and you can make a wish! Add a thread and you have a lovely Christmas tree ornament.
This video shows you how to do an animation hair bun.
In this tutorial, we learn how to make homemade miso soup. You will need : miso, firm tofu, green onions, diced ginger, dashi, water, chopsticks, pot, ladle, cutting board and knife. First, you will prepare your tofu by slicing half a package of tofu into bite sized pieces. Next, you will prepare the broth by filling your pot with water and setting it to a boil. After this, you will add in the Dashi. Next, you will place the tofu into the boiling soup and then add miso with your chopsticks. O...
