Hatsumode (初詣) is the first shrine visit of the New Year. The first character 初 means “first,” and the second character 詣 means “attend” or […]
Hatsumode : First visit to a shrine of the year
Category: Life in Japan
Oomisoka : New Year Eve!
New Year Eve is called “Oomisoka” which translates to “the Big last Day of the Year”. Even though Christmas is a big time in Japan, […]
Oosouji: Japan’s version of spring cleaning
Oosouji (大掃除) oo means big and souji means?cleaning. Oosouji is similar to a western style ‘spring clean’ performed around the 28th of December as a […]
Cultural festival of Japanese schools
Bunkasai (文化祭), the “Japanese Cultural festival”, is an important event at nearly every school in Japan from junior high to university (the dates ares […]
Food for diet in Japan [Ranking]
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The Japanese are well known to have some of the longest life expectancies in the world, which ?many attribute to the Japanese diet. But it […]
Randoseru : A school bag in Japan
Everyone use a school bag when they go to school every country. There is Randoseru that is used by many elementary student in Japan. That […]
Okonomiyaki : The recipe
Here find a recipe of Okonomiyaki Osaka-style. This uses some very Japanese ingredients which may need some explanation. Nagaimo : This is a starchy root […]
Okonomiyaki, the Japanese pizza!
Okonomiyaki is getting slowly more popular outside of Japan. It’s often described as a Japanese pizza, but it’s more like a savory pancake. This is […]
How much? Daily food in Tokyo
Japan has a very high standard of living. It is considered as one of the most expensive countries in the world to live in due […]
Japanese School uniforms
?A school uniform is an outfit (a set of standardized clothes) worn primarily for an educational institution. They are common on primary and secondary schools […]