11 March – 弥生 Happened in 11th March 2011, with the largest Magnitude of 9.0, seismic intensity of 7 and massive 10m Tsunami brought one of the biggest catastrophe in Tohoku area in Japan. The nuclear power plants in Fukushima exploded and brought another severe situation to the area. 9 years has passed after thisContinue reading “東日本大震災 – 3.11 Great East Japan Earthquake”
Monthly Archives: Mar 2020
日本の迷信 (Nihon no Meishin)-Japanese superstition No.3
10th March – 弥生 <<<Scary Japanese superstition related to death>>> In February, I shared some negative / positive superstitions that have been inherited over time. Seems like people like to learn those contents, so I would like to share more of them! Today’s topic is unlucky superstitions: -北枕で寝るのは、縁起が悪い Sleeping with head toward North is unluckyContinue reading “日本の迷信 (Nihon no Meishin)-Japanese superstition No.3”
ブラック企業 – (Bulakku-kigyou) Black company
9th March – 弥生 The companies where do not consider the workers’s health, work life balance, personality etc. Those companies have characteristics of long work hours, too many over time hours, giving the impossible tasks, not paying legally, have variety of harassment and high volume of turnover rate. This has been Japanese society’s huge issue.Continue reading “ブラック企業 – (Bulakku-kigyou) Black company”
山姥 (Yamanba) – Japanese Mountain witch
8th March – 弥生 Old women monster who lives in deep mountain. Very tall and have sharp eyes, teared mouth till ears . She runs very fast like a wind. She can also be called 鬼婆 (Onibaba), 鬼女 (Kijo). As it has been told that Japanese mountains are mysterious and have relations to spirits andContinue reading “山姥 (Yamanba) – Japanese Mountain witch”
巫女 (Miko) Shrine Maiden
7th March ー 弥生 When you go to the shrine, you probably see the ladies working with white and red clothes. Those people are called 巫女 (Miko / Fujo) and help the priests at the shrine. In the past, Miko had very important roles for both society and religiously. In the old time, Miko was theContinue reading “巫女 (Miko) Shrine Maiden”
お坊さん Monk
6th March – 弥生 In Japanese, there are various ways to call monk depending on their Buddhism sect or their hierarchy, but generally we call monk as お坊さん (Obou-san). Why are they called Obou san? IN Nara /Heian era, the metropolitan city was divided into several district, those districts were named as 坊, and eachContinue reading “お坊さん Monk”
天狗 Tengu
5th March – 弥生 God or monster alike creature which has been believed to exist in deep mountain. He has red face with very tall nose and flying with his wings. He has huge body and wear Japanese mountain ascetic hermits (山伏＝Yamabushi) style clothes. From the old time, Japanese people have believed that mountain hasContinue reading “天狗 Tengu”
オノマトペ onomatopoeia No. 1
4th March – 弥生 Making words from the things which does not have the actual word in order to express how the thing is – from nature sounds, feeling, situation and emotion into words Japanese has a lot onomatopoeia compared to other language. This is because Japanese does not have variation of verbs – ForContinue reading “オノマトペ onomatopoeia No. 1”
ひな祭り Hinamatsuri
3rd March – 弥生 Day to wish for the girls to have a good health and live well. Can be called 桃の節句 (Momo no sekku) On 3rd March, Japanese families put the gorgeous Japanese dolls inside the house to celebrate Hinamatsuri. The theme of this dolls is the marriage day for emperor and empress, withContinue reading “ひな祭り Hinamatsuri”
桜料理 （Sakura-Ryouri）
2nd March – 弥生 Sakura blooms beautiful and fall gorgeously. However, not only making us enjoy seeing them but also letting us having a great taste of it – we can eat sakura! Some people might have seen it, that there are many shops selling sakura flower pickled in salt. It generally be used inContinue reading “桜料理 （Sakura-Ryouri）”
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