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日本の面白い宿 (NIhon no Omoshiroi Yado) – Unique hotels in Japan

22nd April – 卯月 Now due to the Covid-19, it is limited to travel around for most countries. So why don’t we use the time to think about the next trip? Let’s be positive and be excited about the future! – Today’s blog will introduce some interesting hotels that you can stay in Japan. １．LegoContinue reading “日本の面白い宿 (NIhon no Omoshiroi Yado) – Unique hotels in Japan”

ランドセル　(Randoseru)

21st April – 卯月 The rucksack which Japanese elementary school students use when they commute to school. The most Japanese elementary school students have the big square rucksack called ランドセル (Randoseru), and this commuting style has been very common from back in decades ago. The origin of ランドセル was in the end of Edo era,Continue reading “ランドセル　(Randoseru)”

風呂敷 (Furoshiki) – Cloth Wrapping

20th April – 卯月風呂敷 (Furoshiki) is the cloths to wrap things and carry. In the old time it was used for wrapping precious things, and as the time passed it became a bag for daily usage. Nowadays in Japan, we do not really see people who use 風呂敷 (Furoshiki), this is because bags becameContinue reading “風呂敷 (Furoshiki) – Cloth Wrapping”

日本のフードロス　Food loss in Japan

19th April –卯月 In the world, around 1,300,000,000 ton of food wastes have been produced in 2018. It’s one thirds of whole food production (4,000,000,000 ton). Food loss, the edible food which are thrown away from home, businesses (such as scraps, left overs) -has been such a huge problem in the entire world. This issueContinue reading “日本のフードロス　Food loss in Japan”

つくし (Tsukushi) – Horsetail

18th April – 卯月 Spring time in Japan, you can see the funny shaped Horsetails on the field, it is called つくし (Tsukushi) in Japanese and written as 土筆 in Kanji. 土 means soil and 筆 means brush – Japanese thought the shape looked like a brush that is why they picked this Kanji. ThisContinue reading “つくし (Tsukushi) – Horsetail”

回転寿司 (Kaiten Zushi) – Sushi Train

17th April – 卯月 Different to the fancy Sushi dining, Sushi train is cheaper and mostly self service to take whatever you like to eat from the belt conveyor. If there does not have your favorite Sushi, order from the tablet on the table. Nowadays, 回転寿司(Kaitenzushi = Sushi train) exists everywhere in the world, howeverContinue reading “回転寿司 (Kaiten Zushi) – Sushi Train”

即身仏 (Sokushin butsu)

16th April ‐ 卯月 Probably not many people know that there are Japanese mummies – called 即身仏 (Sokushin butsu), some merciful monks challenged themselves to become a self made mummy for the purpose of curing people who are suffering in the world. There are 17 of Sokushin butsu who sacrificed themselves to save others. HugeContinue reading “即身仏 (Sokushin butsu)”

東京ディズニーランド – Tokyo Disney Land

15th April – 卯月 On 15th April in 1983, Tokyo Disney Land was opened in Chiba prefecture, next to Tokyo! Nowadays, Tokyo Disney Land is ranked 3rd most visited theme park in the world (The first and second are both in USA Disney parks) and even the another park next to Disney Land, called TokyoContinue reading “東京ディズニーランド – Tokyo Disney Land”

お地蔵さん (Ojizou san)

14th April – 卯月 Have you ever seen the stone-made statues on the streets in Japan? The official name of this statues is 地蔵菩薩 (Jizou bosatsu), but called in a cuter way like お地蔵さん (Ojizousan) / 地蔵様 (Ojizousama). Ojizousan are located various places and believed to protect people, share the grief with people and healContinue reading “お地蔵さん (Ojizou san)”

日本国歌 (Nihon Kokka) – Japanese Anthem

13th April – 卯月 Each countries have its own national anthem, and so does Japan. Japanese national anthem is called 君が代 (Kimi ga yo) and it is known for the shortest anthem in the world. It consists of 32 words and only have about 45 seconds to finish up singing. Kimigayo was written by unknownContinue reading “日本国歌 (Nihon Kokka) – Japanese Anthem”