30th April – 卯月 One types of dried fruits, preserved food. Pickling plum in salt and then dry it. Umeboshi has very strong salty taste and includes Citric acid and Malic acid. 梅干し (Umeboshi) is definitely not everybody’s taste, some extremely love it but others hate it due to the strong salty taste. Despite thisContinue reading “梅干し (Umeboshi) – Salted Plum”
Category Archives: April
昭和の日(Shouwa no hi) – Public holiday
29th April – 卯月 The birthday of Showa Emperor. It falls in the first day of the Golden week. Even the Heisei Emperor’s birthday is no more holiday (23rd of December, which was holiday till 2018), the birthday of Showa emperor is still regarded as Holiday. 昭和の日(Showa no hi) was called as 天皇誕生日( Tennou TanjoubiContinue reading “昭和の日(Shouwa no hi) – Public holiday”
ゴールデンウィーク
28th April – 卯月 From the end of April to the start of May, Japan has huge continuous public holiday, called ゴールデンウィーク (Golden Week). This holiday consists of 昭和の日 (Showa no hi, 29th),憲法記念日 (Kenpou Kinenbi, 3rd), みどりの日 (Midori no hi, 4th), こどもの日 (Kodomo no hi, 5th). Japanese society is generally considered to be hard toContinue reading “ゴールデンウィーク”
日本の怪談 (Nihon no Kaidan) – Japanese Scary Story
27th April – 卯月 Every month on 27th, I write Japanese 怪談 (Kaidan) stories. This time is about scary game that mainly Japanese school kids did (does?). Maybe it is better not to do those games, otherwise you might get cursed!? こっくりさん It was boomed in 1970’s at schools, the game is to bring theContinue reading “日本の怪談 (Nihon no Kaidan) – Japanese Scary Story”
箸 (Hashi) – Chopsticks
26th April – 卯月 Japan is the country where have the habit of using only chopsticks in the meal. There are many countries using chopsticks as well but they use spoons, forks as well at the same meal. This is related to the food Japanese eat mainly – now there are more choice of foodContinue reading “箸 (Hashi) – Chopsticks”
日本の変わった飲み物 (Nihon no Kawatta Nomimono) – Japanese unique drinks
25th April – 卯月 There are heaps unique things sold in Japan, one of the typical ones is drinks. Famous drink brand Coca Cola started to sell transparent cola ‘Coca Cola CLEAR’ in 2018, in Japan. The taste is similar to the original black colored cola, however the new looks have attracted Japanese. Also fromContinue reading “日本の変わった飲み物 (Nihon no Kawatta Nomimono) – Japanese unique drinks”
日本の風習 (Nihon no Fuu Shuu) – Japanese customs
24th April – 卯月 Suburbs and regions in Japan have many unique customs. Some of them still exists on the other hand some had already obsoleted. One example that has inherited is なまはげ (Namahage) in Akita prefecture. Namahage is a creature which wears scary 鬼(Oni=Demon) mask and straw clothes. He holds knife and breaks intoContinue reading “日本の風習 (Nihon no Fuu Shuu) – Japanese customs”
お弁当 (Obentou) – Bento
23rd April – 卯月 Bento – as a take away food box, is well known all over the world. This word came from Japanese word 弁当 (Bentou), and its quality is stunning in Japan. Many of Japanese students and workers bring their 弁当 to school and work and eat them at the lunch time. ItContinue reading “お弁当 (Obentou) – Bento”
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)”
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