26th February - 如月 Last blog was mostly about girls idol groups, so this blog puts focus on boys group. The most famous boys groups in Japan are basically from one company – Johnny’s Entertainment, established by Mr. Johnny Kitagawa. He passed away on July 2019, and it was such a huge loss for entertainment industry.Continue reading “日本のアイドル （Japanese Idols）No.2”
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日本のアイドル （Japanese Idols）No.1
25th February – 如月 Idols – sing and dance as a job and they are relatively famous than ordinary people as they work on the stage. Japanese idol has contributed huge economic growth in Japan and those people give dreams to fans. From 1970s, Japan has created the style of idols now. At that timeContinue reading “日本のアイドル （Japanese Idols）No.1”
ロリィタファッション（Lolita Fashion）
20 thFebruary ‐ 如月 The cute clothes with frills, laces, ribbons like a dolls fashion. Minimize skin exposure to make it look like a little girls. Have you ever seen people wearing this doll alike clothes in Harajuku? This style is know as ロリィタファッション and girls and ladies aged around 20th to 30th enjoy getting attention fromContinue reading “ロリィタファッション（Lolita Fashion）”
メイド喫茶（Meido Kissa）Maid Cafe
19th February – 如月 A type of Cafe where staff girls imitate servant (maid) and treat customers as their master and provide service. Many Maid Cafes exist in Akihabara, Tokyo. Usually under 18 years old cannot visit there. Probably many people who have searched about Japan encounter this types of shop, Maid cafe has varietyContinue reading “メイド喫茶（Meido Kissa）Maid Cafe”
17th February – 如月
マスク – Mask Because of the Corona virus around the world, masks have been a hot topic and the supply shortage has been a big problem at the moment. In Japan, wearing masks is not a new thing and moreover, many people in Japan wear masks all season even there are no viruses or flues.Continue reading “17th February – 如月”
16th February – 如月
日本の迷信 （Nippon no Meishin）‐ Japanese Superstition <<<Those might help your life better!>>> There are various superstitions in Japan, not only negative ones as I explained in last blog but also the positive ones. Today’s blog is about the superstitions which have happy meaning! 蛇の抜け殻を財布に入れておくと、お金がたまる If you put the cast‐off skin of a snake, you won’t have troubleContinue reading “16th February – 如月”
15th February – 如月
日本の迷信 （Nippon no Meishin） ‐ Japanese Superstition <<<Try to avoid those actions!>>> Just like the all other countries have their own superstition, Japan have many too! There are weird but interesting superstitions told from long time ago. Today’s blog, I would like to introduce the negative ones and then tomorrow the positive ones! 夜に爪を切ると、親の死に目に会えない If you cut yourContinue reading “15th February – 如月”
13th February – 如月
血液型 （Ketsuekigata）- Blood type Do you know what blood type you are? Most Japanese knows their own blood type and moreover they believe that the characteristic of each person can depend on blood type. There are many fortune-telling based on blood type in Japan and even in the end of TV news, some shows include today’s luckyContinue reading “13th February – 如月”
12th February – 如月
日本国旗 （Nihon Kokki）－ Japanese Flag Japanese national flag is called 日の丸 (Hinomaru), the official name is 日章旗 (Nisshou ki). Using the red circle with white background is one of the easiest flags to remember. This red part stands for sun, Japanese were agricultural tribe from the ancient time, so the sun is believed as precious and important.Continue reading “12th February – 如月”
9th February – 如月
演歌 （Enka） Japanese music genre. Familiar among older generation. this style of music generally gives nostalgic emotion to Japanese. Have you ever seen a Japanese singer with Kimono and sing with particular vibrato? Those people are singing one genre of music called ‘演歌 – Enka’. Contains unique Japanese emotions in the songs and some darkness, sentimentalContinue reading “9th February – 如月”
Little Japan Dictionary 