7th April – 卯月 Digging the sandy beach to find shells such as clams when it is low tide. In the spring season in Japan, many family go to the sandy beach to enjoy 潮干狩り (Shiohigari). The sandy ground where normally is deep under the sea comes out due to the low tide, has plentyContinue reading “潮干狩り (Shiohigari) – Clam digging”
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日本人の考え方 （Nihonjin no kangaekata）－Stereotype Japanese thinking
28th March ‐ 弥生 Behind the history of being islander and not much connection with people from other countries, Japanese has established their own way to build relationship and communication method. Today’s topic is the stereotype of Japanese thought- It is of course not applicable for every single person in Japan, but it can beContinue reading “日本人の考え方 （Nihonjin no kangaekata）－Stereotype Japanese thinking”
変な食べもの (Hen na tabemono) – Japanese weird food
19th March – 弥生 Just like the all countries eating different and unique food, Japan also have many food that people from other countries think its weird to eat, or looks grotesque. Some could be only eaten in Japan, so if you visit there, you should try them! 1.タコ (Octopus) Octopus is pretty famous foodContinue reading “変な食べもの (Hen na tabemono) – Japanese weird food”
学校の校則 (Gakkou no Kousoku) – School Rules
18th March – 弥生 Japanese schools have various characteristics that are different to the other countries as I explained in the previous blog. Furthermore, each schools have many different rules (Mostly at Junior high and high school) and those rules are sometimes called ‘ブラック校則’ (Black Kousoku) which are unreasonable for school kids. Now this BlackContinue reading “学校の校則 (Gakkou no Kousoku) – School Rules”
日本の学校 (Nihon no Gakkou) – Japanese school
17th March – 弥生 Japanese mandatory education is from 6 years old to 15 years old, during elementary school to junior high school. During this time, the school lesson fee is free (and text books too) Ordinary day at Japanese elementary school & junior school -School uniform Many of Japanese schools have designated school uniform.Continue reading “日本の学校 (Nihon no Gakkou) – Japanese school”
ホワイトデー White Day
14th March – 弥生 The day men give back gifts to the ladies who gave valentines day present. White day – when the boys reply to the girls’ confession of love, was started in Japan and now it has spread to South Korea, China and Taiwan. Now many boys give back presents such as sweets,Continue reading “ホワイトデー White Day”
六曜 （Rokuyou）
13th March – 弥生 Did you know that Japan has different counting system other than normal 7 days per week? It is called 六曜 (Rokuyou) and has 6 days. Each days have fortune telling meanings and even every hours have lucky, unlucky times. Many Japanese cares about this when deciding wedding, funeral and other eventContinue reading “六曜 （Rokuyou）”
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”
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”
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