1st June – 水無月 Minazuki 衣替え (Koromo gae): When the season changes, change the clothing accordingly. Generally, 1st June is the day most department stores and clothing shops change the display clothes to summer style. Summer clothes are sold around June till the end of September, then Winter clothes are sold during October and inContinue reading “衣替え (Koromo Gae) – Changing clothes”
Category Archives: May
ジブリ映画 (Jiburi Eiga) – Studio Ghibli Movies
30th May – 皐月 Probably many people who like Japan know what Studio Ghibli is – Japanese animation company which have produced many popular films. Ghibli movies have beautiful drawings and fantastic music so it has been loved by various generation in Japan. Some non-Japanese pronounce Ghibli as ぎぶり (Giburi). However the correct way toContinue reading “ジブリ映画 (Jiburi Eiga) – Studio Ghibli Movies”
一緒文化 (Issho Bunka) – Culture of “together”
29th May – 皐月 When you go for travel or when you see overseas visitors in your country, have you ever encountered Japanese tourists? In often case, those people came together with another friend ( *not always and depends on people), this tendency has grown from school time. Especially for girls, there are implicit rulesContinue reading “一緒文化 (Issho Bunka) – Culture of “together””
早口言葉 (Hayakuchi Kotoba) – Tongue twister
28th May -皐月 早口言葉 (Hayakuchi Kotoba) is the sentence to say quickly, the sentences have similar sounds or related sounds repeated several times, therefore those are hard to pronounce correctly. As well as tongue twister exists in English, so does in Japanese. Japanese 早口言葉 often have following sounds , which makes the sentence difficult toContinue reading “早口言葉 (Hayakuchi Kotoba) – Tongue twister”
日本の怪談 (Nihon no Kaidan) – Japanese ghost stories
27th May –皐月 As every time on 27th, today’s theme is about ghost stories / urban Legend in Japan. Have you ever heard of UMA (Yu-ma)? UMA means mysterious / unidentified animals in Japan and several times every year, the TV shows have the programs that shows the videos and stories about UMA. Most likely,Continue reading “日本の怪談 (Nihon no Kaidan) – Japanese ghost stories”
ガリ (Gari) – Sweat ginger pickles
26th May – 皐月 ガリ (Gari) is often seen when you eat Sushi. Ginger pickled by sweet vinegar. When you go to the sushi shop, you probably see this pink colored ginger there. Have you ever tried them before? It has sweet but sharp spicy tastes and most likely it is provided free. The pinkContinue reading “ガリ (Gari) – Sweat ginger pickles”
居酒屋 (Izakaya) – Japanese pub
21st May – 皐月 Have you ever heard of Izakaya? It’s a type of Japanese pub where you can have alcohol and food. It opens in the evening and many of them opens till midnight, some places open till morning. Izakaya has many foods which cost around hundreds yen up to thousands yen per plate.Continue reading “居酒屋 (Izakaya) – Japanese pub”
日本食事マナー (Nihon Shokuji Manner) – Japanese eating Manner
20th May – 皐月 When you visit Japan, you might be fascinated by the variety of food you can eat there. While there are many food options, I would recommend you to try the actual Japanese food (和食 = Washoku). If you have a chance to try 和食, there are several rules / manners youContinue reading “日本食事マナー (Nihon Shokuji Manner) – Japanese eating Manner”
JKの流行り (JK no Hayari) – Trend in Japanese high school girls
19th May – 皐月 JK stands for 女子高校生 (Joshi Koukousei), which means high school girls. They are very conscious about the latest trend and even create the new cultures / trends. In addition, JS is the abbreviation of 女子小学生 (Joshi Shougakusei) = Elementary school girls, JC stands for 女子中学生 (Joshi Chuugakusei)= Junior high school girls,Continue reading “JKの流行り (JK no Hayari) – Trend in Japanese high school girls”
赤ちゃんのための行事 (Akachan no tame no Gyouji) – Events for babies
18th May – 皐月 Following the yesterday’s blog お食い初め (Okuizome = the very first food that baby eats), today’s blog is also about babies’ events that is held for the first 1 months they are born. お七夜 (Oshichiya) The celebration feast event for the new born baby. It is held 7 days after baby isContinue reading “赤ちゃんのための行事 (Akachan no tame no Gyouji) – Events for babies”
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