23rd May – 皐月 Now it’s a difficult time for everybody due to Covid-19, especially the fact that people cannot travel to other country is one of the biggest issues all countries have. While waiting for all boarders to be opened again, I would like to introduce you some of the overseas within Japan –Continue reading “日本の外国 (Nihon no Gaikoku) – overseas in Japan”
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断捨離 (Danshari)
22nd May –皐月 断捨離 (Danshari) is the new mindset of cleaning, consists of 3 processes: 断 (Dan) – stop buying stuff which is not necessary 捨 (Sha) – throw away the things which are no longer used at home 離 (Ri) – stop the obsession toward things / buying This mindset was established by Mrs.Continue reading “断捨離 (Danshari)”
お食い初め (Okuizome)
17th May – 皐月 お食い初め(Okuizome) is for the new born children to cerebrate their first food they eat. Okuizome is held around 100 – 120 days after the baby was born, it’s around the time when milk teeth come out. But of course at this age, babies cannot eat foods that adult eat, thus parentsContinue reading “お食い初め (Okuizome)”
アイスクリームの日 (ice cream no hi) – Ice cream day
9th May –皐月 In 1964, an Organisation called 東京アイスクリーム協会 ( Tokyo Ice cream Kyoukai) established 9th May as “ice cream day”. They donated ice creams to the hospitals and schools and held events. In Japan there are various different ice creams exist – from funny tastes to rich tastes, beautiful looks and so on! Today’sContinue reading “アイスクリームの日 (ice cream no hi) – Ice cream day”
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”
花祭り (Hana Matsuri) – Buddha’s flower festival
8th April – 卯月 8th of April is the birthday of Buddha, founder of Buddhism. The temples nationwide cerebrate this day. 2500 years ago, Buddha, the name before was Siddhartha was born in Lumbini flower garden, at the bottom of Himalayas. He was born in Shakya tribe’s royalty so he was a prince. After heContinue reading “花祭り (Hana Matsuri) – Buddha’s flower festival”
100円ショップ - 100yen shop
24th March – 弥生 Most of items are sold for 100yen+tax (around US1dollar). It is common shops and exists many places in Japan. Very popular type of shop as the quality of the goods is amazing and variety of the goods surprises people. It is like a common dollar shop in every countries, but it’sContinue reading “100円ショップ - 100yen shop”
納豆 Natto
22nd February – 如月 Fermented soy beans, mix with sauce. It has strong smell and makes white tenacious strings when mixing. Proportion of people liking and hating Natto might be 50:50 Have you ever tried this smelly, sticky Japanese soul food called Natto? This food can clearly separate people who likes and hates. Natto hasContinue reading “納豆 Natto”
15th January – 睦月
小正月 （Koshougatsu） The period putting the New Years’ decoration at home, ends on 15th January. Koshougatsu is the day to send the home coming god 歳神様(Toshigami Sama) to the sky. Koshougatsu is the day to wish for the great harvest for the year. It is also known as 女正月(Onna-shougatsu), the resting day for the ladies whoContinue reading “15th January – 睦月”
Welcome to Little Japan Dictionary
リトル ジャパン ディクショナリー へ ようこそ Firstly, thank you so much for checking this blog, your visit motivates author to write this blog. I hope you will like this page! This blog is starting from 1st January 2020 and continues as it goes. In this blog, Author plans to provide: Japanese Culture Japanese Tradition Japanese People Tip of Living inContinue reading “Welcome to Little Japan Dictionary”
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