25th May – 皐月 Probably some people might know how to make a bird crane with Origami, so I would like to teach you other things to create with Origami, which is one of my hobbies – today’s one is Iris (菖蒲 Ayame/ also can be pronounced as Shoubu). May is the season for Ayame,Continue reading “折り紙: 菖蒲の作り方 – Origami: How to make Iris”
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異字同訓 (Iji Doukun)
24th May – 皐月 It might be one of the hardest languages to learn Japanese, as Japanese have 3 different styles Alphabets and I’m most cases we use all alphabets everywhere. Especially remembering 漢字 (Kanji) is a nightmare – even for native Japanese too as there are just too many of them. Each Kanji normallyContinue reading “異字同訓 (Iji Doukun)”
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)”
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”
還暦祝い(Kanreki Iwai) – 60years old cerebration
16th May – 皐月 Japanese culture has special cerebration for turning point of years. One of the big cerebration can be 成人式 (Seijinshiki = 20years old) and 還暦祝い (Kanreki Iwai) for 60 years old. For 還暦祝い, traditionally people who turned 60 years old wear red hat and vest. However, nowadays, this custom is vanishing andContinue reading “還暦祝い(Kanreki Iwai) – 60years old cerebration”
日本プラスチック問題 (Nihon Pulasuchick Mondai) – Japanese Plastic Problem
14th May – 皐月 The shameful fact is that Japan creates second worst country where creates huge amount of plastic wastes. It was reported that annual number of plastic bags used by Japanese is 300~450 per person. Moreover, each year 183 plastic bottles are used per person in Japan, calculated by the total amount ofContinue reading “日本プラスチック問題 (Nihon Pulasuchick Mondai) – Japanese Plastic Problem”
瓦 (Kawara) – Roof tile
10th May – 皐月 Roof tile which are made from clay. The view of Japanese towns is unique – mixture of modern and old buildings everywhere. When you see the rooftop of the houses, you can see the old houses have those fish scale-look roof tiles called 瓦 (Kawara). Kawara is baked very high temperature,Continue reading “瓦 (Kawara) – Roof tile”
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”
漬物 (Tsukemono) – Japanese Pickles
8th May – 皐月 漬物 (Tsukemono)- mainly vegetable soaked in salt, vinegar or rice wine to make the veggies last longer. Making 漬物 is such an easy work so it is believed to have existed already 2000 years ago. At that time, people already knew how to extract salt from sea water. There are variousContinue reading “漬物 (Tsukemono) – Japanese Pickles”
日本食調味料 (Nihonshoku Choumiryou) -Japanese food seasoning
7th May –皐月 Japanese food have very unique tastes compared to the other countries. There is a specific words to explain Japanese basic seasoning – さしすせそ (Sa Shi Su Se So) yes, if you know the Japanese letters, you probably feel familiar to those word! Each letters explain main seasonings for 和食 (Washoku). さ forContinue reading “日本食調味料 (Nihonshoku Choumiryou) -Japanese food seasoning”
Little Japan Dictionary 