5th March – 弥生 God or monster alike creature which has been believed to exist in deep mountain. He has red face with very tall nose and flying with his wings. He has huge body and wear Japanese mountain ascetic hermits (山伏＝Yamabushi) style clothes. From the old time, Japanese people have believed that mountain hasContinue reading “天狗 Tengu”
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オノマトペ onomatopoeia No. 1
4th March – 弥生 Making words from the things which does not have the actual word in order to express how the thing is – from nature sounds, feeling, situation and emotion into words Japanese has a lot onomatopoeia compared to other language. This is because Japanese does not have variation of verbs – ForContinue reading “オノマトペ onomatopoeia No. 1”
ひな祭り Hinamatsuri
3rd March – 弥生 Day to wish for the girls to have a good health and live well. Can be called 桃の節句 (Momo no sekku) On 3rd March, Japanese families put the gorgeous Japanese dolls inside the house to celebrate Hinamatsuri. The theme of this dolls is the marriage day for emperor and empress, withContinue reading “ひな祭り Hinamatsuri”
温泉 – Onsen (Hotsprings)
29th February – 如月 For the cold weather days, it feels just great to take a bath, doesn’t it? In Japan, there are many 温泉 (Onsen= hot springs) and people enjoy bathing into the very hot water and seeing the outstanding view from there all the year. From the old time, Onsen is believed toContinue reading “温泉 – Onsen (Hotsprings)”
畳 – Tatami (Traditional Flooring)
28th February ー 如月 Have you ever visited place where has Japanese flooring called 畳 (Tatami)? Tatami makes the house into Japanese style and having Tatami has many benefit in your house. It is made with a glass called イグサ (Igusa)= rushes, kitting them beautifully. Tatami has the main part with rushes 畳表(Tatami omote), board insideContinue reading “畳 – Tatami (Traditional Flooring)”
日本の怪談-Nihon no kaidan (Japanese Ghost Story）
27th February – 如月 Every month on 27th is about Japanese ghost story! This is the second post, it is about 雪女(Yukionna) and お岩さん (Oiwa san), 2 of the sad lady ghosts. 雪女（Yukionna） It is believed that the spirit of snow changes the appearance as very white skin lady wearing white kimono. This lady isContinue reading “日本の怪談-Nihon no kaidan (Japanese Ghost Story）”
日本のアイドル （Japanese Idols）No.2
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”
地震 Earthquake No.2
How to mitigate the risks 24th February – 如月 It is not guaranteed that when you visit Japan, there will not be any natural disasters – earthquake can occur anytime anywhere in Japan. Today’s blog will explain how to behave in several situation when you encounter earthquake in Japan. When you are inside buildings FirstContinue reading “地震 Earthquake No.2”
地震 Earthquake No.1
23rd February – 如月 Earth quake occur when the bedrock on the surface of earth called Plate slides between its border. Japan locates on 4 active plates therefore 10% of earthquake occurring on earth is related to Japan. Probably many of you have never experienced earthquake in your whole life. However, for people living inContinue reading “地震 Earthquake No.1”
日本のトイレ （Japanese Bathroom）
21st February – 如月 Japan has got very weird and different but useful things in their daily living. One of the example can be the bathroom, toilet. It is famous that Japan has the squat style toilet called 和式トイレ (Washiki toire). Many non-Japanese people confuse how to use this types of toilet, but nowadays, thereContinue reading “ 日本のトイレ （Japanese Bathroom）”
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