16th March – 弥生 Seven gods who brings luck for people. Worshiping them will avoid seven calamities and brings seven happiness. It has been believed among common people. 七福神 (Shichifukujin) has been well known in Japan and been worshiped from very long time ago. Those seven gods ride on the ship called 宝船 (Takara-bune), shippingContinue reading “七福神 (Shichifukujin) – Seven Lucky Gods”
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八百万の神様 (Yaoyorozu-no-Kamisama)
15th March – 弥生 八百万(Yaoyorozu) = heaps, a lot and different. The actual meaning is the number of 8,000,000. Here implies not the actual number but so many. There are a lot of various different gods exist in Japan. From the old time in Japan, Japanese have lived with nature, mountain, ocean, river, forest andContinue reading “八百万の神様 (Yaoyorozu-no-Kamisama)”
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）”
日本の迷信 (Nihon no Meishin) – Japanese Superstition No.4
12th March – 弥生 茶柱が立つと、幸運が訪れる If there is a tea leaf stem standing in the tea, happiness will come to you In Japan, having 柱 (Hashira = pillar) has meaning of good luck, so people used to believe making Hashira brings happiness to the house. Also when counting Buddha and god, Japanese count as 1体,Continue reading “日本の迷信 (Nihon no Meishin) – Japanese Superstition No.4”
東日本大震災 – 3.11 Great East Japan Earthquake
11 March – 弥生 Happened in 11th March 2011, with the largest Magnitude of 9.0, seismic intensity of 7 and massive 10m Tsunami brought one of the biggest catastrophe in Tohoku area in Japan. The nuclear power plants in Fukushima exploded and brought another severe situation to the area. 9 years has passed after thisContinue reading “東日本大震災 – 3.11 Great East Japan Earthquake”
日本の迷信 (Nihon no Meishin)-Japanese superstition No.3
10th March – 弥生 <<<Scary Japanese superstition related to death>>> In February, I shared some negative / positive superstitions that have been inherited over time. Seems like people like to learn those contents, so I would like to share more of them! Today’s topic is unlucky superstitions: -北枕で寝るのは、縁起が悪い Sleeping with head toward North is unluckyContinue reading “日本の迷信 (Nihon no Meishin)-Japanese superstition No.3”
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”
山姥 (Yamanba) – Japanese Mountain witch
8th March – 弥生 Old women monster who lives in deep mountain. Very tall and have sharp eyes, teared mouth till ears . She runs very fast like a wind. She can also be called 鬼婆 (Onibaba), 鬼女 (Kijo). As it has been told that Japanese mountains are mysterious and have relations to spirits andContinue reading “山姥 (Yamanba) – Japanese Mountain witch”
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”
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