鍋 （Nabe）- Japanese Hot pot Nabe can be the pot itself and the food made inside the pot. Boil the food such as vegetables, meat or seafood in the pot. Boiling those ingredients will provide a better digestion and absorption. Soup keeps the nutrition from the ingredients. In the winter season, eating Nabe with family andContinue reading “28th January – 睦月”
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24th January – 睦月
お金 （Okane）‐ Money Japanese Money, currently we have 10000Yen / 5000Yen / 2000Yen* 1000Yen paper money and 500Yen / 100Yen / 50Yen / 5Yen / 1Yen coins. *Very rare as it is no more produced There used to be the paper money for those all coins, and if you have one of those, it can be worthContinue reading “24th January – 睦月”
18th January – 睦月
達磨 （Daruma） Japanese traditional doll with weight at the bottom. In the Shougatsu time, people draw left eye on Daruma doll and make a wish. Then if the wish comes true, they draw the right eye on it. The doll with weight called 起き上り小法師 (Okiagari-koboshi) was originally made about 1400 years ago in China and itContinue reading “18th January – 睦月”
11th January – 睦月
炬燵（こたつ）‐ Kotatsu Table covered by blanket with heater inside. This table appears in winter time and makes the inside very warm. Traditionally, Japanese house sit on the ground and in the old time, there was a hole under the table and used to put charcoal there to make under the blanket warm. = So the groundContinue reading “11th January – 睦月”
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