28th May -皐月 早口言葉 (Hayakuchi Kotoba) is the sentence to say quickly, the sentences have similar sounds or related sounds repeated several times, therefore those are hard to pronounce correctly. As well as tongue twister exists in English, so does in Japanese. Japanese 早口言葉 often have following sounds , which makes the sentence difficult toContinue reading “早口言葉 (Hayakuchi Kotoba) – Tongue twister”
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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”
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”
日本発アプリ (Nihon Hatsu Apuli) – Apps from Japan
12th May – 皐月 Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, Snapchat, Pokemon GO etc… There are variety of worldly known Apps like those, but have you ever heard the following apps which was invented in japan? クックパッド (Cookpad) App (also website as well) that shows the cooking recipes. App registered people and professional people can post their originalContinue reading “日本発アプリ (Nihon Hatsu Apuli) – Apps from Japan”
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”
5月病 (Gogatsu Byou) – Post Vacation Blues
6th May – 皐月 Today is the last day of Golden week. After this long holiday, some people feel melancholy – this is called 五月病 (Gogatsu Byou). Those people who get 五月病 can have those symptoms: -feeling depressed -feeling sick -do not want to go to work / school -no appetite -feeling tired all theContinue reading “5月病 (Gogatsu Byou) – Post Vacation Blues”
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