What makes Japanese?Are You a Okonomi-yaki person or a Monja-yaki person?/お好み焼き派？もんじゃ焼き派？
Left: Okonomiyaki-yaki, Right: Monja-maki. You may hear of Okonomi-yaki which is known as Japanese style of pancake,...
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What makes Japanese?
Cities & TownMt. Fuji/富士山
UFO with Mt. Fuji/UFOと富士山 Mt.FujiisthehighestmountaininJapan.Theheightis3,776metersfromthesealevel(roughlyover12,000...
CultureThe election is coming soon./もうすぐ選挙
the Diet Building Here in Japan, we are excited about this coming election held on July 10th(next Sunday). Let's ...
What's TODAY?Ooharai: Unique Purification Practice Around the End of June/大祓い-茅の輪くぐり
It passes almost half of the year.How is your 2022 so far? Here in Japan, there is a unique practice called "Ooh...
CultureSeasonal change of clothing?/衣替え？
Do you remember the robot concierge named Arisa that I introduced before?Actually, I was surprised that she wore a ...
Cities & TownRice terraces: Japan’s nostalgic scenes and virgin landscape/棚田:日本の原風景
Western Japan has many rice terraces because of its geographical features. Mountains in western Japan including Kyu...
CultureSeven Deities of Good Fortune/七福神
L: Display of Shitifukujin, R: a statue of Tamon-ten(Bishamon-ten's another name) Believe it or not, Japanese people...
TriviaCharacters before using Kanji?/漢字を使う前の文字？
A set of different characters that the ancient Japanese might use./古代日本人が使っていたかもしれない文字 Interestingly enough, there ...
TriviaIs Kanji difficult ?/漢字って難しい？
An example that Kanji is a pictogram./漢字が象形文字である一例 *日本語は英語の後にあります。 AreyouinterestedintheJapan’swritingsystemsbyan...
What makes Japanese?How do you eat buckwheat noodle with?/お蕎麦はどうやって食べる？
Soba offered in Ouchi Post Station *日本語は英語の後にあります。 Japan has mainly three types of noodles; Ramen, Udon and Soba,...