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Superstition no.1-Don’t cut your nails at night/夜爪切っちゃダメ。

Are you superstitious?In general, the elderly might have believed superstitions faithfully. There are also a lot...
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Japan’s Aesthetics/日本の美意識

Aside from construction sites, the traffic cones sometimes are used to warn people to avoid entering into the certa...
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Charity-Saba-/生飯

Buddhist vegetable meal including rice porridge with red beans at Myoshinji Shourinin temple, Kyoto/京都妙心寺塔頭東林院の小豆粥 T...
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First Dream of the New Year/初夢

What was your first dream of the New Year?The first dream usually mentions the one that people dream during the nig...
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Proverb curved in water basin/吾唯足るを知る

When you go to Zen temples, you may often find this style's water basin.What is this? An important teaching is c...
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Lucky Taxi in Kyoto/京都のラッキータクシー

In general, a four- leaf clover is famous as a lucky item. There is another lucky item in Kyoto, which is a luck...
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The secret of a mirror in Shrines/神社の鏡の秘密

Iya Shrine in Shimane prefecture/揖夜神社(島根県) Have you ever been to Shinto Shrines?For your information, the shrines ar...
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The statue of Shoki-san/鍾馗さん

Have you remembered Onigawara?It's Ogre's face-shaped tiles which can be seen as the decoration of ridge-end tiles....
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Bicycle-parking Space/自転車置き場

When you hear the word, a bicycle-parking space, what kind of view comes into your mind?Is it the spacious area whe...
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Wisdom learned from architecture built in 607A.D./西暦607年創建の建築物から學ぶ智慧

A lattice frame in Horyuji Temple/法隆寺の格子戸 Horyuji temple is the world cultural heritage site registered as Japan's f...