What's TODAY?It’s better to eat newly harvested rice right after Labor Thanksgiving Day./新米は勤労感謝の日の後に
The offerings sent from all over Japan were displayed in the premises of Meiji Jingu, a Shinto Shrine. Labor Thanks...
Japan 101
What's TODAY?
CultureWas Japan’s National Anthem a love song?/「君が代」は愛の歌?
The boulders made of pebbles in Ohmi Shrine/大御神社のさざれ石の巌 日本語は英語の下にあります。Do you know the oldest national anthem in the ...
What's TODAY?Culture Day/文化の日
日本語は英語の下にあります。Do you know what kind of holiday that falls on November third? According to the law, the national ...
HeroesPrince Shotoku and Article seventeen of the Constitution /聖徳太子と十七条の憲法 No.4
Shitenno temple/四天王寺 日本語は英語の下にあります。It’s said that Japanese people are unique because they believe in both Shintoism ...
Myth & Folklore“Amaterasu”-The Japanese Goddess of the Sun/天照大神
The image of Amaterasu 日本語は英語の下にあります。Thanks to Japan’smythfrom"Kojiki"oraRecordofAncientMatters, we could understand...
What makes Japanese?Sushi part3 -Raw shrimps-/寿司第３弾 〜生海老〜
日本語は英語の下にあります。All seafoods served in the Sushi restaurants are fresh. Sometimes the chefs peel the shells of raw...
CultureVending machine of broth!/出汁の自動販売機
A vending machine selling broth in Kyoto/京都にある出汁の自販機 日本語は英語の下にあります。People who have come to Japan even once might be...
HeroesPrince Shotoku and Article seventeen of the Constitution /聖徳太子と十七条の憲法 No.3
日本語は英語の下にあります。Do you know why Japan is called "the Land of the Rising Sun"?The most famous theory is because of Pri...
TriviaThe spirits of shrimps and tea whisks are consoled. /海老や茶筅の供養塔
Religious monument with a egg (Left) and a tea whisk (Right) 日本語は英語の下にあります。In what kinds of occasions do you make ...
Myth & FolkloreWasn’t Mt. Fuji once the highest in Japan?/富士山はかつて日本一じゃなかった!?
Mt. Fuji taken from the Tomei highway (Fujikawa S.A.)/東名富士川S.Aからの富士山 日本語は英語の下にあります。Long, long ago, a male Kami, or d...