HeroesPrince Shotoku and Article seventeen of the Constitution No.2 /聖徳太子と十七条の憲法No.2
Note/bill of 5000 yen with Prince Shotoku's figure issued until 1986. 日本語は英語の下にあります。In this article, we will see Pri...
Japan 101
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What makes Japanese?Warabi-Mochi/わらび餅
Left: Warabimochi from sweet potato starch, right: from potato starch 日本語は英語の下にあります。Warabi-Mochi is a Japanese sweet...
What makes Japanese?Umebosi (Japanese salted plums)/梅干し
日本語は英語の下にあります。Japanese people love plum blossoms because of its aromatic fragrance and first blossoms after the lon...
Cities & TownA boy waiting for…/焼き場に立つ少年
日本語は英語の下にあります。Have you ever seen this photo? It was taken in Nagasaki during the Greater East Asia War (the World W...
CultureObon/お盆
shouryou-uma 日本語は英語の下にあります。What’s Obon? InJapan, people believe that thespritsofthedead returntotheirhomesandfami...
CultureDo we need to ask Kami’s permission to enter mountains and beaches-called “Yama-biraki and Umi-biraki”?/山開きと海開き
日本語は英語の下にあります。 When do you ask permission from the god, deities or Kami? Japanese people ask for permission...
HeroesPrince Shotoku and Article seventeen of the Constitution /聖徳太子と十七条の憲法
Image of Prince Shotoku 日本語は英語の下にあります。Many Japanese think highly ofPrinceShotoku.It’s because he estab...
FoodTuna Roll
Red ones are Tuna roll. 日本語は英語の下にあります。Let’s see how to make Tekka-maki, or Tuna roll. Spread the rice...
CultureASIMO-Humanoid Robot/アシモ
日本語は英語の下にあります。Have you heard of the name of a humanoid robot, ASIMO?ASIMO is the abbreviation of Advanced Step in I...
CultureRokuyo- the 6-day calendar/六曜
Rokuyo Calendar 日本語は英語の下にあります。"Rokuyo" is a sequence of six days consisting of Sensho, Tomobiki, Senpu, Butsumetsu, ...