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Culture

Takoage (凧あげ) game

Since the Edo period, kite flying has been widespread, and people often fly kite...

Zabuton – Important Japanese Objects

Zabuton (座布団) is a cushion for sitting in Japan. Zabuton blinds are usually u...

Learn about Shoji door shields

It can be said that Japan is a place of strong development and become an industr...

Nihonga painting style

Nihonga (Japanese painting) is a term broadly applied to Japanese paintings of t...

Suminagashi water painting art

Suminagashi is a technique of painting in water to create an effect on paper. Us...

Kotatsu – how to keep warm in winter in Japan

Kotatsu is a low wooden table frame, covered with a futon or a thick blanket on ...

Culture of using the Japanese Seal

Unlike many other countries in the world - only companies (legal entities) use s...

Japanese Business Card Culture

According to the latest statistics, an average businessman in Japan uses about 2...

Maguro nakaochi – Japanese style of eating without leav...

Maguro nakaochi is one of the most typical dishes of the land of the rising sun ...

Spiritual beauty from Kintsukuroi art

Kintsugi – also known as Kintsukuroi (“golden mend”), the art of “healing with g...

Saisen culture when going to temples and pagodas

When going to temples or sacred places, it is common sense that there are money ...

Ojigi bowing ritual

The Japanese greet each other, often with a bow called Ojigi (お辞儀). Just like...

Interesting things about cherry blossoms you may not know

Referring to Japan, we all think of an iconic flower that is "Sakura". It is als...

Daruma and its mystical origins in Japanese culture

The Daruma religion began to take shape when Zen Buddhism was introduced and spr...

Bunraku – Unique puppetry art

Bunraku is the Japanese art of professional puppet theater. Like kabuki, bunraku...

Japanese sumo – things you may not know

The Nara period is considered to be the golden and surprising period of Japanese...

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