アマビエ様、どうか私たちみんなを守って！ “Every little bit may help…” people wish good health and healing to everyone in these hard times...A Japanese mythical spirit called “Am...

ヨガポーズと漢字のコラボレーション It goes without saying, exercise is a key factor for a healthy life! In particular, when we need to stay home due to a pandemic situation, w...

新型コロナウイルスの感染をみんなで予防しよう！ Hi everyone! We hope all of you are doing well and the worldwide pandemic situation will not last long... What should we do against C...

Christmas season has arrived! Are you preparing for Christmas? People are celebrating this festive season in many different ways around the world.... In Japa...

"Neo-kawaii" is challenging assumptions about cute culture in Japan.

“Ikigai” (生き甲斐: (生き) iki = life + gai(甲斐) = value or worth) is a Japanese concept and roughly translated “a reason for living” and “something that makes you...

Many people might think that Japanese people are hard workers and some tend to be workaholics. This is somewhat true, however, unexpectedly Japan has more pu...

Now highway rest stops in Japan have been developed significantly, they are not places where people just rest on the way to their destination! You may think ...

Gitai-go (mimetic words) are words which mimic the attributes (excluding sounds) of things and can be used as nouns. Japanese have so many gitai-go (mimetic w...

When you visit Japan, you can find a lot of vending machines everywhere, even in the middle of nowhere! (According to a survey in 2018, the number of vending...

A Kimono is a well-known Japanese traditional costume. These days more Japanese people wear kimono only on special occasions like weddings, parties, funerals...

The more popular Japanese (and Asian) food becomes worldwide, the more people use “hashi” (chopsticks). Like western table manners, in Japan there are also w...

Now sushi is popular all over the world, many people know about Japanese horseradish (so-called “wasabi”), which is past of strong-tasting green root! Wasab...