Japanese Culture

From April to June, rice (the staple food of Japan) is planted in paddy fields.

May fifth is "Children's Day," a national holiday in Japan. It is sometimes called the "Boy's Festiv

Hakata Dontaku is a festival celebrated by the citizens of Fukuoka City in Fukuoka Prefecture.

The Aoi Matsuri (Hollyhock Festival) held every year on May 15th is one of the three major festivals

The Kanda Matsuri was the official festival of the Edo shogunate and has, since the Edo period, been

Nagashi-bina is a tradition of floating paper dolls downriver to pray for the health of young childr

In Japan, March 3rd is the day of the Hina Matsuri Festival. 日本では、3月3日は雛祭りの日です。
雛祭りは、女の子の成長と幸せを願

Nanakusa-gayu is rice porridge made with the "seven herbs of spring". 七草がゆとは、毎年1月7日の朝に「春の七草」を入れたおかゆ

The second Monday in January is Seijin no Hi (Coming-of-Age Day), a special day to celebrate young p

In Japan plum blossoms are known as a bloom that announces the coming of spring. 梅は桜より少し早く、毎年2月頃から花

The festival that brightens up autumn in Takayama City in Gifu Prefecture is the Takayama Festival, which happens every 9th and 10th of October.

Tori-no-Ichi (day of the rooster), held at Otori shrines across Japan every November, is a festival where people wish for good fortune and thriving business for the coming year.

Joya no kane are temple bells rung late at night on December 31st, the last night of the year.

A traditional way to celebrate children's growth and pray for their good health is shichi-go-san, which typically occurs on November 15th.

It is said that the Kishiwada Danjiri Matsuri began in the Edo period as a festival for praying for a good harvest.

The Ogasawara Islands are located approximately 1,000 kilometers south of Tokyo and consist of about

Iwami Ginzan is a group of ruins in Shimane Prefecture where silver used to be mined in the 16th to

The Shirakami Mountain Range is spread across Aomori and Akita Prefectures and spans over 1,000 mete

Yakushima is an island that floats in the sea off the southernmost tip of the mainland of Kyushu, ar

There was a kingdom known as Ryukyu that existed on the Nansei Islands, part of present day Okinawa