Language Culture

The seven days around the equinoxes are called ohigan. 春分の日、または秋分の日を中心とした前後7日間を、お彼岸といいます。

From mid-March to mid-May, people all over Japan go to see cherry blossoms in bloom. 日本では3月中旬から5月中旬

Capsule hotels are a type of cheap and simple accommodation that offers guests a small capsule in wh

Completed in 1958, Tokyo Tower is a multi-purpose broadcasting tower.

The Robot Restaurant opened in Kabukicho, Shinjuku in 2012. ロボットレストランは、新宿の歌舞伎町に2012年にオープンしたレストランです。

Purikura are photo booths in places like arcades where users can create stickers from photographs th

The gourmet floor tends to be underground, and is known as a "depachika". It is almost always the m

There are now around 55,000 convenience stores throughout Japan.

They say that there are about five million vending machines in Japan.

Founded in 1904, Itoya is a long-established stationery shop and a landmark in Ginza.

Karaoke is one of the most well-known national pastimes of Japan.

An estimated 500,000 people will cross the intersection each day in Shibuya.

Japan is a volcanic country, and so it has a lot of hot springs.

Zazen is a practice found in Zen, one kind of Buddhism.

The Ninjas that often appear in Japanese period dramas were undercover fighters who were active from the Sengoku period to the Edo period.

At first, castles were defensive bases, but later shoguns and samurai started living in them.

There are no specific rules for enjoying Japanese gardens.

Kimonos are Japan's traditional national dress.

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

Osechiryori is the food that everyone eats during oshogatsu in Japan. 日本でのお正月に欠かせない料理が、おせち料理です。