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There are many stories about humans marry to animals in Japan.

Have you seen those green fluffy balls? They are Kokedama.

It caught attention that Japanese students in Japan attend the graduation ceremony with Cosplay.

Happy New Year of the dragon in 2024. Wish you all a healthy and internally peaceful year despite of the unsolved conflicts and natural...

It is said that Japan's tattoo culture started about 5000BC. Because the cray figures made around that time have tattoos on the body and...

After many Japanese companies have switched to remote work, people are talking about zoom manner. Some sound real and some sound like jok...

Japanese children get money, otoshidama in the New Year. It was my best event at the beginning of the year as a child and not my favourit...

There are many folklores about Kappa all over Japan. This comical looking yokai can be friendly but can lead you to death by pulling out ...

When you go to a shrine in Japan, you see two lion like animals at the entrance. Actually they are two animals, a lion and a komainu. Wha...

Nowadays we don´t see anyone using abacus so often. But when I see my mother calculating in her head quickly and accurately, I wish I had...

Japanese family name. This time is the 8th common name in Japan, Nakamura. It has quite a deep history than I expected.

This ancient theatre mask of Noh is very scary. It´s a demon called Hannya. I´ve just found out this is a female character. But why is it...

You see a tea ceremony or a demonstration of martial arts and realise that people often sit on their heels, which is called seiza. Many m...

Now we know Japanese people say Itadakimasu before eating. Then what do they say after eating? It´s Gochisosama. But do you know what doe...

One of the things that confuse me outside of Japan is when people start to eat. Each one starts when they get the plate while Japanese pe...

One of the best snack you can get in Japan is onigiri (おにぎり/rice ball). There are konbini(コンビニ) every corner and you an pick one or two...

Kon-nyaku is one of the ingredients Japanese people regularly eat. It´s known for very low calories and often eaten as a diet food. You c...

There are 140,000 family names in use in Japan. Even China doesn´t have so many family names. How the family names were created in Japan?...

5th of May is Kodomo no hi (Boys´ Day) in Japan. All parents and the families wish for their male children to grow healthy.

Apparently Japanese lie a lot, the fourth in the world. Why they lie? What is the concept of lying for Japanese? What does Uso mo Houben ...