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Dec 29, 20192 min read

Japanese Tribal Tattoo, Jomon Tattoo

Japanese tattoo is well-known because of Yakuza films. But there are also tribal tattoos that have been a tradition of Ainu and Ryukyuan ...

Japan's Sugar Daddy Culture

Last month, a Ukraine-born Karolina Shiino won the Miss Japan title and it became controversy since she was born overseas to non-Japanese...

Japanese Famous Shogun Loved Beautiful Boys?

During the samurai era in Japan, homosexuality was considered as something normal. Many famous Shogun had young lovers. People were much ...

Are Japanese School Rules Too Strict?

Japanese pupils clean their own classrooms is something that impresses outside world. Japanese education system is known as quite strict ...

Fuchu Prison, A Prison Without Punishment

This is a documentary of a Japanese prison, Fuchu Prison in Tokyo, where inmates who have repeatedly committed crimes or who are foreigne...

Yujo, Prostitutes were Fashion Icons in Edo Perido -Hairstyle-

In Edo period Yujo, prostitutes were the fashion icons and started many new styles that are still used in the current Japan. First let's ...

Japanese Tribal Tattoo, Jomon Tattoo

Japanese tattoo is well-known because of Yakuza films. But there are also tribal tattoos that have been a tradition of Ainu and Ryukyuan ...

Kanreki is 60th birthday in Japanese and why?

My mum just celebrated her 60th birthday. I was planning to send her a red vest for her Kanreki which she refused to receive. What is spe...

Samurai´s marriage in Edo period

Samurai, despite of their serious face, they must´ve had some romantic moments and a wedding to celebrate. How did they find a partner an...

History of Yakuza

Yakuza is now a universal word and known as a Japanese mafia. But where they come from? How they started? Here is a little bit of history...