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おせち料理 – Osechi

Osechi is a collection of traditional Japanese New Year foods. What goes in Osechi varies from household to household and from region …

門松 – Kadomatsu

Kadomatsu is a New Year decoration that made out of bamboo & pine. We place them at the main entrance of a …

年神 – Toshigami

Toshigami (年神 or 歳神) is a Shinto God that Japanese people believe visits each household on New Year’s Day to bring blessings.  We …

Lavish Christmas Cakes

Check out this article on Christmas cakes! 【超次元】度肝を抜く最高級クリスマスケーキ – NAVER まとめ

Christmas Dinner

The modern Japanese tradition of eating fried chicken on Christmas Eve began (so the story goes) when a visiting American came to …

Christmas Cake

A Christmas cake in the U.S. is a fruitcake, that is what I have learned. But in Japan Christmas cake is not …

J-Pop

J-Pop is a modern music genre especially popular among the younger generation in Japan.

茶屋 – Chaya

The traditional Japanese tea house or chaya first appeared during the Muromachi period (14th~16th centuries) and was commonly used especially in the …