Hinamaturi Event in Tokyo
Keio Plaza Hotel in Shinjuku, Tokyo is hosting an exhibition for hinamatsuri until 3/27/17. You can see over 6500 hanging ornaments of …
雛祭り – Hina Matsuri
March 3rd is Hina-matsuri (English translation “Dolls’ Festival, Girls’ Day, or Dolls’ Day.”) It is not an official holiday, but a traditional …
2017 March Courses
Sign-up is available for the January courses: 3/1/17 – 3/27/17 It’s $125 for 4 classes!!! We will meet once a week for four …
雪国 – Snow Country
Snow Country (雪国) is a very well-known novel by Yasunari Kawabata (川端康成) who won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1968. Probably …
節分 – Setsubun
Setsubun is the day before a new season starts. According to the Japanese calendar setsubun for Spring 2017 is the February 3rd. …
地獄谷のサル – Monkeys in Onsen
There is a park in Nagano Prefecture, Japan where you can watch Japanese monkeys taking a bath. This is one specific type …
温泉 – Onsen
Onsen or hot springs in Japan are natural spring that wells up from the underground or man-made bath that uses natural spring …
2016 Anime Top 5
This year is almost over. So I’d like to share with you some popular anime released in 2016. According to the Japanese …
しめ飾り – Shimekazari
Shimekazari is a decorated shimenawa. Today many households just put up shimekazari like any other new year’s decoration; but traditionally its purpose was to attract …
Shell-less Hatching
A Japanese high school teacher, Yutaka Tahara figured out how to hatch a chicken in plastic wrap without a shell. In high …