Arts,Culture,Travel

Art Attack in Osaka Part 1

Chisai Fujita´s art review is back. Department stores in Osaka is changing. They are now into art...

Anime,Entertainment,Music,Vocabulary

Japanese Kids Learn counting in the Bath

It´s common for Japanese children to learn how to count during the bath time. Ofuro no kazoeuta...

Culture,Vocabulary

The Concept of Kindness for Japanese

A conversation I happened to be involved made me re-think about kindness in Japan. Many westerners...

Recent Post

  • 5th of May is Boys´ Day in Japan. It´s actually called the Children´s Day but in the reality, it´s the male children´s day. This is a story about a Kintaro doll.

    Posted on 9th May 2013 0 comments
  • BLACK is a YO-YO champion and is an official Cirque du Soleil performer. He promotes Yo-Yo to the world in TED conference. Is Yo-Yo still geeky?

    Posted on 7th May 2013 0 comments
  • There is a temple in Kyoto where they break tons of plates to give people good luck. This is an annual festival, Horoku Wari at Mibu-dera. They also hold kyogen play, a comedy theatre play that anyone can enjoy.

    Posted on 3rd May 2013 0 comments
  • When you feel good at something, any failures seem to be a big deal. But is that so? Saru mo Ki kara ochiru. Is a Japanese saying that is perfect for this situation.

    Posted on 26th Apr 2013 2 comments

Vocabulary

  • Since we´ve become a text generation, we use many emotion signs like :) or ;D. But have you ever seen Japanese Kaomoji? Sometimes I can´t even read because they are so complicated.Here I introduce to you “smiley” face.

    Posted on 20th Apr 2013 0 comments
  • Japanese tattoo is gorgeous but often associated with Yakuza. In Japan, having tattoos isn´t always welcomed because of the historical background that it was a punishment for criminals.

    Posted on 16th Apr 2013 6 comments
  • On the 21st of May, the annular solar eclipse was seen in the major part of Japan. People were preparing for it for a while. A Japanese woman speaks about this event.

    Posted on 22nd May 2012 0 comments
  • karasu

    There is a saying in Japan, Karasu no gyouzui. What does it mean? This saying just flashed in my head when I was looking at a crow in the puddle.

    Posted on 16th May 2012 6 comments
  • Makoto Nomura is a Japanese musician who came up an idea of having his concert at a Japanese public bath, sento. Art review by Chisai Fujita.

    Posted on 14th Apr 2012 0 comments