Category: History
Is Ehomaki good for the environment?
It´s been a while since Ehomaki has become another part of Setsubun in Japan. Despite of sushi industry´s promotion, people are still quite not used to it. And this year, the mass of leftover sushi rolls caught Japanese citizen´s attention.
Can Japanese married couples have separate family names?
Recently many Japanese women have higher and important posts in the society and still, when it comes to marriage, 95% of women change their family name to the husband´s. Can Japanese couple keep separate family name as a married couple?
The meaning of shaving head in Japan
In the western society, shaving head can be cool. In Japan, it has a slightly different meaning. They shave to show their apology. Why?
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 special about Kanreki in Japan?
Japanese grandma´s wisdom – Tsubaki oil is good for the hair –
Grandmas are the people who know lots of good things for our health and beauty. They have been using tsubaki oil and finally people realised how good it is. Here let´s see the benefit of camellia oil.
Protect your bum ball from Yokai, Kappa
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 shiridama from you.
Shishi and Komainu. What´s the difference?
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. What are they? And what´s the difference?
The power of Soroban -Japanese abacus –
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 learnt even the basic. Apparently soroban is good for your brain training in many ways.
What does Ochanoko sai sai mean? – Japanese saying –
Ochanoko saisai. I´ve been using this saying for a long time but I´d never thought about the origin of the word. Now I´ve found a tasty word journey.
How to entertain people in Edo period – Monkiri Asobi –
Do you know a Japanese paper craft, Monkiri Asobi? It´s simple but very amusing, which became very popular among common people in Edo period.