11th of November in Japan is Origami Day. This traditional paper craft has an old history and it´s something Japanese children learn people around them as they grow. So why it´s Origami Day?

In the western society, shaving head can be cool. In Japan, it has a slightly different meaning. They shave to show their apology. 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?

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.

Japan is a country of Onsen and there are so many hot spring spots and fountains. Oita has the most onsen fountains in Japan and to promote their good onsen, they made a video, Shinfuro. It´s just funny.

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.

Japanese people love binchotan. They love so much that make any products with the charcoal. What is so good about?

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?

There is a free paper called Tsuru to Kame, which dedicates to promote elderly people´s fashion style in Nagano. Japan is becoming an aging society. Why not the fashion trend comes out among elder people?

On the 17th of September, Japan approved the new security bill and now Japan is willing to send its army to South Sudan. The shocking part is the vote in the committee which looked nothing about democracy. Is this even legal?