Japanese Culture

Marimo Festival and Ainu Culture: まりも祭りとアイヌ文化

Marimo Festival is newer tradition of Indigenous Ainu culture. It is celebrated between 8th to 10th of October each year. It is one of...

Celebration of Longevity : Choujyu Iwai：長寿祝い

How Japanese people value and celebrate longevity? Here is the list of 15 celebrations. The Senior Citizen's Day History of the...

Kiku no Sekku: 菊の節句（きくのせっく）

9th of September is one of five seasonal celebrations of Japan. The celebration is either called Double Yang Festival: Chouyou no Sekku...

Japanese Hot Pot Dishes and Recipes

Hot Pot: 鍋料理（naberyouri） This type of dish is often cooked at the dining table on potable cook top especially during cold season. People...

What is Hanami? The history and origins of Hanami.

Hanami (花見, flower viewing) is the Japanese traditional custom of enjoying the transient beauty of flowers. People in Japan like to go...

Japanese Valentine's Day：日本のバレンタインデー

In most of countries, people celebrate Valentine’s Day by giving flowers, chocolates, jewellery or other presents of all shapes and sizes...

Tanabata: Japanese Star Festival

7th of July is Tanabata・七夕 which is one of the seasonal celebrations in Japan and also called star festival. In the northern hemisphere,...

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