Infomation of Japan

I posted an article about Hyakunin-Isshu in February 2021, but I wonder how their hair was cared at that time. I heard they comb their hair with rice broth and remove s…

Hyakunin Isshu is a kind of karuta means card, collected 100 pieces of ”waka” or "tanka" made by 100 Japanese poets about 1000 years ago. Nowadays, it is popular as a c…

"YOUTUBE" is now a universal term like "television" rather than as one service of one company. Video sites exceed the number of TV viewers, and it is said commercial sa…

What is called "shibori" in Japanese is a cloth product made of tie-dyed cloth. Tie-dyeing is a traditional Japanese craft. You sew and tighten the part to be left whi…

Left-handed and calligraphy Left-handed people often are not said to reform it to be right-handed now a day. During growing up with tools, for instance a spoon, chop…

Ukiyo-e is a woodblock print of Japanese popular art which were produced before about two to three hundred years. Their subject matters are female beauties, …

Dharma is a rounded shape ornament that have legless, armless and neckless doll. They have the weight on the base so they will always sit up again by itself even they …

Cosplay is an activity in which people enjoy wearing costumes and putting on makeup to imitate modern characters from animation, games and manga. It was …

Yuta Iyama is a professional Go player who first achieved the seven Crowns in the Go world. April 2016, he got the title "The tenth dan level" and became a …

Ninja was the armed group that had a special ability and really existed. They had extraordinary athletic ability and they could move nimbly. …

“KABUKI” is one of the Japanese traditional dramas and is played by only men. It is a popular amusement of the common people in the Edo period when it widened 400 year…

Judo is a traditional Japanese martial art that the players do not use the tool. A match is fought within a 9.1m×9.1m, 50 tatami-mat area. It became an Ol…

Igo is a game in which two persons alternately place black and white stone on the board. There is a grid pattern of 19 lines on top of the board, the stone is put in …

Rakugo is a form of Japanese verbal entertainment. A storyteller sits on stage called Kouza wearing kimono. Using a fan, teacup and a small cloth as props, and withou…

Pianist Hiroko Nakamura,72 died on July 26 Japanese pianist Hiroko Nakamura who was a prizewinner at the prestigious International Chopin Piano Competition in 1965 di…

Pokemon 1996年にゲーム用ソフト、ポケットモンスターが発売され、人気に後押しされ、以降ゲームのみならず、アニメ化、キャラクター商品化、カードゲーム化、アーケードゲーム化されています。 モンスターはどんどん増え、名前を覚えきれません。 カードやメダル・トレッタを集めるために、散財している親が多いことでしょう。 クリス…

It was announced Boston Arts Museum in Nagoya would be closed in 2019, March 31 after three years. The museum does not have owned paintings and it has exhib…

Three-dimensional projection mapping in Osaka Castle　　　 　 Osaka Castle is now showing the beautiful illumination with the moving images arou…

Kou,koudo,incense appreciation The cult of incense-burning was introduced into Japan together with Buddhism in Nara period. The incens…

the 2020 Olympics Tokyo has been selected to host the 2020 Olympics and Paralympics.　　　 The 2020 Tokyo Games will take place from July 24 to Au…

Tattoo The prejudice about the tattoo is getting to fade away in comparison with the past, but the tattoo is not yet common in Japan. As for the pers…

“Noritetsu” are fans whose hobby is riding train. There are fans who like to take photos of train, fans who like to collect something related to railroad, fans who stud…

MET LIVE VIEWING The operas of Metropolitan Opera House of NY can be seen in Japan. The works are super well-known operas and are played by world-famous vocalists. …

AKB48 is a top sales group of CDs and very popular in Japan. AKB48 is the idols group that producer Yasushi Akimoto created in 2005. AKB48 performs at the exclusive AK…

Arashi Arashi is now a most popular singer group in Japan. Arashi consists of five cool guys who are twenty-seven to thirty years old. They say they are …

2007年今年の一字　「偽」 今年の世相を表す漢字は「偽」と清水寺（京都）で発表されました。 今年、製造年月日、産地、原材料など食品の表示を張り替えたり、ごまかしたりした醜事がありました。 もし今年の世相を２文字で表すなら、「杜撰(zusan)」です。 国民年金のひどい管理、遊具や一機120億円の自衛隊機の保守整備を怠り、銃…

盆 盆とはなくなった人が戻ってくると言う、仏教の行事です。地方、宗派によって多少違いますが、 8月13日に、迎え火をたき、ナスやきゅうりで、馬を作り、故人を迎えます。 8月15･16日に供え物を川に流し、送り火をたいて、仏たちを送ります。 その間、家族が一同に集まり、お墓参りをしたり、盆踊りや花火をしたりします。 京都五山…

暑中見舞い a summer greeting card 夏の暑い時に『暑中見舞い』という便りを書いて、季節の御挨拶、ご機嫌伺いや近況報告したりします。 時期は梅雨明けから〈7月20日〉立秋の8月8日頃に出すとされています。 また、立秋を過ぎた頃より、トンボが飛び始め、コスモスが咲くようになると、残暑見舞いという挨拶に変…

相撲　　sumo　　 大関白鵬が横綱になりました。6月1日明治神宮で土俵入りをしました。 相撲は1500年の歴史ある日本のスポーツです。 取り組みは直径4m弱の円形”土俵“で取られます。 年に6場所あり、一場所15日、15人の力士と対戦します。 力士は東と西に分けられ、相手チームの力士と対戦します。 幕内力士は40人まで…

初釜とは新年最初のお茶会です。 茶道は平生頂くお茶とは別の、抹茶と言う茶を作法にのって淹れ、作法にのっていただくもの。 お茶を淹れる亭主は、部屋のしつらいから、道具まで心を込めて客をもてなそうと、準備します。 そうした心配りを感じながら、お菓子とお茶を味わい、掛け軸や茶花をめでるという、究極のロハスの時間です。 “Hatsu…