Japanese Culture

Completed in 1958, Tokyo Tower is a multi-purpose broadcasting tower.

Osechiryori is the food that everyone eats during oshogatsu in Japan. 日本でのお正月に欠かせない料理が、おせち料理です。

Namahage is a folk custom. You can find it on the Oga Peninsula in Akita Prefecture. なまはげとは民俗行事で、秋田

Every February 3rd in Japan is setsubun, and there are setsubun events all over the country. 日本では毎年

In Japan, March 3rd is the day of the Hina Matsuri Festival. 日本では、3月3日は雛祭りの日です。
雛祭りは、女の子の成長と幸せを願

Oshogatsu is the time of the year when most people in Japan are able to take time off and relax. 日本

Hatsumode is a Japanese New Year's custom. 初詣とは、年の始まりに神社やお寺に行き、神や仏に感謝するとともに新年の誓いを立てる日本の風習です。
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100 yen shops are shops in which all the products, such as foodstuffs and daily goods, are 100 yen.

Japanese electrical appliances are world-famous for working well, having lots of functions, and being low-cost.

Completed in 2012 at a height of 634 meters, Tokyo Skytree is the tallest building in Japan.

Kaiten-zushi is the term used for sushi on small plates that goes round on a conveyor belt.

Don Quijote is probably the world’s only discount store that sells both Louis Vuitton bags and sex toys.

Food samples are the plastic models of food that you see in glass cases outside restaurants.

Since ramen noodles came to Japan from China in the Meiji period, the Japanese have changed them very much.

Chirashi-zushi is a type of sushi made by combining various ingredients with vinegared rice.

Menchi katsu is a popular side dish on par with croquette.

There was a kingdom known as Ryukyu that existed on the Nansei Islands, part of present day Okinawa

Tomioka Silk Mill in Gunma Prefecture was Japan's first large-scale machine-made silk factory that w

The Ogasawara Islands are located approximately 1,000 kilometers south of Tokyo and consist of about

Yokohama in Kanagawa Prefecture developed as one of Japan's port towns after the ports were opened i