Learning Culture

It is said that the Kishiwada Danjiri Matsuri began in the Edo period as a festival for praying for a good harvest.

A traditional way to celebrate children's growth and pray for their good health is shichi-go-san, which typically occurs on November 15th.

The Yoshida Fire Festival, held in Yamanashi Prefecture's Fujiyoshida City on August 26th and 27th every year, is an autumn festival that marks the end of the Mt. Fuji climbing season.

The Nebuta Matsuri in Aomori Prefecture is one of the summer festivals that represents Japan's Tohoku region.

Joya no kane are temple bells rung late at night on December 31st, the last night of the year.

November 23rd is a public holiday in Japan called "Labor Thanksgiving Day".

Compared to cherry blossom viewing in spring, observing autumn leaves is referred to as momijigari "hunting for autumn leaves".

The festival that brightens up autumn in Takayama City in Gifu Prefecture is the Takayama Festival, which happens every 9th and 10th of October.

The costume play (cosplay) boom in Japan began in the latter half of the 1990s.

There is an event in Ota Ward, Tokyo, called "Shicchy's Charity Fair," which occurs twice a year in June and November, each spanning three days.

Nakano Broadway in Tokyo's Nakano Ward is known as an "otaku building" or "subculture haven"

Known as "Japan's kitchen," Tsukiji Market is split into the inner market and the outer market.

In the summer of 2020, both the Olympic and Paralympic Games will be held in Tokyo.

Odaiba is a recreational area of Tokyo where there are many shopping malls and entertainment facilities.

Animate's Ikebukuro headquarters has nine floors.

Kappabashi Dogugai is a wholesale district located between Asakusa and Ueno that mainly sells cooking utensils.

In Japan Halloween has no religious overtones.

Tokyo is particularly abundant in illumination spots and it seems that in 2016 in Minato Ward,

Tsukudani is a dish that boils foods like seafood, seaweed, or vegetables in a salty-sweet seasoning made from ingredients such as sugar, soy sauce, and mirin.

Made from soybeans, tofu is a type of healthy food that has been eaten as shojin ryori (Buddhist vegetarian cuisine) for a great many years. Even now it is a very common food in Japan.