A cricket species telling us to prepare for winter
Because there are many speies of crickets in Japan, it is difficult to tell the speies name from their songs. However, when it can be overcome by training, there are various discoveries. In Japan, there are some crikets which repeat…
The Meaning of “Tsunokakushi”, a hat for women on wedding
Gender equality is being promoted worldwide. But Japan is one of the lagging countries. It used to be typical for women to do housework and raise children at home after marriage and for men to go out to work and…
A hot spring (Onsen) where foreigners can enjoy without hesitation
Hot springs are said to have medical uses to cure illness. The basis is unknown, there are hot springs that are said to be good for heart disease, cancer and gout. I don’t think how much they are as effective…
Koshien Stadium is the sacred place for Japanese baseball
Although baseball is a sport that originated in the United States, it is very popular in Japan. It came into Japan in the late 19th century. Student baseball games were started first. Then the Professional baseball began in 1936. The…
Difference of “鬼” in Japanese and in Chinese and the consideration of the history
There are many known examples with completely different meanings of the same Chinese characters between in Japanese and in Chinese. I have been a little surprised by knowing the meaning of “鬼” in Chinese. Below I will try to explain…
Many Japanese people first say “So-desné” to any question
I think Japanese people have less personality. Some people say that this is because the school’s teaching methods are very uniform. The teacher forced us all to have the same qualities. Especially when I was in junior high school (in…
Mountain worship in Japan 1: Where the souls of the dead people go
I think everyone has the feeling that a person is made up of a body and a soul. It seems that people in old time actually thought so. In Japan, the excavated vessels indicate that the dead people were buried…
Haiku season and insects（俳句の季節と昆虫）
Haiku is a short poem with 17 voices, in which you must include seasonal words. There is a standard book on haiku called “Saijiki”（歳時記）, which contains seasonal vocabulary. Some of them can be seen throughout the year. For example, the…
Traditional comedy talk
Japan has a tradition of comic talk. One people sitting on the stage and talking is called “Rakugo”, and two people standing in front of the microphone and talking is called “Manzai.” Rakugo stories have been handed down mainly since…
Should all Japanese people speak French?
Most characters in the world are phonetic. The first characters that have been widely used in Japan since 6th Century were the Chinese characters which are ideographic. Because it was difficult to express all of the Japanese language, Japanese people…
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