Japanese gardens
When people talk about Japanese gardens, they usually refer to the beautiful and artistic traditional gardens that can be found in every prefecture across the country. But one of the things that are also interesting to look at the gardens that belong to individual Japanese families. Many Japanese houses feature small but immaculately kept gardens that can be a wonder to look at.
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Japanese stationery
Japanese stationary can be a great gift to give as a souvenir of your travels to Japan. There are many unique and well-designed pieces of stationery, including pens, mechanical pencils and cute color-themed or branded goods that can only be bought in specific stores.
In this blog for Japanese learners, Maki Igarashi introduces some really unique and interesting stationery. Pl...
Water sports in Japan
Since Japan is an island nation with many incredible beaches, going to the beach and enjoying some water sports is one of the country's main tourist draws. There are many prefectures well known for surfing, like Miyazaki and of course in the south the islands of Okinawa are extremely popular. From windsurfing to scuba diving and everything in between, you can find something ...
Japanese dialects
Japanese dialects are often separated into two categories of eastern and western. But in reality, there are many variations and even some types of spoken ways that are not strictly dialects at all but completely different forms of the Japanese language family.
It can be confusing to understand various people from different prefectures and Japanese people are often very interest...
Japanese breakfast
A traditional Japanese breakfast is typically some rice with some grilled fish, miso soup and possibly some side dishes of eggs or seaweed.
This is part of a healthy diet, although some experts warn against the abundance of salt in some of the dishes.
In this blog by Kumiko Yatabe a Japanese teacher, she explores another choice for breakfast...one that is far more familiar to...
