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Every week, a professional Japanese teacher posts a new blog .
Japanese seasons are part of the country's culture, folklore and traditions. The four seasons are observed diligently and many linguistic and social terms are based on this aspect of Japan.
U-Turn Rush during Obon
The teacher's blog this week by Ueno sensei, a professional Japanese teacher at JOI, talks about a phenomenon in Japan that happens during the holiday seasons.
There is another similar phenomenon which is called “U-Turn Rush”. When the holidays are over, everyone floods back to their cities to start the working weeks. This creates huge traffic jams going into the big citi...
Astronomy in Japan
Japanese people have historically made the stars an integral part of their lives, as is common with many old cultures around the world. The Japanese however, tended to associate the stars with everyday objects rather than mythological Gods or animals. There are various names for the constellations throughout history and sometimes there are local differences in the names as well...
Christmas all around the world
Christmas season is celebrated in so many countries now all over the world. Some countries, like Japan, are not traditionally Christian, do not have the same traditional cultures of Western countries or have different climates and local cuisine.
Therefore there are often some variations to the Christmas traditions. For example, the Australians are famous for Christ...
Japanese seasonal fashion
In November in Japan, the weather becomes colder, and Japanese people start to change their wardrobes from the autumn and late summer wear to their winter wear.
Japanese seasonal fashion is an essential part of the nation's culture. And this blog from Yatabe sensei gives a personal and amusing view of the tough choices some of us have to make.
You can read this blog, a...
Japanese Campus festivals
Japanese schools and universities have many cultural and intramural events during the school calendar. And in Autumn the campus festival season starts. Japanese Manga and Anime often feature these events in their story lines, and there are similar events in different countries too, but there is also a uniqueness to some of these festivals that make them “very Japanese”.
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