Japanese manga and anime dialogue Manga and Anime originate from a distinctly Japanese style of art. This art form has grown and expanded abroad, sprouting many homage styles and events. One of the most loved parts of Manga and Anime is not just the art but the characters and in particular, the dialogues spoken by each character. In this useful Japanese learning blog by the Japanese teachers at...
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Japanese manga and anime dialogue Manga and Anime originate from a distinctly Japanese style of art. This art form has grown and expanded abroad, sprouting many homage styles and events. One of the most loved parts of Manga and Anime is not just the art but the characters and in particular, the dialogues spoken by each character. In this useful Japanese learning blog by the Japanese teachers at...
Flower Parks in Japan In Japan, with its four distinct seasons, offers a wide variety of flowers which bloom at different times during the seasons. All over Japan, you can find many beautiful and popular flower gardens which are often filled with local tourists as well as foreign visitors. The flowers that can be seen are often native Japanese blossoms, but there are some parks that plant importe...
Japanese fruit trees Japan is country with a great tradition of farming. The quality of their fruits is really astounding and one really has to come to Japan to taste their flavours. Although it has limited arable land (only 12% of its land is used for farming), the intensity of the farming and the focus on the quality rather than the quantity in many farms, is perhaps why the competitive w...
The 7-5-3 Ceremony Shichi-Go-San or the 7-5-3 Ceremony is a traditional festival day in Japan for three- and seven-year-old girls and three- and five-year-old boys. The ceremony dates back to a traditional rite of passage from Samurai times and is still continued today by people from all walks of life. In this weekly blog for students who are learning the Japanese language, one of the Japanese ...
Japanese modern musicians The Japanese music scene is a vibrant one with many young up-and-coming musicians and respected veterans in many fields and genres. Live music in Japan is also very popular. There are many livehouses, small venues, concert halls and large stadiums in which musicians of many different levels of skill and fame can connect with their fan bases in acoustically unique spaces...