Japanese literature Japan has a rich literary culture with a large number of book publishers and periodicals. There are a number of prestigious literary prizes in the country including the Akutagawa prize and the Naoki prize. The winning books each year receive a lot of media attention and often become bestsellers. In this blog by Yokozuka sensei, one of the Japanese teachers at JOI, we look at ...
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Japanese literature Japan has a rich literary culture with a large number of book publishers and periodicals. There are a number of prestigious literary prizes in the country including the Akutagawa prize and the Naoki prize. The winning books each year receive a lot of media attention and often become bestsellers. In this blog by Yokozuka sensei, one of the Japanese teachers at JOI, we look at ...
Japanese New Year The New Year season in Japan is probably the one of most important holidays of the calendar. Rather like Christmas and the American Thanksgiving, families tend to get together and celebrate the start of the year here. There are numerous rituals and traditions that surround the season, but in this Japanese teacher's blog for Japanese learners, Hachiyama sensei focusses on one no...
Japanese winter customs In Japan with its four seasons, there are many customs that are particular to each season and they differ from area to area. The food and plants that grow in this season and the nutritional needs of our bodies during the winter are part of the reasons behind the customs. In this Japanese language learning blog, which features a video and vocabulary list, Oosawa sensei, a...
Traditional Japanese New Year Cuisine Osechi cuisine is a traditional Japanese New Year food which has its beginnings in the Heian Period. It is loaded with symbolism and contents vary from prefecture to prefecture in Japan. Sakude sensei is a Japanese teacher at JOI, and lives in Osaka. She introduces this wonderfully colorful and cultural Japanese cuisine or Washoku in this Japanese learner's ...
A language blog for learners of Japanese This blog is a weekly blog from JOI, Japanese online school. Each week, one of the JOI Japanese teachers writes an article about things that interest them and observations about Japanese culture, food, seasons and attractions. This week, Yatabe sensei writes a story about one thing that she finds interesting in her neighborhood. You can read the story in...