Traditional Japanese businesses Japan is a country with old age customs and a rich culture of businesses and merchants that have been around for a very long time. There are more than 50,000 businesses that are over 100 years old. Of those, about 4,000 of them have been running for more than 200 years. As you can imagine, with a history of business stretching back so far, there are some interest...
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Traditional Japanese businesses Japan is a country with old age customs and a rich culture of businesses and merchants that have been around for a very long time. There are more than 50,000 businesses that are over 100 years old. Of those, about 4,000 of them have been running for more than 200 years. As you can imagine, with a history of business stretching back so far, there are some interest...
The end of the Heisei era The Japanese imperial era of Heisei 1989 began on Sunday, January 8 and ends on Tuesday, April 30, 2019. Recently in Japan, the local media have been highlighting the successes, trends and changes that were made within Japanese society within this period. The period encompassed the 'Bubble Era' of financial and economic successes when Japan rose to great heights in indu...
Japanese shrines and temples When traveling in Japan you can find some very traditional architecture and atmospheres at the shrines and temples. At first glance, they do seem rather similar but they are actually quite different in religion, customs and uses. The typical answer you might receive if you ask most Japanese people about the differences, is often a simple explanation of the different ...
Japanese rice cakes They are very popular during the winter and especially during the New Year season, but you can enjoy them all year in a variety of different cooking methods. In this Japanese language learning blog, Japanese teacher Yuko Momoki who lives in Yamanashi prefecture, introduces one of the prefecture's most popular rice cake sweets. Japanese rice cakes or mochi are one of Japan's t...
Japanese raw cuisine Japan has a tradtion of eating raw food. Raw fish is a staple of Japanese cuisine or Washoku. There is of course sushi and sashimi but there is also a custom of eating raw eggs. The most popular way to do this is with rice. With the popular dish Sukiyaki being an example. Yet this blog for Japanese language learners introduces an even simpler speciality. The blog is written...