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Japanese Sports Days
Japanese Sports Days are a central part of the community culture. Although people who have never been to Japan might not have seen one in real life, the events are often featured in Japanese movies and Japanese Manga, so are often part of the standard images of Japan.
Ishibashi sensei, a Japanese teacher at JOI, has a son and she attends his school sports day as well as...
Making clothes from Japanese Kimono
Japanese Kimono are one of the most traditional and emblematic clothes in the world of cultural fashion. Here the JOI Japanese language learning blog, introduces a practical method of how to repair and remake the Kimono into a blouse.
Yanaka sensei is Japanese teacher at JOI and she her hobby is dressmaking and Kimono make-overs. She explains in detail the pro...
Traditional Japanese footwear zori
Suzuki sensei is one of the Japanese teachers at JOI. She lives in the Tochigi area of Japan, which is famous for the town of Nikko, a UNESCO world heritage site.
The area boasts wonderful nature and some of Japan's most treasured shrines and temples. So it is not surprising that Suzuki sensei has chosen to share some traditional Japanese crafts with us in this...