The world has children’s day, however, Japan has been celebrating their little ones since long time ago.
Shichi Go San is a festival to celebrate the children in Japan. It is the coming of children of age seven, five and three. The word ‘Shichi Go San’ itself directly translates to seven-five-three. Shichi Go San is not a national holiday, however, on this day girls of age three and seven, boys age three and five are celebrated. Their parents will have the children dress in elaborated children kimono with traditional obi (for …

Osaka, Japan, is the third most populated city in Japan with a population of 2.6 million people residing in this city.

Osaka is also one of the major hearts of the Kansai region on Japan’s main island, Honshu, besides Kyoto. The city is also divided into 24 wards and has a reputation throughout Japan as an international and progressive business center besides known for its great food, castle, port, underground shopping arcade, shopping centers and Bunraku puppet theater. People in Osaka speaks a different dialect from those in Tokyo, they speak …

After two years of Hiatus, YUI is finally back in the Japanese Music Industry (Jpop)
The absence was due to her decision to focus more on her personal affairs. YUI is not an anonymous name anymore within Japanese music industry, since her debut 4 years back, she’s been making remarkable progress and obtain several outstanding achievements. YUI was named as one of the most successful solo singer around in Japan, although not as popular or with commercialized face in Japan, her existence is still favor by many Japanese music lovers and …

It is summer again and it calls for the time of summer festivals in Japan, where there are various kinds of stalls (or yatai), hanabi (fireworks), yukata, beaches and watermelons!
July and August marks the peak of summer in Japan. And in these months Japanese people celebrate summer festivals which may vary from place to place. One such festival is called Obon or Bon Festival which is a Japanese custom festival celebrated as part to honor the deceased spirits of their ancestors. It is actually a customary tradition closely related to …

Washi paper, is probably one of the many basics in numerous Japanese papercrafts and arts.
It is used as foundation in most traditional Japanese arts and papercrafts, which were applied in rituals and daily life of the Japanese people ever since they knew how to make paper on their own. Washi was developed from the traditional Chinese art of paper-making process, and by using their own method, material and some re engineering of the technology, washi is produced.
The word ‘washi’ itself means Japanese paper. ‘Wa’ meaning Japanese and ‘shi’ meaning paper, …

When we talk about anime, we always meant Japanese animation. And when we talk about Japanese animation, we cannot run from discussing about manga – or Japanese comics. Most manga will be adapted into animation sooner or later, mostly big titles which released in a series.
Ouran High School Host Club
Ouran High School Host Club is a 15 volumes manga that was also produced into a 26 series animation, written by Bisco Hatori. It’s a real interesting teen romance manga which is surely to get burst out with laughter with its …

Learning something that you really like should be a very pleasant experience for everyone, such in the case when you are trying to learn a new language. Japanese language is a very interesting language to begin with. It helps a lot knowing certain words and phrases in Japanese while living or touring Japan. Therefore, I wanted to provide something useful for people who wants to learn just the simple and basic Japanese language phrases and words for free and most importantly, it should fun too!
So meet Natsu Sensei~ She will …