Tea Ceremony in the middle of Tokyo in the end of the year
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My trip back home to Japan for New Year’s Day
My trip to Japan for the new year seemed short but enjoyed Japanese tradition and culture. I have in the U.S for 5 years. In this time, before the new year, I felt so excited to celebrate and starting a new year. General cleaning in preparation for New Year’s Day Prepare special food called Osechi …
Happy New Year！ 2016 あけましておめでとうございます
Happy New Year! New Year day is a bigger and more traditional than any other holidays and festivals in Japan. A very special day. New. Clear. Clean. Happy. Full of expectation and hope.And formal. Among family we say Akemashiteomedetou gozaimasu. Ending with gozaimasu is polite expression with bow. December 31st and January 1 are next …
Finishing 2015, Thank God and thank you
I would like to thank God for my health and living in peace. I pray for peace for everyone to live his life with hopes and dreams for future. There are wars, battles, violence and hatred. Many people lost their lives.Innocent children had to die of hunger and poverty. I believed when I grew up, …
My favorite things about Japan
I am visiting Japan now. I lived in Japan until December 2010. Whenever I visited Japan after I lived in the States, I found things interesting, funny, good, and bad about Japan. I like Japanese vending machines. They are everywhere, even at the airport and outside. Jido Hanbaiki 自動販売機 じどうはんばいき
5 reasons to use branches and greenery for Christmas flower arranging
It’s time to buy flowers and decorate your home and table and I recommend to use lots of greenery for Christmas flower arranging. I am doing Ikebana and Ikebana; the Japanese art of flower arranging can make a beautiful arrangement with less flowers. do not use as much as Western flower design.It’s great time to …
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Nature is severe or fair to anybody; I understood to see my vegetable garden
It’s a very cold day and I found my vegetable garden was damaged by frost. I was sad.However Greg’s gardens were also damaged by frost. I found that nature have no mercy. The sun shines on anybody whoever good or bad. Is it fair? I was more sad to see …
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KAWAII かわいい is Japanese culture and things kawaii makes us smile
Kawaii is a Japanese adjective and the idea of kawaii, primary meaning is cute, can be said one of Japanese culture. かわいい、カワイイ，可愛い. All three are pronounced kawaii. Kawaii is not only for girls or women, We sometimes use to express feeling kawaii to express affirmation to actions or reactions of a man, even a CEO or …
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Japanese popular tradition for the new year Nengajo; new year’s greeting postcard
Japanese New Year’s Tradition 1 年賀状 Nengajo is a postcard of the new year’s. In Japan sending Nengajo is a very traditional custom and still popular. You can send the new year’s card to your family, friends, boss, colleagues, customers etc. On the new year’s day new year’s postcards are delivered on the very first …
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Remember Harbor 1941 December 7 for World Peace
I am looking for a family or relatives of Mr.Naohiro Tomita who died in the Pacific War in Hawaii. My relative,who is American veteran asked me to find the family to return post cars and letter of his. It’s already 74 years passed since and his families may have passed away. However we can think …