Category: customs

Snake Year (Zodiac) -About the Zodiac- The year 2025 has begun. Has everyone had a good start to the year? This year’s zodiac sign is the snake. ・What kind of year is it in...

New Year’s Greeting Cards 2023 has just started! How do you spend these days? We Japanese usually send New Year’s Card to family, relatives and friends.  What is “New Year’s Greeting Cards”  We call...

New Year’s Greeting Cards 2021 has just started! How do you spend these days? I got one question from my non-Japanese friend. She asked to me how to write “New Year’s Greeting Cards”. I...

Naming Children in Japan It’s quite private things but I have two children, son and daughter. First presents to them are giving name. You may be interested in Japanese name when you have children...

Japanese culture/customs/findings compared with other countries Today I just came back from my hometown in Japan for short holiday, I stayed my hometown for 4 days. My hometown is Oita（大分おおいた） in Kyushu（九州きゅうしゅう） island (south...