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The Japanese toilets are famous for their cleanliness, but it seems that foreign visitors are particularly surprised by their numerous functions.

The seven days around the equinoxes are called ohigan. 春分の日、または秋分の日を中心とした前後7日間を、お彼岸といいます。

Hakata Dontaku is a festival celebrated by the citizens of Fukuoka City in Fukuoka Prefecture.

The Kanda Matsuri was the official festival of the Edo shogunate and has, since the Edo period, been

From April to June, rice (the staple food of Japan) is planted in paddy fields.

In the Edo period, the area near the present Asakusa was called Yoshiwara. It was home to a red-ligh

When hydrangeas come into bloom, festivals are held at "Ajisaidera" (hydrangea temple) and all aroun

Nagashi-bina is a tradition of floating paper dolls downriver to pray for the health of young childr

The Aoi Matsuri (Hollyhock Festival) held every year on May 15th is one of the three major festivals

May fifth is "Children's Day," a national holiday in Japan. It is sometimes called the "Boy's Festiv

From mid-March to mid-May, people all over Japan go to see cherry blossoms in bloom. 日本では3月中旬から5月中旬

Capsule hotels are a type of cheap and simple accommodation that offers guests a small capsule in wh

Completed in 1958, Tokyo Tower is a multi-purpose broadcasting tower.

The Robot Restaurant opened in Kabukicho, Shinjuku in 2012. ロボットレストランは、新宿の歌舞伎町に2012年にオープンしたレストランです。

Karaoke is one of the most well-known national pastimes of Japan.

There are now around 55,000 convenience stores throughout Japan.

Purikura are photo booths in places like arcades where users can create stickers from photographs th

An estimated 500,000 people will cross the intersection each day in Shibuya.

Founded in 1904, Itoya is a long-established stationery shop and a landmark in Ginza.

The gourmet floor tends to be underground, and is known as a "depachika". It is almost always the m