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Namahage is a folk custom. You can find it on the Oga Peninsula in Akita Prefecture. なまはげとは民俗行事で、秋田

Osechiryori is the food that everyone eats during oshogatsu in Japan. 日本でのお正月に欠かせない料理が、おせち料理です。

Nanakusa-gayu is rice porridge made with the "seven herbs of spring". 七草がゆとは、毎年1月7日の朝に「春の七草」を入れたおかゆ

In early February every year, the Sapporo Snow Festival is held for one week in the city of Sapporo,

In Japan, March 3rd is the day of the Hina Matsuri Festival. 日本では、3月3日は雛祭りの日です。
雛祭りは、女の子の成長と幸せを願

In Japan plum blossoms are known as a bloom that announces the coming of spring. 梅は桜より少し早く、毎年2月頃から花

Every February 3rd in Japan is setsubun, and there are setsubun events all over the country. 日本では毎年

The second Monday in January is Seijin no Hi (Coming-of-Age Day), a special day to celebrate young p

Hatsumode is a Japanese New Year's custom. 初詣とは、年の始まりに神社やお寺に行き、神や仏に感謝するとともに新年の誓いを立てる日本の風習です。
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Oshogatsu is the time of the year when most people in Japan are able to take time off and relax. 日本

Completed in 2012 at a height of 634 meters, Tokyo Skytree is the tallest building in Japan.

Ameyoko is the name of a popular shopping street. It's about 400 meters long from JR Ueno Station to Okachimachi Station.

Japanese electrical appliances are world-famous for working well, having lots of functions, and being low-cost.

Maid cafés are cafés in which the waitresses dress in maid uniforms and treat the customers as if they were their "masters".

Kaiten-zushi is the term used for sushi on small plates that goes round on a conveyor belt.

As the name suggests, "manga kissa" are cafes stocked with lots of manga.

Food samples are the plastic models of food that you see in glass cases outside restaurants.

100 yen shops are shops in which all the products, such as foodstuffs and daily goods, are 100 yen.

Don Quijote is probably the world’s only discount store that sells both Louis Vuitton bags and sex toys.

Since ramen noodles came to Japan from China in the Meiji period, the Japanese have changed them very much.