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Today, though, there are a lot of stylish yakitori places that are like café bars, and it is not unusual for women to dine alone, or for couples to come on dates.

Sashimi is raw seafood served in thin slices. It is also called otsukuri.

Dumplings can be fried, steamed, or boiled, but in Japan fried dumplings are the most common.

To make shabu-shabu, you cook vegetables and tofu in a hotpot filled with flavored broth, and dip thinly sliced pieces of meat into the broth. The meat and vegetables are eaten with ponzu or sesame sauce.

Yakiniku is a type of Japanese barbecue. In the US(United States), this type of cooking is sometimes called "Korean barbecue".

When sumo wrestling first became popular in Japan 1500 years ago, it was a ritual used to predict the outcome of crop harvests.

Shintoism is a religion unique to Japan and has existed since before Buddhism came to the country.

At first, castles were defensive bases, but later shoguns and samurai started living in them.

Japan is a volcanic country, and so it has a lot of hot springs.

Kabuki is a traditional Japanese performing art that features music, dance, and drama.

There are two main religions in Japan: Shintoism and Buddhism.

Kimonos are Japan's traditional national dress.

The Ninjas that often appear in Japanese period dramas were undercover fighters who were active from the Sengoku period to the Edo period.

There are no specific rules for enjoying Japanese gardens.

Zazen is a practice found in Zen, one kind of Buddhism.

Akihabara is one part of Tokyo that has really changed a lot these days. 秋葉原は東京において、近年、その性格が劇的に変化した

Japan is home to many gods, so many that they are said to be countless.

Kiyomizudera Temple, in Kyoto's Higashiyama area, was built in 778.

Nikko had long been a sacred place for mountain worship but after Toshogu Shrine was built,

In the villages of Shirakawa-go in Gifu Prefecture and Gokayama in Toyama Prefecture,