Culture

Japanese have a very special custom when a baby celebrate its first birthday.

Mochi for the first birthday

It is the custom in Japan to let the child carry a pack of [...]

The Tama 多摩 region in Western Tokyo is the birthplace of the shinsen-gumi 新選組, an armed gang fully dedicated to let the “true justice” be respected.

The story of the shinsen-gumi [...]

Manga. Is it still necessary to present the famous japanese comics? Read by millions of people in Japan (and abroad), and translated in many languages, the manga comics [...]

On March 3, in Japan, takes place the Hina Matsuri ひな祭り, the “Dolls Festival”.

On this day, girls have the place of honor in Japan (so they are not jealous on [...]

I like this Japanese expression: sorosoro そろそろ cannot be translated litteraly, but it means something like “soon”, “gradually”, [...]