Culture

Japanese hospitality is noteworthy. Whatever the restaurant you enter, you’ll not wait more than one minute before being served.

Most often, they’ll bring you a glass of water, green tea [...]

Yoroshiku o-negai shimasu よろしくお願いします. Japanese language is full of such “ready-to-use” expressions.

Each of these expressions [...]

Arita (有田, Saga prefecture) can be considered as the birthplace of porcelain in Japan.
All this started a long time ago, when a man from Korea baked the first white porcelain [...]

May 5 is “Children’s Day” (kodomo no hi こどもの日) in Japan, and all little boys are celebrated on that day. This feast is being prepared several days in advance, [...]

In 1853, commodore Perry, sent by the american government, barges into the bay of Shimoda (下田, see also: Izu), with his seven black ships (kuro-fune 黒船). His purpose? [...]