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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 [...]

This famous game is extremely widespread in Japan, and not only among the children.

Everybody has heard of the game of “rock paper scissors” (or “scissors paper stone”), because we all [...]

The mochi 餅, a cake made of rice, plays an essential role during the Japanese New Year celebrations.

The mochi is quite a strange kind of food: a sort of cake [...]

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 [...]

Who hasn’t dreamed of a nice warm bath? But in Japan, warm (I should say hot) baths are not only part of everyday life, they are an insititution!.
“Honey, your [...]