Japanese Culture

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

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

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

One of the most representative types of fast food restaurants in Japan is the standing soba restaurant.

The seven days around the equinoxes are called ohigan. 春分の日、または秋分の日を中心とした前後7日間を、お彼岸といいます。

From mid-March to mid-May, people all over Japan go to see cherry blossoms in bloom. 日本では3月中旬から5月中旬

Karaoke is one of the most well-known national pastimes of Japan.

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。

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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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

Oshogatsu is the time of the year when most people in Japan are able to take time off and relax. 日本

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

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

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

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

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

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

The festival that brightens up autumn in Takayama City in Gifu Prefecture is the Takayama Festival, which happens every 9th and 10th of October.

Tori-no-Ichi (day of the rooster), held at Otori shrines across Japan every November, is a festival where people wish for good fortune and thriving business for the coming year.

Joya no kane are temple bells rung late at night on December 31st, the last night of the year.