Japanese Language

人気教授が伝える「時代に流されない思考」。大学に「学問」を取り戻す新企画を次々に立ち上げてメディアが注目し、他大学や企業からの視察が殺到する京都大学准教授の著者が「学問」の意味を徹底的に考える。

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.

A traditional way to celebrate children's growth and pray for their good health is shichi-go-san, which typically occurs on November 15th.

The Yoshida Fire Festival, held in Yamanashi Prefecture's Fujiyoshida City on August 26th and 27th every year, is an autumn festival that marks the end of the Mt. Fuji climbing season.

It is said that the Kishiwada Danjiri Matsuri began in the Edo period as a festival for praying for a good harvest.

The Nebuta Matsuri in Aomori Prefecture is one of the summer festivals that represents Japan's Tohoku region.

Odaiba is a recreational area of Tokyo where there are many shopping malls and entertainment facilities.

In Japan Halloween has no religious overtones.

Animate's Ikebukuro headquarters has nine floors.

There is an event in Ota Ward, Tokyo, called "Shicchy's Charity Fair," which occurs twice a year in June and November, each spanning three days.

In the summer of 2020, both the Olympic and Paralympic Games will be held in Tokyo.

The costume play (cosplay) boom in Japan began in the latter half of the 1990s.

Kappabashi Dogugai is a wholesale district located between Asakusa and Ueno that mainly sells cooking utensils.

Nakano Broadway in Tokyo's Nakano Ward is known as an "otaku building" or "subculture haven"

Known as "Japan's kitchen," Tsukiji Market is split into the inner market and the outer market.

Tokyo is particularly abundant in illumination spots and it seems that in 2016 in Minato Ward,

It is said that donburimono—rice served in a dish with its side dish placed on top—was created in the Edo period and originated with unadon, rice topped with eel.

Natto is a traditional Japanese food made from fermented soybeans.