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Kodomo no Hi, also known as Children’s Day, is a Japanese national holiday that takes place on May 5th each…

Hinamatsuri, or the “Doll Festival,” takes place in Japan on March 3rd each year. The festival is a time for…

Every beginning of March, in Tokyo, you can join one of Japan’s three biggest daruma doll markets at the Jindaiji…

The Festival Yamayaki, or “Mountain Burning Festival” is an annual event that takes place on the fourth Saturday of January…

Japanese Hanko, also known as inkan or stamp, is a small seal used for signing documents and identifying personal belongings…

A Taiyaki (たい焼き) is a japanese street foods cake you can buy everywhere around Japan.  Originally created in 1909, Taiyaki…

Japanese is written by combining 3 syllabary or phonetic alphabets: hiraganas (ひらがな), katakanas (カタカナ) and kanjis (漢字). Each kanji can…

Japanese is written using three alphabets: hiragana(ひらがな), katakana(カタカナ) and kanji(漢字). Hiragana and Katakana were created in Japan. Each of them…