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Watch a kabuki classic at home: National Theatre uploads Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura for free【Video】
- Katy Kelly
Apr 9, 2020 - Tweet
Five hours of a professional production of the 18th century play Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura are free to watch on an official YouTube channel!
- Japan
- (culture • history • Japanese theatre • kabuki • National Theater • theatre • video • Yoshitsune • Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura)
Authentic ninja power pellet snacks on sale again in Tokyo thanks to the coronavirus【Taste test】
- Casey Baseel
Apr 8, 2020
Hyorogan, part of the ninja and samurai diet, also get a modern, gluten-free version.
Coronavirus changes how Tokyo shrine handles centuries’ old purification process for visitors
- Casey Baseel
Mar 22, 2020
Priests fear traditional custom could lead to infection, provide modern alternative.
- Japan
- (COK • coronavirus • coronavirus outbreak • culture • purification • religeon • shinto • shrines)
An edible DIY Japanese rock garden is what we all need to stay sane while working from home【Pics】
- Casey Baseel
Mar 19, 2020
Soothing to look at and delicious to taste, this is our newest home office amenity.
Japanese yokai starts appearing on Twitter to prevent the spread of COVID-19
- Oona McGee
Mar 15, 2020
People in Japan are turning to the mysterious Amabie to help us through the coronavirus pandemic.
- Japan
- (Amabie • art • artists • coronavirus • coronavirus outbreak • culture • disease • health • Japanese folklore • Japanese tradition • sickness • twitter • yokai)
How to make so, Japan’s 1,000-year-old dessert recipe that’s back in fashion【SoraKitchen】
- Casey Baseel
Mar 13, 2020
There’s only one ingredient in this super-simple recipe for a favorite food of Kyoto’s imperial court.
- Japan
- (COK • cooking • coronavirus • culture • food • history • milk • oronavirus • SNJO • SoraKitchen • sweets)
Edo Rice shows you what rice tasted like in the samurai era by continuing centuries of tradition
- Casey Baseel
Mar 11, 2020
A Tokyo time trip for your taste buds.
In the midst of coronavirus, a 1,000-year-old food is being revived in Japan
- Krista Rogers
Mar 10, 2020
“There’s an epidemic going around and we’re here making so…so is it the Nara Era?“
Japanese Twitter user misses joke, stresses that “beati dogu” is not traditional Japanese culture
- Casey Baseel
Mar 7, 2020
Samurai tradition stresses the importance of horse and rider as one, but this canine contest is completely for comedy.
- Japan
- (cars • culture • history • Japanese language • linguistics • Mazda • Miata • MX-5 • Roadster • Top Gear)
Japanese public intoxication on parade in new line of capsule toys
- Master Blaster
Feb 28, 2020
You know, for kids.
- Japan
- (alcohol • capsule toys • COK • culture • drinking • drunk • gachapon • public intoxication • Tama Kyu • weird • YopparaiNau)
Disney knows what yokai are, teaches Japanese vocabulary word to Donald Duck【Video】
- Casey Baseel
Feb 25, 2020
Kappa and kasa obake are among the creatures menacing Donald and his feathered friends.
- Japan, USA
- (cool • culture • Disney • Donald Duck • Japanese language • kappa • Legend of the Three Caballeros • linguistics • video • yokai)
Japanese man berates American woman for “crime” against taiyaki, ends up converted to her ways
- Oona McGee
Feb 16, 2020
The Japanese sweet should not be treated this way…or should it?
Japanese student creates Traditional Japan Bicycle, brings new life to centuries-old craft
- Oona McGee
Feb 15, 2020
Lattice work seen in tea ceremony rooms finally gets to see the city streets.
- Japan
- (art • art student • bicycle • bicycles • bikes • cool • culture • design • Kitsure • kitsuregoshi • lattice work • shopping • traditional Japanese craft • wood • woodworking)
The U.K. thinks Japanese curry is katsu curry, and people aren’t happy about it
- Oona McGee
Feb 12, 2020
The #KatsuCurryPolice are on a mission to educate Brits on their craze for Katsu Curry.
- Japan
- (culture • curry • curry rice • England • food • katsu curry • restaurants • rice • Wagamama)
Disney sushi? An adorable new way to celebrate Japan’s Girl’s Day/Doll Festival
- Casey Baseel
Feb 10, 2020
From “Mic-key, Mouse!” to “Hin-a Ma, tsuri!”
- Japan
- (chirashizushi • COK • culture • cute • Disney • Doll Festival • food • girls' day • Hinamatsuri • Mickey Mouse • Minnie Mouse • sushi)
Centuries-old Japanese store revolutionises the fragrance world with new incense cord
- Oona McGee
Feb 4, 2020
Tie a bow around gifts and envelopes with a wonderfully fragrant incense ribbon.
Outrage sparks as investigation on burned Shuri Castle is closed with no conclusive results
- Eli Pang
Feb 2, 2020
Many can only speculate as to what happened to Okinawa’s beloved castle.
- Japan
- (castles • culture • fire • history • Okinawa • Shuri Castle • world heritage sites)
Demon-slaying Dojigiri, one of Japan’s Five Swords Under Heaven, now on display at Kasuga Shrine
- Casey Baseel
Jan 30, 2020
Legendary blade is a an official natural treasure, and presented in a uniquely beautiful way.
- Japan
- (COK • culture • Dojigiri • Five Swords Under Heaven • history • Kasuga Shrine • Katana • museum • shrines • SNJO • swrods)
Japan’s legendary Brother Katana might not be brothers after all? Investigating the mystery【Pics】
- Casey Baseel
Jan 27, 2020
Two of Japan’s most beautiful blades are said to be linked at birth, but a closer look makes some scholars think twice.
Izakaya etiquette: Stacking your plates after eating doesn’t help waitstaff in Japan
- Oona McGee
Jan 22, 2020
Japanese restaurant worker says there’s a better system that diners should use.
- Japan
- (cheap eats • culture • drinking • etiquette • food • izakaya • japanese manners • manners • restaurants • society)
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