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Learn how to do Japanese New Year’s the right way and avoid bad luck

Katy Kelly
Jan 4, 2019
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These six New Year’s taboos mean you’ll be doing a lot less cooking, fighting and random spending at the start of the year.

Japan
(COK • culture • good luck • New Year's • society • taboos • traditions)

Workers’ mental health more important than 2 million yen as ramen chain closes for New Year’s

Casey Baseel
Dec 31, 2018

500-restaurant chain closes all branches to give employees’ time to spend with families at New Year’s.

Japan
(culture • food • moving • New Year's • overwork • ramen • restaurants • society • touching • working in Japan)

Swiss-raised Japanese woman points out fundamental difference in Japanese, western communication

Casey Baseel
Dec 5, 2018

What’s obvious for some is far less so for others, and can lead to frustration when the listener doesn’t get the speaker’s message.

Global, Japan
(COK • communication • culture • foreigners in Japan • society)

Edo Cat Cafe closure postponed as 50 rescue cats still need foster parents

Oona McGee
Dec 4, 2018

After creating a stunning samurai-themed ukiyo-e world for their cats, this organisation is refusing to give up on them.

Japan
(animals • cafes • cat cafes • cats • culture • Edo period • history • pets • rescue cats • Ryogoku • Tokyo • ukiyoe)

Japan’s new eight-headed dragon license plates might be the coolest in the entire world【Pics】

Casey Baseel
Nov 29, 2018

The Yamata no Orochi is ready to leap out of the annals of mythology and onto your car.

Japan
(cars • cool • culture • dragons • driving • history • Izumo • license plates • shinto • Yamata no orochi)

Kyoto temple goes modern with Techno Memorial combining music and lights with Buddhist Festival

Dale Roll
Nov 21, 2018

And you probably thought Buddhism was a boring religion, didn’t you?

Japan
(Buddhism • culture • drones • idol singers • Idols • Kyoto • Pure Land Buddhism • religion • religion in Japan • techno music • temples)

Japanese man gets arrested for stealing 30 yen (US 27 cents) from Shinto shrine’s collection box

Casey Baseel
Nov 15, 2018

Sometimes it’s not how much you steal, but where you steal it from that really gets you in trouble.

Japan
(Chiba • COK • crime • culture • religion • shinto • shrines)

An illustrated guide to the proper way to give and receive business cards in Japan

Casey Baseel
Nov 13, 2018

If you want to look suave and polite, these are the four steps.

Japan
(business cards • COK • culture • etiquette • manners • society)

Why do Chinese characters in anime say -arimasu/-aru ALL the time?

Casey Baseel
Nov 9, 2018

Linguistics professor explains the centuries-old background of the omnipresent anime and manga verbal tic.

Japan
(anime • Chinese language • COK • culture • history • Japanese language • linguistics • manga)

Should you dip your egg sushi in soy sauce before you eat it? Survey asks Japanese diners

Casey Baseel
Oct 31, 2018

Pretty much everyone agrees that soy sauce for fish is a must, but what about the most popular kind of non-seafood sushi?

Japan
(culture • eggs • etiquette • food • manners • society • sou sauce • sushi • tamago)

Is this common Japanese phrase for “goodbye” the reason for Japan’s crazy overtime hours?

Casey Baseel
Oct 18, 2018

When you’re leaving the office before your coworkers, you don’t tell them “Sayonara,” you tell them “I’m being rude.”

Japan
(COK • culture • Japanese language • linguistics • overtime • soceity • working in Japan)

Osaka shows off Great Britain’s flair with Hankyu department store’s Great British Fair!

Katy Kelly
Oct 12, 2018

Hankyu Umeda will showcase highlights from British culture, with spotlights on fantasy characters, cuisine and even Buckingham palace-style marches!

Europe, Japan
(british culture • British food • culture • drinks • events • food • Harry Potter • Osaka • United Kingdom)

This tiny island you can walk to is a perfect snapshot of why Japan is an amazing place to travel

Casey Baseel
Oct 10, 2018

This beautiful detour, hidden in plain sight, serves as a beautiful example of how Japan always rewards explorers.

Japan
(COK • culture • iwate prefecture • shrines • SNOJ • travel)

Purify the hate of Internet jeers with Japanese temple’s first online ceremonial fire

Katy Kelly
Oct 9, 2018

Don’t worry if you can’t make it to your local temple! Now you can collect up all the online roasts you’ve received and cast them into this cyberfire.