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Here’s the oldest recipe for Japanese curry in existence, and how it tastes【SoraKitchen】
- Casey Baseel
Mar 24, 2018 - Tweet
SoraNews24 goes back to the kitchen to go back in time as we taste-test the first written record of how to make curry in Japan.
New survey shows Japan to be deeply divided among blue and red prefectures
- Master Blaster
Mar 11, 2018
A difference in a fundamental way of thinking threatens to tear Japan apart at the seams.
How old is too old for a boy to go into the women’s hot spring bath in Japan?
- Casey Baseel
Mar 6, 2018
Child development expert weighs in on the tricky question, offers a solution from Japan’s samurai-era past.
- Japan
- (bathing • baths • culture • gender • hot springs • kids • onsen • Parenting • parents • society)
Narita Airport starts free cultural event series with kimono-wearing, manga creator experiences
- Casey Baseel
Feb 28, 2018
The Tokyo-area’s much-maligned international air hub is giving us a new reason to actually enjoy going there.
- Japan
- (airports • cool • culture • kimono • manga • Narita • Narita Airport • Ninja • samurai • travel)
Should saying thanks at a Japanese convenience store go without saying?
- Richard Simmonds
Feb 27, 2018
Manners maketh the man. Unless he’s at a convenience store, according to some Japanese social media users as debate over manners erupts.
- Japan
- (convenience stores • culture • customer service • Japanese language • linguistics • manners • society)
Kabuki stagehand taxi service starts, offers silent cab drivers that’ll give you a story to tell
- Casey Baseel
Feb 23, 2018
With their drivers’ faces hidden, these taxis are a peek into Japanese theater culture.
- Japan
- (bunraku • cabs • cool • culture • funny • kabuki • kuroko • Sanwa Kotsu • taxis • travel • weird)
Survey suggests Tokyo women expect men to spend big on Valentine’s Day return gifts
- Casey Baseel
Feb 17, 2018
Participants say that even if a guy were to spend three times as much on a thank-you present, it still wouldn’t be enough.
- Japan
- (chocolate • culture • okaeshi • relationships • romance • society • sweets • Valentine's Day • white day)
We take a trip to China to explore one of its four ancient cities: Langzhong!
- Dale Roll
Feb 16, 2018
Experience the venerable beauty of a city that is more than 2,300 years old.
Manga creators association says pirate sites could bring about a collapse of Japanese culture
- Casey Baseel
Feb 15, 2018
Organization stresses the importance of keeping artists and publishers in the emotional loop between creators and fans.
Travelers’ misguided attempt to earn good luck is damaging Japan’s most famous torii shrine gate
- Casey Baseel
Feb 6, 2018
While in Japan, you absolutely should visit Hiroshima’s Miyajima island, but while there, you definitely shouldn’t do this.
Japan’s latest luxury train is a stylish cafe on rails with hundred-year-old craftsmanship
- Casey Baseel
Jan 30, 2018
Locally-sourced ingredients served in dining area decorated with woven bamboo, stonework made with samurai-era techniques.
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Hatsune Miku becomes classic hina doll to show girls they don’t have to get married to be happy
- Casey Baseel
Jan 28, 2018
The vocaloid virtual idol takes on a traditional form while saying it’s OK not to take a traditional path through life.
- Japan
- (anime • COK • culture • figures • Hatsune Miku • hina dolls • hina matsuri • hina ningyo • virtual idols • vocaloids)
Sushiro celebrates a traditional Japanese holiday with this…sushi thing
- Master Blaster
Jan 17, 2018
As odd as it looks, it actually makes a lot of sense for Setsubun.
Teacher says Japanese schools’ mandatory extracurricular activity rules don’t benefit students
- Casey Baseel
Jan 11, 2018
Exasperated educator takes workplace survey and is depressed by rationale for forcing students to join after-school programs.
Japanese politicians want to stop export of anime art materials by creating national media center
- Casey Baseel
Jan 10, 2018
Looking to add to your anime cel collection? You might want to act fast.
Roughly one in eight of Tokyo’s new adults is foreign-born, study shows
- Casey Baseel
Jan 9, 2018
“The truth is that without foreigners, Japanese society cannot function,” says researcher.
- Japan
- (culture • foreigners in Japan • internaitonalism • seijin • seijinshiki • society • Tokyo)
Japanese American tells of how she was teased in school, and the touching way her mom stepped up
- Meg Murphy
Jan 6, 2018
Young Melodee didn’t want to take Japanese-style lunches to school after being teased by classmates, but her mother had the perfect solution.
Six things to avoid doing in the first three days of the Japanese New Year to have the best luck
- Dale Roll
Jan 5, 2018
Keep on the good side of the gods (and maybe cows and pigs too) with these tips.
At what age should parents stop giving kids New Year’s otoshidama money? Japanese netizens answer
- Scott Wilson
Jan 5, 2018
It turns out these envelopes of money can be quite controversial.
- Japan
- (culture • Japanese culture • money • New Year's • otoshidama • Parenting)
Temple bell tolling on Japanese New Year’s Eve gets rid of evil desires, but not complaints
- Koh Ruide
Jan 4, 2018
No matter how much good it brings, the sound of a humongous bell struck 108 times might be too much for some people.
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