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Date of Japanese holiday Setsubun changes to 2 February for first time in 124 years

• Master Blaster
  Dec 29, 2020
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Don’t shove sushi in your friends’ mouths on the wrong day. That would be awkward.

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• Japan
• (culture • February • holidays • lunisolar calendar • setsubun • sushi • tradition)

A Japanese vending machine perfect for samurai

• Oona McGee
  Dec 8, 2020

If vending machines existed in the Edo Period, they would’ve looked like this. 

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• Japan
• (Coca-Cola • COK • cool • history • Iwami Ginzan • Japanese vending machines • samurai • SNJO • tourism • tourist site • tourists • tradition • traditional Japan • vending machines • world heritage sites)

Japanese water purification ritual at shrines under threat due to the pandemic

• Oona McGee
  Dec 5, 2020

Shrine enthusiasts come up with a clever solution to help preserve an important tradition.

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• Japan
• (coronavirus • COVID-19 • culture • hishaku • new normal • purification rituals • religion • shrine • shrine goods • shrines • temples • tradition)

NPB player sparks controversy by not letting a retiring pitcher strike him out

• Master Blaster
  Nov 11, 2020

A touching tribute to a player’s career or insult to the sport?

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• Japan
• (baseball • Hanshin Tigers • Kyuji Fujikawa • Nippon Professional Baseball • retirement • Shinnosuke Shigenobu • sports • tradition • Yomiuri Giants)

Kyoto’s annual giant mountain bonfire displays drastically reduced in 2020

• Master Blaster
  Jul 1, 2020

Gozan no Okuribi organizers strike a balance between tradition and safety.

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• Japan
• (coronavirus • COVID-19 • Daimoji • festivals • Gozan no Okuribi • Kyoto • Obon • tradition)

Sensoji temple at Asakusa gets a new giant lantern

• Oona McGee
  Apr 29, 2020

While we were all social distancing, Tokyo’s most famous temple got a facelift.

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• Japan
• (Asakusa • coronavirus • coronavirus outbreak • culture • religion • Sensoji • temples • tourism • tourist sites • tradition • travel)

Okinawan man arrested for buying cigarettes with currency of the dead

• Master Blaster
  Apr 17, 2020

Poor exchange rate with the metaphysical plane was not enough to cover his pack of smokes.

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• Japan
• (crime • fraud • Okinawa • tradition • uchikabi • Uruma)

Man sees figure clinging to bus on highway in Japan, immediately calls police 【Video】

• Oona McGee
  Feb 17, 2020

The vehicle was spotted travelling at speed and showed no signs of slowing down. 

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• Japan
• (art • bus • buses • figurines • highways • Hyogo • mannequins • marketing • Osaka • public transport • roads • tradition • transport • travel • videos)

Dodge the biggest problem of giving yourself a kanji name with these for-foreigner personal seals

• Katie Pask
  Dec 30, 2019

Get a stamp of approval with your own Japanese personal seal complete with your Japanese kanji name.

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• Japan
• (cool • culture • foreigners in Japan • hanko • inkan • kanji • souvenirs • tradition)

Japanese festival float slams full-speed into power pole at Danjiri Matsuri in Osaka 【Videos】

• Oona McGee
  Oct 23, 2019

Festival-goers sustain injuries, suffer broken bones at one of the most dangerous festivals in Japan.

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• Japan
• (culture • Danjiri • Danjiri Matsuri • festivals • history • Japanese culture • Japanese festival • news • Osaka • tradition)

Niigata brings back mysterious cat mask festival for the first time in almost 90 years

• Oona McGee
  Oct 9, 2019

Geisha once cosplayed as white cats to revive a devastated Japanese town. 

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• Japan
• (animals • cats • culture • festivals • history • Japanese culture • Japanese festival • Niigata • tradition)

Japanese video shows what life was like in Tokyo and Mt Fuji over 100 years ago

• Oona McGee
  Oct 8, 2019

Famous sites like Ueno Park and Sensoji temple look amazingly like they do today, but the people look entirely different.

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• Japan
• (archive • culture • history • Japanese history • Mt. Fuji • old video • society • Tokyo • tradition • videos)

Silent Bon odori dance?! Japan’s traditional summer festival gets a modern twist

• Dale Roll
  Aug 15, 2019

The lively dance becomes a silent dance to appeal to younger audiences.

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• Japan
• (bon dance • bon-odori • culture • dance • festivals • Japanese festivals • modernization • Obon • silent dance • tradition • video)

What it’s really like to join a Japanese festival and carry a mikoshi around Tokyo for a day

• Oona McGee
  Jun 14, 2019

We join the festivities at Suga Shrine, made famous as one of the real-life locations from the hit anime film Your Name. 

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• Japan
• (COK • culture • festivals • Japanese festivals • mikoshi • sightseeing • SNOJ • Tokyo • tourism • tradition • traditional Japan • travel)

Japanese sake now comes in incense form for Buddhist rituals

• Oona McGee
  Apr 2, 2018

Perfect for purifying your home and sending wafts of alcohol to deceased friends in the afterlife.

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• Japan
• (incense • ozeki • sake • shopping • tradition • weird • wtf)

Starbucks opens up new coffeehouse in traditional Japanese building near Tokyo

• Oona McGee
  Mar 5, 2018

Now you can enjoy your coffee with a side of Edo-style charm in this old castle town.

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• Japan
• (cafes • coffee • coffeehouse • Kawagoe • kura • Saitama • sightseeing • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • tourism • tradition • travel)

How long and how often do Japanese women bathe? Survey investigates

• Oona McGee
  Nov 1, 2017

Responses suggest many women don’t have time to bathe every day anymore.

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• Japan
• (bathing • baths • culture • Japanese women • Surveys • tradition • women)

The secret lives of Japanese families: 8 unusual household rules revealed

• Oona McGee
  Oct 24, 2017

From bathtime rituals to unconventional eating habits, these families take pride in upholding their unique traditions.

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• Japan
• (culture • families • homes • relationships • Surveys • tradition)

Photographer captures fantastical images of a fire-walking festival in northern Japan【Photos】

• Meg Murphy
  Sep 19, 2017

These photos offer a stunning look at one of Japan’s many festivals.

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• Japan
• (festivals • fire festivals • Hokkaido • photography • shrines • tengu • tradition)

Japanese girls combine traditional costumes with tap dancing in impressive videos

• Oona McGee
  Sep 6, 2017

From graceful Awa Odori dance movements to routines in kimono at a New York subway, these girls are turning heads everywhere they go.

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• Japan
• (Apollo Theater • Awa Odori • dance • kimono • New York • Shikoku • tap dance • tradition)

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