Archive for July, 2021
What a Little Sweet Snoozing Can Tell You Posted by eriko1 on Jul 30, 2021
Inemuri (居眠り), snoozing, is one of the Japanese cultural traits. Students fall asleep in class. People snooze on a train. Members of the Diet (国会議員 kokkai giin) snooze during a session. Local assembly members (地方議員 chihou giin) snooze during an assembly meeting. Wikipedia refers to it as “a custom that is notably seen in Japan.”…
Kominka – a future for disappearing villages? Posted by eriko1 on Jul 21, 2021
Kominka (古民家) – a traditional Japanese old house. A new fad that came about in the pandemic Japan was to escape (逃げる nigeru) from big cities and live in a rural area (田舎 inaka). The COVID-19 pandemic made many people realize that they did not need to live near the big cities and endure a…