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Yuki Ya Konko Posted by Ginny on Nov 7, 2010
In some parts of the world, snow will be on its way. Here’s a nice little kid’s ditty on snow! 雪やこんこ (yuki ya konko) Snow falls heavily 霰やこんこ (arare ya konko) Hail falls heavily 降っては降っては (futtewa futtewa) It’s falling and falling ずんずん積る (zunzun tsumoru) Collecting more and more 山も野原も (yama mo nohara mo) The mountains…
Architectural Wonders of Okinawa Posted by Ginny on Nov 4, 2010
Okinawa (沖縄) is the place where you can find culturally and historically significant locations for all sorts of architectural wonders. For example Tamaudun (玉陵) is a place where several important Okinawan kings, queens, princes and princesses were buried. Some of the burial items that were looted by Allied troops in 1945, but much of the…
Japanese Citrus Fruits Posted by Ginny on Nov 1, 2010
Japan is a country loaded with citrus fruits. There are just too many varieties to list them all, but here are some that you might encounter in Japan : Yuzu (ユズ) is a citrus fruit with a rough, patchy skin that can be yellow or green. Yuzu can be as sour as a grapefruit and…
Japanese Food Museums Posted by Ginny on Oct 22, 2010
Japan has a few good food museums, meaning that these are probably the only museums in which you can get away with eating food in the museum. Momofuku Ando Instant Ramen Museum (インスタントラーメン発明記念館) is located in Osaka (大阪). It’s an interactive museum where you can make your own cup ramen. You can choose your own…
Kagome Kagome Posted by Ginny on Oct 16, 2010
There’s a game that Japanese children play while singing a song. You can listen to the song below : かごめかごめ 篭の中の鳥は(Kagome Kagome, Kago no naka no Tori wa) [Kagome Kagome bird in the cage] いついつ出やる (Itsu Itsu deyaru?) [When will you come out?] 夜明けの晩に (Yoake no ban ni) [In the evening of the dawn ]…
October Festivals Posted by Ginny on Oct 7, 2010
There are lots of Japanese festivals in October. Here are some of my favorite festivals. The Sawara festival (佐原祭り) is a festival where men push around a palanquin with a large doll mounted on the top of the palanquin. Yabusame festival (流鏑馬祭り) is a festival where men dress up as samurai and draw their bows…
Japanese Beer Posted by Ginny on Oct 4, 2010
Beer is an important staple in Japan. At least when compared to wine, beer is preferred over wine in Japan. That doesn’t mean that Japanese people don’t drink wine, they do, but not like they do with beer. The beer companies listed below are some of the most commonly seen beer in Japan. They are…