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    December–Traditional Tanka Poetry
    December 2, 2021in ART, CULTURE, HISTORY0by wafuuinthewest
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    December–Traditional Tanka Poetry

    It’s already December–winter has come! Make a hot cup of tea, and settle down to read Japanese “tanka” poetry! December–Month Name December, or Shiwasu 師走, is the period when even…

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    Why Do Japanese Take Off Their Shoes?
    August 26, 2020in CULTURE, LIFESTYLE0by wafuuinthewest
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    Why Do Japanese Take Off Their Shoes?

    “Dosoku kinshi” (土足禁止) Shoes Prohibited Shoes Prohibited! “Dosoku kinshi” (土足禁止) means “shoes prohibited.” Although in the West we walk straight into the house wearing our shoes or sandals, in Japan,…

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    3 Things You Didn’t Know About Umeshu, Japanese Plum Wine
    August 19, 2020in FOOD, LIFESTYLE1by wafuuinthewest
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    3 Things You Didn’t Know About Umeshu, Japanese Plum Wine

     梅酒  Ume-shu If you have ever been to an izakaya (居酒屋), Japanese pub, you might remember trying a delightfully sweet, fruity, and surprisingly strong drink called umeshu, Japanese plum wine.…

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    Obon Midsummer Festival
    August 12, 2020in FOOD, HOLIDAYS & FESTIVALS1by wafuuinthewest
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    Obon Midsummer Festival

    What Is Obon? Bon (盆), or Obon (お盆) is a midsummer festival not unlike Mexico’s Day of the Dead. According to Buddhist belief, ancestors’ spirits are believed to come back…

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    Hakka-Yu: Mint Bath For Midsummer
    August 5, 2020in CULTURE, LIFESTYLE1by wafuuinthewest
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    Hakka-Yu: Mint Bath For Midsummer

    August has come, and with it, midsummer heat. Other than moving to a colder climate, is there anything you can do, wa-style, to survive? There is, and the answer might take…

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    10 Things You Didn’t Know About Natto, Japan’s Superfood
    July 30, 2020in FOOD4by wafuuinthewest
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    10 Things You Didn’t Know About Natto, Japan’s Superfood

    納豆 na ・ tto  Lots of Japanese health foods are trending around the world, from kombucha (in Japan, called “koucha kinoko” (紅茶キノコ) or mushroom tea) to green tea to tofu.…

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