Setsubun
Setsubun is the day preceding the first day of spring according to the old Japanese calendar. On the day of Setsubun which is 3rd of February, there is a particular custom we do in ...
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Japanese New Year customs
I would like to write about Japanese traditional New Year customs today. I have listed 5 customs. Did you know all of them? There are many more!
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Osechi – Japanese traditional New Years food
Osechi is a Japanese traditional New Years food packed in special bento boxes called Jubako. Japanese prepare this food before the New Year and they normally eat it for the first 3 days of ...
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Madonna in Wafuku – Japanese clothing
Have you ever seen Madonna and Jesus in Wafuku – Japanese clothing? In Civitavecchia which is located 80 kilometers west-north of Rome, there is a church called Chiesa dei Santi Martiri Giapponesi. Inside the ...
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