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2021-09-04Japanese Culture BlogsWe Language School

Japanese Culture: Top 5 Most Successful Studio Ghibli Movies

If you are studying the Japanese language or are curious about Japan’s culture, you have to know about Studio Ghibli animated movies. They had such great success, that also the […]

2021-07-31Japanese Culture BlogsWe Language School

Origami: The Japanese Art Of Paper Folding – How to Create a Paper Crane

Origami – 折り紙 is the Japanese popular art of paper folding. This art implies transforming a simple sheet of paper into any object you can think of. It can be […]

Ways to visit a Shinto Shrine, the steps of Purification and Legendary Treasures

2021-07-12Japanese Culture BlogsWe Language School

How to visit a Shinto Shrine: Purification Steps and Legendary Treasures

Do you know how to enter a Shinto shrine? And how to correctly purify yourself before paying respect to a kami? Here is our guideline about a proper Shinto shrine […]

2021-06-28Japanese Culture BlogsWe Language School

Religion in Japan: What is Shinto and Its Practices

Have you ever seen the iconic gateway that seems to be floating on water? That’s the famous Torii of Itsukushima island (or Miyajima), in the southwestern part of Japan. A […]

2020-12-05Japanese Culture BlogsWe Language School

Japanese New Trendy Word: Matsu Iku/Eyelash Training

Matsu Iku [まつ育] This means taking care to maintain healthy and beautiful eyelashes. 健康で、きれいなまつげを、育てるために、ケアをすることです。 < kennkou de kireina matsuge wo sodateru tame ni kea wo suru koto desu. > To […]

2020-10-20Japanese Culture BlogsWe Language School

Aokigahara: the Most Famous Suicide Forest in Japan

日本一有名な自殺の森、青木ヶ原樹海 Aokigahara (青木ヶ原) is a forest located in the foothills of Mt. Fuji in the Yamanashi Prefecture. Before obtaining the name “Suicide Forest,” this mysterious place was called Jukai, 樹海, […]

Learn Japanese through Japanese culture: Maneki-Neko

2020-10-20Japanese Culture BlogsWe Language School

The Red Cat in Japanese Stores? Maneki-Neko

What is Maneki-Neko? There are several tales regarding the origin of Maneki-Neko (招き猫尾). Some believe that Maneki-Neko originated as a Chinese money cat, or that it came from Osaka […]

Learn Japanese online with maneki culture

2020-09-24Japanese Culture BlogsWe Language School

Better Leave it Unsaid 言わぬが花

Non-Japanese people often point out that the things Japanese people say can be rather vague and as a result it’s hard to know what they’re thinking. 日本人(にほんじん) は言(い)うことが […]

2020-09-18Japanese Culture BlogsWe Language School

Causes of and Countermeasures for Heavy Rainfall 大雨の原因と対策

1. Since ancient times, the world’s civilizations, including the Egyptians and Mesopotamians, have sprung up alongside rivers. 太古 (たいこ) の時代 (じだい) から、エジプトやメソポタミアをはじめ、世界 (せかい) […]

2020-08-24Japanese Culture BlogsWe Language School

Master of Tea Ceremony

Master of Tea Ceremony who Discovered Unnoticeable Beauty [1］桜(さくら)が咲(さ)き乱(みだ)れる日本(にほん)の春(はる)は美(うつく)しい。しかし、その華(はな)やかさとは対照的(たいしょうてき)に「わびさび」の美(び)の世界(せかい)が日本(にほん)にはある。 Spring in Japan, where cherry blossoms bloom everywhere, is truly a sight to behold. However, in contrast to this wonderful sight, […]