Each year, many Japanese fans of Studio Ghibli‘s Kiki’s Delivery Service have been visiting a remote town’s bakery in Tasmania, Australia…
Month March 2015
Much like in Australia, Japanese schools hold an annual sports day, or undokai. The undokai is a huge event on…
A Teru Teru Bozu (てるてる坊主; literally “shine shine monk”) is a little traditional handmade doll made of white paper or cloth…
A hachimaki (鉢巻, “helmet-scarf”) is a stylized headband or bandanna worn in Japan for a variety of reasons, usually made of…
A restoration project for the main keep of Himeji Castle began in in October 2009 and has only just been…
Sumi e is an ancient form of ink-wash painting developed over 2000 years ago spiritually rooted in Zen Buddhism. Sumi…
Ema are wooden plaques you might buy at a shrine or temple where you’re encouraged to write your wish on and…
Colours are one of the first things you are taught when learning a second language such as Japanese. The Japanese…
Body Parts in japanese is organised in much the same way as English, in that for most body parts in…
If you used google today you may have noticed that the google logo was a little man doing something resembling…