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Dango are a classical japanese sweet (Wagashi: which are the traditional sweets served with tea during ceremonies) dumpling made from rice flour (mochiko, similar to mochi which is another typical sweet). Usually there are 3 or 5 of them attached to a stick. There are many different type of dango, Yaki-dango that are...

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This year super long coats have become a 'must have' in Japan. The latest trend for girls who loves fashion is this, the longer the better and it doesn't matter what you're wearing under. So, what do you think of this trend? ...

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This is not really a lesson of japanese, like in the previous post (go here to recap). This...

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Sorry for not updating much, I just caught a flue and it's really difficult for me to even turn on the pc.  Anyway since we are talking about it, do you know what japanese people do when they're sick? Firstly, when they go out they always wear these face-masks. This prevent you to...

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I thought about doing a section in this blog about the basic of japanese language. So, you can learn along me about this complicated but beautiful idiom. Let's start with basic.  Japanese language uses three alphabets: Hiragana, Katakana (both of 45 syllables and one consonant -N-) and Kanji. Hiragana is the most used...

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The word origami comes from the japanese 'ori: to fold' and 'kami: paper', kami then transforms in gami. Origami is a traditional form of art born in the 17 century ad, that consist in paper folding starting from a square paper, turning it in different shapes and with colour of your choice.  When...

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Kamisama Hajimemashita (also known as Kamisama Kiss) is a romantic anime comedy -shoujo- first born as a manga from the pen of Julietta Suzuki.  The story revolve around Nanao Momozono, a high school girl whose father left her with debts. Fighting all her life with her father's gambling and poverty, eventually she is...

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You may not think so but Halloween is very popular in Japan. There are many events and festivals and people go around the streets dressed-up. They don't do the traditional 'trick or treat' but they simply have fun and walk on the streets in groups. You don't believe me? See it yourself. Next,...

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