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Japanese Food Stalls – Yatai [屋台] Yatai [屋台] is a mobile food stall, many of these are lined up at festivals, selling food, drinks, games or toys to the spectators. Click to enlarge images for more details
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Hina Festival

Japanese Girls’ Festival – Hina Matsuri [雛祭り] The Hina Matsuri [雛祭り], also known as Girls’ Festival or Doll Festival is held on March 3. Families with daughters celebrate it by setting up Hina Dolls and wishing their happiness and health growth. Hina Matsuri is also...
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Hanami [花見] – Viewing Flowers Hanami is a Japanese custom of “observing” the beauty of flowers in spring. It normally means cherry blossoms [桜 sakura], even though plum [梅 ume] is also popular, and also for most people it does usually mean having a picnic/party with...
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The Fascinating Land of the Rising Sun

The mere mention of Japan’s name easily evokes images of an ancient culture, one that is still deeply ingrained in this country’s highly-interesting modern society. However, there is definitely much more to this fascinating country than old cultural beliefs and practices – you need to prepare yourself for the astounding amount of contrasts that will present themselves to you as you go around the country, exploring the things that make it truly worth visiting.

Japan is an exciting country with a rich history and a hybrid culture offering practically everything from a very traditional to hyper modern experience for it’s visitors.
This website is about Japan and it’s culture and is aimed for non-japanese audience, explaining things which can be sometimes obvious, sometimes hidden to the eye of the foreigner, but always, very typical for Japan, there is more to it as it seems at the first glance.