tradition

Japanese Weddings: Practices and PitfallsJAPAN LIFE | Mar 11, 2025

“Shūgi” and “Kōden”: Money Gifts Expressing Congratulations or CondolencesJAPAN LIFE | Feb 10, 2025

A Visit to the Katakai Fireworks: A Festival Deeply Rooted in the Local CommunityINSIGHT | Dec 19, 2024

Shiwasu: Sweeping Away the Year’s Soot and Other Traditional Annual Events in DecemberINSIGHT | Nov 29, 2024

Shimotsuki: A New Kabuki Season, “Shichi-Go-San” Celebrations, and Other Traditional Annual Events in NovemberINSIGHT | Nov 1, 2024

Kannazuki: Setting Up “Kotatsu,” Public Sumō Bouts, and Other Traditional Events in OctoberINSIGHT | Oct 1, 2024

Nagatsuki: Chrysanthemum Festival, Viewing the Waxing Moon, and Other Traditional Events in SeptemberINSIGHT | Aug 30, 2024

“Mizuhiki”: Fourteen Centuries of Artistic “Ties that Bind” CULTURE | Aug 21, 2024

The “Genkan”: Japan’s Traditional Entryway and Footwear EtiquetteJAPAN LIFE | Aug 20, 2024

Hazuki: Hachiman Festival, Autumn Moon Viewing, and Other August TraditionsINSIGHT | Aug 1, 2024

Fumizuki: Star Festivals, Welcoming Departed Ancestors, and Other July TraditionsINSIGHT | Jul 1, 2024

Place of Honor: Seating Etiquette in JapanJAPAN LIFE | Jun 26, 2024

Minazuki: Climbing Mini Mount Fujis, Edo Eel, and Other June TraditionsINSIGHT | May 31, 2024

The Furoshiki: A Versatile TreasureCULTURE | May 16, 2024

Wrapping with the Furoshiki PrinceCULTURE | May 16, 2024

Satsuki: Children’s Celebrations, Fireworks, and Other May TraditionsINSIGHT | May 1, 2024

Uzuki: Celebrating the Birth of Buddha, Wisteria Viewing, and Other April TraditionsINSIGHT | Apr 1, 2024

“Seiza” and Other Japanese Ways of SittingJAPAN LIFE | Mar 7, 2024