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Culture Essay Idiom Japanese tradition Proverb Science Uncorrected

Toru Sep 07, 2023Jan 01, 2024 awase kagami, ghosts, healthy life cycle, midnight, morishio, sleep, specters, superstitions, ushimitsu doki, witching hour

Kusaki mo Nemuru Ushimitsu Doki (草木も眠る丑三つ時 – Witching Hour): Part 2

Kusaki mo Nemuru Ushimitsu Doki: Part 2 草木も眠る丑三つ時 Part 2 In Japan, it is believed that we should avoid going Read More

Animal Climate Culture Essay Japanese tradition Proverb Science Uncorrected

Toru Dec 13, 2017Jan 03, 2024 bugs, flies, forecast, Japan, low altitude, low pressure system, rain, scientific basis, superstitions, swallows

Superstition concerning Swallow

There are many superstitions in Japan. ツバメに関する迷信 Almost all of them have no scientific basis, but some have make sense. Read More

Business Culture Essay Food History Japanese tradition Uncorrected

Toru Jan 03, 2017Jan 03, 2024 cleaning, cooking, fuku no kami, God of kitchen, holiday, Japanese companies, New Year, shogatsu san ga nichi, superstitions, washing

Shogatsu San ga Nichi (New Year’s Three Days)

Today is the last day of “shogatsu san ga nichi”..“Shogatsu san ga nichi” (which you can call simply “san ga Read More