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San Jose Taiko drummers in downtown San Jose

Michele @Aquitaine24 (12000) • San Jose, California 12 Feb 19

There are san Jose taiko drummers here in this picture of the 2019 San Jose Womens march in downtown san jose.Taiko is the Japanese word for drum,and taiko can mean the drum or the art form of kumidaiko,a type of ensemble...

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Where sleeping on the job is encouraged

Joanie @Freelanzer (10782) • Canada 15 Aug 18

Japanese workers are sleeping on the job and it is actually encouraged. It has been reported that Japanese workers have less sleep than any other major developed country. They start their work day early and work late into the...

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Hikikomori (The lost youths) and Japanese Culture

randomarts09 @randomarts09 (1405) • Indonesia 24 Dec 12

Hikikomori comes from words which means pulling away. Most hikikomori are male, some are female though. Causative factor was not very clear, but the public mostly blamed family factors, where the loss of a father figure for...

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living in america with non-english speaking residents

sashakiddo @sashakiddo (1102) • United States 23 May 11

I have friends in college who are Japanese-Americans but don't like to speak English. I guess they were raised speaking Japanese because all our parents were immigrants from Japan. For me, even though my parents moved here from...

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Cultures - Japanese

tinkypink011 @tinkypink011 (33) • Philippines 30 Jan 11

I always love the Japanese Culture. From their festivals, food, clothing and interesting facts about Japan. I will be visiting Japan soon and I am so excited. It 's a dream come true visiting to my most favorite Country. Japanese...

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Sushi Etiquette.

Lore2009 @Lore2009 (7378) • United States 26 Jan 11

Do you like to eat sushi? Just like how there is etiquette to many things in Japanese culture, did you know there are specific ways how to eat sushi? First, you're not supposed to use chopsticks; sushi is finger food. And second,...

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Japanese Culture: Amae

anaaibachan @lizbenetua (637) • Philippines 8 Dec 09

I have read in an abstract on the net (http://www.sociology.org/content/vol005.001/smith-nomi.html with the question posted "Is Amae the key to understanding Japanese culture?" According to Wikipedia, "Amae is a Japanese word...

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what's your favourite japanese food?

mazdakid @mazdakid (347) • Philippines 14 Jan 09

hi all! food is an important part of human life. without food, we die. we give so much importance to food that it has become even an integral part of our cultures. and since there are hundreds of thousands of different...

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How to Open and Drink Ramune: "Japan's Edible Drinking Soda Puzzle!"

What do you enjoy most when you learn a new language?

wingsanctuary @wingsanctuary (163) • Malaysia 13 Dec 08

Learning a new language can be fun in many ways, for me, leanrning a new language opens doors to a new culture. I've felt this deeply when I learn japanese. I not just learn how to communicate in a new language but also get to...

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Bra for the Boys? Yup, don't blink, this is the online bestseller in Japan!

wpeadmin @wpeadmin (246) • Malaysia 26 Nov 08

Bra for the boys?Gosh, sometimes I really can't understand Japanese culture. They are so open minded on S3X and stuff...and now this... As reported recently, a Japanese online lingerine retailer (www.rakuten.com)had sold over 300...

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Hot Japanese Male Celebrities!

kasouyumi @kasouyumi (165) • United States 10 Nov 08

If your into Japanese men, then you've come to the right place. List which celeberities you think are hot. For me: 1-Akira Kagimoto(Lead) 2-Ryuhei Matsuda 3-Odagiri Jo 4-Ryuichi Ogata (w-inds) 5-Shirota Yuu(He's half...

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Why did the ancient Japanese eunuch?

aasddds @aasddds (8) • China 22 Sep 08

Kuwabara said:"The Chinese are rery jealous of the people. Men and women in wrder to avoid srspicion,jealousy consolation.the disposal lf the neutral eunuch,may be a matter of course." For many chinese people,japan is both...

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aryajayaprakash @aryajayaprakash (1643) • Japan 1 Jul 08

Japan in the history had done war crimes against Koreans and Chinese people and Japanese military was very aggressive before. But after coming to Japan, I feel the people are very kind and co-operative. How Japanese people could...

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what's The best country you've ever visited?

mari123 @mari123 (1861) • China 29 Nov 07

Have you ever traveled overseas? If so, where did you go? I visited in Japan two times. The first place was Kyushu and the second was Tokyo. For me, Kyushu was nicer because Tokyo was very similar with the city Seoul in Korea,...

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Japanese games

threefriend @threefriend (23) • China 13 Nov 07

Three monthes age,I went to Japan.I like Japanese culture,scenery and food! I watched a Judo in here.It is a sport for two players.The sport is governed by strict rules of politeness.Before and after a match the players must bow...

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WHERE & WHAT do you usually buy to fulfill your Japanese music desires?

myeyesloveyuu @myeyesloveyuu (24) 15 Sep 07

Hello!!I've always been curious of what and where do people[well, non-Japanese who are not residence of Japan... like me.] usually buy to fulfill their Japanese music needs. Sometimes people buy Japanese music CDs at other...

Do you like the Bonsais?

jofielc @jofielc (204) • United States 14 Aug 07

Actually the japanese culture have great possition in the worlds level. His art, like the bonsai here in the occident its very popular in all those times. I have five bonsais in my home and there are very interesting, specially...

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Japanese cultures?

superramki @superramki (159) • India 17 Jun 07

i have heard a lot about the japanese culture..they are good traditionally as good as they are technologically.wat do you say?

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Anime Rocks! Does are parents agree???

myounghee @myounghee (161) • Philippines 8 Jun 07

Since i was a kid i was fond of watching anime..i love animes and i grew up and i get used to it..i just embrace the japanese culture for animes belong to japan.My parents felt that i was so wierd..i kept on singing japanese songs...

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