Matcha Whisk Chasen Round Up
We introduce our favourite matcha whisk chasen. What to look for, available options, how they are used and not used.
We introduce our favourite matcha whisk chasen. What to look for, available options, how they are used and not used.
Do you ever get the feeling when watching Studio Ghibli films that you just want to reach out and hug one of the characters? Well, maybe you need a Studio Ghibli Plush or six in your life? Hugs with Miyazaki inspired plush dolls are free… We’ve also written about Ghibli figures more generally. Ghibli Plush …
Massive gallery of Studio Ghibli Socks with links to merchants. Life’s too short for boring lower legs. So get some anime on your ankle already.
What does it mean to be “busu” 「ブス」or “minikui” in Japan?
In a world that worships at the altar of kawaii 「可愛い」, at saucer sized eyes and at double skinned eyelids. What is it like to feel like you don’t live up? And how can you live a life so that it doesn’t overwhelm you.
Twitter writer and Youtuber “Todoron” painfully, graphically and courageously lays bear her experiences of this situation for all to see on Twitter, and later Youtube. Her first tweet was a single Hiragana character. Her third tweet got 150,000 likes and 30,000 retweets.
She seems to having something that resonates with contemporary online Japanese society. She mixes simple-truth observations of the state of the world, and her own inner state. Topics she tackles include her history of cosmetic surgery, concepts of beauty and mental health.
Today I want to have a look at the language she uses around the issues.
Why did Hana Kimura die? We translate and analyze the social media from Japan that led to, and then attempted to deal with, the Terrace House, wrestling star’s death.
木村花を殺した言葉は何?日本のSNSのコメントなど英語に訳して分析してみました。
Can you learn Japanese by studying Japanese Death Poems? Let’s find out! In the post we have a look at a death poem by Koha 香波 from 1897. We analyse the language, and have a think about what it might all mean.
Mega-gallery of the best Japanese wall-art available. Includes Japanese Movie Posters, Vintage Japanese Posters, Japanese Propaganda Posters and more.
https://youtu.be/87bZKhyeKN0Video can’t be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Japanese Death Poems translated #2 (https://youtu.be/87bZKhyeKN0) Japanese Reading Difficulty 9/12 Could be read by 5th grade level student in Japan Themes Poetry, Death, Mortality, nature. Text Type Poem, Haiku About Japanese Death Poems Here is our second installment on Japanese death poems, this time we’re looking at …
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Welcome to our gallery of Studio Ghibli posters! These posters have been put together after scouring the web and online stores for the best selections available.
To make all of this a bit easier to navigate, we’ve searched across outlets and arranged what we’ve found by movie catogories, store. They are also generally arranged from higher end to lower end items.
For over a thousand years Japanese people have had a tradition of writing poems on their death bed. These poems provide an intriguing window into the most intimate thoughts of people far removed from us by time and geography. And yet they voice thoughts that are timeless and universal.
Here we take a lot a poem by Chirin from 1794, translate the poem, analyse the language and provide some correlations with English texts.