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A Basic Guide to Japanese Temples

Like their Shinto counterparts, Buddhist temples are scattered all throughout Japan and are a great sources of Japan cultural and

Shrines obviously make up a large part of the landscape and culture of Japan. Many people, more times than not,

One of the most iconic festival in Osaka’s Senshu Region are definitely danjiri festivals. The danjiri festival in Kishiwada held

Though Japan has been able to preserve a great number of its ancient traditions, there are still some traditions that

While eating osechi ryori is now synonymous with New Year’s Day, people used to enjoy certain kind of food on

No holiday is special without decorations to set the mood for the season. Japanese New Year’s decorations, O-shogatsu kazari, are

Japan has dozens of festivals and holidays throughout the year, however, O-Shogatsu, or New Year’s, is easily the most important.