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【Japanese culture with videos】Daruma

Let's learn about だるま.
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Let’s make and eat rice balls, onigiri.

Folktale: The rolling rice ballFirst, let's enjoy a Japanese folktale about rice balls.Greeting and other useful wordsSe...
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【Japanese rock band】打首獄門同好会(うちくびごくもんどうこうかい/uchikubi gokumon doukoukai)

Uchikubi Gokumon Doukoukai (UGD) is a Japanese rock band started in 2004 and consists of 3 members. Uchikubi means cutting a head of major criminals. It is one of the death penalties in Edo era (1603 to 1868).
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Let’s write Japanese icons in Kanji.

There are many Japanese words that turned into English: Mt Fuji, samurai, geisha, nippon, harakiri, bonsai, banzai, bento and sushi etc.
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【Japanese culture with videos】Japanese sword

Japanese sword is called katana. It is かたな in Hiragana and 刀 in Kanji.
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【Japanese culture with videos】Hello Kitty

Hello Kitty is one of the most famous Japanese icons around the world. It was created by Sanrio, Japanese retail company, in 1974.
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【Japanese culture with videos】Konbini(コンビニ)

You can buy so many things in a Konbini shop, which is really convenient. There are more than 55,000 konbini shops around Japan.
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【Japanese culture with videos】how to use chopsticks(はしのつかいかた)

It is not too hard to hold chopsticks properly. Let's learn it.
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【Japanese culture with videos】J Pop

J Pop is as good as K Pop. Let's take a look.
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【Japanese culture with videos】takoyaki(たこやき)

Takoyaki is popular in Osaka in western Japan, although people in other regions enjoy eating them too.