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Kaitenzushi

The most famous dish of Japanese cuisine is without a doubt Sushi. It is basically a little rice with a little slice of raw fish on it, but it can have hundreds of variations. At first you could eat sushi only in special restaurants called Sushiya, where you made your order to the Taisho (the cook) and asked for the sushi you wanted to have.

    Kaiten Zushi 

In the last few years there is a new style of sushi restaurant that is having a lot of success: Kaitenzushi.Kaitenzushi are restaurants where conveyor belts are installed, the Taisho is in the middle of the conveyor belts and he puts on them the sushi he prepares, the conveyor belts are going around the restaurant and when you see something you like you simply take the plate that is going around... [Continue...]

Hina Matsuri: Festival of dolls

In Japan, the third day of March of every year is celebrated as the day of Hina Matsuri, precisely called the Feast of Girls!

    hina matsuri 

  It's an event where families pray for their daughters grow well and healthy. For this occasion platforms are set up that usually contain five to seven levels and are covered by a red sheet called hi-Mosen. On top of all this dolls are placed that represent various things. On the top of the "stairs" there are emperor Dairi and his wife, empress Hina (these two are called Hina-Ningyou).... [Continue...]

Centenarians are rising in Japan

The Centenarian (people age 100 or older) population is rising in Japan, says the Japanese Department of Health. And what's more, is the sprightly centenarians will continue to rise in the future.

    paimei 

The Japanese Department of Health started to compile a list of centenarians in 1963, when they were more or less 153 in number.Today in Japan there are 36,276 centenarians, most of them women. The majority of them lives in the Okinawa prefecture with its 61.3 venerable oldies per 100,000 people; while in the Saitama prefecture they are only 14.22 per 100,000. Mr Tomoji Tanabe, born on the 18th... [Continue...]

Ask a Japanese!

Meet Kiyomi, a Japanese woman who lives in Tokyo. She has many passions: First of all cats. She owns a cute Siamese with big blue eyes. She loves to hang out with friends in the karaoke parlors and sing songs she loves. Not only this, but she's a very good swimmer too! Kiyomi has agreed to play a little game on Nanoda.com pages: She's going to answer some of your curiosities about Japan, Japanese culture and the Japanese lifestyle! Isn't that cool?

    Chiedilo a un Giapponese! 

How many times have you wanted to ask a question directly to a Japanese person? Get that first-hand account on how thing's really go down? Now you can!! Ask your questions to Kiyomi in the Nanoda.com forum and you'll soon see her replies in these blog pages. Looking forward to it? Write to kiyomi... [Continue...]

An octopus to Pass Exams

In a previous article, I wrote that the Japanese are a quite superstitious people. Today I'm going to talk about two "spiritualist rites" that the Japanese use to be lucky in exams and study in general.

    Okutopasu 

  There is one "rite" that the Japanese people do that involves leaning a little octopus statue on the desk while studying and this one caught the most of my attention. This little invertebrate can be made found as a stuffed animal, plastic figures, and made from many more various materials, and in plenty forms and colors, but the meaning of it doesn't change. First, you've gotta know that... [Continue...]

 
 

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