Entrance Exams (365) — page 6 | Japan Culture Navi

Annual EventsAdvanced zassetsu雑節Japan's own seasonal markers, added to the imported calendar

Annual EventsAdvanced choyo重陽の節句the chrysanthemum festival of the ninth month

Annual EventsAdvanced hatsuuma初午the February day for the fox shrines

Annual EventsAdvanced niinamesai新嘗祭と勤労感謝の日the harvest rite behind a public holiday

Annual EventsAdvanced hari kuyo針供養a memorial service for broken needles

FolkloreAdvanced onmyodo陰陽道the court's system of divination and calendar making

FolkloreAdvanced ushimitsu doki丑三つ時the dead of night, around two in the morning, when spirits were said to appear

HistoryAdvanced kimigayo君が代the national anthem, and why it is argued about

HistoryAdvanced kenpo kyujo憲法9条the war-renouncing article of the constitution

HistoryAdvanced Genji monogatari源氏物語an eleventh-century court novel

HistoryAdvanced Hiroshima and Nagasaki広島と長崎the atomic bombings and how they are remembered

HistoryAdvanced kokugaku国学the Edo-period study of Japan's own classics

HistoryAdvanced sakoku鎖国the closed country policy

HistoryAdvanced sankin kotai参勤交代the alternate attendance system

HistoryAdvanced jinrikisha人力車the two-wheeled passenger cart Japan invented and exported

HistoryAdvanced sengo no josei no chii no henka戦後の女性の地位の変化what changed and what did not

HistoryAdvanced sengo no senryo戦後の占領Japan under Allied administration

HistoryAdvanced senpuku kirishitan潜伏キリシタンthe Christians who kept the faith through 250 years of prohibition

HistoryAdvanced Taiheiyo senso太平洋戦争Japan in the Second World War

HistoryAdvanced Taisho demokurashi大正デモクラシーthe liberal current of the 1910s and 1920s

HistoryAdvanced teppo denrai鉄砲伝来the arrival of the matchlock gun in 1543 and how fast Japan copied it

HistoryAdvanced Jomon and Yayoi縄文と弥生Japan's two prehistoric periods

HistoryAdvanced hanko藩校the schools each domain ran for its samurai

HistoryAdvanced bushi no tojo武士の登場how warriors took over government

HistoryAdvanced bushido武士道the way of the warrior

HistoryAdvanced bunkazai no seido文化財の制度how Japan designates national treasures and protects its heritage

HistoryAdvanced bunmei kaika文明開化the rush to westernize

HistoryAdvanced Heian jidai平安時代the age of the court aristocracy

HistoryAdvanced Meiji ishin明治維新the transformation that rebuilt Japan in decades

HistoryAdvanced rangaku蘭学Dutch learning during the closed country period

HistoryAdvanced wasan和算the mathematics developed in Edo-period Japan

Home & LivingAdvanced engawa縁側the wooden veranda between inside and out

Home & LivingAdvanced danchi団地postwar public housing estates

Home & LivingAdvanced nisetai jutaku二世帯住宅a house built for two generations

Life EventsAdvanced ochugen and oseiboお中元・お歳暮the two seasonal gift-giving periods

Life EventsAdvanced eitai kuyo永代供養the temple keeping your grave when nobody is left to

Life EventsAdvanced yuino結納the formal engagement ceremony

Life EventsAdvanced koseki戸籍the family register

Modern JapanAdvanced pachinkoパチンコthe gambling that legally is not gambling

Modern JapanAdvanced kenketsu献血giving blood in Japan

Modern JapanAdvanced kodokushi孤独死dying alone and not being found

Modern JapanAdvanced shogakukin奨学金the word that means scholarship but usually means student loan

Modern JapanAdvanced taiki jido待機児童children on the waiting list for daycare

Seasons & NatureAdvanced kokuritsu koen国立公園Japan's national parks, where people live and work inside

Seasons & NatureAdvanced jugai獣害crop damage by deer, boar and bears

Seasons & NatureAdvanced nihon no mizu日本の水Japan's paradox of abundant but scarce water

PlacesAdvanced Seikan tonneru青函トンネルthe undersea tunnel joining Honshu and Hokkaido

PlacesAdvanced mozu furuichi kofun百舌鳥・古市古墳群the giant keyhole tombs you cannot go inside

Pop CultureAdvanced aidoruアイドルthe Japanese idol system

School LifeAdvanced tsuchihyo通知表the school report card

ShintoAdvanced kokka shinto国家神道the state administration of shrines from 1868 to 1945

ShintoAdvanced shago社号why shrines are called jingu, taisha or jinja

ShintoAdvanced shugendo修験道the mountain ascetic tradition and its yamabushi

ShintoAdvanced norito祝詞the formal prayer read by a priest

ShintoAdvanced jinja no kenchiku神社の建築how to read the buildings of a Shinto shrine

ShintoAdvanced shinbutsu shugo神仏習合the long blending of Shinto and Buddhism

ShintoAdvanced kamisama no kazoekata神様の数え方why Japanese counts gods with the word for pillar

ShintoAdvanced shinsen and naorai神饌と直会the food offered to a deity and the meal shared afterwards

ShintoAdvanced hachimangu八幡宮shrines of the warrior deity

ShintoAdvanced reitaisai例大祭a shrine's own most important annual festival