Frequently Asked (823) — page 11

Modern JapanStandard keikaku unkyu計画運休shutting down the trains before the storm arrives

Modern JapanStandard kenko-shindan健康診断the annual health checkup nearly every worker gets

Modern JapanStandard genkin shakai現金社会why Japan still runs on cash

Modern JapanStandard koban交番the neighborhood police box

Modern JapanStandard kokumin kaihoken国民皆保険the public health insurance everyone in Japan is required to join

Modern JapanStandard zaitaku kinmu在宅勤務why remote work spread and then shrank again in Japan

Modern JapanStandard kyoshujo自動車教習所driving school, the required path to a license

Modern JapanStandard jidohanbaiki自動販売機vending machines

Modern JapanStandard shaken車検the mandatory vehicle inspection

Modern JapanStandard shuwa手話Japanese Sign Language

Modern JapanStandard shuden終電the last train, and the way it shapes the night

Modern JapanStandard shohizei消費税Japan's sales tax, its rises, and the reduced rate

Modern JapanStandard shokuhin sanpuru食品サンプルthe plastic food in restaurant windows

Modern JapanStandard shinkansen no shaso新幹線の車窓the passing scenery, especially Mount Fuji, that makes the shinkansen ride itself an attraction

Modern JapanStandard seishun juhachi kippu青春18きっぷa budget ticket for unlimited local and rapid JR trains over several consecutive days

Modern JapanStandard takuhaibin宅配便と再配達home delivery and the problem of repeated attempts

Modern JapanStandard churinjo駐輪場bicycle parking and removal

Modern JapanStandard tenji burokku点字ブロックthe yellow tactile paving on the ground

Modern JapanStandard denchu to densen電柱と電線why so many overhead wires

Modern JapanStandard dendo kikku bodo電動キックボードthe electric scooter now allowed without a driver's license

Modern JapanStandard hassha merodi発車メロディーstation departure jingles

Modern JapanStandard hanko判子the personal seal used instead of a signature

Modern JapanStandard hinan kunren避難訓練the evacuation drills everyone has done

Modern JapanStandard bun'en分煙where you can and cannot smoke in Japan

Modern JapanStandard hogei捕鯨why Japan resumed commercial whaling, and how little whale is actually eaten

Modern JapanStandard takarakuji宝くじthe public lottery, and why the prize is tax-free

Modern JapanStandard majan麻雀the four-player tile game, and where it sits legally

Modern JapanStandard otoshimono落とし物why lost things come back in Japan

Seasons & NatureStandard Okinawa and Hokkaido沖縄と北海道の気候the two ends of Japan's climate

Seasons & NatureStandard umi to gyogyo海と漁業how Japan eats from the ocean

Seasons & NatureStandard kiku菊chrysanthemum

Seasons & NatureStandard kyureki旧暦the old lunisolar calendar Japan used until 1872

Seasons & NatureStandard kingyo金魚goldfish, and the summer festival game of scooping them

Seasons & NatureStandard icho銀杏the ginkgo tree

Seasons & NatureStandard hotaru蛍fireflies

Seasons & NatureStandard sakura zensen桜前線the cherry blossom front

Seasons & NatureStandard ajisai紫陽花hydrangea

Seasons & NatureStandard akisame zensen秋雨前線the autumn rain front that brings weeks of gray, wet weather

Seasons & NatureStandard hatsuyuki and neyuki初雪と根雪the first snow and the snow that stays all winter

Seasons & NatureStandard shochikubai松竹梅pine, bamboo and plum

Seasons & NatureStandard shinrin no kuni森林の国how much of Japan is forest

Seasons & NatureStandard sugi杉the Japanese cedar

Seasons & NatureStandard yukikaki雪かきclearing snow as daily work

Seasons & NatureStandard yukiguni雪国Japan's heavy snow regions

Seasons & NatureStandard semi no koe蝉の声the sound of a Japanese summer

Seasons & NatureStandard senjo kosuitai線状降水帯the linear rainband that causes Japan's worst flash flooding

Seasons & NatureStandard tanada棚田terraced rice paddies cut into mountain slopes

Seasons & NatureStandard take竹bamboo

Seasons & NatureStandard mushi no koe o kiku虫の声を聴くenjoying the sound of autumn insects

Seasons & NatureStandard asagao朝顔the morning glory

Seasons & NatureStandard nihon retto no chikei日本列島の地形a long mountainous chain of islands

Seasons & NatureStandard ume梅Japanese apricot blossom

Onsen & BathStandard kerorin okeケロリン桶the yellow plastic bath bucket with an ad on it, found in public baths

Onsen & BathStandard sauna to mizuburoサウナと水風呂sauna culture in Japan

Onsen & BathStandard supa sentoスーパー銭湯large modern bathhouses

Onsen & BathStandard ichiban-buro一番風呂being the very first person into freshly drawn bathwater

Onsen & BathStandard onsen to tatu温泉とタトゥーwhy tattoos can get you refused at a bath

Onsen & BathStandard onsen maku温泉マークthe three-steam symbol used on maps and signs for hot springs

Onsen & BathStandard onsengai温泉街a hot spring town

Onsen & BathStandard onsengai no shateki to takkyu温泉街の射的と卓球shooting galleries and table tennis at hot-spring resorts