Tour Guide (797) — page 7 | Japan Culture Navi

HistoryStandard kokuho to juyo bunkazai国宝と重要文化財how Japan designates what it protects

HistoryStandard kurofune黒船the American warships that forced Japan to open its ports in 1853

HistoryStandard terakoya寺子屋the neighborhood schools of the Edo period

HistoryStandard ushinawareta sanjunen失われた30年the long stagnation after the bubble

HistoryStandard shudan shushoku集団就職the mass migration of young workers to the cities after the war

HistoryStandard jokamachi城下町a town laid out around a castle

HistoryStandard Nobunaga, Hideyoshi and Ieyasu信長・秀吉・家康the three who unified Japan

HistoryStandard Sengoku jidai戦国時代Japan's age of civil war

HistoryStandard tenno天皇the Emperor of Japan

HistoryStandard Nihonkoku kenpo日本国憲法the postwar constitution

HistoryStandard haihan-chiken廃藩置県the abolition of the feudal domains

HistoryStandard fukoku kyohei富国強兵the Meiji-era slogan "rich country, strong army"

HistoryStandard Heike monogatari平家物語the war tale about the fall of a clan, recited to the lute

HistoryStandard manyoshu万葉集Japan's oldest surviving poetry collection

Home & LivingStandard chabudaiちゃぶ台a low folding dining table

Home & LivingStandard irori囲炉裏the open hearth sunk into the floor

Home & LivingStandard hikkoshi no tetsuzuki引っ越しの手続きwhat you must file when you move

Home & LivingStandard fusuma and shoji襖と障子the sliding paper doors of a Japanese house

Home & LivingStandard kawara yane瓦屋根the tiled roof

Home & LivingStandard tatekae to chuko jutaku建て替えと中古住宅why Japanese houses are so often rebuilt rather than resold

Home & LivingStandard gasshozukuri to kayabuki合掌造りと茅葺きthe steep thatched farmhouses of the snow country

Home & LivingStandard shichirin七輪the small portable charcoal grill

Home & LivingStandard tokonoma床の間the alcove in a tatami room

Home & LivingStandard kamidana神棚the household Shinto altar

Home & LivingStandard uchimizu打ち水sprinkling water on the ground to cool the air

Home & LivingStandard machiya町家the narrow deep townhouse of an old merchant quarter

Home & LivingStandard nagaya長屋the Edo row house where many townspeople lived

Home & LivingStandard butsuma仏間the room traditionally set aside for the family Buddhist altar

Home & LivingStandard hoshonin保証人who vouches for you when you rent

Home & LivingStandard mokuzo kenchiku木造建築why Japan builds in wood

Home & LivingStandard mokuzo jutaku木造住宅why Japanese homes are rebuilt, not resold

Life EventsStandard omiyamairiお宮参りa baby's first shrine visit

Life EventsStandard omiaiお見合いan introduction with marriage in mind

Life EventsStandard oiwai no sekiお祝いの席a formal Japanese celebration meal

Life EventsStandard okuizomeお食い初めthe first meal ceremony at 100 days

Life EventsStandard osoushikiお葬式a Japanese funeral

Life EventsStandard goshugiご祝儀the money you give at a wedding

Life EventsStandard hikkoshi no aisatsu引っ越しの挨拶the visit you make after moving in

Life EventsStandard kaikiiwai快気祝いthe thank-you gift sent after recovering from illness or injury

Life EventsStandard kanreki還暦と長寿の祝いbirthdays that mark a long life

Life EventsStandard nijikai結婚式の二次会the casual after-party that follows a wedding reception

Life EventsStandard koden香典condolence money brought to a funeral

Life EventsStandard kotsuage骨上げpicking up the cremated bones with chopsticks

Life EventsStandard shichi-go-san七五三the festival for children aged seven, five and three

Life EventsStandard shonanoka初七日the memorial service held on the seventh day after death

Life EventsStandard shinzenshiki神前式a Shinto wedding

Life EventsStandard mochu hagaki喪中はがきthe mourning notice sent before New Year

Life EventsStandard tanjobi no iwaikata誕生日の祝い方how birthdays are marked across a Japanese life, beyond a party

Life EventsStandard nakodo仲人the go-between who arranged and formally witnessed a marriage

Life EventsStandard tsuya通夜the wake held the night before a funeral

Life EventsStandard fufu no sei夫婦の姓why couples must share one name

Life EventsStandard namae no tsukekata名前のつけ方what you may and may not call a baby

Life EventsStandard rikon離婚how divorce works in Japan

MannersStandard meru no kakidashi to musubiメールの書き出しと結びthe fixed opening and closing lines

MannersStandard keigo敬語the honorific levels of Japanese

MannersStandard haikei and keigu手紙の拝啓と敬具the formal opening and closing words that bracket a proper Japanese letter

MannersStandard temiyage手土産the gift you bring when you visit

MannersStandard seiza正座sitting on your heels

MannersStandard senjitsu wa domo先日はどうもthanking someone again next time

MannersStandard denwa no ukekata電話の受け方phone manners at a Japanese company