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PlacesStandard Nikko Toshogu日光東照宮the shrine where Tokugawa Ieyasu is enshrined, covered in carvings

PlacesStandard Nihon Sankei日本三景the three famous views of Japan, chosen in the seventeenth century

PlacesStandard Atami熱海the hot spring town that collapsed and came back

PlacesStandard fukuoka福岡the city closest to the continent, and its street food stalls

PlacesStandard Byodoin平等院鳳凰堂the eleventh-century temple hall on the ten-yen coin

PlacesStandard Beppu and Yufuin別府と湯布院the biggest hot spring town in Japan and the quiet one next to it

PlacesStandard beppu onsen別府温泉the town with the most hot spring water in Japan

PlacesStandard Hokkaido no hirosa北海道の広さhow much bigger Hokkaido is than most visitors expect

PlacesStandard nagoya名古屋the industrial city between Tokyo and Osaka, with its own food

PlacesStandard Arima Onsen有馬温泉the old hot spring town in the hills behind Kobe

Pop CultureStandard gachagachaガチャガチャcapsule toy vending machine

Pop CultureStandard ganpuraガンプラplastic model kits of robots from the Gundam anime

Pop CultureStandard kyarakuta bunkaキャラクター文化characters attached to everything

Pop CultureStandard gemu sentaゲームセンターvideo game arcade

Pop CultureStandard kosupureコスプレdressing as a character

Pop CultureStandard purikuraプリクラphoto sticker booths

Pop CultureStandard yuru-kyaraゆるキャラlocal mascot characters

Pop CultureStandard rorita fasshonロリータファッションa modest, Victorian-inspired street fashion born in Harajuku, built around long skirts and frills

Pop CultureStandard otoge音ゲーrhythm games

Pop CultureStandard hanafuda花札the flower card game

Pop CultureStandard kissaten to moningu喫茶店とモーニングthe free breakfast set old-style coffee shops add to the price of a single coffee

Pop CultureStandard Koshien no oen甲子園の応援the organized brass-band and stand cheering that fills the stadium during the national high school baseball tournament

Pop CultureStandard Kohaku Uta Gassen紅白歌合戦the New Year's Eve song contest on public television

Pop CultureStandard jidaigeki時代劇the period drama set before the Meiji era

Pop CultureStandard manga kissa漫画喫茶manga and internet cafes

School LifeStandard uwabaki上履きthe indoor shoes worn at school

School LifeStandard nyugakushiki to sotsugyoshiki入学式と卒業式the formal ceremonies that open and close a school year

School LifeStandard bunkasai文化祭the school culture festival

ShintoStandard Ise Jingu伊勢神宮the central shrine of Shinto

ShintoStandard ema絵馬a wooden plaque you write a wish on

ShintoStandard Gion Matsuri祇園祭the month-long Kyoto festival that began as a rite against plague

ShintoStandard tamagushi玉串the evergreen sprig offered at a rite

ShintoStandard goshinboku御神木the sacred tree in a shrine precinct

ShintoStandard komainu狛犬the guardian pair at a shrine

ShintoStandard Izumo Taisha出雲大社the shrine where the gods gather

ShintoStandard sohonsha and bunsha総本社と分社head shrines and their thousands of branch shrines

ShintoStandard shimenawa注連縄the sacred rope

ShintoStandard chinju no mori鎮守の森the grove that surrounds a shrine

ShintoStandard Tenmangu天満宮と学問の神shrines of the deity of learning

Work CultureStandard nomikai飲み会the work drinking party

Work CultureStandard shutcho出張business trips and expense claims

Work CultureStandard settai接待entertaining clients

ArtsAdvanced gagaku雅楽the court music of Japan

ArtsAdvanced kodan講談storytelling of battles and heroes, told from behind a small desk

ArtsAdvanced kodo香道the way of incense

ArtsAdvanced bunraku文楽puppet theater with three operators to a puppet

BuddhismAdvanced tera no garan寺の伽藍what the buildings at a temple are

BuddhismAdvanced shojin ryori精進料理Buddhist temple cuisine

BuddhismAdvanced sotoba卒塔婆the wooden memorial tablet at a grave

Martial ArtsAdvanced osu押忍the all-purpose word shouted in martial arts dojos

Martial ArtsAdvanced kimarite決まり手the official list of winning techniques in sumo

Martial ArtsAdvanced kemari蹴鞠the Heian court game of keeping a ball in the air

ClothingAdvanced obidome帯留めa small ornament worn on the cord at the front of the obi

ClothingAdvanced happi法被the straight-sleeved festival coat

CraftsAdvanced kokeshiこけしwooden dolls from the north

CraftsAdvanced tsumami zaikuつまみ細工flowers made from tiny folded squares of silk

CraftsAdvanced denden daikoでんでん太鼓the pellet drum you shake to quiet a baby

CraftsAdvanced Edo kiriko江戸切子cut glass from Tokyo

CraftsAdvanced Nishijin-ori西陣織figured silk weaving from Kyoto

CraftsAdvanced kumihimo組紐braided cord