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Crash Course In Japanese Culture • Pickled Plums and Hot Towels • Best tourist attractions in Japan? • Worst tourist attraction in Japan? • If You're Desperate for Love, Stay at Home! • Should Japan Abolish Kanji? • Japan Bashing • Why does Japan suck so much? • A poll for the prettiest Jrockers • Best onsen in Japan • Rail travel in Japan - Changes to your lifestyle since living in Japan? • Crash Course In Japanese Culture • Part II • Part III • Part IV • Life in Japan as a student, work, love, and life lessons
Japan Fact Sheet • Regions of Japan: Hokkaido • Tohoku • Kanto • Chubu • Kansai • Chugoku • Shikoku • Kyushu • Okinawa • Prefectures: Aichi • Fukushima • Ibaraki • Kyoto • Nagano • Tochigi • Tokyo • Special guides: Aizu-Wakamatsu • Matsumoto • Mito • Shinkansen • Guest houses • Rental phones
An introduction to the Japanese language covering the Japanese writing systems: Hiragana • Katakana • Furigana • Rōmaji • Kanji Intro • Jōyō kanji • Kyōiku kanji • Jinmeiyō kanji • Japanese grammar: a concise overview • conjugations • tenses • verb forms • nouns • pronouns, common Japanese phrases, information on Japanese language studies as well as technical details on how to use Japanese on non-Japanese operating systems.
Japanese Art: Bunraku • Kabuki • Noh • Rakugo • Festivals and customs: Hina Matsuri • all Japanese holidays and festivals • chopstick etiquette • Japanese customs • gift-giving and omiyage • Religion in Japan: Buddhism in modern Japan • Shintoism • Kami, Japanese deities • Buddhist rites in Japan • Miscellaneous: Japanese tea ceremony • Bushido • Japanese swords • Kamikaze • Ninja • Samurai • Sumo • Society: Culture of Kawaii • Marriage in Japan • Japanese family names • Koban, Japanese police boxes • Underwear and shame
Historical periods of Japan • Biographies of Japanese historical figures: Hirohito • Meiji Emperor • Miyamoto Musashi • Saigō Takamori • Sakamoto Ryōma • Itō Hirobumi • Kuroda Kiyotaka • Inoue Kaoru • Okubo Toshimichi and many more • More: the Tokugawa • Shinsengumi • Boshin War • the Bakufu • the Genrō • Samurai • Shogun • Daimyo
