Apart from eating yummy food and visiting the local shrine, Japanese also consume a sake drink called Otoso お屠蘇 on New [...]

For Today’s Japan Photo, we will be sampling one of the common dishes that is eaten during the Japanese New [...]

On New Year’s Day, Japanese folks would visit local temples to pen down their wishes for the year on “Ema” [絵馬] [...]

For Today’s Japan Photo, we shall take a look at a massive Kagami Mochi that is being offered to the [...]

It is tradition that on New Year’s Day many, most Japanese visit a Shinto Shrine and pray for good luck [...]

Time just seem to pass so fast when you are having fun and we have crossed over to another exciting [...]

We are one week away from the annual New Year’s Eve Kouhaku Uta Gassen and NHK has finally unveiled the [...]

After confirming the list of performers, NHK has unveiled the full song lists this year for the 62nd Kouhaku. This [...]

Watching Kouhaku Uta Gassen (紅白歌合戦) is definitely one of the best way to spend your New Year’s Eve and NHK [...]

The Japanese believe that you must have a good start to the first day of the new year, so they [...]

For Today’s Japan Photo, we will be taking a look at one of the Japanese custom that all children look [...]

Apart from Hatsumoude 初詣, Japanese businessmen would also visit the shrines to pray for business success on the first business [...]