In Japan, we observe a big annual holiday called “Golden Week”, and GW 2012 is just around the corner! Four different holidays are concentrated from the end of April…

  May 5th is Children’s day in Japan. It’s a day to “respect children’s personalities, and celebrate children’s happiness, and be thankful to their mothers”, but it’s considered as a…

    Japan is now in GOLDEN WEEK!!   Which is a week-long national holidays. It starts April 29 and ends May 5. But this year, some lucky people have…

  Today is Coming of Age Day (in Japanese “Seijin-no-hi”) in Japan. Every year, it’s celebrated on the second Monday of January. All young people who turn 20 years old…

Today is the Autumn Equinox Day and it’s a national holiday in Japan! During both the Spring and Autumnal Equinox, Higan, Buddhist memorial services are held in Japan. This year,…