I introduce about Japanese Cultures, Food, Spots, Interesting things, and so on!! If you want to know about Japan more,,,!! Thank you for checking my blogs (*^o^*) ありがとう！(a ri ga to-) and I also introduce these on video (^o^) I really happy if you watch this and loving Japan more !! ⇒ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-gzTuqI6O3WUa3819wbWAg/feed
High-tech Vending Machine in Japan. Click here for detail : http://t.co/u5Bu2KMXxo This picture's vending machine is touch-type. You can see it in Japanese main train station.
This vending machine can recognize Age, Sex and Body temperature of person by special camera. So, some recommendation pops are appeared on the screen when person stand in front of the machine. Also this machine aggregate marketing data. When nobody stands in front of the machine, it announced Whether, some advertisements, and so on. You can see how it works !!
"Oshiruko"(it's also called "Zenzai"), in English, is a sweet red bean paste soup with rice cakes. It is loved by many Japanese, especially during the winter. It is so popular, even Kit Kat comes in oshiruko flavour in Japan! "Oshiruko" has been eaten since Edo period.(from about 400 years ago)
【About AN ┃ANKO】
Anyway, do you know "Red Bean Paste", in Japanese, "An" or "Anko"??
It is used in Japanese confectionery.
It is prepared by boiling and mashing azuki beans and then sweetening the paste with sugar or honey.
Red bean paste is used in many Japanese traditional sweets.
For example, Dango, Manjyu, Daihuku, Yokan, and so on. 【How to cook Oshiruko??】 Cooking Oshiruko is really easy. You need only 4 ingredients. ○ANKO ○Sugar ○A pinch of salt ○Rice cakes ○Water Just put these in a pot, and boil. You can see more details in my video.
We sing along with recorded music using a microphone.
There are over 131,900 rooms of Karaoke in Japan !!
You can choose the song which you want to sing from over 300,000 songs list !! Of course there are J-pop music, K-pop music, animation songs, English songs, and so on. So even if you don't speak Japanese, you can enjoy karaoke in Japan !!
In today's video, I introduce how to enjoy Karaoke!!
- How to check in ?
- How to choose the songs ?
- How is the inside of room ?
You can find these answers !!
If you ever come to Japan, why don't you try karaoke.
Singing favorite songs along with the recorded music releases stress and enlivens the atmosphere; it has become a necessity for both social and personal associations.
Have you ever been to Japan?? or... Do you have any plan to come to Japan?? I really hope you guys visit Japan someday in the future. For that time, today I introduce Japanese MONEY !!!
I explain the value, the obverse and reverse.
【Japanese Coins (1, 5, 10, 50, 100, 500)】 [1yen]≒1￠ (reverse)(obverse) Young tree, State title [5yen]≒5￠ Ear of Rice, Gear, Water [10yen]≒10￠ Byōdō-in Hōōdō Temple, Evergreen tree [50yen]≒50￠ Chrysanthemum [100yen]≒1＄ Cherry blossoms [500yen]≒5＄ Paulownia, Bamboo, Mandarin orange, Latent image
[1000yen]≒10＄ Mt. Fuji, Lake Motosu, Cherry blossoms, Hideyo Noguchi are printed. He was a prominent Japanese bacteriologist.
[5000yen]≒50＄
"Kakitsubata-zu" (Painting of Irises, a work by Ogata Kōrin) and Ichiyo Higuchi are printed. She was one of the first important writers to appear in the Meiji period.
[10000yen]≒100＄
10000yen is the highest value money in Japan. Statue of hōō (phoenix) from Byōdō-in Temple and Yukichi Fukuzawa are printed. He was a Japanese author, Enlightenment writer, teacher, translator, entrepreneur and journalist who founded Keio University.
And, this is not normal, but we have 2000yen note!!
Shurei-mon and Scene from the Tale of Genji and portrait of Murasaki Shikibu are printed.
The 2000 yen note was first issued on July 19, 2000 to commemorate the 26th G8 summit in Okinawa and the 2000 millennium year as well.
A point that differs from others countries money is that Japanese money has many coins. Another countries have 1$ or 5$ bills (paper money) or less than these bills. However, Japanese paper money is from 1000yen (about 10$).
Hello !! Konnichiwa (*ﾟ▽ﾟ*) What did you eat on New Year's Day?? In Japan, on the morning of the first day of the New Year, we eat "Zouni".
Zouni is a special New Year soup with rice cakes and vegetables!! Zouni is an essential dish for the New Year. Zouni has been eaten at the New Year since the Muromachi period. (the Muromachi period 1392-1573) The ingredients put into Zouni vary regionally. Mainly, it contain rice cakes, vegetables, chicken, and other ingredients such as seafood. The soup is also very regionally. There are Miso base soup, Soy souce base soup, Dashi base soup, and so on. I introduce about how to cook Zouni on my video!! It's really easy!! Why don't you try to cook!?
In Japan, Christmas card is not normal, however, Japanese people send New Year's card on New Year's Day!!
New Year’s card is a postcard or a greeting card sent as a New Year's greeting. Writing New Year's cards is a Japanese custom.It is more than 100 years since!!
There are many kinds of New Year’s cards in Japan.
This year’s Eto (Chinese astrological calendar, 12 kinds of animals) is the Ram, so almost all of the New Year’s cards are printed or painted Ram illustration.
The reverse side of a card, write down address, etc. Write down a Zip-code on the top of the card, on the light side is the address, and in center is the name of the person you want to send it. Write down my name, address, and zip-code on the left side.
It has lottery!! If you are lucky, you can get money or something!!
More Information about New Year's card!!
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is called "AKEMASHITE OMEDETOGOZAIMASU"in Japanese.
For Japanese people, A New Year's Day is important.
So, A New Year’s Day has many customs in Japan.
Today, I introduce aboutNew Year’s Day decorations and Otoshidama!
You can also know about these from this video!
❀New Year’s Day decorations❀
We use special decorations inside and outside houses.These are to show houses are sacred places.By decorating, we prevent misfortune in the house.
［KAGAMIMOCHI］
This is Kagamimoch.
Kagamimochi are round, flat, rice cakes form 10-20 centimeters in diameter stacked in two layers on a stand, and the orange is on the top.
At the New Year, we offer kagamimochi, decorationg the alcove, to the Buddhist gods.
On January 11th, we open the kagamimochi and eat it.
This is to get power from the year gods to live happily for one year.
[KADOMATSU]
We often use pine, bamboo, and plum for New Year decorations.These plants are considered to be lucky.
Because bamboo grows fast and is always green, it symbolizes “life force” and “long life.”We put it in front of the entrance of houses, buildings, and department stores.We take down the decorations on January 7th. [OTOSHIDAMA]
In New Year’s Day, Parents, relatives, and visitors give to child some gift money.
The money is called Otoshidama.
You can’t just hand somebody money. Bills and coins should be placed in a small envelope.Children look forward to getting otoshidama from adults.
You can see the real one!! Please check this video(^-^)
