Japanese mark the end of winter with bean-throwing ritual to ward off evil spirits
Hundreds of people gathered Sunday at a Buddhist temple in downtown Tokyo, eagerly stretching their hands to catch the dried ...
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The Japanese Way To Make Pot Pie 10x Better
Related: The Simple Japanese Way to Make Cabbage 10x Better. What is Japanese Curry? Japanese curry is a rich, mildly spiced, ...
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What It’s Like to Learn Traditional Japanese Calligraphy
Ever wondered how Japanese students learn beautiful calligraphy? ✍️ This video takes you inside a Japanese calligraphy school, where students practice the art of shodō, writing kanji and kana with ...
Japanese retailer will host a lottery to give buyers a chance to purchase an RTX 5090 or RTX 5080
Japanese electronics retailer Goodwill Nagoya Osu will conduct a lottery for customers who line up at the store by 10:20 a.m.
The Director of ‘The Colors Within’ Has a Message: ‘It’s Going to Be OK’
Most of Yamada’s work — including her latest, The Colors Within, currently in select U.S. theaters — is slice-of-life, a popular anime genre that focuses on the mundane. She has a deep interest in ...
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How to Check the Word Count in Google Docs
Checking the word count on Google Docs helps track document length. Follow this quick guide to easily find and use the word count feature. Word count serves as one way to measure the length of a ...
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The choir sang Eben’s Prague Te Deum 1989. It premiered in April 1990, on the eve of a visit by Pope John Paul II. From the ...
Army officers had to write haikus about Pacific theater of World War II during a leadership course
Within the Context, Joint Force Capabilities, At Decisive Points” — just one of the haikus written by Army officers during ...
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Athletics signee Shotaro Morii is charting a rare path for Japanese baseball players
The A’s, hopeful Morii would consider the nearly unprecedented jump to an MLB organization instead, sent Japanese area scout Toshiyuki Tomizuka to see Morii in person. “This guy is bona fide ...
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What’s Harder to Write, Poetry or Lyrics?
Are they a form of "the poetic art?" Are they less "artistic?" Poetry has a romantic aura to it, whereas lyric writing seems rather plebeian (to borrow a word from "Cry Me a River"). Writing lyrics ...
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The power of friendship: How a letter helped create an American bestseller about antisemitism
Maybe too bold. In her vision for the novel, reporter Phil Green is assigned to write an article about antisemitism. He pretends to be Jewish so he can experience bigotry firsthand. Readers follow ...