Let’s enjoy traditional Japanese sweets (Part 1): “WAGASHI!!!”
Have you ever tasted wagashi? Do you like them? I love most kinds of sweets! I work as a Japanese sweets confectioner in a small town, so I’d like to …
Traditional Culture
Japanese traditional culture
Let’s Collect the Special Stamps!! (Goshuin: 御朱印)
Many Japanese people love collecting stamps and points that shops and restaurants give us when we buy something there. Do you know about the cards on which you can collect …
How to make homemade miso
Do you know that miso is a traditional Japanese seasoning? It’s as well known as soy sauce or natto, and is a fermented food made from soybeans. We not only put miso …
Let’s enjoy March
March is the season for students to finish their school year, or graduate. They prepare for a new school or a new school year. The settlement of a company’s accounts …
The difference between a Shinto shrine and a Buddhist temple
I am a Shinto priest who works at Onji Shrine in Osaka Prefecture. It was built around 470 A.D. and is one of the oldest Shinto shrines in Japan. The …