御盆 Obon

Obon is that time of year when Japanese people’s ancestors come for a visit. You might see little fires lit in front of some houses in rural areas around Chiba Prefecture, but that’s becoming rare these days. These fires are meant to welcome home ghosts of ancestors. The department stores are displaying gorgeous lanterns to display [...]

The bull about Jan Ken

明けましておめでとうございます。　今年もよろしくお願いいたします。Happy new year 2009, the year of the ox! Japan Post provides beautiful free images for your 年賀はがき, nengahagaki, or new year post cards. Here’s mine to you. The bull or ox year What this year has in store, it’s anybody’s guess.
However, the classic game of Jan Ken Pon, or Rock, Scissors, Paper isn’t the [...]