
The most representative example is Kamakura in Kanagawa Prefecture. Kamakura is the location in Kamakura City, Kanagawa Prefecture, where Minamoto no Yoritomo established the Kamakura Shogunate, the center of Japan’s first samurai government. The number of tourists visiting Kamakura exceeds approximately 20 million annually. It is a temple and shrine tourist destination on par … Read More

Description for Kinkaku-ji The golden World Heritage Site, Kinkaku-ji Temple. Its official name is Rokuon-ji Temple, but it is commonly known as Kinkaku-ji Temple because its most famous structure, the Shari-den Hall (Golden Pavilion), is covered in gold leaf. Located in Kita Ward, Kyoto City, it is a temple of the Rinzai sect’s Shokoku-ji … Read More

The surname of the shogunal family of the Edo shogunate, which lasted for approximately 260 years. Originally a local lord in Matsudaira Village, Kamo District, Mikawa Province, who used the Matsudaira surname, but changed it to Tokugawa during Ieyasu’s time. The Edo Shogunate began in 1603 (Keichō 8) when Tokugawa Ieyasu established it, and … Read More

The first character in the center is the old character form of Shibuya. You hardly ever see it nowadays, but this character was used until around the early Showa period. It seems some Japanese people still use this old character form in their surnames. This character is a kanji meaning “bitter taste,” “to stagnate,” … Read More

Description for Samuai Samurai in Japanese Katakana. The verb “Saburafu”, which means to refrain from your aides, was turned into a noun, and was also called “Saburai”. The word “Samurai” can be seen in “Nihon Shoki”, but in the Heian period, there were samurai and samurai chiefs who served the Empress and Chugū, and … Read More

It is a self-sacrificed spirit based on extremely pure thoughts that combines nobleness and pride, a strong will not yield to anyone, and a mind that does not fall apart. Japanese says “Samurai damashii”.

1. One of the Japanese style seasonings. Steamed soybeans, fermented by adding salt and koji. 2. Something similar to miso in color and condition in the shells of crabs and shrimps. 3. Proud advantages. A point where the ideas and ideas were broken.

A wrestling in which two players try on the ground and win the opponent if they defeat or move out of the ground. Japan has always been held in Japan and is considered a national sport. Or Sumo wrestler’s abbreviation.

As clothes worn by people, it may be used in the same sense as clothes, but it is often referred to as Japanese clothing. It often refers to so-called long clothes. This is a one-piece style that is held in place with a band in front, regardless of the fabric, pattern, or dyeing, and … Read More

Description for Harakiri (read as Seppuku) 1. Use your own sword to cut your stomach and die. 2. One of the punishments imposed on samurai during the Edo period. The lightest of the death penalty. In front of the autopsy, a kaishakunin shot down his neck from behind as he cut his belly. Japan … Read More





















