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Yakyu

Baseball: The Most Popular Sport in Japan

Baseball (yakyu) is the most popular participatory/spectator sport in Japan.  Almost every Japanese person has played baseball at least once when they were a kid. The highest level of baseball in Japan is...

Baseball: The Most Popular Sport in Japan

Baseball (yakyu) is the most popular participatory/spectator sport in Japan.  Almost every Japanese person has played baseball at least once when they were a kid. The highest level of baseball in Japan is...

Yokai (III): Japanese Supernatural Creatures

Yokai (III): Japanese Supernatural Creatures

In Japanese, yokai is a broad and vague term that covers almost all monsters, supernatural beings, ghosts, gods, possessed spirits, and other strange phenomena. If you have played Onmyoji or watched...

Yokai (III): Japanese Supernatural Creatures

In Japanese, yokai is a broad and vague term that covers almost all monsters, supernatural beings, ghosts, gods, possessed spirits, and other strange phenomena. If you have played Onmyoji or watched...

Natsu Matsuri (I): Japanese Summer Festival

Natsu Matsuri (I): Japanese Summer Festival

Natsu Matsuri equals fireworks+breezes+lanterns, sweets+ drinks+games+A LOT OF FUN! Many people may misunderstand Natsu Matsuri to be a special Japanese festival. Actually, it is a collective term for all the...

Natsu Matsuri (I): Japanese Summer Festival

Natsu Matsuri equals fireworks+breezes+lanterns, sweets+ drinks+games+A LOT OF FUN! Many people may misunderstand Natsu Matsuri to be a special Japanese festival. Actually, it is a collective term for all the...

Pokemon Go: The Perfect Hybrid of Japanese Anime and Video Games (II)

Pokemon Go: The Perfect Hybrid of Japanese Anim...

Pokemon Go, the biggest game of 2016, created a global phenomenon. As a symbol of Japanese culture, it is an amazing combination of Japanese anime and games. This passage will give a...

Pokemon Go: The Perfect Hybrid of Japanese Anim...

Pokemon Go, the biggest game of 2016, created a global phenomenon. As a symbol of Japanese culture, it is an amazing combination of Japanese anime and games. This passage will give a...