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It is said that Japanese Green tea has various ingredients that have a direct effect on your health. With an effect to be provided by drinking Japanese green tea, there are cancer-causing restraint, the geriatric diseases prevention, prevention of aging, the prevention of the bad breath. As a result, it is said that there is [...]

Shoji is the door of the Japanese house or a housing part used at a window. Originally the screen which blocked the view such as the screen was called “Shoji” generally. But, screen called “Hikari-Shoji” which could take in light from the outside by putting thin paper appeared in the latter half in the Heian [...]

The history of the noren dates back to the Nara era. When it was the Heian era, a noren was already hung at the storefront in merchant’s families of Kyoto. The role of the noren used a name and a trademark, the thing which made a thing about the handling article a motif again as [...]

The history of zabuton links to tatami. In ancient tatami, it doubled as the bedding in a cushion. Zabuton was expressing the social position and authority. It developed in the model of the zabuton called “Shitone” before long. When it was the Kamakura era, by material and the improvement of the manufacturing technique, it came [...]

There is a Japanese-style bar restaurant called “Izakaya” in Japan. They treat us with the Japanese living room style that can be relaxed. It is space called “Zashiki”. In Japan, the home party is not so prosperous. However, we go in Izakaya and sometimes perform a party called “Enkai”. We perform Enkai with the fellow [...]

The city called Japanese Imabari prospered as a production base of the Japanese-style towel in the Edo era about 350 years ago.　And the towel made with Imabari　is excellent so that the Hollywood star uses it habitually. On the other hand, Japan has the production base of another big towel. It is an area called Senshu [...]

Zataku historic process is approximately similar to the Chabudai. Zataku have been spread in the Japanese general family in the Meiji era. At the origin zataku was a China’s desk that shortened the leg of, and it was improved to match Japanese style. Zataku is rectangular or square low table for being use on tatami [...]

We use our pillow every day. Pillows are always in contact with our body. Therefore, its maintenance becomes very important. That’s why we write about the maintenance of the pillow. As for the Japanese traditional pillow, a husk of the soba called “Sobagara” is raw materials. There is a sterilization effect by drying the pillow [...]

Did you ever slept in a Futon? Possibly you may have borrowed a mattress if you had the experience to come to Japan. . . How about you? If you slept in Futon, it is a good experience of Japanese cultures. In addition, you experienced sense of incongruity at the same time. Because Japanese spread [...]

Mrs. Noriko Tajima born on 15 February 1945 the town of Takaoka-shi Toyama Prefecture – Ken in Japan. She is an artist who practices the art of making Mini Kakejiku traditional ways. This image is made of traditional Japanese paper, cut by hand with precision and paste to form an impressive draw. A single “Mini [...]