Customs, history, food, holidays and etiquette explained for learners.
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Guide to kabuki theatre explaining its 400-year history, performance categories, distinctive features including costumes, makeup, music and stage structures, and how to enjoy performances.
Blog covering Japanese history, folklore, martial arts, and cultural topics including yokai, samurai, geisha, and martial arts traditions. Suitable for learners interested in cultural and historical context.
A discussion forum on HelloTalk where language learners share and discuss Japanese food topics with other learners worldwide, offering opportunities to practice language skills while learning about Japanese cuisine.
A community forum for language learners to discuss and explore aspects of Japanese culture with other learners around the world.
A culture note about Japanese greetings and bowing practices from the Genki textbook series, designed for beginner Japanese learners to understand cultural context alongside language study.
An illustrated database of Japanese yokai, demons, ghosts, and other creatures from folklore, with text and images by Matthew Meyer. Helps learners understand traditional Japanese culture and supernatural concepts.
Free 7-page illustrated PDF sample from Enkeisha for beginner Japanese learners, with Japanese, romaji and English, everyday phrases, a cultural note and picture questions. Enter 0 on Gumroad to download; the sample links to a separate paid 73-page book.
Everything about modern and traditional Japan with emphasis on travel and living related information.
Introduces the seven foundations of Japanese calligraphy practice, covering posture, brush grip, basic lines, corners, and sweeping strokes for beginners.
Database of Japanese woodblock prints by Katsukawa Shun'ei and other ukiyo-e artists, with searchable collection information useful for studying Japanese visual culture and art history.
Database of Japanese woodblock prints by artist Kitao Shigemasa with search functionality. Suitable for learners interested in traditional Japanese art and visual culture.
Overview of Japanese arts and crafts including calligraphy, pottery, tea ceremony, ikebana, and origami. Serves travelers and learners interested in traditional Japanese cultural practices.
Video lessons featuring an exchange student learning Japanese through realistic skits in school and daily life situations, with grammar explanations, vocabulary development, and cultural content for intermediate.
Lesson 12 of Erin's Challenge, a video-based course for intermediate Japanese learners featuring a skit about cheering squads at school sports events, with downloadable PDF materials including scripts and vocabulary.
A video lesson from Erin's Challenge series for intermediate Japanese learners about comparing things and playing beigoma, a traditional spinning top game, with downloadable PDF materials including scripts and.
Video lesson and learning materials about first-meeting greetings and business card exchange in Japan for intermediate learners. Includes downloadable PDF scripts and explanations in multiple languages.
Video lesson for mid-level Japanese learners focusing on making suggestions to friends, set in a Tokyo park. Includes downloadable scripts, grammar explanations, and cultural context about Japanese parks and holidays.
Information about kabuki performances at the Asakusa Public Hall in January 2027, including schedules, ticket prices, and booking details for visitors interested in experiencing traditional Japanese theatre.
Hiragana Times is a bilingual magazine for Japanese learners that presents news, cultural stories and features in simplified Japanese with English translations.
A July 2026 issue of a bilingual magazine that presents Japanese culture and history through articles on food traditions, physiognomy, and modern ukiyo-e, written in accessible Japanese and English for intermediate.
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