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10 Great Reasons to Tour Japan in 2019

Hi I’m Kiyoshi a Cross-Cultural Specialist Travel Consultant and your Japanese connection. For more than 30 years I have escorted Australians in groups and individually to Japan, either for business…

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Humble and Serene Naomi Osaka

Japan celebrated Naomi Osaka’s historic victory over Serena Williams in the US open final on Saturday. The crowd was firmly in favour of Williams. As loud whoops filled the stadium…

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Japanese Baseball isn’t Baseball

The cultural difference between Japan and United States are exemplified in the differences in baseball in the two countries. Baseball was imported to Japan in 1872. Baseball is commonly called…

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Sexuality in Japan (III)

Sexual desire and sexual activity have been declining in Japan for years, and this is a major cause of Japan’s significant decrease in their birth rate. Because Japan has one…

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Art of Geisha

In Japan the beautiful and enigmatic Geisha represents one of the most iconic traditions in the country. The role of Geisha has been established as early as 600 A.D. where…

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Sexuality in Japan (II)

In recent times pornography in Japan has expanded into new media such as manga (hentai) and video games (eroge). These new mediums are in addition to mainstream film and historic…

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Japan’s Hidden Moral Code

Bushido was an unwritten moral code of conduct for the samurai, and today it still strongly influences Japanese thought and society. The precise content of the Bushido code varied historically…

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The Japanese laugh when they are nervous or embarrassed: “another of those gossamer veils of reserve,” writes one observer, “that partly…cover certain emotional reactions.” The theories seem to share a…

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