From around August 7, the Japanese exchange postcards to ask how each other is doing. [和訳が後にあります]
Continue ReadingA Winter Entertainment / 冬の楽しみ
Some people in the olden days enjoyed going out in the dead of the winter to see fields of dead leaves.
Continue ReadingA Happy New Year!: The Beginning-Of-The-Year Greeting / 年頭の挨拶
FOR AND AFTER January First, remember this greeting: “Akemashite omedetoo gozaimasu!”.
Here we discuss its meaning and a couple of words related to it. Last revised: 11/20/20
“A Happy New Year!” The Year-End Greeting / 年末の挨拶
Say “Yoi O-Toshi o! (A Happy New Year!)” when you part with a friend at the end of the year. Last revised: 11/20/20
Continue ReadingThe Day of Good Couples: November 22 / 11月22日はいい夫婦の日
ふりがな付き和文は英文の下です。The Japanese text with Ruby is at the bottom of this page. The reason is just a word play. November…
Continue ReadingThe Three Waves of Japanese Investment: Bon Dance Festival in Greenville (3) / 日本から、投資の三つの波: グリーンビルのお盆まつり(3)
We wrote this in 2019. We haven’t found out what happened to the festival 2020. At least we are very happy that we saw it in 2019. We hope it will continue in the future.
これは2019年に書かれたものです。2020年のお盆祭りはどうなったか、まだわかっていませんが、19年に行っておいて良かったと思います。これからも続きますように。
Last revised January 18, 2021
A Small Obon Festival / 小さなお盆まつり
During the three days of obon, our dear deceased are believed to visit us from “the other world”.
Continue ReadingA Class Observation Day / 参観日
和文は英文の下にあります。/ The Japanese translation is on the bottom of this page. Mother’s Day is the second Sunday of May in…
Continue ReadingThe First Dream of the Year, or Hatsuyume / 初夢
Dream about one of three things to have good luck during the new year. / 新年にいいことがありますように、この三つのどれかを夢に見てください。
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