Click to enlarge [画像をクリックすると拡大します] A Small O-bon Festival May all our dear deceased take this long-legged cucumber horse to return home and visit us during the three days of “obon”! 小ちいさなお盆ぼんまつり お盆ぼんの間あいだ、亡なくなった親したしい方かたたちが、この長ながい脚あしのきゅうりの馬うまに乗のって早はやく帰かえってきてくれますように。
Summer-End Greetings / 残暑見舞い 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 Reading
A 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 Reading
A 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 Continue Reading
“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 Reading