Namiko's Japanese Language Blog March 2008 Archive

Since the Japanese school year starts in April and ends in March, March is the graduation season. Most Japanese high schools have uniforms and students usually wear them in the ... Read More

Japan has adopted many Western events (Christmas, Valentine’s, Halloween etc.), but Easter is still unfamiliar to most Japanese and I too didn’t know much about Easter. Easter egg hunting seems ... Read More

There is a rather strange Japanese custom on March 14th, one-month after Valentine’s Day . It is called “White Day” and it is the day that a man who ... Read More

I like looking at the map of the world. I like thinking about the countries I’ve never been to and dream of visiting someday. The first time I came to ... Read More