Animal-person Caricatures - Chōjū-giga
Chōjū-jinbutsu-giga (Chōjū-giga in short) is a famous set of picture scro...
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Anti mosquito incense burner
In summer, Japanese use traditional mosquito repellent coils called katorisen...
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Apples
Japanese don't usually cook apples. They appreciate crunchy, juicy and very s...
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Asakusa Kaminarimon gate
Sensōji (Asakusa Kannon) is one of the most famous Buddhist temple of Tokyo ...
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Asanoha star pattern
Asanoha is a traditional Japanese seamless star pattern. It can be found on m...
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Bamboo
Bamboo is a quick growing evergreen grass that has been used in Japan for con...
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Bamboo charcoal
Bamboo charcoal is traditionally used in Japan for cooking and to dry tea. It...
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Bamboo leaf boat
Japanese children build boats with bamboo leaves. They cut the ends of the le...
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Bamboo shoot
Bamboo shoots are a spring delicacy in Japan. They come from a very large bam...
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Bamboo whisk
Chasen is a whisk used during the tea ceremony. It is made from a single piec...
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Biwa
The biwa is a string musical instrument. It derives from a Chinese lute calle...
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Boar/pig
The boar or pig is one of the twelve signs of the Chinese zodiac which is als...
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Bullet train
Japan speed trains are called 'shinkansen' (new main line). Westerners call t...
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Camellia
The Japanese Camellia (Camellia japonica) is one of best known species of cam...
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Candy - Kintaro ame
Kintaro ame is a Japanese candy that has been around since the Edo period. It...
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Cast iron
Japan has a long tradition of cast iron products. Since the 17th century, the...
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Cherries
The Japanese cherry blossom trees have been selected for centuries to produce...
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Cherry blossom - Sakura
From the Heian Period (794 - 1185), the cherry blossom (sakura) has been reve...
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Chestnut
Japanese chestnuts can be larger than western ones even if some small varieti...
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Chidori bird
Chidori is a traditional motif showing some stylized plover birds flying abov...
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Chopsticks
Chopsticks (hashi) came to Japan from China in the 12th century. There is a l...
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Chrysanthemum
The chrysanthemum was brought to Japan from China many century ago, possibly ...
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Clematis
Clematis were introduced to Japan from China during the 17th century. Japanes...
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Cloud motif
Japanese use different graphical techniques to represent clouds symbolically....
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Crane
In Japan, cranes represent longevity and good fortune. They are closely assoc...
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Cup-and-ball game
The kendama is a traditional Japanese toy based upon the French game 'bilboqu...
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Dango
Dango is a snack composed of three or four small balls made of rice flower pa...
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Daruma doll
The Daruma doll is a hollow and round Japanese figure representing Bodhidharm...
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Daruma otoshi toy
Daruma otoshi is a traditional Japanese game of skill made of a pile of circu...
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Demons
A lot of demons exist in the Japanese folklore. They have usually a human bod...
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