Japanese traditional culture ~shouji~

 Today (31st December )is called "Oomisoka" in Japanese.
  Not so many cars are seen on the load, today.
  Most of people are taking a rest. Shops are opened
even today though.
  I would like to introduce "shouji", a paper sliding door.
Shouji is seen in the interior of Japanese stylish house.

 Look! A part of shouji is torn. Shouji is often torn like that.
Especially, if you have children, they like to tear shouji.
They never feel bad to tear it.
  This year, my father decided to repaper the shouji.

 This work is bothering. It takes a lot of time.

He washed the frame in the bath.

  Then, he stretched a Japanese paper on a frame.
This work took almost one day.
  If you have children in your house, you should not do this work every
year. Because children often tear shouji every time you make new one.

  Yoi Otoshiwo!  よいお年を！　(= Japanese greeting at the end of the year)

Thank you for reading my articles on this blog in this year.
I would like to keep writing as much as possible. Maybe I may
post once or twice a month... It's hard to find a good topic these days.^ ^ ;

Japanese lifestyle "It's winter in Japan!"

  Hello, it's been while.
I haven't forgotten to post my essay on this blog...
This blog is still alive...he, he.
  The page viewers of this blog have been counted
over 20000. Thanks for reading!
  Well, the price of vegetables is getting higher and higher
in this season. I  talked about that with my family.
  Japanese people exchange gifts, called "Oseibo" in December.
I  gave one box of Mikan(Japanese orange) to my work place.
I guess this is Japanese custom.


 I introduce what kind of Japanese foods are eaten in this season.
- Sake (Japanese alchohol)  I like the hot sake better.
- Mikan  = Japanese orange
- Nabe   = Many kinds of vegetables are put on a big pot
                 You alco put some kinds of meat on it.
- Yu dofu = Hot tofu  You can make it by putting tofu in boiled water.
- Apples
- Oysters


Now, it is very cold in my hometown.
The temperature is more than 0 degree.