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For Better Understanding, Communication and Relationships

What kind of country is Japan? This site aims to become a guide to Japan and Japanese culture by introducing various information about Japan, from basic information such as its location, climate, transportation, food, language and manners, to whats and whys about the local traditions and customs.

Caterpillar's Murmur

The Flu

(TUE) February 7th, 2012

2:28 p.m. Who said it's going to be warm today? It's definitely not warm. You don't call it warm when you have to squat in front of the heater every two minutes to warm your hands.

Have heard from a neighbor that the first graders in the nearby primary school are having gakyyu-heisa (literally, closed class, a countermeasure to keep students tied at home to prevent influenza from spreading). It's rumored that nearly half of the class already got the flu. Why don't we close our office for a couple of days, too? To prevent the flu from spreading? Though am very much alive.

The End

Caterpillar

Food Catalog

Cream Anmitsu
Cream Anmitsu

Fed up with the heat? Here's a nice cold Japanse-style sweets to cheer you up! Cream Anmitsu is a delux version of Anmitsu, Kanten(Japanese gelatine) jelly and fruits with ice cream topping and Kuromitsu caramel sauce poured over it. And what's great, it's low calorie!

Holidays

Holidays of February

  • February 11th (SAT)
  • National Foundation Day

People

Watch out for "SAMURAI" Tamesue!

'People' would like to cheer and support someone who is working hard to achieve his or her goal. This time 'People' would focus on Japanese "Samurai" hurdler Dai Tamesue who recently went into a full-fledged training for the Peking Olympics.

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Manned flight by oxyride dry-cell batteries project

The Tokyo Institute of Technology in cooperation with Panasonic, has led the project 'Manned Flight by Oxyride Dry-cell Battery' into the world's first success. On July 16th this year (2006), they made success in a trial of manned flight using commercially available oxyride batteries, in a project that they had been bringing forward together.