What sort of traits come to your mind when you think of Japanese people? Polite, reserved, detail-oriented, serious, perfectionist, nerd? How about hard working? Well, let me rephrase it: workaholics? Yes, Japanese people are known as workaholics. Subways at seven in the evening are filled, not with people going home, but with those heading back to their offices. Workers become restless around midnight when trains stop running for the night. Fortunately, some large corporations offer cab coupons for employees who miss the last train. So what do these workaholics do when they’re not working for 16 days?
12 May 2009 12:16 PM
Food, Japanese Holidays, Personal No Comments
7 May 2009 11:28 AM
Japanese Holidays, Tradition No Comments
Typically on Children’s day (Kodomo No Hi) we display carp fish banners called koinobori and we sing a song for this fish family. Here is the song and its translation:
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