Today Japanesepod101.com proudly presents the first installment of Japanese Culture Class (JCC)! Culture is a crucial part of any language, so in order to bring you up to speed, we thought long and hard about the best way to do so.
After brainstorming long and hard, our diligent staff came up with JCC! These episodes are carefully constructed to appeal to both students of Japanese as well as those interested in Japanese culture!
In fact, they are perfect for anyone interested in Japan! In today’s episode, we introduce Coming-of-Age Day and associated terminology.
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6 Responses to “Japanese Culture Class #1 - Coming-of-Age”
Sakura says:
January 17th, 2006 at 8:35 pm
Follow-up on “Geta”: In this lesson, I mentioned “Geta” as men’s footwear, along with “Hakama” (pants worn over kimono). But please let me correct that “Zori” is the most common footwear to be worn with “Hakama.” (I’m sorry….) There was a time when students used to wear geta with hakama about 80 to 90 years ago (Taisho era), but nowadays, geta is usually worn together with more casual “Yukata” (summer cotton kimono). I’m sorry if I have muddled you up!
Saito says:
January 8th, 2008 at 4:38 am
For those interested a youtube video of a women being dressed in a frisode kimono
Carla says:
February 4th, 2008 at 1:56 am
Konnichiwa
Anyone interested in Portuguese, visit this site for a Portuguese translation of this lesson.
http://aprenderjapones.blogs.sapo.pt/2008/01/31/
Doomo Arigatoo
Nana says:
April 19th, 2008 at 3:03 am
Can Gaijin go to the coming-of-age ceremony if they have turned 20 while in Japan?
Christmas Burger says:
April 19th, 2008 at 2:33 pm
Unfortunately, no. The coming of age ceremony is a long protected, secret tradition in Japan. The actually ceremony itself involves a very mysterious ritual that foreigners have never been allowed to observe even if they turn 20 in Japan.
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Category: Japanese Culture Classes |
Topic: Coming of Age Day, holidays
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