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#tradition
8 articles tagged #tradition.
culture
Tsuyu — Japan's rainy season isn't bad weather to wait out, it's the month the country spends watching one flower change colorJapan's rainy season isn't a month to skip — it's the one season with its own flower, its own words for rain, and a little doll hung in the window to beg for sun.
food
Sake — how to read the label, and what *daiginjo* actually means on a Japanese bottleOn a sake bottle, the smaller the number, the more rice was destroyed to make it. That's the premium signal.
lifestyle
Kotatsu — the Japanese low table with a heater under it that quietly redesigned the entire winterA low table, a heater, a heavy blanket. The Japanese winter device that keeps the family warm — and gathered — in one square meter.
culture
Shōgatsu — the Japanese New Year, when the entire country quietly resets in three daysThe Japanese New Year isn't a party — it's three days of national stillness, family, and a specific lacquered box of food. Here's what happens.
culture
Hanami — the Japanese national ritual of sitting under temporarily-blooming trees, on purpose, with friendsJapan plans its early-April calendar around a flower that blooms for one week. The whole country gathers under it on purpose.
craft
Tatami — the Japanese floor where an entire household actually livesThe Japanese floor where the whole household actually lives — built to last fifty years of being lived on.
craft
Ryokan — the Japanese inn where the staff quietly take care of you for one nightNot a hotel. A one-night Japanese-style residence where the staff quietly take care of you. Here's what a ryokan actually is.
craft
Onsen — the Japanese hot spring that the country has treated as half-sacred for over a thousand yearsOver 27,000 natural hot springs in Japan, often outdoors with snow on the railings, treated as half-sacred. Here's why one winter soak changes everything.