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A page from our calendar.Illustrated by Jenny.
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4th of May
Holiday of Hearts
Most Japanese people don’t even know Christmas is a religious holiday. It’s all about Santa babyyy!See more of Sweden Norway Denmark Germany Japan
23rd of December
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Need more drunks
Yes, young Japanese people think this is silly too.See more of Japan
9th of September
Hot Tea
If you’ve never seen a Chinese tea ceremony do yourself a favor and go to YouTube.See more of Japan China
18th of February
A true romantic
The history of flirting is fascinating.See more of Sweden Japan
18th of June
Different Flavors
It’s okay, guys. People have different tastes.See more of America Japan
18th of December
I know gun-fu
The first recorded meetings between Japan and westerners are actually kind of sweet.The Japanese thought there was some secret to using firearms but the Portuguese were just like "It's easy! Stand straight and close one eye! Couldn't be easier!" but the Japanese still thought it was more complicated than that and assumed the Portuguese were talking philosophy. It took some back and forth to make them understand that it wasn't a difficult discipline to shoot a rifle.
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21st of February
City of Nightmares
Paris Syndrome is almost exclusively experienced by Japanese tourists in France.It happens to about 20 people every year when they realize that Paris isn't as romantic and beautiful as they expected, the culture shock causing people to feel sick, anxious, dizzy and hallucinate. The problem even seems to be getting worse as more people from other East Asian countries get enough money to travel to Paris.
Apparently the only cure for this is to leave France and never return.
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3rd of January
Armed to immobilize
Everybody everywhere understands why some Americans want to arm teachers NOW because schools shootings are a systemic problem that will take YEARS to fix, but more deadly weapons in schools probably isn't a good idea.See more of Japan America
30th of August
Respect your elders
Sogen Kato was believed to be the oldest man in Tokyo up until 2010 when officials finally entered his apartment and realized that he had died at the age of 79 in 1978. His death had been kept a secret by his family who were collecting his pension. This lead to a huge search for all people over 100 years, and it turned out that Japan couldn't document the whereabouts of 234,354 supposed centenarians.See more of Japan
3rd of May