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 クリスマス
Christmas
Most people in Japan, not only Christians, enjoy
Christmas by
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 おでん
Japanese Hotchpotch
It is a typical wintertime dish in which various
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 岸和田だんじり
Kishiwada Danjiri
This festival, thought to have begun in 1703
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 金魚（きんぎょ）
Goldfish
Japanese people like goldfish and usually keep
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 道祖神
（どうそじん）
Dosojin (Travellers’
guardian deities)
Dosojinn are deities that protect travellers,
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 義務教育（ぎむきょういく）
Compulsory Education
The compulsory education time period in Japan
is nine years, consisting of six years in
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 畳
（たたみ）
Rush Mat Flooring
Tatami mats have been used since the
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 福笑い
（ふくわらい）
Jovial laughter game
This is a game that is frequently played during
the New Year. Pieces of paper cut in the shape
of eyebrows, eyes, noses, mouths and ears are
to be matched with a drawing of an outline of
a lady’s face, known as the homely lady
(otafuku). To play, one person is blindfolded
and he/she creates a face by placing the eyes,
nose and other pieces on the outline. Because
one proceeds by instinct, the comical features
of the completed picture cause others to burst
out in jovial laughter.
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竿燈祭り（かんとうまつり）
蛍（ほたる）
七福神（しちふくじん）