If you back The Palace of the Dragon King on #Kickstarter, you can have your name listed in the book as a backer, as proof that you helped kickstart this awesome encyclopedia of #Japanese#myths and #folklore!
A #Japanese eatery made headlines after it was revealed that customers willingly #GetSlapped on their faces before having their meals served. #Shachihokoya, in #Nagoya, waitresses slap a willing customer in the face, over & over again for 300 Japanese Yen.
Many express gratitude to the waitresses for the brutal service. However, after videos of the #bizarre practice went viral online, the #restaurant took to X to inform that the restaurant does not offer slaps anymore.
It's #JMusicFriday this week with the theme #Collaboration (by @jessica) so songs, that are with a guest or made in collaboration with someone. My Pick will be the newly released song "SHINKIRO" by Gawr Gura and Houshou Marine from Hololive, their Collab name is GuraMarine. The song is a great callback to City Pop, i hope you enjoy~~
It's #TuneTuesday this week with #BetterLateThanNever my pick for this could be a variety of songs, as I was born in 1998, but my first thought was a song by Masayuki Suzuki, the singer of the Kaguya-Sama Openings, which is called "Shigau, Soujyanai". I heard this song at Nerissa Ravencroft's (Hololive VTuber) first karaoke stream and is since then in my playlists.
Deeper and deeper into #Japanese#culture and people, I went into the #Kyoto Imperial Palace for a special performance of #Gagaku (雅楽), imperial court #music and #dances of #Asian mainland origin that have been performed there since the Heian Period over a thousand years ago. An acquaintance who is a Shintō priestess (see photo) from Nara played two types of traditional flutes that sustain an eerie or higher-worldly atmosphere. The relatively slow and deliberate movements of the mostly male dancers in many-layered gorgeous contumes stand in contrast with the frenetic tempo of modern #entertainment. We experience #time as the pace of transformation, and that brief time transfixed with the Gagaku performance was but an interlude from an ancient era in a workday preparing for university classes and a keynote address. Photos will have to suffice to evoke the special atmosphere.
Discovery of the Amaterasu 240 EeV cosmic ray particle, named after the goddess of the sun in Japanese mythology, by the Telescope Array observatory in Utah. This mysterious event appears to have emerged from the Local Void. Intriguing!
Answer the following questions using ~ し ~ し。Examine the ideas in the cues and decide whether you want to answer in the affirmative or in the negative.
Example
Q: 日本に住みたいですか。
A: (物価が高いです。人がたくさんいます。)
--> 物価が高いし、人がたくさんいるし、住みたくないです。
Hey fellow #Japanese students, who here has experience with Satori Reader? I've just passed N4 and want to get more serious with learning, beyond the course I'm taking. The site looks slick and well-organized, how do you like it?
日本語練習 [2023-12-8] Japanese
久しぶりですね〜皆さんは元気だったと希望しますよ。今日はちょっと違い物を試します。/kbinのユーザーはよくスレのほうがmicroblogより好きなので、スレで日本語の練習を作りました。...
Japanese Neighbor still refuses to move his car from my spot - typical spiteful Japanese manners? When did JapanLife become so much of a Debbie Downer? (old.reddit.com)
My neighbor has been using my parking spot (yes the number is assigned to me and I'm paying it) for a few weeks now, since I didn't have a car I...