Hello and welcome back to Hotsui Matsuri! I hope you enjoyed yesterday’s post about Demon Slayer. Today, we’re going to be talking about something a little less anime and more about the cultural aspects of Japan. Today, we’re going to back to highlighting even more traditional Japanese instruments! Tsuzumi – This is another Japanese drum–a … More Hotsui Matsuri- Day 2- Even More Traditional Instruments!
Hello all and welcome back to Hotsui Matsuri! We’re on day five out of six so we’re in the homestretch now. Today’s post is highlighting yet another (non-anime) culture topic as we explore the realm of Nihongo Legends. A few days ago, Star introduced you all to the wonderful and quirky world of yokai, so … More Day 5 of Hotsui Matsuri 2024: Nihongo Legends – Akuma
It’s Hotsui Matsuri day four and today I’m going to be moving away from anime in my post to talk about some culture topics instead! I’m going to be revisiting a topic that I personally have loved over the past few years that we’ve done this campaign, and that is introducing you all to traditional … More Day 4 of Hotsui Matsuri 2024: More Japanese Traditional Instruments!
It’s the most wonderful time of the year. The coldest month that is filled with cheer, chestnuts roasting on the open fire, and countless anime marathons watched under a warm winter blanket with hot chocolate (or other cold weather beverage of choice). Along with the holidays, so comes one of our absolute favorite holidays — … More Welcome to 12 Days of Weebsmas 2023!!!
It’s Hotsui Matsuri day four and Star and I have officially (hopefully) survived the heatwave in our city! Days of over 105 degrees really made me miss our normally tame summers, but hey–that’s global warming for you. If ever there was a reason for you to start caring about the environment, it should be that … More Day 4 of Hotsui Matsuri: Highlighting More Traditional Instruments
How are we already at day five? Hotsui Matsuri is coming to a close today and we’ve already been there and back again to our local Obon Festival to do some Bon Odori. So today, at the end of the day, I’m here to sit down and talk about some more traditional Japanese Instruments; because … More Hotsui Matsuri Day 5 – More Traditional Japanese Instruments
Hey! Welcome to another day of Hotsui Matsuri! I’m super excited about this post because I, Star, finally get to talk about the love I have for this game! So I’ve been playing this game with my family for years. We don’t gamble… But you definitely can lose a lot of money playing this game. … More Hotsui Matsuri Day 4- Demystifying the traditional card game Hanafuda
For those of us that are learning Japanese, I, Star would say that music is a really good way of practicing how to pronounce words. Like how some Americans learn Heart and Soul I also learned Neko Funjatta on piano and only remember the first verse in lyrics. But as I got older and started … More Hotsui Matsuri Day 2- Two songs that kids learn in Japan
Happy Hotsui Matsuri everyone! I hope you all read Star’s opening post the other day about this next campaign which — whoops. Is kicking off this month! I personally enjoy Hotsui Matsuri because it leads up to Obon Odori–which you can read all about in Star’s post from last year! Our local Obon Odori fest … More Hotsui Matsuri Day 1 – Festival Games
Hey again! We’re back for another year of Hotsui Matsuri! Where we have a count to Obon fest, a day made to celebrate those who have passed. For those of you who are new to our blog, this special event is to celebrate Japanese culture from folklore to popular media. This year we have a … More Happy Hotsui Matsuri 2022!
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