Japanese summer is hot and humid. When you go out from your house, you sweat profusely.
But if you eat anmitsu, the heat of summer will vanish immediately!

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What do you associate with summer? In Japan, fireworks are the real feeling of summer. We wear yukata (Japanese traditional costumes), go to festivals, eat or play something at stalls, and watch fireworks. This is the standard style in Japan and used as a date spot.

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Every Japanese knows Peko-chan. She has been one of the original characters in Fujiya (Famous confectionery in Japan) since she was born in 1950. The meaning of her name, ‘Peko’, is calfs.

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Kanzashi means a long ornamental hairpin in Japanese. This is one of the Japanese traditional hair accessories. Kanzashi was the most popular at the end of the Edo period (about 200 years ago) and hair accessory artisans created many kinds of beautiful works.

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Have you ever eaten or seen TAIYAKI? It is Japanese confectionery and means fish-shaped pancakes stuffed with bean jam (ann).

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Have you ever thought it was too simple when you write letters or cards to your beloved persons? You wrote down whatever came into your mind and decorated it in a lovely way but you want to add a little more…..

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Do you want to little stimulus in everyday life? If that “stimulus” were snacks and you could get them easily, do you think you would want to try them?

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Many junior and senior high schools have their own school uniforms in Japan, but recently, there are an increasing number of schools which don’t adopt that system. For example, about 10 percent of seinior high schools in Tokyo don’t have uniforms. It’s very hard and troublesome to choose clothes every morning. That was why “Nanchatte Seihuku” appeared in Japan.

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