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Hello everyone!! Today, i'll tell you about ORIGAMI . ◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎ What's ORIGAMI!?!? ◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎ ORIGAMI  is one of Japanese traditional arts.  We fold a sheet of paper into various figures. For example, flowers, animals, and so on. And it is without using scissors and paste. the Origami papers are often cut in a square shapes, which has colored-side and white-side. ◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎ Let's try ORIGAMI together!!! ◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎ Then, i'll tell you how to make ORIGAMI heart-shape !! You just need A SQUARE PAPER. So,,, Let's start!!! i'll use the Origami paper which has pink-side and white-side like below. 1, Start with an Origami square with putting the white-side up. 2, Fold the bottom-line to the top-line just fittingly,  and then open it again. It was to make horizontal center-line. 3, Fold the bottom-line to the center-line that you made at②, and turn th

Hello, everyone!! Today, i'll tell you about AMIDAKUJI . Have ever heard it? AMIDAKUJI is one of Japanese lottery, which was born in Muromachi periodo(1338-1573). We can use AMIDAKUJI to choose one person/place/thing from some alternatives. ◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎ How to do the AMIDAKUJI?? ◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎ For example, if we have to choose one person from six people, 1, Write 6 vertical lines(number of people) on a paper. 2, Write some horizontal lines at ramdom to make a bridge, and it will be just like a ladder. 3, Hide the bridges by the other paper or hand without a moment's delay. 4, Write some prizes or duties on the bottom of the line. 5, Write everyone's name on the top of the lines. (i wrote people's name whom i'm following on my twitter :P hehe) 6, Then, Remove the paper or hand on it to reveal. From the top of the line you assigned, Follow your line to the bottom. in this case, Todd was chosen!! By the way, We can

Hello, everyone!! i got a message to write her name in kanji. Today, i wrote it for her, and let's take a look :) ◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎ Kanji for Josie??? ◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎ i wrote two patterns of kanji for her. In the first one, the kanji for ‘‘Jo’’ means a woman , and the kanji for ‘‘sie’’ means to grow thickly , increase , rise . She likes drawing, and her friends. i thought the possitive impression of the kanji will suit her, and i chose it for her :) In the second one, the first kanji means a beginning , a start , a clue , and the second kanji means a ambition , a wish . i think the drawing is to give life or energy to anyone/anything. Therefore, i chose those kanji characters which has the impression of some beginning and creativity. im glad if she likes it!! Thx for reading, MATANE :D Kentastic :)

Hello, everyone!! Yesterday, i ate ONIGIRI for the lunch, and i'll tell you how to enjoy ONIGIRI in Japan!! ◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎ What's ONIGIRI!?!? ◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎ Onigiri is a rice ball of triangular or round shape, which is one of Japanese traditional, famous, popular food. It is often wrapped in the NORI(seaweed), and the rice often includes some fillings. It may be a bit like Sushi . It's easy to make it, and take it, so we can take it out for picnics, or eat it while studying, or anytime. It may be just like sandwiches in Western countries. If you like Japanese Manga or Anime, you might saw it :) ◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎ Onigiri with variations ◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎ There are simple onigiri which is made of rice, and only salt. In the other way, sometimes we make onigiri with prepared/cooked rice. ◼︎Yukari rice

Hello, everyone!! Last week, Japan won the Asian Under-23 championship, and they got tickets for    Rio 2016 Olympic games. i'm really proud of them, and will support them!! so,,, i'll tell you 'bout Kanji for soccer!! ◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎ How to write kanji for soccer!? ◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎ The kanji for soccer is above. The first character means ‘‘kick’’ and the second one means ‘‘ball’’. we can read it soccer, but it's not for daily-use, and we usually write it in Katakana, which is the character for a word of foreign origin. ◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎ The meaning of Kanji for soccer player's name!? ◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎ There are some soccer players who became naturalized as japanese, and some of them got kanji for their name. Let's consider the meaning of their name! ◼︎◼︎◼︎RAMOS Ruy◼︎◼︎◼︎ In the kanji for

Hi, everyone!!! Today, i'll tell 'bout my favorite japanese food . Plz take a look :) There is something pink with white powder on my plate!!! Do you understand what this is!?!? Actually, thare are some stuff inside it,,, Take a guess :) ◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎ The answer is,,, ◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎ well,,,  Let's take a look inside it!!! It's a strawberry!!! :O This is one of japanese sweets ‘‘ Ichigo Daifuku ”. Ichigo means a strawberry, and Daifuku is a Japanese confection, which is a rice-cake stuffed with sweet bean paste :P There are some kind of DAIFUKU in japan. For example, beans, other fruits, and YOMOGI(which is a kind of fragrant herb). ◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎ The Birth of Daifuku!?!? ◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎ There are historical story of the daifuku. It was about 250 years before, the last stage of the Ed

Hello, everyone!!! i'll tell you 'bout ‘‘SETSUBUN’’ culture today. ◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎ What's SETSUBUN??? ◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎ SETSUBUN is a name of a day, which is once a year. The day means division of seasons. The kanji for SETSU means SEASONS, and the kanji for BUN means DIVISION. It is said that SETSUBUN was the end of spring, summer, autumn, winter in the old    lunar calender, but today, it means only the end of winter after Edo period. It will be the 2nd or 3rd or 4th of February. ◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎ What will Japanese people do on the day?? ◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎ On the day, Japanese people do ‘‘ MAME-MAKI ’’. MAME is beans, and MAKI means scatter. So, we throw roasted soy beans outside and inside our house as saying ‘‘ ONI WA SOTO, FUKU WA UCHI!!! ’’ It means like ‘‘ Devils out, Fortunes in!!! ’’. After throwing, w