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Message to the future

4 September 2015
Sebők Tünde
I believe many of us have wondered what we will leave behind after we depart this earthly life. Japan actually gave me the chance to send a brief message into the future. The scene of my story is Nara, Japan’s ancient capital, where I travelled in 2013 as a graduation gift from my friends. Each […]
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Answering the call of nature - The world of Japanese toilets

28 August 2015
Biró Krisztina
Simply using a toilet in Japan produced a cultural shock. On my first day at school, I dashed into the lavatory during a 5-minute break and stood there paralyzed, staring at the “facility” in front of me and at the huge cockroach in the corner. Later, I learned that this type of toilet is traditional […]
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Rich Japanese, poor Japanese…

21 August 2015
Sűdy Zoltán
The 46,000 dollar gross domestic product (GDP) per capita is a pretty clear sign that Japan is a rich country and its residents are well off. People are right to think that differences in wealth are the lowest here of all the advanced countries (not counting Scandinavia), but even so, there are extremes. As an […]
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Cubicle sized bathrooms, or student dormitories in Japan

14 August 2015
Petre Kinga
Japan is known throughout the world for its miniaturization skills. Examples of this talent are everywhere (from microchips to hotel rooms). This little note is focused on the compactness of a student dormitory, including a kitchen and bathroom, which I had the dubious fortune to live in. When I got home again the locals were […]
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Picture postcards and greeting cards

7 August 2015
Sűdy Erika
I don’t know about other people but I tend to collect things that mean a lot to me and hold onto them as keepsakes. So over the decades I have acquired a collection of lovely picture postcards from my Japanese friends. It’s still only August but I know that many of them are already designing their […]
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The long-distance runner isn’t always lonely – József Sütő and Kōkichi Tsuburaya running in the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, II.

31 July 2015
Rajzó-Kontor Kornélia
In the first part of this story I told how József Sütő, who was placed 5th in the marathon at the Tokyo Olympics in 1964, revisited Japan 50 years later and how exceptionally he was received. Now I’d like to offer more details on Mr. Sütő’s adventure. József Sütő József at the 32nd. Tsuburaya memorial […]
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'Sexlessness’（セックスレス) in Japan

24 July 2015
Bassa Zoltán
In the past, even Hungarian Internet users have found a number of articles reporting that Japanese young people have hardly any sex-life and have a tough time finding partners. Those articles were about unmarried young people. This is about a different social group, married couples, offering readers a summary of an article that appeared in […]
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Is it true that the Japanese can’t hold their liquor?

17 July 2015
Kajtár Bálint
Anyone who has ever had a few drinks with a person from Japan knows that quite often even a small amount of wine or brandy will quickly go to their heads – and this is equally true for men and women. There’s a simple explanation: the Japanese lack the enzyme that breaks down alcohol. A […]
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Tanabata - Festival of the Loom

10 July 2015
Harada Chika
In Japan, July 7 was originally called the Day of the Loom or the Festival of the Loom. (In Japanese the loom is called 棚織 and pronounced “tanabata.”) In historic Japan a cleansing ritual was enacted in which maidens wove a kimono, placed it on a shelf, and greeted the gods, praying for a good […]
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