FUN FACTS
Shintaro Tsuji, began selling little coin purses with a cute white kitten painted on
Where does Hello Kitty comes from and her origens?
Dashi (Japanese soup stock) Miso (soybean paste) Soup ingredients, such as tofu and wakame seaweed are the key components.
What are the key components of Miso Soup?
A class of supernatural entities and spirits in Japanese folklore.
what are japanese yokai
There are over 200 different types of Sakura trees in Japan giving it this nickname.
Why is Japan sometimes called The land of Sakura?
This popular and common food symbolizes providence and of creation.
What does rice symbolize in Japan?
A nine tail fox that gets older over the years and has the ability to turn human.
The what is the Kitsune.
Hideo Shima,invented one of the fastest trains in history.
The bullet train
This dish is very similar to ramen and is know to be the healthier option but different as it has a thicker consistency.
Udon
The Hachishaku-sama is the spirit of a tall woman that haunts children and murders them.
What is the Hachishaku-sama?
This animal represents good fortune associated with magical powers.
The Frog
Small fried balls with an octopus feeling, very similar to the plate akashiyaki.
What is Takoyaki?
This humanoid turtle like creature is a trickster in Japanese culture, it's also one of the most common yokai.
What is the Kappa?
A French art movement called "Japonisme" that helped inspire Japanese artists and create some of the first examples of modern animation.
How did anime came to be in Japan?
invented as a means of preservation, when fermented rice wrapped up on a role,was used to store fish for anything up to a year.
What was the original porpuse of Shushi?
This is a type of yokai, it's a giant skeleton that eats people.
What is the Gashadokuro?