There are two types of traditional Japanese card games, easy and rather difficult, called karuta. For easy karuta, you can enjoy the game even if you are not confident in your Japanese language skills, as long as you have the hiragana and their readings in your head. However, for difficult karuta, it takes time to get used to it, even for Japanese people.

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I don't like cooking. I don't want to if I can help it. But when I buy prepared foods or frozen foods, I feel defeated by them. That's why I try to make my own food. I don't like cooking, but for some reason I have a strange obsession with it.

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In this episode, I would like to share with you an interesting text I found on Pinterest and an interesting text made on a TV show that was talked about a few years ago.

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Do you know the mysterious relationship between the traditional Japanese painting Ukiyoe and the Tokyo Sky Tree? In fact, it is rumored that a certain Ukiyoe painting depicts a picture that looks like the Sky Tree. It is a landscape from the Edo period. Was there actually a big tower in that period, or was this really a foreshadowing of the Sky Tree? Which do you think it is?

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In honor of The World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development, we will introduce five films and two dramas that will help you learn about Japanese culture!

Movies

Dramas

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My hometown is in a rural area where there is no McDonald's or even a Starbucks. It's a very large town, but it's depopulated and fewer and fewer people live there. Now the town has lost its vitality. But this town has a long, long history. I want to continue to cherish my hometown with such history. That is why I hope to one day bring back the vibrancy of the town as it once was when it was bustling with people.

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If you do not have a good appetite, I recommend a Japanese product, ochazuke. Simply sprinkle ochazuke ingredients over rice and pour in tea or hot water. It is very easy to eat and good for digestion.

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When I was in my twenties, I went to Diamond Head in Hawaii wearing thick-soled sandals. The lady at the information desk warned me about my shoes, but I didn't care. The other tourists around me were surprised to see my feet. The path was bumpy, but I made it up the mountain just fine. The next day, my muscles were almost completely free of soreness. It seems that my legs and back are very strong.

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In my junior high school days, my seniors were unusually strict. They were unreasonable. And when I think about it now, they were full of nonsense. When I was in elementary school, all the older students were kind to us, but for some reason, when we reached junior high, they became different people. This was very strange to me as a child. But I did not give in to their unreasonableness.

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When I was in primary school, I drew a picture of an idea for an innovative car for a school test after a visit to Toyota. One day, I saw a car exactly like my idea in a commercial. At that moment I thought my idea had been stolen. But when I checked now, there was no such car. Was this a strange dream?

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