Sister City of Seattle

Seattle
Population 700,000
Kobe
Population 1,500,000
The biggest city in the State of Washington is Seattle. And Seattle is a sister city of Kobe, Hyogo, Japan. Both are harbor and port city.
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Alternate Hotel

Have you ever heard about the hotel called APA Hotel.
It is very successful chain of hotel in Japan. Rooms are very small but they are very clean. It includes buffet breakfast. It is usually cheaper than most other hotels. It is a good alternative to city hotels.
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Cherry Blossom 桜

桜 Sakura Cherry Blossom
満開 Mankai Full Blossom
For Japanese, Cherry Blossom has a lot of meaning. There are many songs that names include "Sakura". Sakura usually mean short but beautiful life. Also the Sakura represents "Graduation".

Here are some songs that are called "Sakura"

Japanese Folk Song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UoTavO4Zbi4

Hit Songs with "Sakura" name.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5pyfRSyDhU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kZNdnv_haM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWOoMOw53Gc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_UW6acbdyU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4RIpSC0n1Y
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbjo6eOohMw
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Happy Easter

Have a Happy Easter!

Easter is holiday Japanese people do not celebrate. Japan is usually good at commercializing all holidays.
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Sawdust Painting Kit from Japan

Uchikura & Co is looking for a distributor in the US and Canada for this colored sawdust painting kit from Japan. If you are looking for something unique to sell, please let us know. We can private label the product as well.

Kenichi Uchikura
UCHIKURA & CO LLC
CEO / Founder
1404 140th Place NE, Bellevue, WA 98007-3925

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Japanese People Do Not Understand

What is funny?
何がおかしいの?
Product naming in Japan.

There are many products in Japan that has alphabets as the name. "Calpis" and "Creap" are very famous for weird names for westerners. Japanese people do not understand the meaning of the sound or the meaning itself to know if the product name sound funny.

This is not funny name ... but it is a very odd name.But most Japanese will not understand.
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お花見 Ohanami

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10 AMAZING Facts About JAPAN You NEVER KNEW

Interesting!!!

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Sake 酒

Do you like Japanese Sake?

For a while Japanese sake consumption in Japan was down but recently sake is coming back due to the effort from the Sakagura 酒蔵 in Japan. There are many 地酒 Local Sake in Japan as well.

When you visit Japan and if you are over the drinking age of 20 (not 19 nor 21), you can enjoy sake as well.

Places to enjoy sake

- Izakaya 居酒屋
- Robata 炉端
- Onsen 温泉
- Ryokan 旅館
- Japanese Restaurant 和食
- Nomiya 飲み屋
- Tachinomi 立呑
- Sushi 寿司
- Soba 蕎麦
- Tempura 天ぷら
and Vending Machine 自販機
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Mortor Cycle Permit in Japan

There are different permit for different size of engine.

- Gnetsuki 原付き ~50cc
- Cyugata 中型 ~400cc
- Oogata 大型 ~No Limit

When you transfer (if possible) your motorcycle endorsement to Japanese license, you usually get Oogata Permit.
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