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Hina Matsuri - Doll's Festival in Japan
Hina Matsuri, held on the 3rd of March, is a festival for little girls. Its origins are in the seasonal event called "Jyoshi (上巳 じょうし／じょうみ)" which means "the Day of the Serpent," which occurs in early March. Eventually, in order to keep the date o... More... 0 Comments
Server Outage: April 28th
We're sorry to inform you that we had a slight server outage yesterday from 8pm until 12am EST. I was installing some new security features on the server, and apparently they prevented anyone from getting access to the site. I'm very sorry for ... More... 0 Comments
Cooking with Japanese: Tofu Steak
This dish is healthy and easy to cook!! We have many ways to cook Tofu steak in Japan. I am going to introduce Tofu steak covered in grated Chinese yams. Chinese yams have a mild flavor and are quite delicious. Please try it. Ingredi... More... 0 Comments
Valentine's Day in Japan
Valentine’s Day is just around the corner! Here in Japan, Valentine’s Day is as big if not bigger event than in the west! Valentine’s Day in Japan started in the 70’s as a day for women to declare their love to men by giving chocolate What do m... More... 0 Comments
Customized Japanese Quizes-- START!
We (I) here at Ippatsu am (are) proud to announce the release of our new custom Japanese testing system! Starting today, users can practice with Japanese quizes collected from all of Ippatsu, which includes questions from past Japanese Proficienc... More... 0 Comments
Learning Through Living: Placards for your house
Happy new year all! I'm here to present you with a special お年玉 this year: the start of our original series Learning Through Living! In Learning Through Living, we'll be providing you with study materials to help you learn Japanese as you go throu... More... 2 Comments
Ringing in the New Year in Japan
In the west, the New Year is rung in with drinks, countdowns and New Year's Eve parties. But what about in Japan? How do the Japanese bring in the new year?Read on, and see how to celebrate the New Year Japan-style! New Years and Christmas In th... More... 0 Comments
Food for New Years: Cooking Osechi Ryori
Hard to believe it's almost the new year! And with the new year comes all the festivities and foods particular to the new year! Today we're going to look at some recipies for Japanese New Year food called Osechi-Ryouri (おせち料理). What is Osechi? J... More... 0 Comments
Review and more gobi
We are coming to the end of the fourth major section of the guide. Do you feel like your Japanese has improved? We've come to the point where we've learned enough conjugations to be able to start mixing them together in various useful combinati... More... 0 Comments
Casual Patterns and Slang
So far, for every grammar we have covered, we also went over all the casual variations as well. However, even though we have already covered all the casual forms, truly mastering casual speech in Japanese requires far more than just learning th... More... 0 Comments