1. What do you know about Japanese custom and culture?

2. ‘Itadakimasu’ and ‘Gochisosama’
In Japan, the meals start when everyone is seated and say ‘Itadakimasu’, which means thank you for what I am receiving.
The meals end with ‘Gochisosama’, which means thank you for being the one who fed me.

3. How to Take a Bath in Japan
In Japan, the bath is actually for soaking in, not washing in. You must wash before you get into a Japanese bath.
When you have washed, you can get into the water and have a good soak.
Japanese people especially like an onsen(hot spring) for its medicinal properties.

4. Japanese Animation＆Comics

5. Japanese Animation＆Comics
Pokemon
My neighbor Totoro
Kiki’s Delivery Service

6. Japanese Animation＆Comics
Why do Japanese adults read comics?
→Japanese comics are not only for children. They often have quite involved story plots.
Japanese animation is popular all over the world.
→Miyazaki Hayao is the director who made Japanese anime famous worldwide.

7. What is ‘cosplay’?
The word ‘cosplay’ is made from two words ‘costume’ and ‘role-play’.
Cosplay is wearing a costume and roleplaying as one’s favorite characters in animation and comics.

8. There are many kinds of vending machine in Japan.