Backpacker Japan

30/04/2019

Japan's calendar system is based on "one reign, one era". The Heisei era started on January 8, 1989 and ended on April 30, 2019. Sayonara Heisei!

Reiwa is unique, since it's the first time that a Japanese era name has characters taken from Japanese classical literature instead of classic Chinese literature. As the era changing, there are many snacks, drinks and more that made for welcoming the new era ❤️ so if you are in Japan, dont forget to hunting these new products! Yokoso Reiwa!
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30/04/2019

Welcome New Era today! Reiwa 1 !

Japan unveiled the name of the nation's new era as "Reiwa" officially begins now at the stroke of midnight on 1st May 2019. The same moment in which Emperor Akihito officially abdicates and his son Crown Prince Naruhito becomes Japan's new emperor.
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08/05/2018

Starbucks Coffee di Jepang, mengeluarkan produk yang bernama Japan Geography Series lho! Yuk yang berada di Jepang, cuzzz berburu koleksinya ! Semua produk dibuat desainnya sesuai karakteristik kota setempat lho !! Kawaaiiiiii Minna !!!🤗😍🤗

Kedai kopi terkemuka asal Amerika Serikat, Starbucks di Jepang hampir sering meluncurkan produk spesialnya yang biasanya hanya dijual untuk tempat dan waktu yang terbatas. Setelah edisi spesial natal dirilis tahun lalu, dan sambut musim semi dengan meluncurkan teh bunga sakura, kini Starbucks juga m...

29/03/2018

Apa kabar semua? Tahun ini Sakura mekar lebih awal di Jepang loh! Spot-spot favorit hanami, full dipenuhi orang-orang yang ingin menikmati keindahan Sakura sambil piknik. Beruntunglah kamu jika kamu mengunjungi Jepang lebih awal. Kamu bisa menikmati full bloom dari Sakura. Hontou ni kirei da ne!

16/02/2018

Happy Chinese New Year 2018!

01/01/2018

All over Japan, people line up in front of stores for the Hatsu-uri, the first sale of the New Year. The first day the department stores open is either January first or second. In Shibuya, Tokyo, over 5.000 people waited for such popular brands as Cecil, McBee, W ♥ C and Liz Lisa.

Sendai has great real thrill of the New Year is the Sendai Hatsu-uri. It's the largest of its kind in the Japan. People can find things with price much less than what it would originally cost.

So, let's shop till you drop hunting the Hatsu-uri all over Japan!















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01/01/2018

Happy New Year 2018!🌌🎉🎊🎇🎆
Happy hours and happy days, happiness is everywhere.
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31/12/2017

Did you know!.
In Japan, Christmas means a bucket of KFC!.
KFC has become a Christmas tradition in Japan. KFC's Christmas promotion was the brainchild of Takeshi Okawara, who managed the first KFC restaurant in Japan, Nagoya City. Just few months after the first KFC opened in Japan in 1970, Okawara had the idea to sell a Christmas "party barrel" but with fried chicken instead of turkey.

The promotion went national in Japan in 1974 under the name : Kurisumasu ni wa Kentakkii, which means Kentucky for Christmas. Today, KFC's Christmas meals contain more than just fried chicken. Many packages contain cake, which has been important part of Christmas in Japan before KFC. Premium barrel include options such as ribs or roast chicken with stuffing. You can even pair your party barrel with Chrismas wine🍸 that's sold at the fastfood chain.

At many Japanese Christmas parties, KFC is one part of the Christmas feast besides Strawberry Shortcake.

So if you love Japan🎌, KFC🐥 and Strawberry shortcake🍓, come to Japan🗾 and spend your time at Christmas in Japan!😍😍😍 That will be an unforgettable moment.
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29/12/2017

In Japanese, Mistletoe is called "Yadorigi", meaning to lodge. Mistletoe grows all over Japan, except in Okinawa and the islands of Kagoshima Prefecture.

Japanese people once believed this plant hels special powers. Putting a sprig of Yadorigi in your hair was supposed to bring happiness and the leaves used in preparing various medicine.

Did you know !
It's a tradition, people kiss under the mistletoe at Christmas🎄.
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27/12/2017

Daruma dolls are purchased once a year usually, at the end of the year to make a wish. Paint one eye with ink and paint the other one a year later if your wish come true. Daruma san is a traditional doll color in red with round shape and have no legs nor hands. The red color of Daruma dolls also comes from the color of the clothes worn at the time that Bodhidharma did the meditation. About 80% of the production of Daruma is made in Takasaki City, Japan.

The doll embodies this popular Japanese proverb : Nana korobi yaoki "Fall down seven times, stand up eight". So no matter how tired, despite the circumstances or even lack of rewards or motivation, the Ganbaru spirit treads forward. Because clarity is truly realized and appreciated when the person who made the wish transforms into the person who completed the dream.

The red color in most Asian cultures signifying with energy and good health. The eyebrows are made to look like cranes and the mustache or cheek hair made to look like turtle or tortoise shells. Because cranes and tortoises represent longevity. 1000 year for the crane and 10.000 years for the turtle shell. That's why Daruma dolls have such determined expression. They never give up. They are built to automatically bounce back when knocked over.

The Daruma is made of washi, traditional handmade paper made only in winter❄ because cold water is essential to making a more natural paper with little to no chemicals. Each Daruma is hand painted so no two Daruma have the exact same design.

So what is your wish? Let's make it comes true in the next year! ⛄⛄⛄⛄⛄.
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