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The Japanese New Year (正月, Shōgatsu) is an annual festival that takes place in Japan. Since 1873, the official Japanese New Year has been celebrated according to the Gregorian calendar , on January 1 of each year, New Year's Day ( 元日 , Ganjitsu ) .
The Japanese era name (Japanese: 元号, Hepburn: gengō, "era name") or nengō (年号, year name), is the first of the two elements that identify years in the Japanese era calendar scheme. The second element is a number which indicates the year number within the era (with the first year being "gan ( 元 ) ") meaning "origin, basis", followed ...
On December 12, 2006, Apple began to release ads in Japan that were similar in style to the US Get a Mac ads. The Mac and PC are played by the Rahmens, a Japanese comedy duo. The ads used to be viewable at Apple's Japan website. The following ads are exclusive to Japan: Nengajo—Mac shows PC the New Year's Card he made using iPhoto. PC then ...
Gairaigo are Japanese words originating from, or based on, foreign-language, generally Western, terms.These include wasei-eigo (Japanese pseudo-anglicisms).Many of these loanwords derive from Portuguese, due to Portugal's early role in Japanese-Western interaction; Dutch, due to the Netherlands' relationship with Japan amidst the isolationist policy of sakoku during the Edo period; and from ...
Lightspeed Electroid Albegas (光速電神アルベガス, Kōsoku Denjin Arubegasu) is an anime series that aired from 1983 to 1984 in Japan, Latin America, Spain and Italy. There were 45 episodes aired at 25 minutes each.
Microsoft Japan Co., Ltd. [b] (also known as MSKK) ... Microsoft Postcard Studio) is a discontinued postcard software for printing nengajo (New Year's Day postcard ...
Ningyo (人魚, "human fish"), as the name suggests, is a creature with both human and fish-like features, described in various pieces of Japanese literature.. Though often translated as "mermaid", the term is technically not gender-specific and may include the "mermen".
They often appear in Japanese legends, folktales, fairy tales, and performing arts, and famous among them are Momiji (from The Legend of Momiji and Momijigari) from Togakushi, Shinano Province (now the town of Kinasa, Nagano, Nagano Prefecture) and Suzuka Gozen from the Suzuka Mountains.