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Gentle, soothing humor of kyogen

In 2001, nohgaku (noh and kyogen) was added to the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage list. It has been recognized as one of the Japanese t ...

Literary works have a mechanism for arousing the imagination in readers

In recent years, a lack of imagination about others has become a problem. It is pointed out that this leads to a loss of compassion, bullyin ...

Japanese lacquerware culture with a richness not found in disposable culture

Did you know that the country name of Japan also refers to lacquerware? That shows how surprised Westerners were by the beauty of Japanese l ...

Is philosophy unrealistic?

Many people have the image that philosophy is not useful in the real world. At the same time, an increasing number of people believe that it ...

What we can understand from “it is natural for humans to be able to speak language”

We tend to think that Japanese grammar and English grammar are completely different, but do you know that they have common rules and regular ...

Will cities become more virtual due to COVID-19 led migration?

In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic has reportedly triggered an outflow of population from Tokyo to other prefectures. Looking at the data, howev ...

Would you like to know why a snow crystal is a beautiful hexagon?

Whenever you think of a crystal, many of you may image the form of a snow crystal displaying six sprouted arms. But why does a snow crystal ...

Museums have started to evolve into inclusive museums

It is said that the presentation techniques of museums (including resource centers, art museums, literature museums, science museums, etc.) ...

Is The Tale of Genji a serious story full of criticism?

In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic made us stay home and restricted interaction with foreign countries, which promoted self-reflection. Many of ...