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Ichimon Japan: A Podcast About Japan and the Japanese Language by JapanKyo.com

Oct 21, 2020

On this episode of Ichimon Japan we ask: How do Japanese names work?

Topics Discussed

  • How people in Japan normally state their family name before their given name
  • The complicated history of naming practices in Japan
  • Commoners being prohibited from using family names during the Edo Period
  • The Meiji era laws that...


Oct 13, 2020

On this episode of Ichimon Japan we ask: Why do students in Hamamatsu City have to wear white underwear?

Topics Discussed

  • School rules concerning the color of a student's underwear
  • The story of one student who ended up having to go bra-less after it was found that she was not wearing white underwear during a school...


Oct 8, 2020

On this episode of Ichimon Japan we ask: What is a tsuchinoko?

Topics Discussed

  • What a tsuchinoko is
  • How you say "cryptid" in Japanese
  • Tsuchinoko's status as a U.M.A. (Unidentified Mysterious Animal)
  • What a tsuchinoko looks like
  • Some of the abilities tsuchinoko are said to have
  • The areas in Japan where tsuchinoko tend...