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Get creative this summer with five fresh Japanese makeup trends set to elevate your look. Do you want to feel radiant and ready for summer? It’s time to refresh your Japanese makeup routine for summer 2024. Vibrant options can transform your look and help you embrace the warmth and energy of summer. Summer is perfect for trying new makeup products. Why? Because you can use summery pops of color daily. This summer 2024, it’s all about shades of pink, purple and red for eyes and lips. Japanese makeup trends highlight bold, playful colors and innovative, long-lasting formulas designed to withstan...
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Is it a baby pumpkin? Is it an orange tomato? No, it’s a persimmon! And it’s got more vitamin C than lemons! One of the most loved autumn Japanese fruits, kaki (柿), or persimmons, (though somewhat different from what we tend to think of persimmons in the west), are officially in season. And these orange miracles deserve a special note because they are: 1. Extremely rich in dietary fiber2. Rich in vitamin A, vitamin C (more than lemon!) and many valuable B-complex vitamins such as folic acid, pyridoxine (vitamin B-6) and thiamin3. #freakindelicious If you’re unaccustomed to these magical smooth...
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Learn the meanings behind popular flowers in Japan and how different colored blooms can send varying messages. Up your floral and Japanese cultural knowledge with this primer on hana kotoba (flower symbolism) and gift-giving! Red roses for love, the rose as June’s flower of the month…Although I have an avid interest in everything botanical, before becoming immersed in Japanese culture, I can’t say that I actively engaged with the meanings of flowers beyond the most popular ones above. But, in Japan, as well as sharing similar meanings as those found abroad, flowers have also been bestowed with...
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With the weather finally warming up, it's time for one of the most popular pastimes of spring in Japan: hanami, or cherry blossom viewing. While hanami often involves the consumption of alcohol and is a popular corporate outing in the spring, it is also a great way for families to spend time in the outdoors while letting the kids blow off some steam. Here are our picks for the most family-friendly places to enjoy some cherry blossom viewing. Shinjuku GyoenOne of our favorite family-friendly hanami spots is Shinjuku Gyoen. There are more than 60 varieties of cherry blossoms trees within the p...
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Tired of chocolate taking center stage? Try a cheesecake instead! It’s nearly Valentine’s Day and chocolate is everywhere. You’re probably aware that there are two different kinds of chocolates in Japan, giri choco (obligatory chocolates) and honmei choco(true love chocolates), and if you aren’t—read all about celebrating Valentine’s Day in Japan and homemade chocolate treats to start things off. Chocolate is the standard gift for the holiday, but what if the person you’re interested in doesn’t like chocolate? What if you’re having a socially-distanced Galentine’s Day and want something more s...
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Time to cozy up and scare yourself with more spooky tales submitted by Savvy readers. In August, I gathered real ghost stories from people all across Japan to tie up the Obon season and asked for your submissions. I wasn’t disappointed! There are some spooky things happening all across the country. Also, a lot of people live in jiko bukken (stigmatized properties)—way more than I’d thought, to be honest. Here are more scary stories of real-life experiences with the unexplained from all across Japan, in time for Halloween. The hot businessman?I worked in Akasaka and one night when I was on my w...
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In need of some fun, fall-inspired night ideas to try out with the girls? We’ve got you covered! Now that summer is over and you’ve had plenty of fun in the sun, fall is the time to wind down, hang out and invest your time in friendships. Recently, my close group of girlfriends and I were discussing fall time and shared what we enjoyed doing the most during this season. Fun arts & crafts classes at school, baking our favorite fall treats and having ourselves one too many cocktail-making nights were all mentioned. Then we started to talk about how it might be kinda fun to do all these activitie...
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Scary summer stories from Savvy readers all across Japan. Summer and ghost stories go hand-in-hand in Japan. With Obon (the Japanese festival of the dead) being one of the highlights of the month, it’s a time for people to share spooky stories or go out and test their livers with visits to haunted houses and locations across the country. Given the pandemic and recent uptick in COVID-19 numbers caused by the coronavirus, most haunted attractions have changed their systems to make them mask and social distancing friendly for the foreseeable future. One that I’ve heard good things about is the gh...
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When an unexpected rainstorm ruins your date plans. Do you cancel? Reschedule? No need. Time to plan an indoor date instead! Don’t you just hate it when you spend time planning out a romantic date, only to have the rain totally spoil it? Depending on where you’re located in Japan, tsuyu (rainy season) lasts anywhere from the start of May to the end of July. And especially in the year 2021, we’ve all adjusted to spending more time at home. So there is no better time than now to become an expert on how to make indoor dates as special as possible. Instead of letting the weather dampen your mood a...
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