NIPPON SANPO — BLOG
Happy New Year! 2017
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Happy new year! Akemashite omedetou from Hiroshima Japan! Thank you very much for all your support in 2016. We look forward to providing you more exciting and interesting Japanese products this year. In Japan, we have many joyful events in January. We visit shrines and temples to pray for safe and healthy year. And for children, the most exciting part will be Otoshidama. During the New Year holidays, many Children receive money in small envelopes(Pochi-bukuro) from their family. We also have Coming of Age Day at January 9th. This celebrations is held annually on the second Monday of January to...
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SHIWASU 師走 ; A Busy Month in Japan! 【New/Restocked Items in December】
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It’s been a while since we posted the last blog! How are you? In Hiroshima city Japan where Monokoto store is located, the red leaves are starting to fall and a cold winter breeze is telling us that the winter is here! We call December "Shiwasu" 師走. 師【shi】 means monk or teacher and 走【wasu】 means run in Japanese. Usually masters are calm, but December is a busy month that even masters have to run around. From Shiwasu師走 Japan, we have many new items that we want to show you! Starting off with extremely soft gauze kitchen towel. They are...
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