Pink color has several names in Japanese: ピンク (pinku) – the most common expression 桃色 (momoiro) – rare (peachy shade of peach fruits) 桜色 (sakurairo) – rare (pink shade of sakura blossoms) 淡紅色 (tankōshoku) – rare (shade similar to a light red) There are at least 7 different Japanese terms…
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Hanami (花見): best places in Japan to enjoy the view!
Hanami (花見・はなみ) literally means “flower viewing”. It refers to the cherry blossom (sakura ・桜・さくら) bloom, specifically. Do you know that…
Hanami (花見): the cherry blossom viewing
Hanami (花見・はなみ) means, literally, “flower viewing” or “contemplate the flowers”. The word 花見 is composed of two kanjis: 花 (はな・hana)…
Samurai Blue: where to buy Indigo items (in Japan & Online)?
Samurai Blue (侍青) is known as: Indigo, “Color of Love” or “Japan Blue”. The color is used in a lot…
Samurai Blue: book your Indigo dying experience in Japan (in English)!
Samurai Blue (侍青) is known as: Indigo, “Color of Love” or “Japan Blue”. It still shapes the Japanese aesthetic perception…
Samurai Blue (侍青): Indigo, the color of Love
The color of the mystical world, a miraculous plant for health and protection (and edible!). There is a color known…
Murasaki (紫): the forbidden color
The purple color is called murasaki (紫 ● むらさき) and its kanji is a combination of the radical 此 and…
Ohaguro (お歯黒): black teeth made women look beautiful
Mark of attractiveness for women and help for military commanders: how is done? For hundreds of years, the Japanese population…
Happy New Energetic Year of the Water Tiger (水虎)
In Japan, the Year of the Tiger begins with the first day of 2022 and ends with the last day…
Ao (青): when blue was green (and violet)
How to be inexperienced, dark and pale at the same time. The blue color is called ao (青 ● あお)…