Halloween in Japan!

                                     BOO! It's almost that time of year again! HALLOWEEN! 

While Halloween is of course popular in Japan, many Japanese citizens disapprove of this holiday. Why you may ask? Well, many would find it disturbing to aboard a train full of crazy, maybe even horrifying strangers. Many even go all out about Halloween such as already celebrating on the first day of Halloween, even throughout Halloween. 

Many Japanese citizens want to get rid of the holiday, but it's such a difficult thing to do when it is a fun tradition and many people support it by buying products from many retailers which makes business boom. Every year Halloween for Japan (and also around the world) gets wilder and wilder. The madness will never end. Honestly, Japan does it better than anyone else (which is to be expected from such an awesome exotic country)!

Well, I wanted to keep this post short and sweet! I hope you guys will have a great Halloween this year! Sorry for the long hiatus. I have made the decision to quit posting on this blog to do something bigger and better. I currently now blog about books, writing, etc. and I also write my own books. I will post sometimes on Liv N' Luv Japan to keep it alive, but it won't be as often. Sorry.

Anyways, thank you for reading and stay tuned! ^_^

Back To School With YesStyle!

Hello everyone! Welcome to Liv N' Luv Japan! We all know school is starting back for almost all of us and some of us are already back in school or either finished! So, there is one of the things that we do before we go back to school and that's shopping for clothes!! ^_^

So, to relate this with Asia and Japan, there is this website where you can shop for clothing and accessories online. And the clothing that are selling are Asian name brands. There are Japanese, Korean, Chinese, etc. clothing brands on this site. CLICK HERE to visit the site.

I never bought anything from this site but, looking at the different varieties makes me want to get these clothes!!! Hopefully, I will have time to order some and hope they arrive before school starts back.

I'm going to show you guys different photos of some of the models wearing the brands that YesStyle offers on there site.

And those are just a few from the women fashion. And now, I start to think about my viewers reading my blog and now I have to remind myself that I have men reading my blog as well so, I am also going to post photos of the men fashion of YesStyle.

And there is extremely way more than that on YesStyle. And what I am very surprised of are the prices because they are very reasonable and affordable. There price range are mostly between $20-$40.

I highly recommend you guys to go check out YesStyle!!! Once you go check it out you will be up there for hours shopping and browsing around the site. They have so much stuff that it would probably take you days to view almost everything they have.

Also, YesStyle also have there own blog. If you want to check it out CLICK HERE.

Well, that will be it for this article but I will be posting a lot more!!! See you guys soon!!! And let me know what you guys think of YesStyle!! I wanna know your opinions!!! ^_^

JapanSocietyNYC

Hello everyone! Welcome to Liv N' Luv Japan! Yesterday, I wasn't able to post anything because it was a Sunday and the library was closed but, I had plenty of time to think about what I wanted to post more of on my blog. I see my blog as 80% of pop culture and entertainment such as celebrities, music, anime, gaming, etc. and I never really put much work into posting more of traditional culture and the Japanese language. So, today I thought I should post about the Japanese language!

There is this YouTube channel I am subscribed to that teach you lots about the Japanese language and culture and it is entertaining and really fun to watch for me that I sit for hours just learning Japanese. The channel can be for people who is just starting to learn Japanese and for those that are on the intermediate level and is more advanced as well. I see myself as an intermediate when it comes to Japanese because I can understand Japanese very well but I would understand it way better if I had the ability to read kanji and to learn more advance grammar techniques.

There videos are really simple and really easy to understand and the videos are not long or time consuming, the videos usually last around 2-3 minutes. So, that you can get a experiment of what the language videos is about, here is a very basic and simple video of how they teach you the plain basics. This is also the first video of one of the language videos and the playlist is called, "Waku Waku Japanese".:

I say that I highly recommend this YouTube channel if you are learning Japanese and you are just starting to learn and just a beginner. (^_^)

I'm also going to try my best to find more resources and ways to help you guys learn Japanese. From videos, websites, books, etc!

Thank you guys for reading!! And for you Japanese language learners, GANBATTE KUDASAI NE!

Cherry Blossoms Blossoming in Japan !

Hello and welcome to Liv N' Luv Japan ! You know what time it is?! Time for the Cherry Blossom trees to bloom in Japan ! In April, it is the most perfect time for Cherry Blossom (or known as "Sakura" Trees) to bloom. In my opinion, Cherry Blossoms are my most favorite plant in the world because it has such a beautiful shade of pink to it and the bark of the tree is really dark most times so the colors are perfect for the spring! It is also special to me because my birthday is in April (April 16th) ! (^_^)

I just love Sakura trees ! I don't think I had ever seen a Sakura tree in person before but if I ever do, I want to see while in Japan! Especially in the traditional cities and towns in Japan would just be absolutely perfect! In Japan, there is also a festival to celebrate the Cherry Blossom trees known in Japan as 全米桜祭り(Zenbei Sakura Matsuri)

It is celebrated in Washington D.C. as well commemorating the March 27, 1912, gift of the Japanese cherry trees from Mayor Yukio Ozaki of Tokyo City. Yukio Ozaki donated the trees in an effort to enhance the growing friendship between the United States and Japan.

                                                                    YUKIO OZAKI




Thank you everyone for reading today on about the Cherry Blossoms in Japan ! ! ^_^

Christmas in Japan!

Hello everyone~! Welcome to Liv N' Luv Japan! Today, I will be talking about what is going on in Japan this December!! Japanese love to go all out and about when it comes to celebrating~! ^_^ In Japan, Christmas is a bit different from the West because of their Buddhism and Shinto religions. It involves basically around Christmas Eve instead of Christmas Day. In Japan as in America, presents are given and Santa Claus is widely known in Japan. Children always gets presents but children never give their parents presents until the point that they no longer believe in Santa Claus.

Christmas in Japan is also considered a romantic holiday, and lovers would spend their evening together with each other doing suitably romantic things. It's crucial for single women in Japan to have someone spend Christmas Eve with them. It is also very important where they spend Christmas Eve and what presents they would receive. Japanese women who have a boyfriend tend to show off, so women who don't are not happy to talk about that topic. Christmas in Japan is very similar to Valentine's Day in the West.

 

 

 

Merry Christmas~!!! ^_^

  

I hope all of you have a happy and merry Christmas this 2013~!! ^_^

-Liv N' Luv Japan