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Katakana and Hiragana are the first truly Japanese alphabets. They originated in the 9th century when the Japanese people wanted to create their own writing…
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“Kanji” is Japanese for the Chinese hanzi characters that Japan has adopted as part of its modern writing system. Before kanji, the Japanese had no written…
Read ArticleJapan Travelogue Series: Costco Japan
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Costco Japan (Costco in katakana is コストコ and is pronounced as KO-SU-TO-KO) is much like the U.S. Costco, but is, of course, stacked with many…
Read ArticleKCP Alum Nolan Good Explores Tokyo Streets (Part 2)
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In this 2-part post, KCP student Nolan Good shares with us what makes Tokyo streets incomparable and special. Thanks, Nolan! Once, while traveling outside of…
Read ArticleKCP Calligraphy Class, Spring 2021
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Japanese calligraphy (書道, shodō: “the way of writing”) is a form of artistic writing of the Japanese language. Wang Xizhi a Chinese calligrapher, politician, general…
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