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Tamir Facts about Japanese 1. Get of your shoes!! When entering a Japanese house or a ryokan, outdoor shoes are always replaced by slippers at the doorway (genkan). Slippers are provided by the host. When entering a room with tatami floor, slippers are removed as well. Tatami should only be stepped on with socks or in bare feet. Finally, there are special toilet slippers for exclusive usage inside the washroom. The usual house slippers are left outside the door while using the washroom. 2. Japanese capsule hotel: 3. Death of Izanami-no-Mikoto Izanagi-no-Mikoto lamented the death of Izanami-no-Mikoto and undertook a journey to Yomi ("the shadowy land of the dead"). He searched for Izanami-no-Mikoto and found her. At first, Izanagi-no-Mikoto could not see her for the shadows hid her appearance. He asked her to return with him. Izanami-no-Mikoto spat out at him, informing Izanagi-no-Mikoto that he was too late. She had already eaten the food of the underworld and was now one with the land of the dead. She could no longer return to the living. The news shocked Izanagi-no-Mikoto, but he refused to leave her in Yomi. While Izanami-no- Mikoto was sleeping, he took the comb that bound his long hair and set it alight as a torch. Under the sudden burst of light, he saw the horrid form of the once beautiful and graceful Izanami-no-Mikoto. She was now a rotting form of flesh with maggots and foul creatures running over her ravaged body. Crying out loud, Izanagi-no-Mikoto could no longer control his fear and started to run, intending to return to the living and abandon his death-ridden wife. Izanami-no-Mikoto woke up, shrieking and indignant, and chased after him. She also sent shikome (foul women) to hunt for Izanagi-no-Mikoto and bring him back to Yomi. Izanagi-no-Mikoto burst out of the entrance and pushed a boulder in the mouth of the Yomotsuhirasaka (黄泉津平坂; cavern that was the entrance of Yomi). Izanami-no-Mikoto screamed from behind this impenetrable barricade and told Izanagi-no-Mikoto that if he left Tamir her she would destroy 1,000 residents of the living every day. He furiously replied he would give life to 1,500 4. Manga and Anime: 5. Sushi: Sushi is a Japanese food consisting of cooked vinegared rice (shari) combined with other ingredients (neta), usually raw fish or other seafood. Neta and forms of sushi presentation vary, but the ingredient which all sushi have in common is vinegared rice called sushi-meshi. 6. Katana: Japanese sword that were worn by the samurai class of feudal Japan 7. Eating place. 8. Japanese dragons diverse legendary creatures in Japanese mythology and folklore. Japanese dragon myths amalgamate native legends with imported stories about dragons from China, Korea and India. The style of the dragon was heavily influenced by the Chinese dragon. Like these other Asian dragons, most Japanese ones are water deities associated with rainfall and bodies of water, and are typically depicted as large, wingless, serpentine creatures with clawed feet. The modern Japanese language has numerous "dragon" words. 9. Japanese writhing: write from up to down.

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