🏯 About 1,800 people came together in Aomori, Japan, over the weekend to pull a 360-tonne castle about two metres closer to its original place as part of renovation works. The keep – a fortified tower within a castle – was moved to allow repairs to a wall damaged in a major earthquake. The Hirosaki Castle will reportedly continue to be pulled by hand until the end of August, with machinery taking over for the remaining distance by the end of the year. #japannews #japan #aomori

Basic Japanese verbs and opposites, shown through a normal day in the life of the Manhattan Cafe pikmin. check out the iago app you can learn japanese with funny anime characters #umamusume #learnjapanese #studyjapanese #japaneselesson #animememes

NEVER use your FINGER for THIS in a Japanese Home... 🏠👈 #japanculture #japantravel #japan

Butterflies cannot fly that high. Scientifically, it is an impossible sight. Yet, Kotaro Migishi painted it. The spark came from a scholar's story about butterflies crossing the sea. Those few words must have ignited his imagination. Butterflies and moths scatter across the entire canvas. Without shadows or depth, they float freely and flatly. A piece that chose beauty over accuracy. Instead of painting reality, he transferred the scenery from his mind straight onto the canvas. If imagination ha