April 2025 Issue Is Now On Sale!

Hiragana Times
Mar 18, 2025

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📖 April 2025 issue Preview / 2025年4月号の見本を見る

JAPAN Art

Cover Story

“Inochi Tama” – The Sphere of Life’s Merging and Transformation
いのちの合体と変形がめぐる「いのち玉」

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Person of the hour

Life Ever – Transforming and Merging — The Adventure of Life Pavilion by Shoji Kawamori
合体・変形し続けるいのちーー河森正治が作る、「いのち」の冒険パビリオン

JAPAN Style

The World of Words Connected by Those Who Hope [Part 2]
希望するものたちがつなぐ言葉の世界 [後半]

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JAPANese News

News Review

🎧A Full Marathon in Sandals? The Taiwanese Sandals Connecting Runners Across Japan
サンダルでフルマラソン？ぜんこくのランナーをつなぐたいわんサンダル
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New Expression & Buzzwords

🎧かわちい| Cute

🎧マコモ湯構文 | Makomo-bath Construction

Close Up Japan

🎧 Reiwa Rice Panic: The Price of Japan’s Staple Food, Rice, Is Soaring
令和の米騒動：日本人の主食「米」の価格が高騰している

Pros and Cons with Insight

🎧 Japanese Focus on Security: The Background of Insurance Culture
日本人の「安心」へのこだわり：保険文化の背景

Nihongo Do

Voice Wave | 言波

🎧 Myths as “Mind Stories” — The Tales Within Your Heart
神話は「心話」―― あなたの心の物語

Word Leaves | 言の葉

🎧 Seasonal Word Leaves: “Uzuki” — April in Japan, When Spring Reaches Its Full Bloom
季節の言の葉：「卯月」— 春爛漫、日本の４月

Voice-Word Art | 言技

🎧 Seasonal Voice-Word Art: Embracing the Full Bloom of Spring’s Beauty
季節の言技：春爛漫の美しさを愛でる4月の季語

Japan Savvy | 日本通

🎧 Japanese History and Culture Told by the Joints and Echoes of Bamboo
竹の節と響きが語る日本の歴史と文化

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Become a Take Savvy |竹通になる

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