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Hiragana Times
Jan 20, 2025

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📖 February 2025 issue Preview / 2025年2月号の見本を見る

JAPAN Art

Cover Story

Fushimi Inari Hatsuma Grand Festival
伏見稲荷大社初午大祭

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JAPAN Style

Japan: A Nation of Addition, Multiplication, and Harmony
足して、掛けて、和する国、日本

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JAPANese News

News Review

🎧The Single Kanji That Represents the Year 2024
さくねん 2 0 2 4 ねんをあらわすかんじいちじ
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New Expression & Buzzwords

🎧 メロい | Entranced

🎧もうええでしょう | That’s Enough

Close Up Japan

🎧 Japan’s National Foundation Day: A Story Bridging Ancient Times to the Present
日本の建国記念日——古代から現代へ、歴史をつなぐ物語

Pros and Cons with Insight

🎧 The Intersection of Rationality and Morality in the Rise of Techno-Libertarianism
テクノ・リバタリアンの台頭に見る合理性と道徳の交差点

Nihongo Do

Voice Wave | 言波

Kagawa Teruyuki’s Nihongo Do |香川照之の日本語道
🎧 The Japanese Language Brain: The Mysterious World of Japanese Language People Who Turn Sounds Into Words
音を言語に変える日本語人の不思議な世界

Word Leaves | 言の葉

🎧 Seasonal Word Leaves: “Kisaragi” — February in Japan, Sensing the Signs of Spring
季節の言の葉: 「如月」— 春の兆しを感じる日本の２月

Voice-Word Art | 言技

🎧 Seasonal Voice-Word Art: Seasonal Words of February Signaling Spring’s Arrival
季節の言技:春の訪れを告げる2月の季語

Japan Savvy | 日本通

🎧 Welcoming the New Spring with Setsubun
節分で迎える新しい春

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Become a Setsubun Savvy | 節分通になる

Japan Trend

Hiragana Times EXPO | Indonesia Pavilion

A Country of Beauty and Strength Created by the Energy of Diversity
多様性のエネルギーが生み出す美と力の国

Living the Vision of Diversity and Harmony: Indonesia
多様性と調和のビジョンを生きる:インドネシア

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