Portal:Japan/Did you know/Archive

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Did you know...

Koshien, the home stadium of Japan's high-school baseball tournaments

• ...that Pontocho is a geisha district in Kyoto?

• ...that agemochi, fried balls of glutinous rice, is a popular snack throughout Japan?

• ...that Nihonjinron (日本人論, "discourse on the Japanese") is a Japanese term referring to a genre of discourses that posit and examine certain unique characteristics, behaviors, or thinking-patterns of the Japanese people?

• ...that an obi (帯) is the top-most sash worn with various styles of kimono and martial-arts uniforms; several other sashes may be worn under the obi to secure the clothing in place and/or to enhance the shape of the body or of the uppermost sash?

• ...that in Japan, "high school baseball" (高校野球: kōkō yakyū) generally refers to baseball tournaments played by high schools nationwide culminating at a final tournament at Hanshin Kōshien Stadium in Nishinomiya, Japan?

• ...that the LDP-led coalition retained control of the House of Representatives in the 2003 General Election, while the Democratic Party of Japan made major gains?