Part IV: Entertainment and Learning About Japan

Introductory text

• Entertainment
  • Cinemas
  • Video-CD Rental Shops
  • Bowling your blues away
  • Pachinko, Video Games, Karaoke, and Other Traditional Pastimes
  • Fleamarkets (AKA “free-markets”)
  • Tickets for upcoming Events and Performances
    • Tickets for sports events
• Traditional Japan
  • Arts
    • Sado (tea ceremony)
    • Ikebana (flower arranging)
    • Shodo
    • Rice-planting
    • Washi-making
  • Matsuri (festivals)
  • Museums
  • Izakaya
  • Traditional Japanese Music, Dance, and Theatre
    • Kagura, Gigaku, Gagaku, and Bugaku
    • Noh and Kyogen
    • Odori
• Studying Japanese
  • Study materials
  • Schools & Tutors
  • The Japanese National Proficiency Test