Washi Ningyo is Japanese paper doll. Washi itself mean Japanese paper (wa=Japanese; shi=paper) and ningyo means doll/human-shaped (nin/hito=human, person; gyo/katachi=shape).
Washi ningyo is made because the real ningyo is very expensive in Japan, so people in Japan made this washi ningyo. The real Japanese ningyo is made from real Kimono material and the detail is made as same as possible, so the price is quite expensive. Paper is cheaper, so washi ningyo is the choice.
Cha no yu or sado or tea cult is the traditional Japanese way of drinking tea in accordance with set rules of etiquette (Aoto, 1984: 239). Both the host and guests share a sense of togetherness during the ceremony. The "etiquette" of the tea ceremony concerns the manner in which the host serves the guests fine aromatic tea in a traditional tea cup in exquisite beauty and the manner in which guest show their appreciation to the host in the way they accept the tea. Kakuzo Okakura perceived cha no yu as "the way of tea".
Wafuku is from the kanji 和服: 和 (wa) means Japanese and 服 (fuku) means clothes. So Wafuku is traditional Japanese clothes. People in Japan still using Wafuku although Western clothes are well-known in Japan. They wear Wafuku in some special occasions like weddings, funerals, coming-of-age ceremonies (seijin shiki), and festivals (matsuri).
Japan has some Wafuku, they are: Kimono,Yukata, Haoriand Hakama.
Same like other countries, Japan also has Kodomo no Uta. Kodomo no Uta (子供の歌) means children's song. While the melodies of such songs may be simple and unsophisticated and the lyrics short, they contain an immense ammount of poetic sentiment (Aoto, 1984: 309)
There are some kinds of Kodomo no Uta:
Warabe Uta(童歌)
Traditional Japanese
songs, similar to nursery rhymes. They are often sung as part of
traditional children's games. They are described as a form of min’yo:
traditional Japanese songs, usually sung without accompanying instruments.
The centuries-old lyrics
are often incomprehensible to modern Japanese (especially to children who are
singing it), and others can be quite sinister on close analysis. Like many of
children's songs around the world, because people are used to them from an
early age, they are often oblivious to the real meanings.
According to Lent, Manga (漫画) are comics created in Japan, or by Japanese creators in the Japanese language, conforming to a style developed in Japan in the late 19th century. The writer of the Manga is called Mangaka (漫画家).
