A tokoyama styles the hair of both sumo wrestlers and kabuki actors.
Streets in Japan don’t have names Japanese addresses use a system closer to the parcel and lot numbers found in cadastral records. Once the city and district have been identified, the address is given using the chōme, banchi, and gō numbers.
As a result, the signs you see in the streets usually refer more to specific areas or intersections than to the roads themselves.
Japan’s EF English Proficiency Index (EF EPI) score is 468 This still indicated a low level of proficiency in 2023… Let’s hope the younger generations change this as quickly as possible.
The Yamanote Line carries up to five million passengers a day Greater Tokyo has around forty train and subway operators, nearly 200 lines, and some 2,000 rail-transit stations. By comparison, the RER A holds the European record, with 1.3 million passengers a day. 🙂
Sumo wrestlers don’t go to the hairdresser They go to a tokoyama, a specialist who also styles the hair of kabuki actors!
Hard to Believe, but True
A tokoyama styles the hair of both sumo wrestlers and kabuki actors.
Streets in Japan don’t have names
Japanese addresses use a system closer to the parcel and lot numbers found in cadastral records. Once the city and district have been identified, the address is given using the chōme, banchi, and gō numbers. As a result, the signs you see in the streets usually refer more to specific areas or intersections than to the roads themselves.
Japan’s EF English Proficiency Index (EF EPI) score is 468
This still indicated a low level of proficiency in 2023… Let’s hope the younger generations change this as quickly as possible.
The Yamanote Line carries up to five million passengers a day
Greater Tokyo has around forty train and subway operators, nearly 200 lines, and some 2,000 rail-transit stations. By comparison, the RER A holds the European record, with 1.3 million passengers a day. 🙂
Sumo wrestlers don’t go to the hairdresser
They go to a tokoyama, a specialist who also styles the hair of kabuki actors!