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Japan's nabe a great family meal

Nabe is the perfect dish to do at home with your family. It is a quick and easy one-pot hot meal and it's fun. A wide range of ingredients can be used in nabe.
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4 Tips for Winter Wellness

Cold weather can take a toll on the body, especially for those who suffer from chronic aches and pains.
Photos courtesy of Sapporo City
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Beautiful snow sculptures at Sapporo Snow Festival until Feb. 11

Hundreds of gigantic, eye-catching castles, shrines, Disney characters and Darth Vader of Star Wars will be shining February in the winter sunlight in Sapporo, the capital of Japan’s northern main island of Hokkaido. They are not made from glass or any synthetic materials, only ice and snow!
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Winter in Japan: Enjoy the snow, ice near you

Besides the ski resorts, there are many places in Japan where you, your family and friends can skate, sled or just play in the snow.
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Chase the winter blues away

Don’t let the winter blues get you down. The short days and cold weather can make you want to hibernate until spring, but being a couch potato won’t help your mood.
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Speakin’ Japanese: Winter season greetings

Here are some useful Japanese phrases to help you along the way.
Photo by Shoji Kudaka
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Okinawa basks in the glow of seasonal illuminations

Okinawa shined bright like a diamond this holiday season. One of the premiere locations for catching the seasons illuminations is the zoo where visitors could stay for extended hours as the zoo animals basked in the glow.
Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) affects millions of Americans every year and is believed to be more common in parts of the country where the sunshine is less prevalent, such as here. SAD symptoms can include a down mood, loss of interest in activities that are normally enjoyable, change in appetite, sleep patterns, fatigue and loss of energy. (Navy photo by Douglas Stutz)
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Shining light on those wintertime blues

The winter weather forecast will be snow and sleet for some, yet sorrow and sadness for others.
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Taste 2020 the right way in Japan

New Year’s is Japan’s biggest and longest holiday. People take Dec. 29 to Jan. 3 off from work to celebrate the first three days of the year praying at temples and shrines for the coming year.
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Did you know?: New Year, one of the most important holidays in Japan

New Year’s, or oshogatsu, is one of Japan’s most important and longest holidays.