Monumental feats, new 500 yen coin contribute to choice of “Gold” as 2021’s Kanji of the Year
On December 13th, 2021, the chief priest of Kyoto’s famous Kiyomizudera temple wrote down the kanji character kin 金 which means “gold” or “money” as…
Kanji of the Year
Japan decides its Kanji of the Year, and it embodies 2020 to a tee
Every year around this time, at Kiyomizu-dera Temple in Kyoto, one of Japan’s most famous Buddhist temples and a World Heritage Site, the “Kanji of…
The 2018 Japan Kanji Character Of The Year Is “Disaster”
At the end of every year, the Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation announces the selection of a kanji, or Japanese character, that embodies the national…
Every Year Has A Character: Japan Chooses Its “Kanji of the Year” 2017
For the last 23 years, people in Japan have turned on the evening news on December 12 (Kanji Day) to learn which “kanji of the…