culturetalk | Institute of International Education in London

‘Culture Talk’ is aimed at everyone who would like to familiarise themselves with aspects of real Japan. IIEL students regularly present Japanese culture and society in English for many locals and Japanese learners. If you are interested in the latest topics we presented, please click here.

Past topics are as follows;

• Chopsticks
• Daily Food in Japan
• Geiko or Geisha?
• God of Manga--Osamu Tezuka
• Green Tea
• Having Sukiyaki for the First Time
• Heroes in Bakumatsu
• HIROSHIMA
• Interatial Relationship
• Japanese Amusement and Play
• Japanese Animation
• Japanese Children's School Life
• Japanese Customs and Traditions Regarding Ancestor Reverence
• Japanese Fairy Tales
• Japanese Festivals
• Japanese Ghosts
• Japanese Lunch Box 'Obento'
• Japanese Sweets 　　
• Japanese Wedding Ceremony
• Manga: Japanese Cartoons
• Marriage～Partner Hunting
• Miso-Soup
• Ninja
• Noh Play
• Otaku Culture
• Sazaesan-Japanese Family 　
• Seasons in Japan
• Shamisen and Kiyomoto (What My Mother Treasured)
• Starting Early--Musical Education from Age 3
• Sushi
• The Institutions and Customs of Summer in Japan--Yukata
• The Rise and Fall (...and Rise?) of the Salaryman
• The Shape of Japan: Territorial Conflicts 　　
• The Saitobaru Burial Mounds
• Tokyo's Secret Island 'Ogasawara'
• Valentine’s Day in Japan
• Waka--Japanese Ancient Poetry
• When Japanese Princes Became the Magi at the Vatican