Kabuki is a Japanese traditional theatre form, which originated in the Edo period at the beginning of the seventeenth century and was particularly popular among townspeople.
"Japanese traditional houses have paper screens with mica paint which is a very subtle medium, giving a shiny appearance to recreate the pattern of the water, " she said.
In many ways, geisha are living embodiments of Japanese traditional culture: each one is well versed in traditional dancing, singing, musical instruments and occasionally other arts such as tea ceremony and ikebana (flower arrangement).
So perhaps it was only a matter of time before someone decided to combine the two quintessentially Japanese forms of accommodation: the traditional Japanese inn, or ryokan, and the capsule hotel.
The often compelling and impressive presence of Ms. Seyama and Mr. Sawamura stand out as the show's highlight, sometimes in striking contrast to the non-Japanese performers who, when they are asked to perform aspects of traditional Japanese dance, do so without evident conviction.
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The eponymous capsules look like the sleeping berths on a particularly traditional Japanese spaceship.
If traditional Japanese corporate powerhouses are flagging, few have risen up to replace them.
There is a freestanding pub with billiards, a library, even a traditional Japanese bathhouse.
Arashiyama Benkei Ryokan is an elegant ryokan (traditional Japanese inn) by the Hozu-gawa river.
This free-flowing approach to learning contrasts markedly with the stiff, conformist image of traditional Japanese education.
Although traditional Japanese companies can sponsor qualified foreigners for a work visa, few do so.
Its classes, which range from traditional Japanese culture to environmental issues, are enormously popular, with many oversubscribed.
Together, the two men have set about a complete reworking of the traditional Japanese approach to retailing.
At traditional Japanese companies, 35 would be young for an employee and most directors are in their 60s.
Traditional Japanese companies lack both the credibility to make big acquisitions in Europe or America, and the management skills to make them work.
In part, critics like Mr Kono and Mr Shiozaki are venting the sorts of frustrations felt by ambitious, younger people in all traditional Japanese organisations.
On a properly cold day, I like to prepare a traditional Japanese wintertime dish that is one of the best ways I know to appreciate kombu.
The traditional Japanese family of breadwinner and housewife which the government has long tried to preserve is an anachronism: in 55% of married households both spouses work.
The traveller who savours traditional Japanese cuisine and dismisses fusion cuisine as inauthentic, who refers to rice wine as Nihonshu and is seduced by the entire poetic process.
Like his medium, his method combines the old and the new: he draws with a traditional Japanese brush dipped in ink, but adds occasional colour on a Mac.
Nippon serves the best traditional Japanese food in the city.
For those not familiar with the food, Nobu was a pioneer at the forefront of the now common Asian fusion cuisine movement, melding elements of traditional Japanese and Peruvian cooking.
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She placed the images incongruously against utopian, postcard scenes from nature -- mountains, flowers and green fields -- or against backdrops modeled on the stylized landscapes of traditional Japanese screens.
Under the traditional Japanese system, employees qualified for a lump sum at retirement (over and above the state pension scheme) after 30 years at the same firm, which strongly discouraged mid-career moves.
Shoppers could spend a fortune on the finest shade-grown green tea from Fukuoka and seasonally-themed wagashi (traditional Japanese sweets), or simply roam the maze of shops for a feast of the visual variety.
The donburi, a traditional Japanese dish that consists of rice and savoury toppings, can be ordered with US flavours like taco meat (spiced minced pork), creole chicken or shrimp patties instead of teriyaki meats.
Like all sho, it is black ink on white paper, and written from top to bottom, right to left, as is traditional Japanese (one of the many differences with Western languages that no doubt confounded Francis Xavier).
French technique meets Japanese elegance around a traditional garden at the upscale Tetsuya's, where there is just one coveted degustation menu.
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Many savers, the traditional buyers of Japanese government debt, will become spenders in retirement.
Today, Kabuki is the most popular of the traditional styles of Japanese drama.
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