{"id":7806,"date":"2025-12-22T09:00:48","date_gmt":"2025-12-22T00:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/waplus-kimono.com\/nara\/?post_type=en_blog&#038;p=7806"},"modified":"2025-11-25T14:26:38","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T05:26:38","slug":"why-is-calligraphy-important-in-japan","status":"publish","type":"en_blog","link":"https:\/\/waplus-kimono.com\/nara\/en\/blog\/2025\/12\/22\/why-is-calligraphy-important-in-japan\/","title":{"rendered":"Why is Calligraphy Important in Japan?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\ud83d\udc97\ud83d\udc9a~~Hello, this is Tea ceremony and Calligraphy shop Waplus Nara~~\ud83d\udc9a\ud83d\udc97<\/p>\n<p>Welcome to Tea ceremony and Calligraphy shop Waplus Nara.<br \/>\nToday, we would like to introduce why calligraphy is important in Japan.<\/p>\n<p>Calligraphy is called &#8220;Shodo&#8221; in Japanese.<\/p>\n<p>Japanese calligraphy is a special form of art in Japan. It is not only a way to write words. It is a way to show feelings, calm the mind, and connect with Japanese culture.<\/p>\n<p>Actually, all Japanese students study calligraphy at elementary and junior high schools. They learn basic techniques of calligraphy there and sometimes submit their work to a contest. As I said before, Japanese schools offer calligraphy classes to help students appreciate the culture of calligraphy. Also, Japanese people write their New Year&#8217;s resolution on traditional Japanese paper. It is called \u201cKakizome\u201d in Japanese, and it means \u201cfirst writing of the year\u201d. People use a brush and ink to write beautiful calligraphy on the first few days of January. If you would like to try calligraphy, I highly recommend that you try &#8220;Kakizome&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Therefore, calligraphy is deeply connected to Japanese culture, and it is very familiar to Japanese people.<\/p>\n<p>If you are interested in calligraphy, please visit our shop \u201cWaplus Nara\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>You can enjoy an authentic calligraphy experience at Waplus JR Nara shop!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-7826\" src=\"https:\/\/waplus-kimono.com\/nara\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image_123650291-12-1024x683-1-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"344\" height=\"229\" srcset=\"https:\/\/waplus-kimono.com\/nara\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image_123650291-12-1024x683-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/waplus-kimono.com\/nara\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image_123650291-12-1024x683-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/waplus-kimono.com\/nara\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image_123650291-12-1024x683-1.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 344px) 100vw, 344px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":7825,"template":"","en_blog_cat":[18],"class_list":["post-7806","en_blog","type-en_blog","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","en_blog_cat-staffblog","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/waplus-kimono.com\/nara\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/en_blog\/7806","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/waplus-kimono.com\/nara\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/en_blog"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/waplus-kimono.com\/nara\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/en_blog"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/waplus-kimono.com\/nara\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7825"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/waplus-kimono.com\/nara\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7806"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"en_blog_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/waplus-kimono.com\/nara\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/en_blog_cat?post=7806"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}