The May issue of JAPAN CLOSE-UP has been published.
JAPAN CLOSE-UP is an English-language monthly magazine bringing you the latest news on Japanese business, products, culture, society, trends, and people.
One of featured articles on the May issue is "Sengoku Boom: Spellbound Young Women."
There is a current samurai boom amongst young Japanese women. Mesmerized by TV dramas and uncertain about their seemingly feminine male contemporaries, they are embracing a war-time era(sengoku) in the country's history, when men were men and the samurai code prevailed.
At a November 2008 Sengoku manga festival, over 8,000 participants came from across the country. Many wore colorful handmade costumes, most showed off an array of samurai trinkets.
What is the reason behind it?
Read more
http://www.export-japan.com/jcu/sample/index.php
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