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Hands Inc. (株式会社ハンズ, Kabushiki gaisha Hanzu), known as Hands (formerly Tokyu Hands ), is a Japanese department store chain. Hands is now part of Cainz [ ja] (itself a member of the Beisia Group [ ja] ). Tokyu Hands opened their first store in Shibuya, Tokyo in 1976 as a DIY (Do-It-Yourself) store, hence the logo with two hands ...
All Hands and Hearts (AHAH) is a U.S. 501 (c) (3) nonprofit organization. The organization's current structure formed in late 2017, when two existing nonprofits, All Hands Volunteers and Happy Hearts Fund merged to become All Hands and Hearts. [3] All Hands Volunteers was founded in September 2005 by philanthropist and businessman David ...
Japanese mahjong ( Japanese: 麻雀, Hepburn: Mājan), also known as riichi mahjong, is a variation of mahjong. While the basic rules to the game are retained, the variation features a unique set of rules such as riichi and the use of dora. The variant is one of a few styles where discarded tiles are ordered rather than placed in a disorganized ...
In Japanese mahjong, yaku ( Japanese: 役) is a condition that determines the value of the player's hand. It is essential to know the yaku for game strategy, since a player must have a minimum of one yaku in their hand in order to legally win a hand. Each yaku has a specific han value.
Bowing. Bowing. Bowing in the tatami room. Bowing (お辞儀, o-jigi) is probably the feature of Japanese etiquette that is best known outside Japan. Bowing is extremely important: although children normally begin learning how to bow at a very young age, companies commonly train their employees precisely how they are to bow.
The payment to the winner of a hand is calculated as follows: 1. Counting han (飜) 2. If it is five han or more, it is mangan (満貫) or more and the calculation of basic points is omitted. 3. Counting fu (符) 4. If it is clear that the han and fu yield more than mangan, the calculation of basic points is omitted.
Kit Kats were introduced to Japan in 1973 when British confectioner Rowntree's made an agreement with Japanese confectioner and restaurant owner Fujiya. [2] In 2014, they were the top-selling confection in the country. [5] The Kit Kat brand took the number one sales position from Meiji chocolate in 2012, though Meiji remains the leading ...
A. Abumi-guchi. A small furry creature formed from the stirrup of a mounted soldier who fell in battle. Abura-akago. An infant ghost that licks the oil out of andon lamps. Abura-sumashi. A large-headed spirit that lives in the mountain passes of Kumamoto Prefecture, thought to be the reincarnation of a person who stole oil and then fled into ...