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Existence and location.
Two verbs for 'exist':
- あります for non-living things (books, buildings, events)
- います for living things (people, animals — and by convention, anything that moves on its own like a moving car)
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Japanese Houses (traditional)
Features: tatami (straw mat flooring), fusuma (sliding doors), genkan (entryway where shoes are removed). Rooms measured in tatami mats (e.g., 6-mat room).
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Japanese National Holidays
Japan has 16 national holidays. When a holiday falls on Sunday, the following Monday becomes a substitute holiday (振替休日). Golden Week is late April to early May.