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Valentine's Day is a day where women, give candy, chocolate or flowers to people they like. This has become an obligation for many women in Japan. Those who work in offices end up giving chocolates to all their male co-workers, sometimes at significant personal expense. In Japan it would be considered rude not to. 
February 11 is Kenkoku Kinenbi, or National Foundation Day, a national holiday in Japan. It is to remind them of there countries founders, and to show appreciation of their country.
Kendo is composed of two kanji: "Ken", meaning sword, and "Do", meaning 'the way/path of'. Together the term is literally the "way of the sword". It is a martial arts tradition spawned by the traditional schools of swordsmanship (ryu) of ancient Japan, and was practiced by and large by the bushi, or samurai class of the era. As practice with real blades is inherently dangerous, the schools developed a dummy sword called a shinai, and a set of protective equipment called bogu which protects the head (men), wrists (kote), chest (do), and groin (tare).
Magewappa is a traditional craftwork that has been made for about four hundred years in Odate city (Akita prefecture), which is located at the east end of Shirakami Mountains (A World National Heritage), and is also known as one of the most famous cedar growing districts in Japan.
Bonsai is Japanese for 'tray gardening'. Bonsai trees are miniature trees; they keep their small shape and size because of being grown in a small pot or tray and through very careful pruning. The art of pruning a bonsai tree can take a very short time to learn but many people can go an entire lifetime without actually mastering the art.