日本是我国的近邻,自古以来,中日两国文化就有着密切交流,灿烂的中国文化曾经在日本历史进程和日本文化发展过程中起过极为重要的作用。探讨日本文化可以增进两国人民的理解,也可以通过研究日本文化发掘中国文化的历史痕迹,据此探索和评价中国文化。此外,近代以来,日本继承传统文化和积极摄取外来文化,促进了近代社会的迅速发展,从文化方面探讨这些问题,也可以使我们得到一些有益启示。本文结合日本文化的研究方法,谈谈对日本文化研究的理解及现今日本文化研究所面临的问题和挑战。 Japan has been a close neighbor of China. Since ancient times, Japan and China have had close exchanges with each other. Brilliant Chinese culture has played an extremely important role in the historical process of Japan and the development of Japanese culture. Exploring Japanese culture can enhance the understanding of the people of both countries. It can also explore the history of Chinese culture through the study of Japanese culture and explore and evaluate Chinese culture accordingly. In addition, since the modern days, Japan has inherited the traditional culture and taken in the foreign culture actively to promote the rapid development of modern society. Studying these issues from the perspective of culture can also give us some enlightenment. Based on the research methods of Japanese culture, this article talks about the comprehension of Japanese cultural studies and the problems and challenges confronting Japanese cultural studies today.