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Japanese Element Symbols is an introduction for non-Japanese to the Japanese language through Kanji symbols, its alphabet, elements of Japan's culture, and what to expect on the culinary front.
TOKYOMANGO: Children Full of Life, a moving documentary about kids sharing emotions in school
My friend Alyssa sent me a link to a 2003 documentary called Children Full of Life, now viewable in its entirety on YouTube (also embedded in this post). The film features a very unique 4th grade class in Kanazawa, where the teacher encourages students to keep journals, read them out loud in class, and then share deep, ordinarily inaccessible emotions with the rest of the students. For example, in the first section, they talk about death. Most teachers would shy away from talking about such subjects in class — they might deem it inappropriate, or opt to spend the time doing other stuff, or maybe it's just not customary to talk openly about such deep emotions in school. I certainly don't know that many classrooms, even in the US, where this is actively encouraged. But this teacher, one Mr. Kanamori, tells the children that their primary goal is to be happy, and that sharing feelings is part of the path to happiness.
The Soul of Japan
I'm a sake and fine foods connoisseur specializing in local and regional rice wines and cuisines in Japan. I am a self published author of two books; one on hot springs and the other on nihonshu. I am also a cultural immersions instructor by trade and a life transitions counselor that overseas and assist people with life overseas.
OLD PHOTOS of JAPAN
shows photos of Japan between the 1860s and 1930s. In 1854, Japan opened its doors to the outside world for the first time in more than 200 years. It set in motion a truly astounding transformation. As fate would have it, photography had just been invented. As the old country vanished and a new one was born, daring photographers took photos. Discover what life was like with their rare and precious photographs of old Japan.
Japanese Manhole Covers
The Japanese have been creating and manufacturing ornate and decorative manhole covers for many years. Some with color (sand or enamel), and some just crafted of steel and or iron. There are thousands of photo galleries and flickr sets of these but here I pulled a few of my personal favorites and categorized them, first by color, then by subject, for you.
New life for traditional Japanese music? | MetaFilter
Jero, or Jerome Wright, Jr. is the first black singer of traditional Japanese enka music. Here he performs a duet - him wearing hip-hop garb, his partner in a kimono. He won the Best New Artist Award in Japan, and appeared today at the Cherry Blossom festival in Washington DC.
If you meet a 10-foot-tall woman in a snow storm, run | MetaFilter
Have you met the Yuki-onna? You might meet her in a snow storm, and recognize her by her pure white robe marked only with a splattering of blood and her lack of feet. She might kill you with icy breath, or lead you into the storm to die of exposure, or se
A New Wave for Japanese Art
International art collectors are warming up to a new breed of daring Japanese artists that are no longer beholden to Western styles
Terunobu Fujimori
legendary avant garde japanese architect
Bouncing Red Ball
Bouncing Red Ball is mostly about hiking, travel and gadgets and robots. In Japan.
My own photos in Bouncing Red Ball are licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike. Use them as you like, but please link back. All other photos are owned by their respective photographers and may have non-CC licenses.
The Art of Tea - The New York Times > Arts > Slide Show > Slide 1 of 8
“Tea Culture of Japan: ‘Chanoyu’ Past and Present” at the Yale University Art Gallery aims to evoke the look and spirit of an intricately choreographed social convention, the formal serving of tea, that is also the embodiment of religious philosophy and a national culture.
An Introduction to 'Mono-ha' | TABlog | Tokyo Art Beat
'Mono-ha' refers to a group of artists who were active from the late sixties to early seventies, using both natural and man-made materials in their work. Their aim was simply to bring 'things' together, as far as possible in an unaltered state, allowing the juxtaposed materials to speak for themselves. Hence, the artists no longer ‘created’ but ‘rearranged’ ‘things’ into artworks, drawing attention to the interdependent relationships between these ‘things’ and the space surrounding them. The aim was to challenge pre-existing perceptions of such materials and relate to them on a new level.
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