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| Photos |
| 2008-09-20 19:19:00 |
http://www.flickr.com/photos/discover-jp/I uploaded the photos of Mountain climbing.I will write about this later, so check the photos first!...
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| New Announcement |
| 2008-09-08 08:58:00 |
Hello everyone who visits my blog, "Discover Japan".Here is the news. I'm coming back soon!I am thinking to renew my blog style and shere Japanese culture, my thoughts, photos and more.So, I will post my articles constantly again.I hope to have all of you again.See you soon :)...
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| Annoucement |
| 2008-05-07 06:56:00 |
Thank you for visiting my blog :) I like providing everything about my culture, Japan. Also, I think this is great to share ideas with you from all over the world.Now, for some personal reasons, I will take a short break here. Hopefully, I can write my blog soon :) I will be back again!Thanks for reading....
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| The Soul of Japan, Bushido |
| 2008-04-20 02:29:00 |
If you are ever fascinated by Samurai or Ninja, you definitely should read this book, called “Bushido (武士道)”. This book is not only talking about Samurai but also about how Japanese interprets matters and how they act against it.Bushido is the book about “The Soul of Japan”. You could know the basis of Japanese soul a (Behavior, Loyalty, Duty, Education, Etiquette etc), and how special country Japanese is from this book. For example, when you give a present for someone, what do you say or do? Probably, you tell the person how nice the present is. However, Japanese people say “Tsumaranai Mono Desuga(つまらないものですが)” which means “Please accept my small gift” which might sound strange to some of you. Japanese people think that no gift is enough for the pe...
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| Sakura in Shinjukugyoen |
| 2008-04-06 02:47:00 |
I went to see Sakura(cherry blossoms) in Shinjukugyoen (新宿御苑) whish is huge and histrical park in Shinjuku ward in Tokyo. Here is about Shinjukugyoen. Shinjukugyoen has 58.3 ha and the perimeter is about 3.5 km. Here is the map.It was clowdy when I went there, but Sakura bloomed beautifully. It was a garden for the Imperial Household, but became national park after war. I think Japanese people are most crazy nation for Sakura. People love to just watch and do Hanami party under the trees. You can get in the part at 200 yen for an adult. I think sports stuff is not allowed, but you can lay down on the ground and relax, and even lunch :)...
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| MLB Opening Game in Tokyo |
| 2008-03-22 20:30:00 |
On March 25th and 26th, there will be season openers in 2008 of Boston Red Sox vs. Oakland Athletics in Tokyo, Japan.This is third time to have the opening game in Japan (NY Mets vs. Chicago Cabs in 2000, NY Yankees vs. Tampa Bay Rays in 2004)Daisuke Matsuzaka, Boston Red Sox will be a starting pitcher.I will watch the game on 25th. Hopefully I can show you some photos and write about the game soon!...
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| White Day -It’s Boys Turn- |
| 2008-03-13 08:21:00 |
Just right one month later of Valentine’s Day on March 14th, there exist “White Day” in Japan.Girls present chocolate to boys on Valentine’s Day (refer to Valentine’s Day) and it is the day that girls confess their love to boys. Then what is White Day? If you receive chocolate on Valentine’s Day, you “have to” give them back sweets like candy, marshmallow and white chocolate to girls. This day is originally born in Japan.These days, I see boys are buying sweets preparing for White Day. It is said that it is manner to give back to girls something deserves three times. So, boys simply can’t give cheep sweets to girls.White Day custom is carrying out in Taiwan and Korea as well. I know there are black day, yellow day, rose day etc about love romance in Korea. What about in y...
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| The Japanese Sword Museum |
| 2008-03-09 03:01:00 |
Ninja, Samurai, Daimyou…People outside Japan are fascinated by the Japanese culture, especially boys.There is one maniac museum in Shibuya word, The Japanese Sword Museum (日本刀博物館). Katana (Japanese swords) are displayed all over in the museum. It has a collection of 120 pieces of swords and sword fittings including National Treasure and important Cultural Property.The fee is 525 yen for an adult and you can get brochure in English. The title of brochure is “Manual of How to Handle and Take Care of Swords”. I found it is quite interesting even you don’t have any Katana. For instance, “Whether drawing out a Tachi or Katana, one must hold the cutting edge up and grasp the scabbard from underneath in the left hand in a forward holding position. Then, hold the hilt from ab...
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| The Hip-Hop Black Guy Who Finds Japanese Soul |
| 2008-03-01 02:34:00 |
ジェロ(JERO, Jerome White, Jr) is such an awesome black guy who made his debut as an Enka singer in Japan!ジェロ was born in 1981 in the Pittsburg, the U.S. His grandmother was Japanese (already passed away), and he was affected by her who loved Enka (演歌, a traditional-style Japanese popular song).The guy who learned how great Enka from his grandmother went to Pittsburg University majored in science. Since he was fascinated by Enka a lot, he came to Japan to be an Enka singer in 2003. While he worked as a computer engineer in Japan, he was keep singing as an armature Enka singer. In February, 2008, he made his debut as a professional singer with the song, “海雪(Umiyuki, ocean snow)” from Victor Entertainment.Here is his first song music video, 海雪 by Jero. Check this out...
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| Happy Valentine's Day |
| 2008-02-16 18:55:00 |
It's a bit late, but I wish you had had happy Valentine's day! Here is the link about Valentine's day in Japan from my old post. How was your valentine's day? Did you have good time? Valentine's Day...
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