投稿 by Motoko Japanese Culture. I am writing e-book about Ikebana. I love Ikebana; Japanese art of flower arranging. I have been practicing around 30 years. In my house I need cut flowers arranged in a vase. It is not necessarily bunch of flowers. Just single flower makes me happy. Also it makes the space …
Try Ikebana and you will love it! Once you like, you can’t live without it. Read More »
I am planning to have a class for kids who are surrounded by so much information on line. I hope information they access enable them to have different perspectives so that they may accept and understand different sense of values and cultures. Off line traveling abroad, meet people, eat and stay there is one of …
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In spring Japanese enjoy cherry blossom viewing and in fall moon viewing. Moon viewing is only one or two nights while cherry blossom round a week. Another viewing in fall we Momiji viewing, which maples and other trees changed their color red and yellow. This year I enjoyed moon viewing with many people in Dallas. …
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I just watched the full moon of the eights months of lunar calendar. I couldn’t have time o make Tsukimi dumpling. Here’s a links. You will get the idea of Tsukimi. The most fun part is to eat Tsukimi dumpling. there also night concerts and tea ceremony. 投稿 by Motoko Japanese Culture. 投稿 by …
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To learn a language needs a strong motivation. Even we have one but we are sometimes tired of using a textbook. You can experience heart of Japanese who live along side with nature in a small islands with mountains and surrounded by oceans. Though it’s small, there are varieties of plants. Japanese have not tried …
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This article is for a little beautiful baby Christina who went through a surgery on Friday. She is strong. She is our sunflower. May God bless her and her family. Ikebana is the Japanese art of arranging flowers. Flowers and plants have their own characters and beauty. They give us beauty and energy. In Ikebana …
Sunflowers are beautiful! Sunflowers for Christina! Read More »
Summer Greetings! I would like to introduce this Haiku for summer greetings. This is my favorite summer haiku. 朝顔に つるべ 取られてもらい水 by 加賀の千代 Asagaoni tusurubetorarete moraimizu Haiku is a Japanese poem of seventeen syllables (in 5-7-7 form) It must contain a word to imply a season. This haiku was compose Kagano Chiyo who was a lady (1703-1775). Asagao; morning …
It’s always nice to share something I like and I enjoy. I had not appreciated my culture very much until I had come and lived in the States. Especially I found peace and tranquility in practicing tea ceremony and Ikebana I would like many people to experience those feeling. Just give it try. I visited …
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We care and we are with you, Sandy Hook, Newtown. Our origami crane, our prayer was shared in June . There were smiles and laughter and prayer for us in Newtown and Sandy Hook. No words cold explain how impressed I was to see how they are going forward and how they are helping each …
It’s been a while after I was a volunteer for Calligraphy at A-Kon 25 Dallas. I like to join those culture event and I always met some new people and enjoy talking. It’s a good opportunity to see how our Japanese culture look to the people too. This time there were so many people in …
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