Halloween is American culture but more and more Japanese have enjoyed Halloween. Not only a big city but all over Japan. I had never thought of Halloween became such a big event among Japanese. Just 19 years ago Halloween was not so popular among general public. I was teaching English and it’s a good way …
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Moms and their kids enjoyed arranging flowers together in Dallas. Hanaiku花育: Literally means flower education. To provide kids to experience activities with flowers. Through the experience, kids learn how to celebrate a life and uniqueness. The experience will also help them connect to others and their community. I do enjoy flower arranging event, I have …
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During fall we have festivals all over Japan. Please search 秋祭りand you will see many festivals all over Japan. https://www.facebook.com/search/top/?q=%E7%A7%8B%E7%A5%AD%E3%82%8A So may videos too.https://www.facebook.com/search/str/%E7%A7%8B%E7%A5%AD%E3%82%8A/keywords_blended_videos https://www.facebook.com/1497595583900409/videos/1921525958174034/ Normally fall festival Akimatsuri 秋祭りis to celebrate harvest and thank for namely ujigami (a guardian god or spirit of a particular place in the Shinto religion) who is an ancestral guardian god. Usually Japanese …
お月見 Otsukimi is a party to enjoy viewing the moon. This custom came from China in 9th century. At that time(Heian Period 794-1192) it was only enjoyed by nobles, they playing the musical instruments, making poems and drinking sake. A time passes it changed into simpler event which they viewed the moon and went out for fun …
Motoko Japan LLC joined Dallas Japanese Festival and displayed Ikebana. I remembered Brian ‘s words.There are no failures. There’s only feedback! Yes feedback. When I came across this festival for the first time was in 2011. I had been away from Japanese community. I just didn’t have any opportunities to get to know Japanese people.I …
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Why don’t you Match time with your friend? Tea Ceremony is to share Match with a host and guests, tasting the tea and quiet trenquiling moments withsout talking loud. However sometimes,we mainly focus on enjoying conversation over Matcha,though we respect all manners and its philosophy. You can see how fun it is to share tea and …
They are form Michigan. Thank you, for growing such beaituful flowers, Growers! WOW! So beautiful! I love flowers and do Ikebana;the Japanese art of arranging flowers. I didn’t know how to express their beauty.It’s in season! Gladiolus grown in Michigan have a bigger flower and steam. Sometimes too good to arrange with other flowers. They have …
August is a time for me to take a moment to appreciate my life. Especially from August 6th to 15th. On 6th the first A-bomb was dropped on Hiroshima and on 9th the second bomb was dropped on Nagasaki. TV shows ,documentaries and article of newspapers about the war and the bomb appear every year.That has …
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I like to visit a Japanese class at a college.Especially when I listened to the presentations about Japanese culture. The Japanese culture sometimes looks so different from the one I am familiar.I could see my home country, Japan with someone else’s views. It’s very interesting. The more we learn a foreign language, the more deeply …
