My interest in Japan began with japanese tattoos. Check out the works of Horiyoshi III if you don't know what I mean. I plan to cover my body in the japanese full body tattoo style, which is called irezumi.
If ya like tattoos, or have any questions about it, drop me a pm.
Books, documentaries & movies are my main sourche of information when it comes to Japan.
If I'm not entirely wrong there's an author called Kenzabore Oe that's japanese. Yukio Mishima is japanese. He and a bunch of people tried to overthrow the government but as they failed he committed sepuko (they usually uses the word harakiri to describe this tradition).
The book about the dooms day sect Aum Shin Rikyo, I have read.
I remember a fragment of a movie called Dodeskaden; a boy playing locomotive. Have you seen any of Akira Kurosawa's films?
I've seen films about the Kobe earth quake in 1995 and the bombings of Hiroshima (august 6, 1945) and Nagasaki (august 9, 1945).
Lost in Translation was supposed to be such a brilliant movie (by Sophia Coppola) but I've failed to see why. It aint bad, though.
The first Toyota car was manufactured in 1936, I think (my dad had Toyota cars for a number of years.
I was the caregiver for my mother and father. I set up respite and meals on wheels and took a vacation to Hawaii. On August 13 I called and called and no one answered. My friend called the police and we started a 3 week search. We found their bodies in Harbison Canyon on Sept 4, 2006.
I think it was, in their minds, an honorable way to die.(sepuko, harakiri??) My mom felt like she was a burden, my dad got accepted in the VA home but she wasn't allowed to go with him. I also lost my dog to this tragedity.
I wanted to know what you call this in Japanese. Does anyone know???? In my mind it wasn't really suicide.
I've been a japanophile since first grade. I've taken 3 years of Japanese, listen j-pop/rock, do origami and sumi-e (watercolors and calligraphy, read japanese novels, and love manga and anime. I also like Japanese mythology, history, medical research, movies, and video games. I want to go to Kyoto, Osaka, Tokyo, Yokohama etc.
i have a freind who absolouteley loves anime and manga he's really good at drawing them as well
The Japanese are without a doubt one of the most fascinating people still in existence.
I'm very interested in japanese culture, always have been, I'm not interested in anime/manga though, it is more the way of life and philosophy/religion, also I have a fascination for some of the rituals especially the tea ceremony. I like the architecture, the art, the language, and japanese guys are sooooooo damn gorgeous!
I signed up twice to learn japanese and both times the course got cancelled
I'm also very interested in China and Malaysia.
I have been locked into Japan as my main target, when it comes to CULTURE since the age of 12.
And I actually took a university degree in JAPANOLOGY (= I write and understand Japanese )
I `ve been living in Japan for a year - in Hiratsuka , south of Tokyo.
Although it can be QUITE crowded, people as a rule try to avoid touching each other in the streets = nice ` touch` ( my opinion )
My crush on Japan, it`s like EVERYTHING .
Zen Buddhism, MOVIES , No plays , the `kanji - katakana - hiragana ` conglomerate` , crazy technology etc. etc.
AND lately :
`the way the japanese have no fear of constucting humanoid robots `( mainly because
there`s no concept of `soul` in Buddhism , so Japanese scientists have one hesitation less to overcome)
It`s seems cool to me.
There`s really something going on in Japan in this field
- Omoshiroii
OOOh I can't wait to show this thread to my oldest. He loves all things japanese. The architecture/art/ the sound and look of the language.
I also like it, but with him it would be a main focus (if he had the time).
OOOh I can't wait to show this thread to my oldest. He loves all things japanese. The architecture/art/ the sound and look of the language.
Sounds exactly like what happened to me, at the point I discovered
Japan -
- the look of the blank, white Noh masks , and then hearing a recording of the ` singing ` of the actors,
the very SOUND !
+ the japanese characters, with patterns within them , and everything written vertically -
EVERYTHING !
( and I never grew out of it )
Why haven't I posted here?
Besides, I am a Japanophile, and come with a GREAT respect for the Japanese culture.
And besides that Japan has one of the smallest RFID tags. It seems like Japan is making quantum leaps as far as technology goes. I've read that the fish that many Japanese people eat for their diet might improve intelligence. Not only that, but they've made huge discoveries like neurotrophic plant factors.
There does seem to be a perseverence with technology development that is generally lacking in the west. And the we want it now culture in the west and they are prepared to wait difference.