Rangaku Learning About the West
Rangaku is the term used for “Dutch Learning” and started the Japaneses curiosity about the west from finding an anatomy book. From the....
15 Dec 2:22 pm  from  Dumbotaku   [Profile]  [Recent] 
It’s over!
Music! Go! Well the last couple of weeks of the semester have been a hellish fight for survival, but I’m thankful that I can say … “I....
15 Dec 5:02 am  from     [Profile]  [Recent] 
新高山
Jade Mountain, or Yushan (玉山), is the tallest mountain in Taiwan at 3,952 metres (12,966 ft) above sea level. It had previously been kno....
13 Dec 6:18 pm  from  Mutant Frog   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Shimojo Masao (6): The countries of the Confucian cultural sphere
WITH THE EXCEPTION OF JAPAN, the names of the countries that were once part of the Confucian cultural sphere are now entirely different. Qin....
8 Dec 1:48 am  from  ampontan   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Did Japan test an atomic bomb in Korea in 1945?
Robert Kneff of the Marmot’s Hole blog has a neat article in the Korea Times re-telling the little known allegation that Japan tested a nu....
5 Dec 12:09 am  from  Mutant Frog   [Profile]  [Recent] 
The Bell of the Chosho-ji Temple
In Asakusa, close to the Sumida river shores, you can find a small Nichiren Buddhist Temple, Chosho-ji. It is a very old temple, the found....
4 Dec 8:05 pm  from  Muza-chan.net   [Profile]  [Recent] 
And yet more FORAGING in Tsukuba-MUBE ( むべ)- and the etymology of its name
Wild MUBE from a garden in Tsukuba Before a meeting with Junko Yamamoto, I`m always filled with anticipation. This is because, more oft....
3 Dec 1:19 pm  from  alientimes   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Did you know… Tokyo Tower’s steel
A third of the steel used for building the Tokyo Tower was obtained by melting 90 American tanks damaged in the Korean War. From this…....
27 Nov 8:15 pm  from  Muza-chan.net   [Profile]  [Recent] 
The origin of holidays and the Tenno system
IF IT ISN’T UNIQUE, the Tokyo Metropolitan District is surely one of the few governments anywhere whose two top chief executives were men ....
27 Nov 2:47 am  from  ampontan   [Profile]  [Recent] 
The Sun, a documentary about WW2 Emperor Hirohito
Emperor Hirohito is the subject of a new Russian film that's showing in New York City right now, called The Sun. I have not seen it, nor ....
24 Nov 3:56 am  from  TokyoMango.com   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Crossing over the cloth bridge to paradise
HERE WAS THE PROBLEM: How were women to be allowed to reach the Sukhavati paradise, the pure land of bliss in the Jodo sect—enlightenment,....
24 Nov 3:00 am  from  ampontan   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Shimojo Masao (5): Franchising and norenwake
Franchising and Norenwake The franchising of retail outlets in the United States is said to have begun with Kentucky Fried Chicken. In a fra....
22 Nov 4:29 pm  from  ampontan   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Shichi-Go-San celebrations uniquely extravagant in Ibaraki
One of the questions most frequently asked  by Japanese people who you meet for the first time is- HOW OLD ARE YOU?  This can certainly b....
22 Nov 12:09 pm  from  alientimes   [Profile]  [Recent] 
History timeline
By no ways a complete list, but here is a timeline of some highlights of world history. Japan-related dates are written in red. 1281: Mongo....
21 Nov 11:33 am  from  Tokyo Five   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Thoughts on Buddhahood, alliances, and polite fictions
“At eighteen our convictions are hills from which we look; at forty-five they are caves in which we hide.” - F. Scott Fitzgerald, “Ber....
20 Nov 6:24 pm  from  ampontan   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Brief History of Japan – Part 3
In the mid-nineteenth century, when Europe and the United States were already fully engaged in the industrial revolution, Japan was a feudal....
18 Nov 11:50 am  from  Kirainet   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Customs and traditions of Japan – Shichi-Go-San
Shichi-Go-San ( 七五三 - seven-five-three ) is a festival marking a Japanese traditional rite of passage for 3 and 7 year-old girls and ....
16 Nov 12:30 am  from  Muza-chan.net   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Brief History of Japan – Part 2
Between the 14th and 16th century, Japanese people were ruled under a system of feuds that were always fighting against each other. The capi....
13 Nov 6:34 pm  from  Kirainet   [Profile]  [Recent] 
In autumn MUMS THE WORD, as Japans Chrysanthemum Cultivators Display their Creations
Walking through Tsukuba`s old neighborhoods in October and November, you will very likely see some impressive chrysanthemums (kiku) disp....
9 Nov 10:07 pm  from  alientimes   [Profile]  [Recent] 
What is now Culture Day was long celebrated as the Birthday of the Emperor Meiji
Since 1948, November 3rd has been a Japanese national holiday called BUNKA NO HI (文化の日), or Culture Day in English. On this day i....
3 Nov 3:00 pm  from  alientimes   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Saiki`s Old Fudo-Hall and its Traditional Monthly Women`s Prayer Meetings (妻木の不動尊)
  Saiki`s Fudo Hall It can be said that until about 50 years ago, the hamlet of Saiki ( 妻木), now a part of Tsukuba City, was at the edg....
21 Oct 9:18 pm  from  alientimes   [Profile]  [Recent] 
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