The White Butterfly |
The White Butterfly
An old man named Takahama lived in a little house behind the cemetery of the temple of Sozanji. He was extremely amiable and generally liked by his neighbors, though most of them ...
Posted by Japanese_4life on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST |
The Princess Peony |
The Princess Peony
Many years ago at Gamogun, in the province of Omi, was a castle called Adzuchi-no-shiro. It was a magnificent old place, surrounded by walls and a moat filled with lotus lilies. ...
Posted by Japanese_4life on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST |
The Snow Bride |
The Snow Bride
Mosaku and his apprentice Minokichi journeyed to a forest, some little distance from their village. It was a bitterly cold night when they neared their destination, and saw in front of...
Posted by Japanese_4life on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST |
Masako announced she was exhausted and excused herself from royal duties |
Masako announced she was exhausted and excused herself from royal duties. Last month, she took refuge in her family's summer home in a wooded mountain resort. Officials say they do not know when she w...
Posted by Japanese_4life on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST |
ALL ABOUT JAPAN |
JAPAN
I INTRODUCTION
Japan, island nation in East Asia, located in the North Pacific Ocean off the coast of the Asian continent. Japan comprises the four main islands of Honshu, Hokkaido, K...
Posted by Japanese_4life on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST |
| The Japanese Yakuza | "history of it" |
| The Japanese Yakuza |
Yakuza history traces its origins to the Tokugawa era, the time of the shogunate, when Ieyasu Tokugawa unified the country of Japan. Japan had come a long way from its per...
Posted by Japanese_4life on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST |
Timeline of Japanese History |
Timeline of Japanese History
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Note: Many dates are approximate. Some developments emerged over a period of years, and precise dates for events before A.D. 600 have not...
Posted by Japanese_4life on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST |
tea ceremony cha no yu |
A Japanese cup of tea is more than is implied by the name for the ceremony - cha no yu (hot water for tea). It is, in fact, a quiet interlude during which host and guests strive for spiritual refreshm...
Posted by Japanese_4life on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST |
