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Relaxing Ryokan MaryLou Driedger - marylou [4,443] My husband had his best sleep ever in our ryokan in Japan. Destinations: Kochi(Japan) \| Tokyo \| Oita Prefecture \| Nara \| Nagoya \| Hiroshima \| Wakayama Prefecture \| Kochi \| Okinawa \| Kyushu \| Nagano prefecture \| Kagoshima Prefecture \| Uraga \| Ishikawa \| Sapporo \| Nikko \| Hokkaido \| Kyoto \| Kanagawa \| Japan \| Yokohama \| Osaka Topics: Adventure \| 20th Century History \| Economy \| People \| Fashion \| Ancient History \| Traditions \| Culture \| Architecture
Film Review: Memoirs of a Geisha Celeste Heiter - cheiter [29,099] Based upon the critically acclaimed novel by Arthur Golden, this much-anticipated film tells the tale of Chiyo, a nine-year-old girl from an impoverished family whose father sells her and her sister... Destinations: Tokyo \| Japan Topics: Culture \| People \| Literature \| Performing Arts \| 20th Century History \| Traditions
Kimono Robert George - rgeorge [1,340] A story told with photos. Destinations: Tokyo \| Japan Topics: People \| Festivals \| Fashion \| Traditions
The fortune-tellers of Tokyo Agence-France Presse AFP - Global [28,579] * * * Every night when the offices close and the shops pull down their shutters, the fortune-tellers of Tokyo set up their tables in the darkened doorways, keeping a centuries old tradition alive. Destinations: Tokyo \| Japan Topics: Culture \| Traditions
The Floating World Kenneth Champeon - kchampeon [19,644] An essay on the geisha, drawing on two books on the subject - Liza Dalby's Geisha and Lesley Downer's Geisha: The Secret history of a Vanishing World. Destinations: Tokyo \| Japan Topics: Culture \| People \| Literature \| Traditions
Obon Festival Hauquan Chau - hchau [445] Every summer in Japan, the spirits of dead ancestors come home. In mid-August, as the sweltering humid winds blow in, Obon Festival or "The Festival of the Dead" is celebrated throughout the... Destinations: Tokyo \| Japan Topics: Culture \| Festivals \| Traditions
Irezumi - Scarred Beauty Nabanita Dutt - ndutt [3,768] Geri Halliwell has a small star tattooed on her back. Manchester United hero David Beckham has his son's name, Brooklyn, inscribed just above his derriere and actress Angelina Jolie carries a curious... Destinations: Tokyo \| Japan Topics: People \| Traditions \| Art
The Way of Flowers Helene Goupil - Helene [67] The beauty of a Japanese flower arrangement lies in its asymmetrical balance, respect for the individual flower and harmony with nature as a whole. Ikebana is the representation of the Japanese love... Destinations: Tokyo \| Japan Topics: Traditions \| Art
Geishas Of Japan - A Snapshot Nabanita Dutt - ndutt [3,768] Japanese people, I am told, do not like talking about their geisha. The few I dared to ask, seemed visibly affronted by this line of questioning. While one half of them consider geisha a ... Destinations: Tokyo \| Japan Topics: Culture \| People \| Traditions
Japanese Expressions II Robert George - rgeorge [1,340] A story told with photos. Destinations: Tokyo \| Japan Topics: Culture \| Food \| People \| Agriculture \| Sports \| Traditions

Neatly folded kimonos and the Buddhist Scriptures were provided in our ryokan

Relaxing Ryokan

MaryLou Driedger - marylou [4,443]

My husband had his best sleep ever in our ryokan in Japan.

Destinations: Kochi(Japan) | Tokyo | Oita Prefecture | Nara | Nagoya | Hiroshima | Wakayama Prefecture | Kochi | Okinawa | Kyushu | Nagano prefecture | Kagoshima Prefecture | Uraga | Ishikawa | Sapporo | Nikko | Hokkaido | Kyoto | Kanagawa | Japan | Yokohama | Osaka
Topics: Adventure | 20th Century History | Economy | People | Fashion | Ancient History | Traditions | Culture | Architecture

Film Review: Memoirs of a Geisha

Celeste Heiter - cheiter [29,099]

Based upon the critically acclaimed novel by Arthur Golden, this much-anticipated film tells the tale of Chiyo, a nine-year-old girl from an impoverished family whose father sells her and her sister...

Destinations: Tokyo | Japan
Topics: Culture | People | Literature | Performing Arts | 20th Century History | Traditions

Every year on November 15, Japan celebrates Shichi-Go-San--Children's Day. Dressed in their very finest garments, girls and boys aged three, boys aged five, and girls aged seven, go with their families to nearby shrines, where they line up, sometimes for hours, to await their turn to be blessed by the presiding priest. After the blessing, the child is presented with a gift of long sticks of candy called chitose-ame, "thousand year sweets," wrapped in ornate bags decorated with cranes and turtles, both symbols of longevity.

Kimono

Robert George - rgeorge [1,340]

A story told with photos.

Destinations: Tokyo | Japan
Topics: People | Festivals | Fashion | Traditions

Seventy-eight-year-old fortune-teller Terutsugu Eguma attends to a customer on the street of Ginza shopping district of Tokyo.

The fortune-tellers of Tokyo

Agence-France Presse AFP - Global [28,579]

* * * Every night when the offices close and the shops pull down their shutters, the fortune-tellers of Tokyo set up their tables in the darkened doorways, keeping a centuries old tradition alive.

Destinations: Tokyo | Japan
Topics: Culture | Traditions

The Floating World

Kenneth Champeon - kchampeon [19,644]

An essay on the geisha, drawing on two books on the subject - Liza Dalby's Geisha and Lesley Downer's Geisha: The Secret history of a Vanishing World.

Destinations: Tokyo | Japan
Topics: Culture | People | Literature | Traditions

Obon Festival

Hauquan Chau - hchau [445]

Every summer in Japan, the spirits of dead ancestors come home. In mid-August, as the sweltering humid winds blow in, Obon Festival or "The Festival of the Dead" is celebrated throughout the...

Destinations: Tokyo | Japan
Topics: Culture | Festivals | Traditions

Irezumi - Scarred Beauty

Nabanita Dutt - ndutt [3,768]

Geri Halliwell has a small star tattooed on her back. Manchester United hero David Beckham has his son's name, Brooklyn, inscribed just above his derriere and actress Angelina Jolie carries a curious...

Destinations: Tokyo | Japan
Topics: People | Traditions | Art

The Way of Flowers

Helene Goupil - Helene [67]

The beauty of a Japanese flower arrangement lies in its asymmetrical balance, respect for the individual flower and harmony with nature as a whole. Ikebana is the representation of the Japanese love...

Destinations: Tokyo | Japan
Topics: Traditions | Art

A Geisha at Sanja Matsuri, one of Tokyo’s liveliest and most widely-attended festivals

Geishas Of Japan - A Snapshot

Nabanita Dutt - ndutt [3,768]

Japanese people, I am told, do not like talking about their geisha. The few I dared to ask, seemed visibly affronted by this line of questioning. While one half of them consider geisha a ...

Destinations: Tokyo | Japan
Topics: Culture | People | Traditions

The water is coldGive me strength to endure itAs I purge myselfOn the second Sunday of the New Year, wearing nothing more than loincloths called shitaobi and headbands called hachimaki, many Japanese men brave the icy waters of Teppozu Inari Jinja, a Shinto shrine in central Tokyo, to practice a yearly purification ritual.

Japanese Expressions II

Robert George - rgeorge [1,340]

A story told with photos.

Destinations: Tokyo | Japan
Topics: Culture | Food | People | Agriculture | Sports | Traditions

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