JAPAN

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JAPAN
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A Little History

• Skeletons found that date back to 8000 B.C.
• A Mongoloid people closely related to the Chinese
  and Korean
• Migration halted in 400 A.D. no one else
  penetrated the land
• Racially pure Single Great Family
• 2nd largest pop. the Koreans

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Modern Japan

• After WWII Japan lay in ruins
• Over 2 million people were killed
• Industry and farming were at a stand still
• People were in rags with nowhere to go

Hiroshima After the Bombing
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Modern Japan

• The new Japan is throbbing with life
• 1 of the top 2 trading nations in the world
• Bullet trains connect the rebuilt cities
• 120 mph
• Large bridges and tunnels join the islands

Hiroshima Today
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Japanese Miracle

• Became an economic superpower
• Raised the bar in
• Education
• Group Cooperation
• Value of hard work
• Commuting
• Showed how working together can lift them out of
  devastation

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Price of Success

• Overcrowding
• Smog Water Pollution
• Wheres Mt. Fuji?
• Worlds strictest auto emission policy fixed
  problem
• Destruction of scenic treasures
• Make way for highways!
• Effacing mountains for travel
• Most people live on the coastlines
• Still struggles with environmental protection

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CULTURE
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Religion- Buddhism

• 4 Nobel Truths
• Suffering exists
• Suffering arises from attachment to desires
• Suffering ceases when attachment to desire ceases
  
• Freedom from suffering is possible by practicing
  the Eightfold Path
• Eightfold Path 3 Qualities
• Wisdom
• Meditation
• Morality

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Religion- Shinto

• Oldest Religion of Japan
• Kami Sacred spirits
• Take the form of things and concepts important to
  life
• Wind, rain
• Mountains, trees, rivers
• Fertility.
• Humans become kami after they die and are revered
  by their families as ancestral kami.
• Many families have shrines in their homes to
  deceased loved ones

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• There are no absolutes in Shinto.
• There is no absolute right and wrong, and nobody
  is perfect.
• Shinto is an optimistic faith, as humans are
  thought to be fundamentally good, and evil is
  believed to be caused by evil spirits.
• Purpose of most Shinto rituals is to keep away
  evil spirits by purification, prayers and
  offerings to the kami.

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Going to a Shinto temple

• You must purify yourself by washing your hands
  and mouth before entering
• Many people write wishes and prayers on wooden
  plaques or papers that are displayed

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Geisha

• NOT Prostitutes
• The masters of the Japanese arts
• Music (koto)
• Dance
• Tea Ceremony
• Singing
• Flower Arrangement
• Years of rigid practice and preparation before
  becoming an official Geisha

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Wearing Kimono...
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Top things about a kimono

• You can barely breathe
• The belt (obi) is incredibly tight, as is the
  robe around your legs
• How the obi is tied reveals either your position
  or style pref.
• You must take small tiny steps, proving your
  grace, elegance, poise, and discipline.

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A woman was hired to dress all of us in our
Kimonos for The New Year.
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Tea Master Sensei
Lowly Apprentice
When going to tea ceremonies at temples
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When performing tea ceremonies
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When Going to a Wedding or Funeral
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Castles

• Samurai castles are all over the country
• Most are now museums holding armor and other
  artifacts.

Matsue Castle
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Sumo!
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Basics of Sumo

• Originated in ancient times as a performance for
  the Shinto gods
• The wrestler who either first touches the floor
  with something other than his foot or leaves the
  ring before his opponent, loses
• 6 tournaments a year, each last 15 days
• Top of wrestlers hierarchy is the yokozuna
• Currently there is only 1 Asashoryu from
  Mongolia

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Wrestlers Life

• Besides working out, the wrestlers are eating
  large amounts of food and go to bed right after
  eating in order to gain mass.
• The wrestlers live in special sumo stables where
  the rules are very strict, especially for
  beginners.

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FOOD
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Fresh Seafoo0d market
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Okonomiyaki

• Eggs
• Flour
• Cabbage
• Seaweed
• Mayo
• Sauce
• Squid, etc.

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Japanese Pizza
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Squid-on-a-Stick
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Sushi Sashimi
Inari
Norimaki
Sashimi
Temaki
Nigiri
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OBento
Businessmans Obento
Students Obento
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Famous for their
VENDING MACHINES
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Beer Liquor
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Need Eggs?
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What were you suppose to pick up?
Toilet paper or flowers?
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Hmmm.
What publication would need bars over it?
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Cigarettes
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Hot Cans! The Ultimate Pocket Warmer!
Hot Food and Drinks
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Japan 1996
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The Gotsu Star
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Paper Factory
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KAWAHIRA-CHO
This is where I stayed with my 1st host family,
the Ikedas. View from the driveway.
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Pachinko

• Popular gambling game
• Slot machine/pinball
• Trade in points for money or prizes
• Ikeda-san love pachinko

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Karaoke

• Karaoke boxes
• Just you friends
• Little stage
• Pass the mic
• No one cares how good you are!

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Denwa Phone

• Uses phone cards that are put into the slot.
• Use them anywhere, any phone!
• Cards can be collected as souvenirs
• ALWAYS green

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GONOUKAWA KOUKO
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Shoe Room
Just like in the house, when you got to school,
off with your shoes and on with the school
slippers. Pink for girls, blue for boyshow
original.
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Custodial staff? What custodial staff? Where do
you think your are? America?
This took some getting used to. Strike that, this
took A LOT of getting used to.
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My Class 1-1
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Sports Festival
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Yes, thats a body being crushed.
Never quite figured out the rulesI dont think
there are any.
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Rules Hmm, Win at all costs?
She has failed her team and wallows.
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1/2 Time Show!
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Aww, the baseball team is doing a little pep song
for everyone!
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How, uh, motivating
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Preparing for Culture Fest
Yuko
Kaz
Naomi
Mio
Mikako
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Mio Emi cooking curry for the culture festival.
You can never take a picture without a peace sign.
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RUGBY SEND OFF
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TOKYO
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My Plane Ticket to Tokyo
Sayako Me
They actually let me out of Gotsu for Spring
Break!
That almost looks like my name
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Places we went to while I was in Tokyo
Their proof to the world that they can overcome
adversity. Tallest freestanding iron structure at
330 feet (taller than the Eiffel Tower).
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Outside of Emperor's PalaceWay Outside
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What I should have seen
Imperial Palace
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The 1 Pastime
Baseball
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The Koshien

• Takes place once a year
• The entire country watches!
• On televisions everywhere!
• High School Baseball Tournament
• More important than the World Series

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Shuuryou
Arigatou Gozaimasu
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Picture Resources

• Devasted Hiroshima. http//www.ettnet.se/stefa
  n-a/hiroshima/mini004.jpg
• Peace Dome at Night. http//www.cnn.com/interact
  ive/asianow/0008/hiroshima.anniversary/content2.ht
  ml
• Hiroshima City. http//www.worldcityphotos.org/J
  apan/
• Clean Fuji. http//www.shizuoka.isp.ntt-west.co.
  jp/wnn-c/Mt.Fuji-museumE/fuji-live/live-collection
  .html
• Dirty Fuji. http//www.uinet.or.jp/kanao-y/phot
  o/photo3/index-e.html
• Japanese Noh Theater Mask. http//www.asianart.
  com/articles/murray/28.html
• Ancient Japanese Man. http//www.iz2.or.jp/engl
  ish/fukusyoku/fukusei/2.htm
• Giant Buddha. http//www.lowanna.vic.edu.au/japa
  n/informed/culture/culture.htm