Download or read book Hanami written by Sung Jae Park and published by Dark Horse Comics. This book was released on 2007 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Joonho Suk has just moved to Seoul, South Korea, leaving his longtime crush Sae-un in Suwon. Lovesick and disoriented, he decides to take a walk around his new neighborhood. But this big city is full of eccentric people: witch wannabes, the Babe Patrol Research Center, young girls who speak a strange language - and one of them can lift enormous slabs of concrete! Joonho witnesses a bicycle accident involving Hanami, a charismatic exchange student from Japan, and soon he's on the wrong side of her vengeful grandfather. If he manages to survive this first day in the urban jungle, things have got to be calmer in his new school ... right?
Download or read book Japan in the 21st Century written by Pradyumna Karan and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2010-09-12 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ancient civilization of Japan, with its Shinto shrines and Buddhist temples, is also closely associated with all that is new and modern. Looking outward, Japan sees what it has become since Hiroshima: the world’s second-largest economy, a source of fury and wonder, a power without arms. Looking inward, Japan sees old ways shaken and new ones developing at a hectic pace. Japan in the Twenty-first Century offers compelling insights into the current realities of the country and investigates the crucial political, economic, demographic, and environmental challenges that face the nation. A combination of text, maps, and photographs provides an essential understanding of Japan’s geography, cultural heritage, demography, economic and political development, and of many other important issues. Pradyumna P. Karan explores the obstacles and opportunities that will shape Japan and affect the world community in the coming years. He highlights strategies and policies that will facilitate economic and political change and stimulate the development of effective institutions for long-term, sustainable prosperity and economic vitality. Unique field reports drawn from direct observations of events and places in Japan illuminate Japanese traditions and sensibilities. The first full-length English-language textbook on Japan’s geography, culture, politics, and economy to appear in nearly four decades, Japan in the Twenty-first Century will be a vital resource for researchers, academics, general readers, and students of Japan. Pradyumna P. Karan, professor of geography and Japan studies at the University of Kentucky, is the author or editor of numerous books on Asian geography and culture, including The Japanese City and Japan in the Bluegrass.
Download or read book The Japanese Art of Living Seasonally written by Natalie Leon and published by Watkins Media Limited. This book was released on 2024-05-14 with total page 375 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written by Japanologist Natalie Leon, this beautiful guide unlocks the secrets of Japan's seasonal culture to help you relish the seasons wherever you are. Relish every day with the secrets of Japan’s seasonal culture In traditional Japanese culture, people eat, sleep and wear the seasons, from kimono motifs to petal-shaped sweets, and festivals dedicated to nature’s spectacular displays. This mindful celebration of nature leads to a deep awareness of the seasons, called kisetsukan. This book reveals the hidden depths of kisetsukan, and how its concepts can transform your life. Discover: Shun, eating what is fresh and bountiful. Preserve edible flowers to use in homemade sweets, or taste the spring with “seven herb” porridge. Mottainai, zero-waste living. Learn about boro boro, visible mending that honours the history of a cherished garment, or wrap gifts in sustainable, seasonal fabrics. Kadō, the Way of Flowers. Learn the rules of ikebana and arrange flowers according to the seasons, or throw a cherry blossom-viewing party. Momijigari, the ritual of leaf hunting. Explore local nature with “forest bathing”, or learn simple ways to bring the outside inside. This treasure trove of folktales, recipes and activities is an invitation to celebrate each day, for increased creativity, harmony and happiness.
Download or read book Shocking Japan written by Junanto Herdiawan and published by Bentang - B first. This book was released on 2012-08-01 with total page 137 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Semua fakta mengejutkan tadi dibahas seru di buku ini. Penulis yang sudah lama tinggal di Jepang menuliskan keterkejutan apapun yang ia temui selama tinggal di negeri sakura itu. Ia menunjukkan bahwa Jepang itu tidak hanya sakura, gunung Fuji, dan shusi. Jadi? Siap-siaplah terheran-heran, tertawa-tawa, dan shock. [Mizan, Bentang, Traveling, Indonesia] Seri Kisah Perjalanan Bentang
Download or read book Japan from Anime to Zen written by David Watts Barton and published by Stone Bridge Press, Inc.. This book was released on 2021-04-27 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This friendly guide offers concise but detailed demystifications of more than 85 aspects of ancient and modern Japan. It can be read in sequence, or just dipped into, depending on the moment’s need. Explanations go much deeper than a typical travel guide and cover 1,500 years of history and culture, everything from geisha to gangsters, haiku to karaoke, the sun goddess to the shogunate . . . and anime to Zen.
Download or read book Introduction to Japanese Culture written by Daniel Sosnoski and published by Tuttle Publishing. This book was released on 2013-05-21 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Featuring full-color photographs and illustrations thoughout, this book presents a comprehensive guide to Japanese culture. The richness of Japan's history is renowned worldwide, and the cultural heritage that its society has produced and handed down to future generations is one of Japan's greatest accomplishments. Introduction to Japanese Culture presents an overview, through 68 original and informative essays, of Japan's most notable cultural achievements, including: Holidays and Festivals--Learn how the Japanese celebrate shogatsu (New Year's Day), hanami (the Cherry Blossom Festival), and more. Drama and Art--Discover yakimono (pottery), shodo(calligraphy), haiku poetry, kabuki, and karate Cuisine--Open your eyes to foods from kome (rice) to raw fish. Home and Recreation--Explore subjects ranging from board games like "Go" to origami, kimonos, and Japanese gardens. The Japan of today is a modern, 21st-century society in nearly every regard. Even so, the elements of an earlier age are clearly visible in the country's arts, festivals, and customs. This book focuses on the essential constants that remain in present-day Japan and their counterparts in Western culture. Edited by Daniel Sosnoski, an American writer who has lived in Japan since 1985, these well-researched articles, color photographs, and line illustrations provide a compact guide to aspects of Japan that may puzzle the outside observer at first. Introduction to Japanese Culture is a wonderfully informative primer on the cultural make-up and behaviors of the Japanese, and is certain to fascinate students, tourists, and anyone who seeks to know and understand Japanese culture, etiquette, and history.
Download or read book Country Competitiveness written by Bruce Kogut and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1993-08-05 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With the expansion of global competition through international trade agreements and heightened rivalry between firms in the domestic market, it is easy to understand why a firm would seek to compete by lowering the wages paid to labor. Yet, this strategy is troubled not only by the efforts of other firms pursuing cheaper labor costs, but also by the failure to adopt better ways of organizing work. New products are copied within a short time after introduction. What is difficult to imitate is the organizing of work--as applied to the factory floor, to the corporation, and to relations among firms and other institutions. This book explores detailed case studies of individual firms, country comparisons, and historical patterns of diffusion. The authors emphasize that the speed by which a firm adopts and integrates new technologies and ways of organizing must be understood in the context of the strength of the regional and national network of firms and institutions. The chapters in the book are written by world-renowned scholars--including Giovanni Dosi, Horst Kern, Michael Schumann, and Eleanor D. Westner--and represent major schools of thought from Germany, France, the U.S., Japan, and the United Kingdom. The studies are international in nature and include in-depth analyses of software systems, automobile manufacturing (e.g. the Toyota Production System), and the machine tool industry.
Download or read book Flowers That Kill written by Emiko Ohnuki-Tierney and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 2015-08-12 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Flowers are beautiful. People often communicate their love, sorrow, and other feelings to each other by offering flowers, like roses. Flowers can also be symbols of collective identity, as cherry blossoms are for the Japanese. But, are they also deceptive? Do people become aware when their meaning changes, perhaps as flowers are deployed by the state and dictators? Did people recognize that the roses they offered to Stalin and Hitler became a propaganda tool? Or were they like the Japanese, who, including the soldiers, did not realize when the state told them to fall like cherry blossoms, it meant their deaths? Flowers That Kill proposes an entirely new theoretical understanding of the role of quotidian symbols and their political significance to understand how they lead people, if indirectly, to wars, violence, and even self-exclusion and self-destruction precisely because symbolic communication is full of ambiguity and opacity. Using a broad comparative approach, Emiko Ohnuki-Tierney illustrates how the aesthetic and multiple meanings of symbols, and at times symbols without images become possible sources for creating opacity which prevents people from recognizing the shifting meaning of the symbols.
Download or read book Performance and Appropriation written by Michel Conan and published by Dumbarton Oaks. This book was released on 2007 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Breaking with the idea that gardens are places of indulgence and escapism, these studies of ritualized practices reveal that gardens in Europe, Asia, the United States, and the Caribbean have in fact made significant contributions to cultural change. This book demonstrates methods and the striking results of garden reception studies. The first section explores how cultural changes occur, and devotes chapters to public landscapes in the Netherlands, seventeenth-century Parisian gardens, Freemason gardens in Tuscany, nineteenth-century Scottish kitchen gardens, and the public parks of Edo and modern Tokyo. The second part provides striking examples of construction of self in vernacular gardens in Guadeloupe and American Japanese-style gardens in California. Finally, the third section analyzes struggles for political change in gardens of Yuan China and modern Britain.
Download or read book Ruby Notes for Professionals book written by Dr. Ashad Ullah Qureshi and published by Concepts Books Publication. This book was released on 2023-03-01 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More specifically, Ruby is a scripting language designed for front- and back-end web development, as well as other similar applications. It's a robust, dynamically typed, object-oriented language, with high-level syntax that makes programming with it feel almost like coding in English.
Download or read book Colors and Cultures Celebrating Asia s Fascinating Festivals written by Jade Summers and published by Jade Summers. This book was released on with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dive into the vibrant world of Asian festivals with "Colors and Cultures: Celebrating Asia's Fascinating Festivals," a beautifully illustrated and deeply insightful book that explores the rich tapestry of traditions, rituals, and celebrations across Asia. From the dazzling lights of Diwali in India to the serene beauty of Japan's Cherry Blossom Festival, this book takes readers on a journey through the continent's most captivating and colorful events. Each chapter delves into the history, cultural significance, and unique customs of each festival, providing readers with a deeper understanding of the diverse cultures that make up Asia. Packed with stunning photographs and engaging narratives, "Colors and Cultures" is not just a book, but an immersive experience that brings the spirit of Asian festivals to life. Whether you are an avid traveler, a cultural enthusiast, or simply curious about the world, this book will enrich your knowledge and appreciation of Asia's festive heritage. Celebrate the joy, color, and unity of Asia's festivals with "Colors and Cultures."
Download or read book Common Ground written by Akemi Kikumura-Yano and published by University Press of Colorado. This book was released on 2005 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this collection of seventeen essays, anthropologists, art historians, museum curators, writers, designers, and historians provide case studies exploring collaboration with community-oriented partners in order to document, interpret, and present their histories and experiences and provide a new understanding of what museums can and should be in the United States.
Download or read book Cherry written by Constance L. Kirker and published by Reaktion Books. This book was released on 2021-03-16 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ripe, sensuous, irresistible: the cherry tree and its stunning blossoms conjure up many literal, metaphorical, and visceral sensations. We enjoy cherry picking, a cherry on top, and even, on occasion, losing one’s cherry. Cherries have been consumed since prehistoric times, reaching great popularity among the ancient Romans. They have come to symbolize such divergent concepts as fertility, innocence, and seductiveness, inspiring Dutch still-life paintings, Freudian theory, contemporary pop artists, and one of the first food emojis. In Japan and other Asian cultures, the short-lived but beautiful cherry blossoms are important elements throughout art and literature. In this intriguing natural and cultural history, Constance L. Kirker and Mary Newman recount the origins, legends, celebrations, production, and health benefits of this beloved tree.
Download or read book The Sakura Obsession written by Naoko Abe and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2019-03-19 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Each year, the flowering of cherry blossoms marks the beginning of spring. But if it weren’t for the pioneering work of an English eccentric, Collingwood “Cherry” Ingram, Japan’s beloved cherry blossoms could have gone extinct. Ingram first fell in love with the sakura, or cherry tree, when he visited Japan on his honeymoon in 1907 and was so taken with the plant that he brought back hundreds of cuttings with him to England. Years later, upon learning that the Great White Cherry had virtually disappeared from Japan, he buried a living cutting from his own collection in a potato and repatriated it via the Trans-Siberian Express. In the years that followed, Ingram sent more than 100 varieties of cherry tree to new homes around the globe. As much a history of the cherry blossom in Japan as it is the story of one remarkable man, The Sakura Obsession follows the flower from its significance as a symbol of the imperial court, through the dark days of the Second World War, and up to the present-day worldwide fascination with this iconic blossom.
Download or read book A Late Start Tamer s Laid Back Life Volume 11 written by Yuu Tanaka and published by J-Novel Club. This book was released on 2024-09-25 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The event celebrating the arrival of second-wave players has come to an end, and Yuto has emerged with a decked-out house and a slew of prehistoric mascots. Now he’s back to taking care of his farm, ready to test out Rick’s new Forest Sorcery skill. While it comes in handy for farming, the skill turns out to also have a surprising ability: it can summon a demon! Bracing for a fight, Yuto enlists some help, only for things—as always—to take an unexpected turn... Afterwards, Yuto makes the most of his return to the main game by visiting a traditional Japanese town, challenging the Earth Elementals’ trial again with friends old and new, continuing a quest chain, and much more.
Download or read book The Complete Travel Guide for Japan written by YouGuide and published by Youguide International BV. This book was released on with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Complete Travel Guide Series" offers a comprehensive exploration of diverse destinations worldwide. Each book provides detailed insights into local culture, history, attractions, and practical travel tips, ensuring travellers are well-prepared to embark on memorable journeys. With vibrant illustrations, beautiful pictures and up to date information, this series is an essential companion for any type of traveller seeking enriching experiences.
Download or read book Curious Minds Around the World written by Riley Clarke and published by LibriHouse. This book was released on 2024-10-01 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Curious Minds: Around the World whisks young readers on a cultural and geographical adventure across the globe. From towering mountains to sprawling deserts, bustling cities to remote villages, this book introduces the diversity of our world’s landscapes, wildlife, and cultures. Filled with fun facts and engaging stories, it encourages a love for travel and learning about different ways of life!
