21 Up Japan

experienced diets that crossed classes-we'll examine some generalities. Rice Unsurprisingly, rice was a staple food, and was so important as to be considered a measure of wealth. Farming in Japan has never been an especially easy affair, and the life of a farmer could be a difficult one indeed. Much of Japan is mountainous, and yet even after the land was unified under the Tokugawa, each province needed to have some rice-growing potential. A few areas were idea and by…

Hawaii has everything: beautiful beaches, amazing sunsets, world-class hospitality, and the list goes on. Unfortunately, the one thing you can’t find in Hawaii is authentic Japanese miso soup unless you know the one place to look for this old-world delicacy. Ma'ona Musubi, located in the heart of downtown Honolulu, HI is a breakfast and lunch restaurant specializing in a variety of Japanese dishes, but perhaps, the most sought-after creation is the miso soup. Ma'ona Musubi’s owner/chef insists…

On March 11, 2011 Japan was rattled by a powerful earthquake and tsunami. When the tsunami hit Sendai, Japan thousands of lives were changed forever. The tsunami claimed thousands of lives, destroyed thousands of homes, businesses, and roads and left behind an excessive amount of debris. The impact of the tsunami also caused a major power outage which in turn caused a major nuclear meltdown/explosion at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. With the devastation of that day and the days…

Guilt, is what the seventh man felt when he survived the typhoon and his best friend K lost his life. He was only seven at the time when this tragic event happened in his life. K his best friend was a year younger than him. They were best friend, but more like brothers. The day of the typhoon the seventh man went down to the beach while they were in the eye of the storm, and it was rather nice out. Things went horribly wrong though while down at the beach looking at things that the storm had…

Points of Interest There are several details in this story which raised doubt with both the parents of the children and the local police department. When the children departed for Glenely Beach in the morning of January 26th, they left with only enough money to cover their bus fare: six shilling and a sixpence. However, the shop owner, who sold several pastries and a meat pie to the children at 11:45am, reported that the children paid for the food with a $1 bill, an amount of money that they…

Daniel in a few parts of the movie is seen as a dyadic character. The scene where a rich kids pull up next to Ali and asks if she wants to go hang out and parked right in front of them is Daniel’s mom. Ali says she doesn’t want to because she wants to spend time with Daniel and Daniel gets mad at Ali for not going when he says “you can go if you want”…

Godzilla (Gojira) is about the implication and everlasting deterrent stories of the Atomic age. Peter H. Brothers feel Godzilla was more about people and their psychological regaining of structuring back their cities, their culture, and their lives that was threatened by radioactive fallout than just a monster. In the film they focused on current events at the time while contributing Godzilla and other special effects. As stated in the book Brothers, Peter. “Japan’s Nuclear Nightmare”. Monster…

in the 70’s. They used the activity as a way to exercise their balance in between hiking adventures. Now, it has grown from an exercise to an everyday activity. The people who participate in slacklining, are often humorously called slackers. Wired Up In order to slackline, you need two anchor points. These could be trees, fence poles, refrigerators (questionable), or anything that won’t move when force starts pulling them in toward you. And that’s what happens, because after you have…

The interwar period of 1919-1939 had economic disruptions that led to unstable political conditions during transformations that were occurring in Japan, China, Mexico, Turkey and Iran. Of all these countries Japan stands out as executing the most successful transformation due to aggressive nationalism that helped it achieve expansion into China as well as the ability to create an empire during this period. Other countries like China and Mexico were less successful because of struggles to…

From around 1600 to the middle of the 19th century, Japan and China chose isolation for themselves to avoid western cultures and their outside influences. As the world around them began to increase their powers and advance with new technologies, Japan and China realized the growing influences they’d once avoided was now upon them. They had to decide if these new western developments were a threat to their cultural identity and how they would be affected. In the beginning, the nations felt they…