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Kyoto: The Heart of the Geisha Community If you’ve always wondered what it would feel like to be a geisha or if you want to meet one in the flesh, then it’s high time you book a ticket to Japan. Seeing a geisha in action is definitely a unique and memorable experience. In case you’re a fan of the book and film, Memoirs of a Geisha, you’ll be thrilled to experience it all in Kyoto. First, here’s everything you need to know about the life of a geisha. The Makings of a Geisha A geisha is a…

For those who have never been to Asian countries, is invaluable to understand different areas of the world so they can work more effectively with other cultures. Japan is located in East Asia on the Pacific Sea. The currency in Japan is the Yen (JPY). It has four main islands, and a large number of active volcanoes that cause the country to have frequent earthquakes. Japan’s Prime Minister is working hard to not only preserve his nation’s landscape but also modernize his government. Foreign…

The arts in China and Japan are greatly influenced by the religious beliefs of each country. Both countries' beliefs are syncretic; they each have more than one religious belief blended together. The two dominant religions in China are Buddhism, which the main goal is to archive nirvana and Daoism, living in harmony with nature and the universe. Chinese artworks are known to be very precise and symmetrically balanced, well controlled and uniformed. Their arts focus on religion and Chinese…

This week Ernst takes on the topic of gender and Islam in his chapter “Gender and the Question of Veiling”. I was interested to learn that “hijab” is not defined in the Quran as many assume. Many assume that the “hijab” is just a scarf that covers a Muslim women’s head, but it actually refers to covering. Hijab is a form of covering for the intent of modesty. The hijab is first mentioned to only include the Prophet’s wives and Ernst includes a translation of the following Quranic verse, “When…

The relocation would clearly impact the ACC, which created the legislation. The NBA has changed its All-Star Game by moving it away from Charlotte in the past week out of hostile response to the heated law House Bill 2, but the ACC commissioner named John Swofford mentioned at his conventions there is no speedy proposal to shadowing the suit with the league’s football championship game. There was some long discussion regarding this matter in May at their spring meetings, and in that period they…

Today's society is based on class. Rather different forms of class relation than the past, however. The relationships that individuals have with each other in order to fulfill basic needs is quite an important subject to cover when discussing a nation. The interest to be delved into at the moment is the development of classes in Japan, especially during the Yayoi and Kofun periods. The obvious stages of class development are primitive communalism, feudalism and capitalism. A class is a group of…

One of the best films of 2014, "Pale Moon" is also a great specimen of contemporary Japanese cinema. Based on the novel "Kami no Tsuki" by Mitsuyo Kakuta, the film tells the story of Rika Umezawa, a timid woman in her forties, who lives with her husband, although they do not have any children. She works part-time at a bank doing house calls to sell bonds and other banking products and, in general, lives an utterly conventional life. However, once she convinces Kozo Hirabayashi, a slightly…

Nothing ever changed in Gatlin, all the residents knew each other, and nothing new or strange ever happened, until Lena Duchannes arrived. In the book, Beautiful Creatures, by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl, sixteen-year old Ethan was used to his normal everyday life. However, when Lena became a part of his life, everything changed. Ethan dreamt about Lena, and through an encounter with her in real life, he learned more about his mother’s, his own, and Lena’s magical pasts, information that…

Comparing the articles related to Hayao Miyazaki’s film Spirited Away, they not only share some similarities but also differentiate between each other. Three main similarities can be found in the articles. First of all, all the articles pay attention to interpreting characters and their references. The most popular characters are the witch Yubaba and No-face. Some interpretations are similar as well. Reider (2005) and Napier (2006) both link No-face with Noh, Japanese traditional art. The mask…

Kami E. Speir HEDX1101 Brownson 14 February 2016 Cultural Reflection Cultural competency among health educators can be defined as “requires that organizations have set values and principles, and demonstrate behaviors, attitudes, policies, and structures that enable them to work effective cross-culturally” (Goode). Cultural competence is a developmental process that evolves over an extended period (Goode). It is highly important to know about cultural competency. It is a key factor for health…