Mount Fuji

Art speaks to us in ways that words alone cannot. Everyone conveys a different story from a single piece of artwork and its crazy how different people see things. Not only does art express many emotions that the artist is feeling, but it helps them connect with their viewers through the piece. All pieces of art, as soon as they are viewed, become part of an international conversation. Each artwork contributes something else to the explanation and observations of the world around us. A piece…

responsible for the largest amount of deaths than other variety of volcano, and can lead to a disaster known as a mudflow or lahar (“Stratovolcanoes”). Widely known examples of stratovolcanoes include the Mayon volcano in the Philippines, Mount Fuji of Japan, and Mount Rainier of the United States (“Volcanoes”). Composite volcanoes may seem difficult to form and easy to destroy; however, one may prove to…

Ever since humans have found characteristics with which to distinguish themselves from others, there has been discrimination. Today the characteristics that define these groups most prevalently affected by discrimination are race, religion, age, and sex. However even the minutest physical characteristics, like hair color, can give reason for this baseless prejudice. Early records in japan indicate an “untouchable” social class that occupied undesirable jobs like tending to the dead and butchery.…

from the outside in, and he would later fall into a sleep where he would never awaken. We are also met with the character of a leopard who dies, but instead of dying stinking in the plains, he dies in a frozen coffin of immortality at the peak of Mount Kilimanjaro. I believe that Harry was characterized within this story to show the extreme similarity in spiritual development between himself and the leopard. Seeing as the leopard and Harry made it to the peak of the mountain…

Tourism is one of the fastest growing industries with international tourism accounting for 9% of the total GDP and one in every eleven jobs are related to tourism (Meleddu, Pulina, 106, 67). However, tourism by itself leads to various negative externalities on the environment, socio-economy, and local culture (Meleddu, Pulina, 106, 67). For this reason, ecotourism is important and is slowly gaining momentum. Ecotourism can be subdivided or classified into various categories such as sustainable…

10 Haunted Places You Should Never Visit There are events in the life of a person that leave an impact on his whole personality. These could be the times of happiness or times of sorrows but at times the long-lasting effect on a person's life can be placed by some visits to the places he should never have gone to. Haunted places…! This word meant differently to different people. Category one, consider it adventurous, challenging and exciting. They would love to visit such mysterious places.…

Director Doris Dörrie’s 2008 film “Cherry Blossoms” is a beautiful story of despair caused by the death of a loved one and how, with a different perspective, one can find solace from the guilt it can cause. This film takes a realistic approach in its depiction of family life and the inevitability of death is never considered on a day to day basis until it becomes a reality. These elements form the main themes of “Cherry Blossoms”, that life is imperfect and temporary and that one may be alive,…

It is believed that Emperor Jimmu was the first emperor of Japan and resided in the capital city of Kyoto. However, the aristocracy fell marking the beginning of military rulers called the Shogun. Also, during this time the Shogun developed a caste system putting them at the very top. After a succession of the Shogun, the Azuchi-Momoyama period began with the establishment of the Tokugawa Shogunate, which also brought back the feudalist system (“Fact of Japan,” 2015). In 1867, the Tokugawa…

Lesson 1: Earthquakes and Volcanoes Layers of the Earth Earth is made up of three layers: crust, mantle and core. The outer layer is the crust, the middle layer is the mantle and the inner layer is the core. Earth's crust and upper mantle are broken into large plates that move slowly. Figure 1 shows the layers of the Earth. Figure 1: Layers of the Earth Plate tectonics The Earth's surface is formed of large pieces of rock called plates that are also called tectonic plates. These plates…

saw many cold summers accompanied by failed harvests, while the summer of 1707 was so hot that people died from heat exhaustion. Another contribution to the extreme weather were the volcanic eruptions during the years of 1707 and 1708, which were Mount Fuji in…