Music of Japan

Biopsychosocial Model/ Trauma History Memoirs of a Geisha reveals the mysterious customs of the geisha culture for each us to see. Prior to watching this film, I had no knowledge of the geisha culture. Through this movie, I learned that a geisha is a female Japanese entertainer. Moreover, a geisha works in teahouses, dances, play musical instruments and participates in other forms of entertainment to occupy her clients (Marshall et al., 2005). This film depicts the trials and tribulations of a…

Arne Kalland’s thesis in “Culture in Japanese Nature” is that Japan is not a country that loves nature despite the image of Japan that many Western countries have. He theorizes that the Japanese love of nature in literature is metaphorical, rather than literal, and argues that “the Japanese try to control nature, or ‘conquer’ it by the process of taming (Kalland 243),” and that “only by idealization, or ‘taming’… does nature become palatable (Kalland 246).” However, he presents his argument as…

Maule Earthquake One of the largest Earthquakes in the world occurred on February 27, 2010. This Earthquake, known as the Maule Earthquake, took place on the offshore of Bio-Bio Chile with a magnitude of 8.8 (“Aftershocks of Chilean Earthquake”). Even with all the damage and destruction caused by the earthquake, the offshore of Bio-Bio, Chile was in for more destruction by the tsunami that shortly followed Maule Earthquake. As a result, Chile was impacted by the earthquake politically,…

An Auto Locksmith is a locksmith that specialises in vehicle locksmith services. Automotive locksmith services usually include: car lockouts, reproduction of new keys, cutting keys by code, auto keys duplication, broken key extractions, transponder keys and fobs programming, and ignition and door lock repairs. Cars produced in the UK since 1995 are legally required to be fitted with an immobiliser system. These cars require a key with an embedded electronic transponder to start the vehicle. When…

3.4 Chart pattern: 3.4.1 Candlestick charting: Candlestick charts have been around for hundred years. They are often referred to as “Japanese candles” because the Japanese would using them to analyze the price of rice contract. Similar to a bar chart, candlestick charts also display the, daily high and daily low, open, close. The difference is the use of colour to show if the stock went up or down in a day. The chart below is an example of a candlestick chart for AT&T (T). Green…

When Kotaro told me about how he had and is struggling with seniority rule (i.e., custom of respecting the elders) in Japan, I remembered my experiences in junior and senior high schools. As opposite to two participants, I did not have problems with keigo. Maybe that was because I watched many Japanese drams that contained characters to use keigo very often (e.g., campus-life stories). However, for the first few months at my junior high school, I could not understand why many of the seniors were…

Shyness: Japanese Stereotype Foreign people often describe Japanese people using these words: polite, kind, hard-working, and respectful. However, there is one more word that cannot be missed, which is “shy” (The top 10.) Even though it is not scientifically verified, it become a stereotype that Japanese are shy. Shyness is considered to be a prominent characteristic in Japanese people by foreigners which has roots in the culture of the Edo period, the Japanese way of education, and high ethnic…

Shintoism is one of the largest religions practiced in Japan, it follows right after Buddhism, though some people may choose to mix these two religions together and follow it. It is an ancient Japanese religion that worships a mass number of god’s known as Kami, the Kami’s are not a singular being instead it is the essences of multiple things of nature, animals, places, and even people. The name Shinto comes from the name Kami no Michi, which the translation is “Way of the Kami”. In Shinto, it…

Japan’s religious background is not always easy to grasp and can consequently present itself as unclear to western cultures. Outside of the indigenous spirituality of Shintoism, Buddhism arrived in Japan from Korea around the 6th Century, while the minority religion of Christianity was brought to Japan ten centuries later by Jesuit missionaries (Crane, Bruce, Salmon, Eich, & Brandewie, 2012). Japan’s belief system is now made up of old and new religions while the nation’s constitution also…

Middle ages Europe vs medieval japan During the middle ages (476 CE – 14th century) of Europe a feudal system was being created, likewise during the same time in medieval japan a similar feudal system was developing. These two feudal systems were almost identical in the social hierarchy and in jobs however there were differences nether less. Some of the similarities though wold be how similar their feudal pyramid worked. This pyramid consisted of the highest member of the society (king or…