Religion in Japan

creating a truly shared cultural experience throughout all social classes. Vaporis’ argument of a shared culture was exact; however, alternate attendance was more of a vehicle which created a shared culture and experience throughout the elite class of Japan. Vaporis provided limited examples of the specific effects of domain processions at the commoner level, such as using commoner inns or homes when the “procession was large or the facilities at a post station underdeveloped.” However, Vaporis…

Picture Bride, it discovers a noteworthy certain, social event ever. In the mid twentieth century, paying little respect to the triumph of Japan in World War I, militarization causes¬ heaps of poverty in the country. Moreover, the course of action, for a couple of families that had young ladies, was to send them to Japanese men in the United States, who had settled down there for a couple of years, and had a solid job to live, and make the young ladies their wives. The families assume that their…

Japan is a nation, which consists of four islands and four thousand small islands situated in the Pacific Ocean. The four major islands are Kyushu, Shikoku, Honshu and Hokkaido. Japan’s population surpasses one hundred and twenty seven million, which makes it one of the largest populations in the world. The capital city, Tokyo constitutes a population of thirty million making it the biggest urban area in the world. Japan has the third largest economy in the world and the third lowest mortality…

Paul Binnie, a newly popular woodblock print artist, challenges Japanese popular thought surrounding both gender stereotypes and negative connotations of the tattoo through his unique prints. His on-and-off approach highlights the ability of tattooing to individuate and deepen the perception of those who are brave enough to bear them. In a broader sense, Binnie is commenting on how all visual art can be used to disrupt and complicate dangerous limiting stereotypes and augment the identities of…

into the economy. The traditional image of Asian countries is that they are relatively poor societies. Today Asian countries are building a huge middle class. Japan is a model among them. When it became a rich country it spread its wealth evenly throughout the country's population and that thinned the gap between poor and rich. Because Japan distributes the wealth equally the people have a sense of fairness and that adds to the stability and civility of their society.…

defined as a possession which its owner cannot dispose of and whose cost, particularly that of maintenance, is out of proportion to its usefulness. Ian Rowley, correspondent based in BusinessWeek's Tokyo bureau said that for first-time visitors to Japan, it soon becomes apparent this is a country with a rare talent for big infrastructure projects. Its roads, although congested in urban areas, are nearly always billiard-table smooth. Japan's vast rail network, including the bullet trains…

Literacy has broader implications of the word than the definition in the dictionary. The reason why I recalled the moment of a middle school class in Korea is also related to impacts of literacy. That is because backgrounds and experiences of a person determine literacy of the person. Since I learned shallow definition of English words in Korea, sometimes I misunderstand lectures. These kinds of situations might be seen as one of 'literacy events ' due to different backgrounds. "Literacy…

foreign country. There are four challenges in particular that stand out: 1. The North Korean nuclear threat 2. Japan–China tensions surrounding the Senkaku Islands. 3. The Japan and South Korea relations also further deteriorate after former South Korean President Lee Myung-bak’s visit to Takeshima. 4. Territory disputes over the East China Sea that has escalated leaving China and Japan disputing over the islets. The United States has declared that it will stay neutral over the islets and…

Throughout this course we have not only gained factual knowledge about East Asia but also a framework that we can use to understand other countries and cultures around the world. To consider ourselves global citizens, we must have an understanding of the world and the way it works. From learning about the history of East Asia, we now have a better understanding of why it works the way it does today, and that makes us less ethnocentric and more empathetic toward others. This course has allowed me…

Olympic Sailing Competition. Qingdao is located in the southeast coast of Shandong Peninsula, the eastern part of Jiaodong Peninsula, on the brink of the Yellow Sea, across the sea and the Korean Peninsula, is located in the frontier area of China Japan Korea Free Trade zone. Qingdao has beautiful scenery and pleasant climate. Qingdao is a wonderful place for summer holidays. In the summer, Qingdao's water is warm, the beach is fine, but there is no scorching heat, is the golden season of…