Tokyo

The Tokugawa Shogunate was a period when peace reigned throughout Japan and the Daimyo were able to be brought under control. This period was called the Tokugawa period also known as the Edo period. This was also a period when Japan was cut off from the rest of the world. The daimyo were one of the great lords of Japan (shogun above them) who had many samurais under their control. Oda Nobunaga, a Japanese warrior and government official, decided in 1568 to conquer the daimyo and gain control…

Hard-Boiled Wonderland was kind of like how present-day Tokyo is, even although it has been enhanced with all kinds of futuristic technology and conspiracies surrounding the development and use of that technology. The top protagonist of Hard-Boiled Wonderland was not a traditional hard-boiled detective but more…

defeating Japan through a land invasion. First and Foremost, Why not keep let Japan keep their emperor? It was clear through how the emperor was only willing to surrender after the dropping of the bombs that he didn’t care as much about his people. Tokyo and other Japanese cities had been under continual firebombing and the emperor had kept pushing. If Hirohito was concerned about his people, he would have surrendered long before the Japanese people were in such dire circumstances. It would…

fire-bombing is were explosive are replaced by an incendiary device. The fire-bombings were especially effective against Japan because their cities were made almost purely of wood and paper, giving them the nickname “paper cities”. The fire-bombing of Tokyo killed 100,000 civilians and devastated the city. This is 20,000 people more than the bombing of and all of it’s effects of Nagasaki. Fire-bombing’s not only destroyed the area that they were dropped in, but they spread throughout the cities…

It is which a portable cellphone is linked via microwave radio frequencies. A camera phone is a cellular phone that also has pictures that can be taken and videos. The first cellphone system began operation in Tokyo in 1979, and the first U.S. System began operation in 1983 in Chicago. The geographic region served by a cellular system is subdivided into areas that are called cells. Each cell has a central base station and two sets of assigned transmission frequencies…

everything at once. To me hanging scrolls are more for an artwork that is to be viewed in its entirety and with the handscroll it is best for telling a narrative story piece by piece. Photo from the Tokugawa Art Museum in Nagoya and the Gotoh Museum in Tokyo. A hanging scroll is one of the ways to display and exhibit Chinese painting and calligraphy. The viewer can enjoy the…

Salvador Dali is one of the most famous surrealism artists of the twentieth century. Born on May 11, 1904 in Figueres, Spain, Salvador started creating art at a young age. His parents encouraged him to peruse his artwork and even built him a studio at their home before leaving for college. Aways being able to peruse with his art, it prompted him to experiment with sculpture, printmaking, fashion, advertising, writing, and some filmmaking with Luis Bunuel and Alfred Hitchcock later on in his…

The controversy over Pick-up Artists has rapidly increased. In fact, many people might not know exactly what a Pick-up Artist, commonly referred to simply as a PUA, is or believes. The most basic description is a man who learns how to be alluring and seduce women. While the basis of this concept doesn’t seem to be harmful, more so a way to help single men, the way it is thought out and executed is rather forceful and adds to the boundless rape culture found in today’s society. There is a…

Introduction Anesthesia in obese patients is associated with difficult mask ventilation, rapid desaturation, and difficult intubation1,2. Practice guidelines for management of the difficult airway reported by the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) advise that ‘multiple airway features should be assessed’3. EL-Ganzori simplified risk index (EGRI) combines and stratifies seven variables derived from parameters and observations individually associated with difficult intubation, a score…

represent his reign and to set the tone for the new era. The name Showa, which means “perfect harmony” or “peace and enlightenment,” seemed to be a good fit for the first few years, but then everything changes. Hirohito was born April 29th of 1901 in Tokyo, Japan. His childhood was different than most children’s lives because he was isolated…