A community portal about Culture of Japan with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: After several waves of immigration from the continent and nearby Pacific islands, followed by a heavy importation of culture from...
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A community portal about Culture of Japan with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: After several waves of immigration from the continent and nearby Pacific islands, followed by a heavy importation of culture from China, the inhabitants of Japan experienced a long period of relative isolation from the outside world under the Tokugawa shogunate until the arrival of the " The Black Ships " and the Meiji era. As a result, a culture distinctively different from other Asian cultures developed, and echoes of this persist in contemporary Japan.
DAMIRworld Blog in Japan - Mt Fuji Top And Keepin It N-Ice & Underground. I climed Japan's highest mountain "Mt.Fuji" with shorts, boots, a t-shirt, a bottle of water and a Mars Bar. What was I thinking at first - but at the end it was no problem mostly because i became numb from the cold - until the sun rose early in the morning. We took the train to the mountain. Damir travels the world - To hear DAMIR Worlds music click here: See more at www.damirworld.com http://www.damirworld.com... Read Full Story
DAMIRworld Blog in Japan - Mt Fuji Top And Keepin It N-Ice & Underground. I climbed Japan's highest mountain "Mt.Fuji" with shorts, boots, a t-shirt, a bottle of water and a Mars Bar. What was I thinking at first - but at the end it was no problem mostly because i became numb from the cold - until the sun rose early in the morning. We took the train to the mountain. Mount Fuji (Fujisan) is 3776 meters - Japan's highest mountain. It is almost a perfectly shaped volcano and has been treated... Read Full Story
IT'S WELL KNOWN THAT ANTI-DEPRESSANT MEDICATIONS LIKE PROZAC, XANAX AND ELAVIL ARE RATHER EXPENSIVE in the long run, and can carry rather unpleasant side effects which @ times have been known to include notorious episodes of anti-social behaviour.
So, if the following "WaiWai" item per the Mainichi Daily News can be taken as credible, it seems Prozac and kin have met their match--and try telling that to the so-called "Church of Scientology," themselves known to be rather critical of... Read Full Story
{mosgoogle right}Mount Fuji was officially opened to the public on Tuesday for the first time this year, attracting many climbers.
At around 4:30 a.m., climbers at the summit of the nation's highest mountain were delighted to see the sun rising over a sea of clouds.
"It is the first time that I've seen such a beautiful sunrise. Tears swelled up in my eyes," said Kikue Shirakawabe, 60, a dietician from Tokyo's Mitaka, who was making her third trip to see the sunrise from Mount Fuji.
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Their are 3 main beer brewing companies in Japan. Of Kirin, Sapporo, and Asahi, I have a personal preference for Asahi super dry. It being based in Fukuoka, one of my favorite places on the globe. The Asahi brand is a good brand. However, Japanese beer is made from rice not from wheat or any other thing. Kirin has an Ichiban shibori which means first wort. Kirin also has that cool logo of the Kirin which in modern Japanese means Giraffe but in days of old could have meant dragon or griffon... Read Full Story
