Shichi-go-san (Japanese culture) Maybe you’ve already heard of it‚ but let me introduce this interesting and adorable celebration to you. November 15 is Shichi-go-san‚ a day of prayer for the healthy growth of young children. Shichi-go-san literally means seven‚ five‚ three; in most regions around the country‚ boys and girls aged three‚ boys aged five‚ and girls aged seven visit a Shinto shrine with their parents. At the Shinto shrine‚ there‚ they pray to Ujigami (氏神)‚ the Shinto guardian god
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Philippine-Japanese relations span a period from the 17th century to the present. Relations between Japan and the Philippines date back to at least the late Muromachi period of Japanese history‚ as Japanese merchants and traders had settled in Luzon even before the Spanish colonization. Especially in the area of Dilao‚ a suburb of Manila was a Nihonmachi of 3000 Japanese around the year 1600. The term probably originated from the Tagalog term ’dilaw’‚ meaning ’yellow’‚ this describes their general
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One of them was the Japanese internment camps created in 1942‚ after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. The ’relocation centers’ were the most hypocritical act of WWII‚ a war fought because of prejudice and racism. These camps denied the Japanese rights and freedoms of other citizens of non-Japanese descent‚ and
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Contrasting Japanese and European Castles Castles can be located all over the world representing historical stories‚ epic events and achievements. Western architecture has remained a vital part of our world’s history having taught us a lot about what makes great architecture. Western civilizations display a plethora of magnificent buildings including castles of great fortitude. Japan and Europe are home to a number of these significant castles. In this essay I will discuss Japanese Edo castles
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My name is Makino Toshio and I am a second generation Japanese-American. My father moved to Hawaii before coming to the mainland‚ like most Japanese-Americans. Before World War II‚ I worked on a Japanese truck farm. When Japan attacked Pearl Harbor‚ tension was bad for any Japanese-American in the United States. Many people in the United States did not trust people with Japanese ancestry. A store that I usually shop at had a sign in the window saying‚ "We don’t want any Japs back here-EVER! Within
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Hatred! Fear! Meanness! These emotions ruined many and many of Jews in Europe and Japanese Americans in the United States during World War two. Although Japanese Americans were wrongly imprisoned in internment camps during World War two‚ their experiences weren’t as devastating as the European Jews. Japanese Americans living conditions didn’t quit compare to the Jews and their living conditions at the camp. Japanese Americans didn’t really wash up as often as needed. Although Jews about never washed
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Roosevelt: I am writing this letter to inform you of the need to release the Japanese Americans from the internment camps that you have put them in. You have deprived many young children to grow up in a normal community. When you issued all people who were a possible threat to the war effort to be excluded from the western states‚ you forced the Japanese Americans to be put in internment camps. Many of these Japanese Americans are citizens that were born in the United States of America. Most of
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JAPANESE NEW YEAR NEW YEAR IN JAPAN Oseibo In Japan people give some gift in a lot of occasion. Oseibo is the most common issue as a year-end gift. They give it to their superiors‚ customers and teachers to express appreciation for the special services they have extended to them. Picture Asakusa Temple (c) Tomoyuki.U. Bonenkai Bonenkai is a party usually held among office colleagues and bosses. Bonenkai litarelly means a "Forget-the-year party" to forget the unpleasant memories of the passing year
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Three Pieces of Japanese Art University of Utah Throughout time many great pieces of art have been made from all kinds of materials available to people. Some works are made to last throughout time‚ while others are doomed to fall‚ and yet some are rebuilt from their remains. Some are meant to be functional to us in daily life‚ and some are meant to be functional to open our minds when we see them. The three pieces that I have chosen to discuss all have the same protagonist: Japanese life. While these
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How far was the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-1905‚ responsible for the outbreak of the 1905 Revolution? The Russo- Japanese War‚ although an important rationale for the outbreak of the 1905 Revolution ‚ was caused by many other problems which made a foundation for the War as well as the Revolution. Due to the War the economy suffered‚ adding on to the problems that Russia was already facing from a lack of preceding modernization‚ making this very important as the majority were affected causing
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