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Learn Japanese Onomatopoeia with Taro Gomi
This time we learn Japanese onomatopoeia with another Japanese poet, Taro Gomi (五味太郎). The book is called Guu Guu Guu (ぐうぐうぐう), a story about a sleepy head whale. ぐうぐうぐう ぐうぐうぐう よるがあけても...
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Japanese Novelist – Yoko Ogawa
Yoko Ogawa (小川洋子) is a Japanese novelist, born in Okayama prefecture (岡山県) in 1962. She won one of the most important prize in 1988 with her debut novel, "Agehachou ga kowareru toki (When the...
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Japanese Novel “The Housekeeper and the Professor” by Yoko Ogawa
Hakase no aishita sushiki (博士の愛した数式/The housekeeper and the professor) Yoko Ogawa (小川洋子) It is certainly remarkable to see a mainstream novel in which mathematics plays an important role in the...
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Japan Society, Feb 16, Tokyo Underworld 2012: An Evening with Robert Whiting
Those who are in NY or near there, you may be interested in going. Japan Society in NY seems to have lots of events and is looking quite good. If you are interested in Japanese culture and are in the...
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Think about Japan with William Hiroyuki Saito
A while ago, I received two books from Japan. Both books are pointing the problems Japanese society has in the business scene. One of them is "The Team (ザ・チーム)" and the other is "その考え方は、「世界標準」ですか？ (Is...
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Learn the life from Tsurezuregusa by Kenko Yoshida
"Tsurezure naru mama ni, Hikurashi suzuri ni mukaite, Kokoro ni utsuriyuku yoshinashikoto wo, Sokohakatonaku kakitsukureba, Ayashukoso Monoguruhosikere" This is the beginning of Tsurezuregusa (徒然草),...
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Japanese people´s notion about death – Death poems –
http://blog.goo.ne.jp/sakurasakuya7/e/5f35644d67ae73e6fc369d5a6a2e1378 The other day, a Japanese friend was telling me about her recent experiences. There weren´t anything special but some daily...
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How to entertain people in Edo period – Monkiri Asobi –
When you fold a square paper, cut it along with a model and open it. There you have a beautiful paper cut in pattern. This pattern is called Mon (紋) and the model is called Monkiri-gata (紋切り型)....
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