‘History’ Archives
Hidden History-Jewish in Japan 1
When I first heard of the rumor about Jewish people in Japan, I didn't care at all. They often told me that in the ancient time of Japan, groups of Jewish people came to Japan and they started building up the country of Japan by their own background. How could I believe it at the first time ? But now, I can believe it. I don't know how [...]
Mayor of Hiroshima City met President Obama
Recently the news about Japan-US relationship is not always good. That's because of the problem of removal of American base in Okinawa island first of all, and secondly, the new leading political party wants to get closer to Asian countries rather than staying with the USA only. Interestingly, impression of president Obama is not bad at all [...]
Futemma, Okinawa base goes where ?
US -JAPAN relation is not as good as the past 50 years. It's often said recently because of the issue of removal of Okinawa Military Base of the USA. Japan and the USA once agreed to move it to the new place in the man-made ocean base in FUTEMMA of OKINAWA. This agreement was made by the previous Japanese leading party, Leberal Democratic [...]
New Adults’ Day in Japan
Seijin no hi, or New Adults' Day is the day when we celebrate the new adult people in the year. People who become 20 years old in the year are celebrated for the growth and future happiness in Japan. The day was set on 15th of January some years ago, but nowadays, it's on the 2nd Monday in January each year, and it's a national holiday of [...]
Japanese Calligraphy History
HOW DID JAPANESE CALLIGRAPHY GROW ? Calligraphy's original birthplace is China in the history. Japan was influenced by China in its use of the character and also in Calligraphy, or Shodo in Japanese language. The Chinese had original character and it's believed that Japan imported their character as Kanji. After that, Kanji grew Japanized [...]
Poland & Japan relation
This topic is totally from my personal taste. It's not a news topic but my thought about Poland. Without any reasons,I often think Poland may be close to Japan in human nature or nationality. That's because I have a friend from Poland and she has a similar emotional character as we Japanese have. She doesn't know anything about Japan, [...]
Mexico-Japan friendship 400th anniversary
This year is 400th anniversary of Japan-Mexico friendship. It means Japan and Mexico have been in friendship since 1609. It's such a long time ! I still remember that Japanese football team won the bronzemedal in Mexico Olympic and a weight-lifting player of Japan, Yoshinobu Miyake got a gold medal then. Just recently, I met with an [...]
Japanese Ancestors are Jewish ?
Japanese Ancestors are Jewish ? This question is often heard in Japan. If you are not familiar to Japanese customs, you would make negative reaction. That's what most of Japanese do, too. However, with a little more quest on Japanese culture and history, you may have a different answer to this question. In Japan there are so many [...]
Hiroshima & Nagasaki run for 2020 Olympic ?
// This picture is the Hiroshima Atomic Bomb memorial dome building. The bomb fell on this building then but the exterior remained as it is now in spite that all the other houses and buildings melted away in a minute by the bombing. Hiroshima is probably famous for the history of Atomic bomb, and there is one more city in Japan [...]
Japanese Food in Hawaii
// I like Hawaii. Prrobably Hawaii is the most beloved travel destination by the Japanese. When we get tired of business, we say " we wanna go to Hawaii", and when we feel stressed, we say " we wanna live in Hawaii ". Many like Hawaii and they often have their own image about Hawaii. Some like nature, and the others like people. Today, [...]
