Activity -Caligraphy-
08/25/2009
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We usually have an activity every Wednesday. The purpose is to let our students know more about Japanese culture and enjoy Fukuoka. This week the students from Austria and the U.S. experienced calligraphy with Shimogawa-sensei. At first, she taught them how to say “ink (sumi)”, “brush (fude)” and some other related words in Japanese. And then teacher taught them how to use the brush with the ink, …
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Obon -Japanese Custums 1-
08/18/2009
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We would like to introduce Japanese customs to the visitors to our website. The first one is "Obon."
Obon, also refered to as "Day of the Dead," is a Japanese Buddhist custom to honor departed sprits of one's ancestors. This Buddhist custom has evolved into a family reunion holiday during which people return to ancestral family places and visit and clean their ancestros' graves, and when the spir…
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