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Kyoto University Weeks 2015: Public events at 26 university facilities across Japan (10 October–7 November ...

Edit Public Technologies 26 Jan 2016
(Source. Kyoto University). A primary school student taking part in a field tour held by the Tokushima Landslide Observatory ... The outdoor concert, titled 'An Evening of Moon and Music', began with a screening of 'Kojiki and the Universe', which blends images of outer space with music by world-renowned new-age artist Kitaro, followed by a live concert starring Kitaro himself, Keiko Takahashi, Yukari Hagita, and Shinji Ebihara ... Farm tour....

Daijiro Morohoshi’s manga enjoys a quiet boom

Edit The Japan News 03 Aug 2015
Slide 1 of 2. PrevNext ... The cover of “Amo-kun” ... Another recent publication is a book on Morohoshi’s early masterpiece “Ankoku Shinwa” (The dark myths), which brings the ancient culture of the Jomon period (ca 10,000 B.C.-ca 300 B.C.) and the world of “Kojiki” (Record of Ancient Matters) back to the contemporary world ... “I drew manga about tumuli and learned about ‘Kojiki,’ I did research on Confucius and delved into Chinese classics ... + - ... ....

Dotaku bells found on Awajishima island

Edit The Japan News 20 May 2015
The bells were found in a pile of sand taken from the city’s coastal district Matsuho, and they were named “Matsuho dotaku.” ... This is the largest number of tongues found at once ... Meanwhile, mythologies on the creation of Japan in “Kojiki” (Record of Ancient Matters) and “Nihonshoki” (Chronicles of Japan) refer to Awajishima as having been created first, prompting some experts to suggest a possible connection with these mythologies ... + -....

Sumo: Lords of the Ring

Edit The Examiner 26 Apr 2015
Sumo is the official national sport of Japan ... Historical records have the sport dating back at least 1500 years, with popular myths linking the sport to events even further back than that (Nomi no Sukune) ... The basic rules of sumo are incredibly simple ... However, traditionalists will point to two historical texts, the Kojiki (712 CE) and the Nihon Shoki as evidence of sumo having been created by the Japanese for the Japanese ... ....

’Twas the Year 2014 in Faculty Books (University of Virginia)

Edit noodls 05 Jan 2015
(Source. University of Virginia). Editor's note, Jan. 5, 2015, 1.10 p.m.. Several books were added and a few minor corrections made ... A few prolific professors produced two books in the same year. Then there's McIntire School of Commerce staff member Eric J ... Faculty books 2014. Jane Alison, professor of English, "Change Me ... Gustav Heldt, associate professor of Japanese, Department of East Asian Languages, Literatures and Culture, "The Kojiki....

PHOTO: Imperial couple travel to the past at ancient records show in Nara

Edit Asahi News 18 Nov 2014
NARA--Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko ......

The ninth Kyoto University Tokyo Forum held (4 September 2014) (Kyoto University)

Edit noodls 17 Oct 2014
(Source. Kyoto University) ... Enabling the Humanosphere to Achieve Sustainable Development in the Universe as an Open System", while Specially-Appointed Professor Fujio Nakano and Program-Specific Assistant Professor Hiroaki Isobe, both of the Center for the Promotion of Interdisciplinary Education and Research (C-PiER), discussed "Exploring the World of the Kojiki from 700 km above Earth ... From left ... From left ... The lecture venue....

Disability and the Japanese art of mastering chopsticks

Edit BBC News 14 Aug 2014
In Japan, chopsticks are a cultural instrument, universally used and understood for the role they play. But for disabled people who may have limited movement in their hands, or missing fingers, they can be tricky to use ... "There is a proper way to do things," he says ... Chopsticks are mentioned as early as 1,400 years ago in the Kojiki book - a chronicle of Japanese history thought to have been published in 712 AD ... (Source ...  ....

Japan’s Desperate Housewives Opting for Adulterous Online Dating

Edit The Daily Beast 02 Apr 2014
It turns out Japanese married couples like sex as much as anyone, but not so much with each other. In the last year headlines about how celibacy is trending in Japan have gained attention around the world. “No sex please, we’re Japanese,” reports the BBC. But, wait a minute ... “Life is short ... I think they’re telling their friends about it here ... The Kojiki, one of the classics of the Shinto religion, contains a remarkably bawdy interlude ... ....

Japan woos tourists

Edit Newstrack India 25 Mar 2014
Tweet. Tokyo, Mar.25 (ANI). Tokyo Marathon 2014 attracted many participants from Japan and across the world. The annual citizen marathon, which starts from Tokyo Metropolitan Government building, has become one of the world's major marathons along with Boston, London, Berlin, Chicago and New York ... Ltd., said ... The hot spring has a history stretching back over 1,000 years and has been mentioned in "Kojiki", the oldest history book in Japan....

Is Buddhism a religion?

Edit The Examiner 12 Jan 2014
No belief system would be complete without a debate over where to list it amongst other world religions ... What makes a religion a religion? ... Is Buddhism a religion or a philosophy? ... The indigenous religion of Japan, Shinto, has a significantly smaller following compared to Buddhism, but offers a cosmogony of how Izanami and Izanagi created the Japan islands, as told in the Kojiki ... Buddhism, on the other hand, offers no cosmogony....

Alcohol in Korean life [1] (Ministry of Culture, Sports And Tourism of the Republic of Korea)

Edit noodls 02 Dec 2013
(Source. Ministry of Culture, Sports And Tourism of the Republic of Korea). Alcohol in Korean life. Sul, the general purpose Korean word for all types of alcohol, is a much more romantic and culturally meaningful word than its English language equivalent, alcohol ... Variables included ... 668) ... An ancient Japanese text from the early 700s is the Gosagi, or Kojiki in Japanese; the "Historical Stories" or the "Record of Ancient Matters." ... (Source....
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