San'in region
The San'in Region (山陰地方, San'in Chihō) is an area in the southwest of Honshū, the main island of Japan. It consists of the northern part of the Chūgoku region, facing the Sea of Japan.
Etymology
The name San'in in the Japanese language is formed from two kanji characters. The first, 山, "mountain", and the second, 陰 represents the "yin" of yin and yang. The name means the northern, shady side of the mountains in contrast to the yang "southern, sunny" San'yō region to the south.
History
Early history
The San'in region has numerous Paleolithic and Jōmon period (14,000 – 300 BC) remains, but its Yayoi period (300 BC – 250 AD) remains are the largest in Japan. The Mukibanda Yayoi remains in the low foothills of Mount Daisen in the cities of Daisen and Yonago, Tottori Prefecture are the largest in Japan. The site is still only partially unexcavated, but indicates that the San'in was a regional center of power in the period. The mythology of the Shinto religion is largely based in the Izumo area of the region, and the Izumo-taisha, or Izumo Grand Shrine in Izumo, Shimane Prefecture, is one of the most ancient and important Shinto shrines in Japan. The eastern part of Shimane Prefecture also had cultural and economic connections to the Asian mainland from an early period.
Podcasts:
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by Sean Na'auao
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by Sean Na'auao
Fish And Poi
by: Sean Na'auaoVerse 1:
I've been many places, tasted all the flavors
If there's one thing I can't understand, it's why I'm never satisfied
There's nothing like the feeling, when you start craving
Flashbacks reminiscing about that one very first luau
Bridge:
Soon as I start to head back home
I call my bruddahs up on the phone
We're heading down to that special place
Where you can bulk up for days
Chorus:
I like my fish and poi, I'm a big boy
Lomi salmon, pipikaula, extra large lilikoi
Squid or chicken lu'au, don't forget the laulau
Beef or trip stew just to name a few, oh yeah
Verse 2:
Can't forget Papa's specialty
And Mama's poi mochi
Smoke meat, shoyu poke wit da rice can make a bad day feel real nice
Bridge:
I'm flashing back all over again
I know you feel what I'm feeling within
And every local boy would agree
That it's just the Hawaiian in me
Chorus
I like my fish and poi, I'm a big boy
Lomi salmon, pipikaula, extra large lilikoi
Squid or chicken lu'au, don't forget the laulau
Beef or trip stew just to name a few, oh yeah
Reggae/rap
Me say
Me come from Hawaii me love de fish and de poi
Me eat da food 'cause me real big boy
Here da local girls and dey know what we need
They serve the food extra scoop of everything 'cause
I love de fishes baby I love de poi
Wit pipikaula extra rice on de side
Hawaiian food is like a rollercoaster ride
And me not goin stop until dis hawiian's fine
Chorus
I like my fish and poi, I'm a big boy
Lomi salmon, pipikaula, extra large lilikoi
Squid or chicken lu'au, don't forget the laulau
Beef or trip stew just to name a few, oh yeah
Oh yeah (x2)