Archivo para el día 7 de December, 2009

Lots of beautiful ladies – Stop!

Por kirai el 07 de December de 2009 en Signs

Somebody with a good sense of humor designed this sign that is located on a street in Kyoto. It warns drivers that around the area there are “Lots of beautiful ladies” (美人多し) and because of that they should “Stop for a while” (一旦停止). Picture taken by Uchujin during his visit to Kyoto two weeks ago

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Kosai Sekine short films

Por kirai el 07 de December de 2009 en Cinema

Thanks to WasabiNoise I discovered Kosai Sekine, a Japanese short film director with quite a few refreshing ideas. This is his last short film, which won the golden medal in the New York City Short Film Festival. I really like the message he wants to share and how he captures the particular atmosphere of a [...]

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Bushido – 武士道 – The Way of the Warrior

Por kirai el 07 de December de 2009 en JapaneseCulture

Samurai have been the most powerful social class in Japan for centuries. From the 12th century and on, the warrior class known in Japanese as ‘bushi’ or ‘samurai’, started having power within the social structure and even within the political sphere. Samurai followed a lifestyle, an ethos, certain rules, a code, which spread to all [...]

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