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Obon is this time of the year when Japan welcome back ancestors' spirits and returning to one's family roots. It is also the time for girls to pose for photographers near lanterns like the cosplay ones in the Harajuku area in Tokyo. Japan
© Eric Lafforgue
A bustling street corner in the Kabukicho district of Shinjuku, Tokyo, showcases the vibrant urban landscape with its towering buildings, colorful advertisements, and heavy pedestrian and vehicle traffic.
October 3, 2009 - Ema or prayer plaques at the Heian Shrine in Kyoto, Japan.
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if you follow me on twitter you've probably seen me gushing my pants over my recent project. Long story short - I have too many magazines and monthly publications and I was getting sick of it taking up space, so I bought some binders, clear page sleeves, and an exacto knife.
I'm saving all the pages and clippings from the mags that I originally got them for in the first place. So now, instead of large, heavy piles of magazines and monthlies, I'll have neatly organized, easily accessible binders.
I'm so in love...
In the end I'll have 4 binders (for now). Pink and Purple contain all the covers and pages of bands, singers, and models I love, photo sets of, reviews of, articles by, and interviews with... etc. Red contains random/general photo sets and articles about fashion, food, toys... and just "cool" stuff in general that didn't quite fit into the other two binders. Green binder which I have not worked with yet will contain anime and manga stuff.
A worker tends the grounds of the Okinawa Peace memorial Park, at the Cornerstone of Peace memorial, a semi-circular avenue of stones engraved with the names of all people who died in the Battle of Okinawa, regardless of nationality, military personnel, or civilians. The monument was unveiled in 1995, and consists of 117 walls that spread out in concentric arcs. 69 of these walls have five folds and 48 of them have three folds, for a total of 1,212 faces displaying almost 250,000 names.
Tools to carry around on your hip are really helpful.
- A Japanese year/day planner with pages about diet, travel, and other common everyday things.
- Smart phone apps for learning Japanese. I highly recommend "Kanji Flip" for iPhone/iPod Touch. I also set all my gadgets to Japanese language, to force me to learn what the prompts and menus say.
- Japanese learning games... for example this famous one for DS: "Zaidan Houjin Nihon Kanji Nouryoku Kentei Kyoukai Kounin Kanken DS" - 財団法人日本漢字能力検定協会公認 漢検DS My DSi LL here is the Japanese version that I picked up in Osaka... as such all of the menus are only in Japanese (forcing me to learn more) and it also came with a built in dictionary in Japanese.
- and, duh, a simple memo pad for you to write or sketch down notes in.
if you follow me on twitter you've probably seen me gushing my pants over my recent project. Long story short - I have too many magazines and monthly publications and I was getting sick of it taking up space, so I bought some binders, clear page sleeves, and an exacto knife.
I'm saving all the pages and clippings from the mags that I originally got them for in the first place. So now, instead of large, heavy piles of magazines and monthlies, I'll have neatly organized, easily accessible binders.
I'm so in love...
In the end I'll have 4 binders (for now). Pink and Purple contain all the covers and pages of bands, singers, and models I love, photo sets of, reviews of, articles by, and interviews with... etc. Red contains random/general photo sets and articles about fashion, food, toys... and just "cool" stuff in general that didn't quite fit into the other two binders. Green binder which I have not worked with yet will contain anime and manga stuff.
In the forest of calligraphy -- an exhibition at The National Art Center, Tokyo. Several calligraphic styles can be seen. High on the back wall above the gallery visitor is kaisho (楷書, regular script); in foreground at the right edge reisho (隷書, official script, an earlier version of kaisho); behind the visitor sōsho (草書, literally grass writing), cursive script in which the strokes run together; and the large dark characters on the back wall are shōkeimoji (象形文字, pictographs: note the eye) which are the original, most ancient form of Chinese characters.
Some exterior and interior views of The National Art Center, Roppongi, Tokyo, with its curvy glass front:
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if you follow me on twitter you've probably seen me gushing my pants over my recent project. Long story short - I have too many magazines and monthly publications and I was getting sick of it taking up space, so I bought some binders, clear page sleeves, and an exacto knife.
I'm saving all the pages and clippings from the mags that I originally got them for in the first place. So now, instead of large, heavy piles of magazines and monthlies, I'll have neatly organized, easily accessible binders.
I'm so in love...
The most badass hat I have ever seen, lol.
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1917 Lincoln City, Oregon Tsunami
A tsunami (pronounced /tsuːˈnɑːmi/) is a series of waves created when a body of water, such as an ocean, is rapidly displaced. Earthquakes, mass movements above or below water, some volcanic eruptions and other underwater explosions, landslides, underwater earthquakes, large asteroid impacts and testing with nuclear weapons at sea all have the potential to generate a tsunami. The effects of a tsunami can be devastating due to the immense volumes of water and energy involved. Since meteorites are small, they will not generate a tsunami.
The Greek historian Thucydides was the first to relate tsunamis to submarine quakes,[1] [2] but understanding of the nature of tsunamis remained slim until the 20th century and is the subject of ongoing research.
Many early geological, geographic, oceanographic etc; texts refer to "Seismic sea waves" - these are now referred to as "tsunami."
Some meteorological storm conditions - deep depressions causing cyclones, hurricanes; can generate a storm surge which can be several metres above normal tide levels. This is due to the low atmospheric pressure within the centre of the depression. As these storm surges come ashore the surge can resemble a tsunami, inundating vast areas of land. These are not tsunami. Such a storm surge inundated Burma or, Myanmar in May 2008.
Terminology
The term tsunami comes from the Japanese meaning harbor ("tsu", 津) and wave ("nami", 波). [a. Jap. tsunami, tunami, f. tsu harbour + nami waves. - Oxford English Dictionary]. For the plural, one can either follow ordinary English practice and add an s, or use an invariable plural as in Japanese. Tsunamis are common throughout Japanese history; approximately 195 events in Japan have been recorded.
A tsunami has a much smaller amplitude (wave height) offshore, and a very long wavelength (often hundreds of kilometers long), which is why they generally pass unnoticed at sea, forming only a slight swell usually about 300 mm above the normal sea surface. A tsunami can occur at any state of the tide and even at low tide will still inundate coastal areas if the incoming waves surge high enough.
Tsunamis are often referred to popularly as tidal waves. This term is inaccurate because tsunamis are not related to tides and its use is discouraged by geologists and oceanographers; however, it is worth noting that the term tsunami is no more accurate because tsumanis are not limited to harbours.
Causes
A tsunami can be generated when converging or destructive plate boundaries abruptly move and vertically displace the overlying water. It is very unlikely that they can form at divergent (constructive) or conservative plate boundaries. This is because constructive or conservative boundaries do not generally disturb the vertical displacement of the water column. Subduction zone related earthquakes generate the majority of all tsunamis.
On 1st April, 1946 a Magnitude 7.8 (Richter Scale) earthquake occurred near the Aleutian Islands, Alaska. It generated a tsunami which inundated Hilo on the island of Hawai'i with a 14 m high surge. The area where the earthquake occurred is where the Pacific Ocean floor is subducting (or being pushed downwards) under Alaska.
Examples of tsunami being generated at locations away from convergent boundaries include - Storegga during the Neolithic era, Grand Banks 1929, Papua New Guinea 1998 (Tappin, 2001). In the case of the Grand Banks and Papua New Guinea tsunamis an earthquake caused sediments to become unstable and subsequently fail. These slumped and as they flowed down slope a tsunami was generated. These tsunami did not travel transoceanic distances.
It is not known what caused the Storegga sediments to fail. It may have been due to overloading of the sediments causing them to become unstable and they then failed solely as a result of being overloaded. It is also possible that an earthquake caused the sediments to become unstable and then fail. Another theory is that a release of gas hydrates (methane etc.,) caused the slump.
The "Great Chilean earthquake" (19:11 hrs UTC) 22nd May 1960 (9.5 Mw), the 27th March 1964 "Good Friday earthquake" Alaska 1964 (9.2 Mw), and the "Great Sumatra-Andaman earthquake" (00:58:53 UTC) 26th December 2004 (9.2 Mw), are recent examples of powerful megathrust earthquakes that generated a tsunami that was able to cross oceans. Smaller (4.2 Mw) earthquakes in Japan can trigger tsunami that can devastate nearby coasts within 15 minutes or less.
In the 1950s it was hypothesised that larger tsunamis than had previously been believed possible may be caused by landslides, explosive volcanic action e.g., Santorini, Krakatau, and impact events when they contact water. These phenomena rapidly displace large volumes of water, as energy from falling debris or expansion is transferred to the water into which the debris falls at a rate faster than the ocean water can absorb it. They have been named by the media as "mega-tsunami."
Tsunami caused by these mechanisms, unlike the trans-oceanic tsunami caused by some earthquakes, may dissipate quickly and rarely affect coastlines distant from the source due to the small area of sea affected. These events can give rise to much larger local shock waves (solitons), such as the landslide at the head of Lituya Bay 1958, which produced a wave with an initial surge estimated at 524m. However, an extremely large gravitational landslide might generate a so called "mega-tsunami" that may have the ability to travel trans-oceanic distances. This though is strongly debated and there is no actual geological evidence to support this hypothesis.
Signs of an approaching tsunami
There is often no advance warning of an approaching tsunami. However, since earthquakes are often a cause of tsunami, any earthquake occurring near a body of water may generate a tsunami if it occurs at shallow depth, is of moderate or high magnitude, and the water volume and depth is sufficient. In Japan moderate - 4.2 Magnitude earthquakes can generate tsunami which can inundate the area within 15 minutes.
If the first part of a tsunami to reach land is a trough (draw back) rather than a crest of the wave, the water along the shoreline may recede dramatically, exposing areas that are normally always submerged. This can serve as an advance warning of the approaching tsunami which will rush in faster than it is possible to run. If a person is in a coastal area where the sea suddenly draws back (many survivors report an accompanying sucking sound), their only real chance of survival is to run for high ground or seek the high floors of high rise buildings.
In the 2004 tsunami that occurred in the Indian Ocean drawback was not reported on the African coast or any other western coasts it inundated, when the tsunami approached from the east. This was because of the nature of the wave - it moved downwards on the eastern side of the fault line and upwards on the western side. It was the western pulse that inundated coastal areas of Africa and other western areas.
80% of all tsunamis occur in the Pacific Ocean, but are possible wherever large bodies of water are found, including inland lakes. They may be caused by landslides, volcanic explosions, bolides and seismic activity.
Indian Ocean Tsunami According to an article in "Geographical" magazine (April 2008), the Indian Ocean tsunami of 26th December 2004 was not the worst that the region could expect. Professor Costas Synolakis of the Tsunami Research Center at the University of Southern California co-authored a paper in "Geophysical Journal International" which suggests that a future tsunami in the Indian Ocean basin could affect locations such as Madagascar, Singapore, Somalia, Western Australia and many others. The Boxing Day tsunami killed over 300,000 people with many bodies either being lost to the sea or unidentified. Some unofficial estimates have claimed that approximately 1 million people may have died directly or indirectly solely as a result of the tsunami.
Warnings and prevention
A tsunami cannot be prevented or precisely predicted - even if the right magnitude of an earthquake occurs in the right location. Geologists, Oceanographers and Seismologist analyse each earthquake and based upon many factors may or may not issue a tsunami warning. However, there are some warning signs of an impending tsunami, and there are many systems being developed and in use to reduce the damage from tsunami. One of the most important systems that is used and constantly monitored are bottom pressure sensors. These are anchored and attached to buoys. Sensors on the equipment constantly monitor the pressure of the overlying water column - this can be deduced by the simple calculation of:
F = Gdh
where F = the overlying force or pressure in Newtons per metre square, G is the acceleration due to gravity, d = the density of the water and h = the height of the water column.
G = 9.8 m s2, d = 1.1 x 103 kg m3 and h is the depth of water in metres
Hence for a water column of 5,000 m depth the overlying pressure is equal to 9.8 x 1.1 x 103 x 5 x 103 or about 5.4 x 10 7 N m2 or about 5.7 Million tonnes per metre square.
In instances where the leading edge of the tsunami wave is the trough, the sea will recede from the coast half of the wave's period before the wave's arrival. If the slope of the coastal seabed is shallow, this recession can exceed many hundreds of meters. People unaware of the danger may remain at or near the shore out of curiosity, or for collecting fish from the exposed seabed. During the Indian Ocean tsunami of 26th December 2004, the sea withdrew and many people then went onto the exposed sea bed to investigate. Pictures taken show people on the normally submerged areas with the advancing wave in the background. Most people who were on the beach were unable to escape to high ground and died.
Regions with a high risk of tsunami may use tsunami warning systems to detect tsunami and warn the general population before the wave reaches land. On the west coast of the United States, which is prone to Pacific Ocean tsunami, warning signs advise people of evacuation routes.
The Pacific Tsunami Warning System is based in Honolulu. It monitors all sesimic activity that occurs anywhere within the Pacific. Based up the magnitude and other information a tsunami warning may be issued. It is important to note that the subduction zones around the Pacific are seismically active, but not all earthquakes generate tsunami and for this reason computers are used as a tool to assist in analysing the risk of tsunami generation of each and every earthquake that occurs in the Pacific Ocean and the adjoining land masses.
As a direct result of the Indian Ocean tsunami, a re-appraisal of the tsunami threat of all coastal areas is being undertaken by national governments and the United Nations Disaster Mitigation Committee. A tsunami warning system is currently being installed in the Indian Ocean.
Computer models can predict tsunami arrival - observations have shown that predicted arrival times are usually within minutes of the predicted time. Bottom pressure sensors are able to relay information in real time and based upon the readings and other information about the seismic event that triggered it and the shape of the seafloor (bathymetry) and coastal land (topography), it is possible to estimate the amplitude and therefore the surge height, of the approaching tsunami. All the countries that border the Pacific Ocean collaborate in the Tsunami Warning System and most regularly practice evacuation and other procedures to prepare people for the inevitable tsunami. In Japan such preparation is a mandatory requirement of government, local authorities, emergency services and the population.
Some zoologists hypothesise that animals may have an ability to sense subsonic Rayleigh waves from an earthquake or a tsunami. Some animals seem to have the ability to detect natural phenomena and if correct, careful observation and monitoring could possibly provide advance warning of earthquakes, tsunami etc. However, the evidence is controversial and has not been proven scientifically. There are some unsubstantiated claims that animals before the Lisbon quake were restless and moved away from low lying areas to higher ground. Yet many other animals in the same areas drowned. The phenomenon was also noted in Sri Lanka in the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake. The following two references whilst relevant, are media and not scientific - (BBC, [1]) (Kenneally, [2]). It is possible that certain animals (e.g., elephants) may have heard the sounds of the tsunami as it approached the coast. The elephants reaction was to move away from the approaching noise - inland. Some humans, on the other hand, went to the shore to investigate and many drowned as a result.
It is not possible to prevent a tsunami. However, in some tsunami-prone countries some measures have been taken to reduce the damage caused on shore. Japan has implemented an extensive programme of building tsunami walls of up to 4.5 m (13.5 ft) high in front of populated coastal areas. Other localities have built floodgates and channels to redirect the water from incoming tsunami. However, their effectiveness has been questioned, as tsunami often surge higher than the barriers. For instance, the Okushiri, Hokkaidō tsunami which struck Okushiri Island of Hokkaidō within two to five minutes of the earthquake on July 12, 1993 created waves as much as 30 m (100 ft) tall - as high as a 10-story building. The port town of Aonae was completely surrounded by a tsunami wall, but the waves washed right over the wall and destroyed all the wood-framed structures in the area. The wall may have succeeded in slowing down and moderating the height of the tsunami, but it did not prevent major destruction and loss of life. (This reference is Japanese - [3])
The effects of a tsunami may be mitigated by natural factors such as tree cover on the shoreline. Some locations in the path of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami escaped almost unscathed as a result of the tsunami's energy being absorbed by trees such as coconut palms and mangroves. In one striking example, the village of Naluvedapathy in India's Tamil Nadu region suffered minimal damage and few deaths as the wave broke up on a forest of 80,244 trees planted along the shoreline in 2002 in a bid to enter the Guinness Book of Records. [4] Environmentalists have suggested tree planting along stretches of seacoast which are prone to tsunami risks. It would take some years for the trees to grow to a useful size, but such plantations could offer a much cheaper and longer-lasting means of tsunami mitigation than the construction of artificial barriers.
Tsunami in History
Main article: Historic tsunami
Historically speaking, tsunami are not rare, with at least 25 tsunami occurring in the last century. Of these, many were recorded in the Asia-Pacific region - particularly Japan. The Boxing Day Tsunami in 2004 caused approx. 350,000 deaths and many more injuries.
As early as 426 B.C. the Greek historian Thucydides inquired in his book History of the Peloponnesian War about the causes of tsunami, and argued rightly that it could only be explained as a consequence of ocean earthquakes.[1] He was thus the first in the history of natural science to correlate quakes and waves in terms of cause and effect:[2]
The cause, in my opinion, of this phenomenon must be sought in the earthquake. At the point where its shock has been the most violent the sea is driven back, and suddenly recoiling with redoubled force, causes the inundation. Without an earthquake I do not see how such an accident could happen.[3]
The Roman historian Ammianus Marcellinus (Res Gestae 26.10.15-19) describes the typical sequence of a tsunami including an incipient earthquake, the sudden retreat of the sea and a following gigantic wave on the occasion of the 365 A.D. tsunami devastating Alexandria.[4] [5]
Tsunami and the Bible
Some recent work by scholars (Egyptologists, Israeli and others), geologists and oceanographers (including Dr Iain Stewart of University of Plymouth, UK), indicates that the Santorini eruption (about 1615 BC) may have caused the devastation of the Egyptian armies that is mentioned in the Exodus. The Exodus is dated as occurring between 1290 and 1340 BC. It is unlikely that the details were recorded in the immediate aftermath and there was probably a delay in the writing of the account. While there is a discrepancy of about 300 years, given the circumstances surrounding the dating of the Santorini eruption, it is possible that the two events did coincide. Further support for this is that the southeastern corner of the Mediterranean was marshland prior to the construction of the Suez Canal and was a known source of reeds. Is the "Red Sea" a wrong interpretation of the "Reed Sea," and did the Santorini or Minoan eruption coincide with the Exodus? There is ongoing research into this including drilling boreholes to look for tsunamite - the deposit left by tsunamis and other evidence to support or disprove this theory.
Posting this to answer a question someone asked from the previous photo. :)
- The five books to the left have nothing to do with Japanese language study, so ignore those, lol. Also... my little collection of study aides here is a bit dated, I haven't used nor added anything new to this in some years (well, except for the "Custom" disctionary and the large well-worn Kanji dictionary which have always gotten a decent amount of use)... so I am possibly not the best person to ask about this in terms of more current stuff and methods of study.
- this also doesn't include the vast number of internet resources one could use to study with...
My chosen method of learning Japanese was and is straight-up memorization of kaniji and phrases... it used to also be by translating Japanese into English, in more recent times I attempt to write Japanese and ask other's to correct it (using lang-8.com) but I've been very lazy with that, but it does help. Within a couple of weeks using lang-8.com I really felt that I was improving with my grammar. It's free, by the way, if you don't already use it please check it out! Here is mine: lang-8.com/6487 needs to be updated and used, as you can see by the dates on there, lol.
Now... starting from the left, skipping the first five books...
- 2 spiral bound books: these were from when I was a Freshman in college, they were the course packs for my classes. My professor's names were Fujiwara and Oketani, but I don't think they wrote it, on the inside cover of one of them it says "Motoko Tabuse 1992 [last update 1999])" and in the other one it says "Bunka Shokyuu Nihongo Vol 1" and "[parts of the pack] developed by Konomi Shinohara, Naoko Horiuchi, and Etsuko Ofuka" ... if that helps? These rock, I could see myself looking through them again some day, or using them to help someone else study.
- The next four are also books I used in my college Japanese courses but earlier, when I was still a Sophomore in highschool. "Shin Nihongo no Kiso 1" and "Japanese for Busy People 1." The Japanese for Busy People book (and the class which was taught by a non native) both sucked and I would not recommend. The Shin Nihongo ones aren't bad, I haven't looked in a while but they have worksheets and stuff in there that could be useful.
- Next up is the 501 Japanese Verbs book, honestly... I rarely used this, even when I was a newb. Mostly didn't use because they don't show you the kanji or the hiragana for them, it's all romaji which is sucky.
- Then we have "Remembering the Kanji 1" by Heisig. People love it or people hate it. I haven't read all the way through yet, and I understand and somewhat agree with the negative things said about this Kanji memorization method, BUT... of the Kanji I did read it actually helped a bit with recall. At the very least it was quicker than just straight up memorization. I'm not a good random sample though, as I have a really good memory to begin with.
- The next eight books are Japanese School (elementary and middle school level I think) books that I obtained from an ex-boyfriend from well over a decade ago. The first one is a little workbook, the next one is actually a math book, lol... the five after that are various levels of Japanese reading/vocab (Japanese school books for teaching little Japanese kids grammar and spelling and such, no english in there at all, and it's mostly hiragana, very very good for a beginner). Those are elementary level, the thicker last one is more a middle school level I think.
- The big green book is an Elementary Kanji Dictionary (no english, for kids)... it's ok I guess, but I rarely used it in favor of the other dictionaries at my disposal.
- The massive blue thing is my Japanese-English kanji dictionary. "The New Nelson" ... I got this one several years ago, I looked for something new recently but couldn't find anything updated or sufficient to replace it. As you can see, this is the book that has gotten the most use over the years.
- On top we have a normal romanized Japanese-English dictionary that I don't use that much, and a NON-romanized (so, hiragana look up, in Japanese alphabetical order) Japanese-English dictionary that I received from that same ex's cousin. I used that a decent amount, surpassed only by that huge Kanji dictionary in frequency of use, lol.
- ...and finally, also on top there, is "Making Sense of Japanese" ... this thing is like a secret weapon, I ADORE IT. I got it a while back and have not read all of it. The bits I have read though have given me invaluable tips. It's written by Jay Rubin (my favorite Japanese novel translator [he is also a professor of Japanese]).
北軽井沢、七福茶屋
rural, gunma pref., sakura, nature, no people, near temple, cherry tree, spring, pink, red, white, japan
Shichifuku Jin
abundance, agriculture, backgrounds, bunch, choice, color image, english language, freshness, full frame, green color, greengrocer's shop, groceries, healthy eating, ingredient, Japan, japanese language, kanji, leaf long, market - retail space, no people, organic, photography, plant, plant stem, raw food, retail place, selling space, supply and demand, vegetable, vegetarian food
雪ノ下
鶴岡八幡宮 TSURUGAOKA HACHIMANGU
小町
宝戒寺（はぎ寺）HOKAIJI TEMPLE
妙隆寺（みょうりゅうじ）MYORYUJI TEMPLE
本覚寺（ほんがくじ） HONGAKUJI TEMPLE
山ノ内
建長寺（けんちょうじ）KENCHOJI TEMPLE
円覚寺（えんがくじ） ENGAKUJI TEMPLE
浄智寺（じょうちじ）JOCHIJI TEMPLE
明月院 (めいげついん）MEIGETSUIN TEMPLE
円応寺（えんのうじ）ENNOJI TEMPLE
扇ケ谷
寿福寺（じゅふくじ）JUFUKUJI TEMPLE
英勝寺（えいしょうじ）EISHOJI TEMPLE
浄光明寺（じょうこうみょうじ）JOKOMYOJI TEMPLE
海蔵寺（かいぞうじ）KAIZOJI TEMPLE
梶原
葛原岡神社（くずはらおかじんじゃ）KUZUHARAOKA SHRINE
佐助
銭洗弁財天宇賀福神社ZENIARAIBENTEN UGAFUKU SHRINE
佐助稲荷神社（さすけいなりじんじゃ）SASUKEINARI SHRINE
西御門 NISHIMIKADO
来迎寺（らいこうじ）RAIKOJI TEMPLE
二階堂 NIKAIDO
荏柄天神社 EGARATENJINSHA SHRINE
鎌倉宮 KAMAKURAGU SHRINE
覚園寺（かくおんじ）KAKUONJI
杉本寺（すぎもとでら）SUGIMOTODERA TEMPLE
瑞泉寺（ずいせんじ）ZUISENJI TEMPLE
浄明寺
浄妙寺 (じょうみょうじ) JOMYOJI TEMPLE
報国寺（ほうこくじ）HOKOKUJI TEMPLE
十二所 JUNISO
五大堂 明王院（ごだいどう みょうおういん）GODAIDO MYO-OIN
大町
妙本寺（みょうほんじ）
八雲神社
安養院（あんよういん）
妙法寺（苔寺）
安国論寺（あんこくろんじ）
材木座
光明寺（こうみょうじ）
長谷
長谷寺（はせでら）
高徳院（鎌倉大仏）
光則寺 (こうそくじ)
甘縄神明神社（あまなわしんめいじんじゃ）
坂ノ下
御霊神社
極楽寺
極楽寺（ごくらくじ）
成就院（じょうじゅいん）
腰越
満福寺（まんぷくじ）
小動神社（こゆるぎじんじゃ）
大船
大船観音寺（おおふなかんのんじ）
江の島
江ノ島神社
片瀬
龍口寺（りゅうこうじ）
常立寺
藤沢
清浄光寺（遊行寺）
大宝寺（だいほうじ）材木座に行った帰りにでも
虚空蔵堂（こくうぞうどう）星の井寺の 旗がいっぱいの
青蓮寺（しょうれんじ）腰越から山側の道を行くと左側の手広エリアの
光触寺（こうそくじ）明石橋交差点からすぐ右側 朝比奈インター方面への
薬王寺（やくおうじ）
成福寺（じょうふくじ）
宝善院（ほうぜんいん）
蓮乗院（れんじょういん）
千手院（せんじゅいん）
九品寺（くほんじ）材木座に行くなら
五所神社（ごしょじんじゃ）
上行寺（じょうぎょうじ）
延命寺（えんめいじ）
実相寺（じつそうじ）
補陀洛寺（ふだらくじ）
称名寺（しょうみょうじ）
常栄寺（じょうえいじ）
常楽寺（じょうらくじ）
大巧寺（だいぎょうじ）
長勝寺（ちょうしょうじ）
白山神社 （はくさんじんじゃ）
龍宝寺（りゅうほうじ）
鎌倉二十四ヶ所地蔵めぐり
鎌倉十三仏霊場めぐり
鎌倉、湘南エリア 店舗。
２０２０年から在住中に行った店。
七福神
オステリアコマチーナ
ヴイ 浮 長谷
ロンディーノ
扉（鳩サブレーがやってる大人のカフェ）オムライスが鎌倉No.１
ヨリドコロ（稲村ガ崎、レンバイ）
キャラウェイ（カレー）
江ノ島亭（江ノ島丼）
カフェ・マディ 江の島店
カザリス食器店 鎌倉本店 ( 雪ノ下）
あしなや（小町）
コバカバ（レンバイ横）
KAN （平塚）
LAINE レネ (御成町）
cafe RONDINO （御成）裏駅 タバコ可
ベルグフェルド（長谷店）
鎌倉 鉢の木（新館）(北鎌倉）
かまくら 長谷食堂 ( 江ノ電 長谷駅前）
レスポアール（小町）タバコ可
游古洞 ゆうこどう（御成町）
古書 アトリエ くんぷう堂 （佐助） (この時は欲しいものがなくて立ち読み）
松原庵 （由比ヶ浜）（両方とも）
古我邸 （扇ガ谷）
カフェ・ヴィヴモン・ディモンシュ（小町） カフェヴィヴモンディモンシュ
一平（写真はおイヤだそうです）
アマルフィイ・デラセーラ ( アマルフィ）
アマルフィイ・デラセーラ
岩本楼 (江ノ島島内）２０１９年に
GARDEN HOUSE （鎌倉市役所前）
石窯ガーデンテラス（鎌倉五山第五位の 浄妙寺の奥）
SURFERS ( 逗子のサーファーズ ）
以志橋 （長谷）
しまむらストアー すみれ平店（平塚）たまたまデスソースの購入
トラットリア エ ピッツェリア ヤンモ （平塚）
店内にイタリアの喜劇役者トトの珍しいイラストや写真が・・
BRANDIN ブランディン ( 茅ヶ崎）
サザンオールスターズの名付け親のカフェ。
１万枚のレコードとともに。
洋書も素晴らしい。
サザン、山下達郎 関連のお店
えぼし本店（茅ヶ崎）
BRANCH茅ヶ崎店（缶コーヒー）
湘南クッキーアウトレット（平塚本店）複数回
湘南クッキー辻堂（辻堂駅側）
湘南クッキー
cafe murasaki（カフェ・ムラサキ・茅ヶ崎）
MOKICHI モキチフーズガーデン（茅ヶ崎市 元町）
MOKICHI 熊澤酒造株式会社 モキチ本店 ( 茅ヶ崎市 香川）
妻ビール の酒造元と書けばお分かり？
茅ヶ崎珈琲倶楽部 （茅ヶ崎）
湘南珈琲 茅ヶ崎北口店 （茅ヶ崎）
コナズ珈琲（茅ヶ崎店）
カロ（長谷）極楽寺坂下、成就院の坂下
竹扇 ( 鎌倉市役所前）
リゾートショップ ねぎし（小坪）オリジナルTシャツ、缶コーヒー、ガム
ENGAWA CAFE （葉山）
レストラン ラ・マーレ・日影茶屋
冨士見亭（江ノ島）
あぶらや（江ノ島）ポストカード
ロンカフェ（江ノ島）
イワタ珈琲（小町）
ミルクホール（小町）
つるや ( 由比ヶ浜）
浅羽屋 (長谷）
天ぷら ひろみ（小町）
KANNON COFFEE KAMAKURA（長谷）
VUORI ブオリ（長谷）山テーマの喫茶店。書籍も秀逸。
納言志るこ店（小町）
AWkitchen GARDEN 鎌倉（御成通り突き当たり）
ダンデライオン・チョコレート（鎌倉駅西口・閉店以前）
WANDER KITCHEN（御成）
なみまちベーグル（長谷）
café recette 鎌倉（ ルセット )（長谷）
小満ち（小町）
KINOKUNIYA 鎌倉店 (コーヒー）
鎌倉市農協連即売所（市場、レンバイ）主に３、４班の時
無心庵
江ノ島電鉄株式会社（乗車と鎌倉駅構内の売店）
ル・ミリュウ鎌倉山（鎌倉山）
らいてい（鎌倉山）
CAFE LUONTO ルオント（長谷）
カフェレストランGEN（報国寺入り口）
藤沢 峰本そば店 (鎌倉峰本 暖簾分け店）
くら寿司（回転寿司）辻堂店・辻堂団地 前店
力餅家 (長谷）
島森書店（バーズアイで俯瞰した鎌倉地図、鎌倉春秋のバックナンバー）
たらば書店 （裏駅、黄色目印）
松林堂書店 （閉店以前、立ち読み）写真なし
現在は ”ブック居酒屋” に
大里書店 （小町）（鎌倉春秋の購入）
メッゲンドルファー
YAMAKA 鎌倉店（コーヒー）やまか
もとまちユニオン鎌倉店 ( パスタソース）
DS NEW KAMAMAN 鎌万水産 （せんべい）
鎌倉駅構内 加藤売店 （ガム）
鎌倉市役所（1階,4階の自販機と分庁舎のトイレ）
駄菓子屋 長谷店 大仏飴
If you're struggling, or are a very visual learner try getting some Japanese language books that are accompanied by lots of photos or images.
If you are practicing reading, and can associate those words and meanings with a picture, it can help those who are more visual.
I'm a fan of touting manga for this reason as well, but not everyone is going to want to look at manga all the time; so I suggest other types of visual examples. Some examples from my own shelf:
- Interior design magazine
- How to make doll houses and items for doll's houses
- Sewing pattern books
- Cook books, how to make bentou
Went to many art exhibits while in Japan. Cannot recall the details about this one, but vaguely recall one exhibit about the maritime history of Yokohama. All comments welcome. It is unfortunate that I cannot read Japanese.
Long hours of coding and Japanese learning.
He always seem to be working on something.
(Got a New Flash )
One of my music theory teachers did this in my theory books. It works well for studying Japanese as well. Photo by Rukia13.
hi! my flickr friends and contacts... (japanese)
JAPANESE /// 日本語
...to all my flickr friends and contacts...
Last 1st day of July, I started with japanese language,
and it is so difficult to me!! uff! Can't believe it!!
Our sensei makes us work so hard!!
Best whises · Isabel · ^ . ^
Japanese woman in yaukuta during Gokoku shrine Mitama matsuri Obon festival celebrating the return of the spirits of the deads, Kyushu region, Fukuoka, Japan
hi! my flickr friends and contacts... (japanese)
JAPANESE /// 日本語
...to all my flickr friends and contacts...
Last 1st day of July, I started with japanese language,
and it is so difficult to me!! uff! Can't believe it!!
Our sensei makes us work so hard!!
Best whises · Isabel · ^ . ^
This is an impression of my core "tool kit" for learning Japanese when I was a teen (after I had memorized hiragana and katakana... before that my tool kit was simply a Japanese manga volume and the kana charts).
- Japanese to English dictionary (NO ROMAJI DICTIONARIES!! I CANNOT STRESS THIS ENOUGH, learn all your kana first)
- Japanese language manga
- English+Japanese bilingual manga (this particular bilingual manga [pictured] was my very first brush with kansai-ben/osaka-ben)... a lot of collecting and learning includes cases of simple serendipity.
- Low level Japanese school books.
- Massive Japanese Kanji dictionary.
"Mr. Moheji," an acrylic painting by 魔法の傘, is based on a traditional children's game in which 7 hiragana (Japanese phonetic characters) -- へのへのもへじ (he no he no mo he ji) -- are used to draw a face. This is the oldest and best known 絵描き歌 (ekaki-uta = picture-drawing song) in Japan; see the preceding seven photos for more examples. In doing these picture-drawing songs, children sing a song or recite a verse while drawing each hiragana or line or shape as they say its name, finishing up with a simple picture.
Here the face is drawn as wisps of cloud or contrails in the sky, and Mt. Fuji becomes a white shirt draped with a dark suit jacket and tie. The result is a portrait of a ghostly サラリーマン (salaryman, i.e. office worker, company employee), who sheds a tear from his の eye as the Shinkansen bullet train zips past the foot of the mountain.
A clearer image of the painting "Mr. Moheji" is shown here:
I have been using this log check sheet from musiciansway.com to keep track of my Japanese studies. Photo by Rukia13.
If you're a Japanese learner who loves to game, you are in luck! Handhelds such as Gameboy Color, Nintendo DS, and Play Station Portable are completely region free.
I HIGHLY suggest buying one of your favorite games in Japanese to further your learning. If you are not ready for a text-heavy RPG game in Japanese, start off with something simpler such as a kid's game or rhythm game that doesn't require a heavy story line to follow.
PLEASE NOTE: I only know that Game Boys and PSPs are region free. Console games (like for Playstation 2 or the Wii) are NOT region free, please check the platform and game before you buy a Japanese game. If you really want a console game that is not region free, you will have to also get a hold of the Japanese version of the console.
La main de ma fille qui ecrit les lettres japonaises sur son cahier.
The hand of my daughter, she is writing Japanese letters on her note.
Getty images is licensed to use this photo.
USE WITHOUT PERMISSION IS ILLEGAL.
Writing exercises for "summer". About a year ago I started studying Japanese language with my teacher Vapy. Now I'm out of operations but I will take books soon I promise!
if you follow me on twitter you've probably seen me gushing my pants over my recent project. Long story short - I have too many magazines and monthly publications and I was getting sick of it taking up space, so I bought some binders, clear page sleeves, and an exacto knife.
I'm saving all the pages and clippings from the mags that I originally got them for in the first place. So now, instead of large, heavy piles of magazines and monthlies, I'll have neatly organized, easily accessible binders.
I'm so in love...
First find a page you like, check the back of it, to see if there is anything else important, so you don't accidentally cut something on the other side that you may have wanted to save. When you are fine with front and back, cut the page out. You can also cut from as close to the spine as you can, and trim the page up after it's out and easier to work with.
Japanese woman in yaukuta during Gokoku shrine Mitama matsuri Obon festival celebrating the return of the spirits of the deads, Kyushu region, Fukuoka, Japan
As I matured so did my tool kit. This is what my most current tool kit looks like.
- That very same Japanese-English dictionary from before.
- What I call the "little rainbow trio of awesome" "Making Sense of Japanese", "How to tell the Difference Between Japanese Particles" and "All About Particles" Oh yes. <3
- Colloquial Kansai Japanese, once you're comfortable (and especially if you are into Japanese media and culture in general, like me) it's good to get a handle on this dialect as well as your "proper japanese."
- A higher level Japanese school book.
- Here we have a book I JUST bought today because my friend Ku had it, and it looked interesting. Not sure how it is yet. It is a book to encourage one to keep a daily diary in Japanese.
- and the very same Kanji dictionary as before.