Thursday, April 7, 2011

Unseen Pictures from Japanese Tsunami - Pray for japan

As we all know, Japan was recently hit with Multiple Earthquakes and Tsunami.

Japanese Tsunami pictures-from-japan-2.jpgJapanese Tsunami-picturestsunami-pictures-from-japan-4.jpgJapanese Tsunami-pictures-newJapanese Tsunami-pictures-sendaiJapanese Tsunami-pictures-eartquacktsunami-pictures-from-japan-8.jpgJapanese Tsunami-picturestsunami-pictures-from-japan-10.jpgtsunami-pictures-from-japan-11.jpgtsunami-pictures-from-japan-12.jpgtsunami-pictures-from-japan-13.jpgtsunami-pictures-from-japan-14.jpgunseen-pictures-from-japan-2011-1.jpgunseen-pictures-from-japan-2011-2.jpgunseen-pictures-from-japan-2011-3.jpgunseen-pictures-from-japan-2011-4.jpgunseen-pictures-from-japan-2011-5.jpgunseen-pictures-from-japan-2011-6.jpgunseen-pictures-from-japan-2011-7.jpgunseen-pictures-from-japan-2011-8.jpgunseen-pictures-from-japan-2011-9.jpgunseen-pictures-from-japan-2011-10.jpgunseen-pictures-from-japan-2011-11.jpgunseen-pictures-from-japan-2011-12.jpgunseen-pictures-from-japan-2011-13.jpgunseen-pictures-from-japan-2011-14.jpg

Friday, March 25, 2011

Japanese Billionaire Helps Disaster Victims

  • Tadashi Yanai, worth U.S. $ 6.3 billion


    Shares of the company, Fast Retailing fell 20 percent after the earthquake, and reduce the U.S. $ 1.3 billion of his fortune. Despite the loss, he personally gave $ 12 million, which seems to be the largest individual contribution to the recovery of Japan. Group retail has donated U.S. $ 8.6 million in the form of clothing to the victims and cash of U.S. $ 5 million. This apparel retailer plans to collect donations in the donation box in 2200 the company Uniqlo, Theory, and other stores around the world.

    Tadashi Yanai and family have a wealth of U.S. $ 7.6 billion. In Japan he became the second richest person according to Forbes magazine, while the world he is ranked 122.


    • Masayoshi Son, the wealth of U.S. $ 8.2 billion
    Tadashi Yanai

    His company created the iPhone application that allows customers to make donations. He also gave 12 thousand phone with unlimited service for the areas affected by the disaster. The phone is given free of charge to assist agencies, community leaders and families of the victims. It also offers emergency messages to smart phones. Some Softbank closed his shop, especially the northeast region affected by rolling blackouts.

    He is the richest man in Japan, and for the world ranking CEO of SoftBank's Forbes 113 rank.

    Ueno - Japan's Oldest Zoo

    Ueno - Japan's Oldest Zoo

    Ueno Zoo (东京 都 恩赐 上 野 动物园, Tōkyō-to Ueno Onshi Dōbutsuen) Is a zoo located in Ueno Park, Taito district, Tokyo, Japan. The first time opened to the public on March 20, 1882, Ueno Zoo is the oldest zoo in Japan. The zoo has about 500 species of animals, with the ultimate collection of rare animals such as Sumatran tigers and gorillas of West Plains.

    The owner of this zoo is the Tokyo Metropolitan Government. Having previously managed the Tokyo Metropolitan Department of Public Works, the zoo's management was transferred to the Foundation, the Association of Zoos Tokyo since April 1, 2006. In addition to Ueno Zoo, other zoos are managed by the Foundation is the Association of Zoos Tokyo Tama Zoological Park, Tokyo Sea Life Park and Zoo Inokashira
    Ueno Zoo Monorail

    Ueno - Japan's Oldest Zoo, 东京 都 恩赐 上 野 动物园
    Japan's Oldest Zoo, 东京 都 恩赐 上 野 动物园
    From Ueno Station, Ueno Zoo Front Gate can be reached by walking for 5 minutes. The inside of the zoo is divided into two regions: Western Zoo and Zoo East. In addition to walking, visitors can ride the monorail that connects the West Zoos and Zoo East. Monorail at Ueno Zoo is the first monorail in Japan. Front Gate in the eastern region Zoo, while the zoo and the pool Shinobazu child was in the region of Western Zoo. In East Zoos have five-story pagoda was first built in 1631. Pagoda building is now the gift giving Kan'ei-ji for the Tokyo Metropolitan Government in 1958.

    Ueno Zoo is the zoo's most visited by many people in Japan. Total visitors in a month sometimes exceed the total visitor Asahiyama Zoo in Asahikawa, Hokkaido. In 2006, the Ueno Zoo visited by about 3.5 million visitors, while Asahiyama Zoo about 3 million 40 thousand visitors. In 2008, a total of visitors has decreased to around 2.9 million visitors after the death of Ling Ling, the only panda's Ueno Zoo. In the same year, Asahiyama Zoo also decreased the number of visitors to about 2.77 million people.

    Monday, February 7, 2011

    The Japanese Art Paintings (rice field)

    Art painting by rice paddy fields in Japan and there is every year, people make new images in their fields by using the rice is planted in accordance yangg patterns which have been made previously. To pewarnaanya with the use of different-type rice. Look at the picture neh .... Starting from the preparation until the rice growing beautifully and showed paintings that they made.

    The Japanese Art Paintings

    The Japanese Art Paintings
     The Japanese Art Paintings
    The Japanese Art Paintings

    The Unique Japanese Paintings

    The  Unique Japanese Paintings
    The  Unique Japanese Paintings
    The  Unique Japanese Paintings
    The  Unique Japanese Paintings

    Painting of Meiji Emperor in military regalia

    Japanese painting - Painting of Meiji Emperor in military regalia

    This Japanese painting of the Emperor was reproduced in a British newspaper the day his death was announced in 1912. The painting depicts the Meiji Emperor in full, European style military regalia. 

    Artistic and photographic displays of the Meiji Emperor were important tools for sending messages to the general Japanese society about both tradition and the need to adopt Western political, technological, and military ideas. Judging by the age of the Emperor, this picture depicts him in the late 19th Century.

    Japanese Visual Arts

    japanese art - Japanese Visual Arts
    japanese art - Japanese Visual Arts
    Japanese painting tended to be both more abstract and more naturalistic than Chinese painting, depending on the artist and the subject. Japanese style allowed for greater spontaneity and individuality. Although Japanese landscapes and panoramic scroll painting featured shifting perspective, like Chinese painting, many works focussed on more intimate and limited subjects, permitting more explicit perspective and lighting effects. 
    japanese art - Japanese Visual Arts


    Individual portraits, scenes of daily life, studies of plants and animals were done, and these images were handled with spontaneity and individualism. In contrast to the more decorative Chinese aesthetics, Japanese style tends toward a paring down to essentials, an attempt to capture the basic form and characteristics of a specific subject.
    japanese art - Japanese Visual Arts

    Also a style of painting called Ukiyo-e, which became known to Westerners mainly through woodcut prints in the 19th century, developed very distinctive, dramatic ways of using line and color in landscape, portraiture, and other subjects. Ukiyo-e prints had an important effect on the work of Western artists. 

    japanese art - Japanese Visual Arts

    Thursday, January 13, 2011

    Kimono for Girl Furisode (振 袖)

    Furisode (振 袖) is a kimono
    Furisode (振 袖) is a kimono be used by unmarried women on formal occasions and permission shiki (成人 式), the traditional ceremony to celebrate the adolescent girls who grow up.

    The formal black kimono Kurotomesode (黒 留 袖)

    Kurotomesode (黒 留 袖) kimono

    Kurotomesode (黒 留 袖) is the formal black kimono be used by the parents at her son's wedding day.

    Uchikake (打掛) Kimono

    Uchikake (打掛) Kimono

    Uchikake (打 挂) is a formal kimono, white or red colored light that is used by the bride on her wedding day.

    Kimono is a traditional clothing of Japan

    Kimono - traditional clothing of Japan

    The kimono is a traditional clothing of Japan for men and women that has existed since time immemorial. Only in Edo era, kimono experiencing changes that are still maintained, that sleeve is slightly longer for women who are not married and obi (wide belt to tighten kimono) are even greater.
    The kimono comes from the word ki which means to wear, and Mono which means clothing. So the meaning is wearing a kimono.