Unseen Pictures from Japanese Tsunami - Pray for japan

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

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

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 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

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.

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 Unique Japanese Paintings

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 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. 

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.

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. 

Kimono for Girl Furisode (振 袖)

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) is the formal black kimono be used by the parents at her son's wedding day.

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

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.