Travel
Japanese Dragon
This is a dragon dance from a shrine on a Kyoto weekend. This was my first time to witness the Japanese version of the dance.
There is a large Chinese community in the Philippines, so Chinese dragon dances are commonplace, especially around February during the Chinese New Year. The Chinese...
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Japanese Plum Blossoms
Plum blossoms bloom early. This is Kyoto midMarch. Plum blossoms differ only slightly from cherry blossoms (has something to do with the shape and number of petals I think) but I think they are just as beautiful.
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Make a Japanese Wish
We have wishing wells, wishing fountains. The Japanese have this.
To make a wish, throw a coin. Bow your head two times, clap two times. Make your wish then bow one last time.
I think it’s charming. 🙂
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Japanese Girls
We were in Kyoto visiting one of the temples and ran across these girls in their beautiful kimonos.
It was March and they had probably just come from their graduation ceremony. The kimono is the Japanese traditional wear, worn on formal or special occasions.
They reminded me of sakuras...
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Hmm, Feels Grainy to Me…
When in Japan (especially in Kyoto), you should not miss out on the okashi (Japanese sweets and snacks).
But… I don’t know if you should necessarily try everything…
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Grave Thoughts
Guess what this is? It’s a Japanese cemetery. Pretty, huh?
When I was in Japan, to go to the train station (eki) from our hotel, we had to pass by this cemetery. At first I thought it was a shrine. I’d never seen anything like it.
I took this picture...
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Nihongo Basic Intensive Course: Final Day
Yesterday was the last day of class in my Nihongo Basic Intensive Course. The other day we had taken the JLPT 4 of 2006 so the morning of yesterday our teachers gave us back our results. (Yes, I passed. Flying colors in Kanji, yey heheh. But don’t ask me about...
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Learning Kanji Day 4
Kanji wa taihen muzukashii desu! That means, Kanji is very difficult!
We learn only 5 Kanji per day, and our sensei (teacher) spends two hours teaching us the 5 Kanji. Learning to draw the characters takes a lot of time. As you can see from the chart, one Kanji...
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