5:11 "I feel relaxed in the bamboo forest and sometimes I feel isolated." I guess that's what they call "wabi-sabi."😊
@Mark-Elf14 күн бұрын
10:11 "Is this a museum?" No, This is Todaiji Temple.😊It was built in 752 at the request of Emperor Shomu.😌
@Mark-Elf14 күн бұрын
15:02 The tall roofs of Shirakawa-go, known as Gassho-style houses, are angled so that all the snow can fall off.😊 Most of the daily life took place on the first floor, but the rest of the house was used to raise silkworms to produce raw silk for weaving during the off-season when the farming area was closed off by snow.Even in winter, people keep warm on the first floor, and that heat rises up to keep the silkworms warm too.😁
@Mark-Elf13 күн бұрын
18:27 It is a mistake to say that Nikko was the base of the Tokugawa Shogunate.😅 In his will, the first shogun, Tokugawa Ieyasu (the military commander who was the model for the main character in the recent Emmy Award-winning drama "Shogun"), he left instructions to build a shrine in the direction of the North Star as seen from Edo and enshrine him as the guardian deity so that he could protect Edo (the prototype of Tokyo) that he created even after his death.😌 Nikko was previously written as "二荒=Futara(Nikou)=two disasters", but the meaning was not appropriate, so a different kanji with the same sound was used to elucidate it as "日光=Nikko=sunlight".In fact, the mountain's name is still written as "二荒山=Futara-san." As proof of this, on the winter solstice, the North Star rises directly above the Yomeimon Gate of Nikko Toshogu Shrine. The North Star has been called the "star of the Heavenly Emperor" since ancient China. There is also a Toshogu Shrine in Shizuoka Prefecture, which was an important territory of the Tokugawa Shogunate, and it is said that Tokugawa Ieyasu's body was temporarily placed there as well.🤔 There are several other Toshogu shrines in the Kanto region, and in fact, my hometown has the "smallest Toshogu shrine in Japan" 😁
@Mark-Elf14 күн бұрын
16:46 Before its major eruption about 90,000 years ago, Mount Aso was thought to have been a mountain of about 9,000 to 12,000 meters, and may have been the highest in the world. 🌋 Mount Aso is said to have undergone four major eruptions between about 270,000 and 90,000 years ago. These eruptions hollowed out the underground magma chamber, causing the ground to collapse and forming a huge caldera. A central crater cone group was then formed, and the current appearance of the five Aso mountains lined up inside the caldera was created. The highest peak of Mount Aso is Takadake, with an elevation of 1,592m. The five peaks of Mount Aso include Takadake, Nakadake (1,506m), and Eboshidake (1,337m). A grassland spreads along the gentle undulations of the caldera, and you can see the peaceful sight of horses galloping and cows grazing. This grassland is called "Kusasenri" (The grasslands stretch for thousands of miles).🌬🍀😌
@Mark-Elf14 күн бұрын
8:07 That's great! 😆 The leftmost one is "中" (middle) and the middle one is "山" (mountain).😊 Thank you for memorizing kanji that are considered difficult for foreigners✨🤗 Oh, by the way, the one on the far right is "道" (road)😌
@Mark-Elf14 күн бұрын
One thing to note.The "ko" in "Lake Kawaguchiko ko" means lake in Japanese, so this would result in a double saying.😂 At the foot of Mt. Fuji🗻, there are lakes called the "Fuji Five Lakes." These lakes are Lake Kawaguchi, Lake Yamanaka, Lake Saiko, Lake Motosu, and Lake Shoji. Until recently, people could make holes in the frozen lake surface during the harsh winter and enjoy fishing for small fish called smelt. However, due to recent global warming, there are some years when the lakes do not freeze over.😓 Mount Fuji straddles Shizuoka Prefecture on the southern foot of the mountain facing the Pacific Ocean and Yamanashi Prefecture on the northern side, and the people of both prefectures call the Mount Fuji they see from the other side "Omote Fuji" (front Fuji).😅Because of this dispute, the summit of Mt. Fuji does not belong to either party, but to the Fuji Sengen Shrine located there.🤭
@tanyaang271821 күн бұрын
Theres a city ive been before in Japan called Takaoka in Toyama prefecture. Thats the hometown of doraemon. Its so cool because they really made the town filled with doraemon sculptures. Even all of their trams in the town are designed with doraemon all over