Essays on Japan

Representation of nature Sensitivity of the seasonal change us an important part of Shinto, Japan’s native belief system. Shinto focuses on the cycles of the earth and the annual agrarian calendar.During the Edo Period, seasonal flowers and plants such as blossoms, irises and morning glories…

Did you know that every day over eight million people travels on a plane? It’s a massive statistic, but, in this day and age, it’s hardly surprising. Japan has an enormous population, with three major cities: Tokyo, Kyoto and Osaka. Around 19.7 million people visit…

Aging in Japan has become an increasingly relevant topic due to many reasons. The main reasons so many researchers and media outlets want to explore aging in Japan is because they have the highest life expectancy rate as of 2017. In addition to this, over…

Did you know that every day over eight million people travel by plane? It’s a massive statistic, but, in this day and age, it’s hardly surprising. Japan has an enormous population, with three major cities: Tokyo, Kyoto and Osaka. Around 19.7 million people visit Japan…

Driving past the fields or running through the park, one never really stops and looks at how the leaves are changing colors or how dry the grass can be. Having a busy schedule, we tend to forget about the little things in life such as…

Introduction Putranjiva roxburghii Wall. belongs to family Euphorbiaceae and commonly called putra jeevak. It is native of Indian Subcontinent, Southeast Asia, Japan, New Guinea and southern China .It is a dioecious, evergreen tree which bears pendent branches. It attains a height of 18m with a…

Economic is the main factor that drives a country forward because it generates income and shows stability of the country which helps every business run smoothly and draws interests of investors. However, it is hard to control the stability when natural disaster strikes because many…

Zekkyou Gakkyu, Ishikawa Emi’s Manga, is a compilation of horror one shots. Each chapter has different characters and plots, but the main focus is that horror is added in the mundane events and lives of Japanese high school students; some were of life in school,…

Located in the region of East Asia near the Korean Peninsula, Japan is a 1.2 hours flight from the United Kingdom, and a 14 hours flight from New York. With more than 370 thousand km2, it is only a little smaller than the state of…

Japanese cuisine is known for the ingredients used and the strictness that the Japanese have on food. Japanese cuisine embraces the local and traditional food that has improved over centuries of economic, social and political change. The traditional culinary art, named Washoku, is based on…

Japan is an archipelago consisting of 6,852 islands, located in Eastern Asia in the Pacific Ocean. 99% of the Japanese population speak Japanese. Japan’s economy is rated third largest in the world. Japan’s population consists of 98% of native Japanese. The type of economy in…

Among the various beliefs shared by the Japanese psyche, a lot could not escape the provisions of the Meiji era, which proclaimed the following slogan: bunmei kaika (civilization and enlightenment). As the Japanese government desired to westernize the country, it had to question the foundations…

Introduction Cultural exchange and differences were evident between countries in the East and West before the 16th century. Travelers, merchants, and missionaries were responsible for this norm as they endeavored to perpetuate superiority in various social and economic realms. Japan was mostly a nation that…

“I wasn’t born and raised to be a Kyoto geisha… I’m a fisherman’s daughter from a little town called Yoroido on the Sea of Japan.” Beginning in a poor fishing village in 1929, Memoirs of a Geisha chronicles the life of nine-year-old Chiyo, born with…

This journal article provides information about specific genre of diaries. It also analyzes what is the meaning of Aoyama labels “down-to-earth eating and writing”, which is elaborated as realistic descriptions of the hand-to-mouth existence of Japanese peasants and the working classes involved in the production…