CultureDiaryJapanese traditionUncorrected Toru May 02, 2019 0 Comments amusement park, barbecue, cruiser, dinner, Enakyō, family trip, hot spring, hotel, inn, kimono, mountain, nature, river, sheep, sheep shearing, table tennis, travel, yukata Family Trip 2019 Family Trip 2019 家族旅行2019 We are now in Enakyō (恵那峡 – “Ena Gorge”) on a family trip. 私は今、家族旅行で恵那峡に来ています。 First, we Read More
CultureEssayEtymologyFoodIdiomJapanese traditionUncorrected Toru Oct 08, 2017Jan 03, 2024 best thing, Buddhist term, cow, daigomi, high-grade milk product, Japanese terms, sheep, taste, true pleasure, yogurt Daigomi (醍醐味 – The True Pleasure) Daigomi 醍醐味 There are several Japanese terms that describe a pleasure. 面白さを形容する言葉にはさまざまなものがあります。 Today I’d like to talk about “daigomi” (醍醐味) Read More
CultureEssayEtymologyHistoryJapanese traditionKanjiUncorrected Toru May 11, 2017Jan 04, 2024 adjective, beautiful, compassion, Heian period, itsukushimu, Japanese, kanji, meaning, sheep, utsukushii Utsukushii (Beautiful) Today I will talk about the common Japanese adjective “utsukushii.” 美しい “Utsukushii” refers to that colors, shapes or sounds of Read More
CorrectedCultureDiaryJapanese tradition Toru Dec 26, 2014Jul 08, 2023 0 Comments animal, complex, fractal, Mandelbrot, Mandelbrot set, math, New Year, New Years card, sheep, zodiac New Year’s Greeting Card using Mandelbrot Set Today, I wrote New Years greeting cards. 今日は、年賀状を書きました。 In Japan, there are twelve of zodiac signs (animal symbols), one for Read More