Japanese have a unique idea called “Ma.” “Ma” is the spatial or chronic intervals that characterize Japanese culture. It has much influence for Japanese idea and the way of expression. The range of its influence is very broad, and reach from Japanese life-style to art. Especially, “Ma” is often reminded in Japanese traditional art like “Noh”, “Kabuki” and “Gagaku.” And in art that has no motion like bonsai and calligraphy, “Ma” is reminded. For example, in Noh, audiences tend to feel tired and troublesomeness when a performance is too perfect as audiences hardly have time to catch their breath. However performance is good, this phenomenon always happen. But if performer purposely refrain from his performance moderately, audiences enjoy that performance and concentrate on it. Saving his performance purposely like this is called in Japanese “Suki” means “an aperture,” and this aperture is very “Ma”, which makes Noh enjoyable and deeply significant. In a similar way, in other arts, “Ma” makes them enjoyable and deeply significant. In Japanese dairy life, “Ma” is necessary. If any “Ma” like “Ma” among talks, chronic “Ma” and spatial “Ma” are not exist , we must live always feeling strictness. So, it is the Japanese idea to create emotional, chronic and spatial composure in dairy life. However, though “Ma” is very important, “Ma” itself is not usually reminded. It is on the ware and not noticeable. And this character can give us composure in dairy life that tend to be busy. Then, how used “Ma” in modern society. Modern Japanese become very busy, and people are given many characters, roles and duties. And to make matter worse, in modern Japan, the mass say this tendency is good, and if we try to keep “Ma,” we must feel a sense of estrangement. Then, people take small “Ma” in dairy life. This means people have hobbies like travel, playing sports or game, and listening music. Modern Japanese get emotional composure by this way. Thus, “Ma” always supports Japanese culture and dairy life from the earliest times to modern inconspicuously. I think this “Ma” is the very Japanese fundamental sensitivity.
I think Japanese people should come to learn harder about Japanese cultures. Japanese people may not notice that Japan has a lot of important cultures. Of course, there are a lot of unique cultures in Japan, and every culture has its history. Histories are very important and without histories, there may be no culture in Japan. For example, Sushi, Haiku, and Kana Letter have its histories. Sushi is a dish on behalf of Japan and is made by riding raw fish on rice seasoned with vinegar called “shari”. It is said that the origin of Sushi was Edo era. It was an opening of Sushi that a merchant sold dishes which were cuttlefish and lobsters on rice. In those days, the rice didn’t contain any vinegar and fish was not raw but boiled. In this way, the Sushi is pretty different from current Sushi. Then, 200 years later, Sushi became the food which was known in the world. Although Sushi was originally luxury food, after the expanse of belt-conveyor Sushi shop occurs in 1970s, we can eat Sushi cheaply. Haiku is Japanese short poem with lines of five, seven, five syllables. In Haiku, a Haiku poet expresses his idea and feeling in this short style of poem. When we talk about Haiku, we mustn’t forget this person, who is the most famous Japanese historical Haiku poet, Matsuo Basyo. He lives in Edo era and he wrote a lot of Haiku while he lives and one of the most his famous Haiku is this. “古池や 蛙とびこむ 水の音” In English, this Haiku is translated as follows. “An old pond A frog jumps in The sound of water” In this Haiku, Basyo tells us the silence around him. He can hear the very small sound of water because it is very silent around him. So he attempted to express that silence. From this, we can understand that Haiku let us imagine many things even if it is not written in Haiku.Haiku is especially popular among old people, and Haiku poems which are written by old people are placed in newspapers every day. Haiku is very profound, so writing Haiku is very interesting. Kana letter is a letter whose figure Kanji changed a little into, so some figures of Kanji resemble that of Kana letter, for example, 安 (Kanji) and あ (Kana letter). Kana letter was first used in the 8th century which was in Nara era. At that time, Kana letter was a letter for women, so men didn’t use Kana letter so much. It was in about the mid 10th century that men came to use Kana letter. Then, why men didn’t use Kana letter in old days? In old days, people regarded Kana letter as the letter for the people whose position was low. And because men’s position was higher than women’s position, women use Kana letter, and men didn’t use Kana letter. Now, we all normally use Kana letter and Kana letter is a special letter to Japan. From these, you can understand that each Japanese culture has its own history. Current Japanese cultures owe entirely to old cultures. We must not forget that every culture has its history and that thanks to a history, there is a culture.
Samurai (侍 or sometimes 士) is a common term for a warrior in pre-industrial Japan. A more appropriate term is bushi (武士) (lit. "war-man") which came into use during the Edo period. However, the term samurai now usually refers to warrior nobility, not, for example, ashigaru or foot soldiers. The samurai with no attachment to a clan or daimyo was called a ronin (lit. "wave-man"). Tom Cruise in "The last Samurai" has provided a modern introduction to the way of the Samurai.Samurai were expected to be cultured and literate, and over time, samurai during the Tokugawa era gradually lost their military function. By the end of the Tokugawa, samurai were essentially civilian bureaucrats for the daimyo with their swords serving only ceremonial purposes. With the Meiji reforms in the late 19th century, the samurai were abolished as a distinct class in favour of a western-style national army. The strict code that they followed, called bushido, still survives in present-day Japanese society, as do many other aspects of their way of life. The word samurai has its origins in the pre-Heian period Japan when it was pronounced saburai, meaning servant or attendant. It was not until the early modern period, namely the Azuchi-Momoyama period and early Edo period of the late 16th and early 17th centuries that the word saburai became substituted with samurai. However, by then, the meaning had already long before changed. During the era of the rule of the samurai, the earlier term yumitori (“bowman”) was also used as an honorary title of an accomplished warrior even when swordsmanship had become more important. Japanese archery (kyujutsu), is still strongly associated with the war god Hachiman.
In Japan, there are many foods and things which have good meanings. When spring comes, you can't live every day without seeing the pictures or decorations of cherry blossoms on TV, in school, and in shops. SAKURA, the cherry blossoms, symbolizes that something good things has happened. And we eat SEKIHAN when a member of the family enter an university. Natto have the meaning of "Never Give Up"(because the strings expand well and hardly be cutted). To begin with, Japanese people loves cherry blossoms very much. One of the reasons is that, cherry blossoms have good indicates. For example, when someone educate from or enter school, we usually associate the view of SAKURA. It have the meaning that something good event have happened. Second, SEKIHAN(glutinous rice steamed with AZUKI or SASAGE beans) is one of the important Japanese culture. Japanese people eat SEKIHAN with their family on the new year's day and special day, for example, when one came of age, or one passed the entrance examination for university. Each of the regions have their favorite taste. For instance, in Hokkaido, we use AMA NATTO (it is sweetened beans) instead of AZUKI. On the other hand, people in CHIBA prefecture use peanuts.Today, we eat SEKIHAN when we are happy, and it is valuable culture for us. Third, NATTO is one of the popular Japanese culture, too. In Japan, many people eat it every day, and it is sometimes said that, "Never give up!!" when you eat NATTO. This is because, the long strings are called "NEBA NEBA", and this pronounciation is similar to "Never Never". Therefore, NATTO have good meanings, too. It follows from this that, there are many things which have the good meanings. When we look SAKURA, we become happy. When it is the new year's day, we celebrate the day by eating SEKIHAN. And when we take the entrance exam, we eat NATTO so as not to give up. These things are Japanese good culture!
Culture is the result of human activity which is food, clothing, shelter, science, skill, scholarship, art, moral, religion, politics, etc. We learn a lot of things from our daily life, and take our place in adult society. Our daily life is made up of culture, so we must understand what Japanese culture is. First, I will tell you about Japanese art, for example, Nihonga, Ikebana, Kabuki and Haiku. They are so beautiful and wonderful, so we should make effort to hand down them to posterity. A picture painted in Japanese style is called Nihonga. It is traditional Japanese painting using powdered mineral pigments instead of oils. Ikebana is Japanese are of flower arrangement, also known as Kado. We can feel even moss exhibited by Ikebana. Kabuki is a type of traditional Japanese drama which follows highly-stylized forms and takes up stories with popular appeal. Haiku is a Japanese poem consisting of seventeen syllables. We need have a lot of knowledge in order to understand Haiku. Japanese can cultivate a sense of beauty by watching them, so they should be protected by us. Secondly, I will tell you about a superstition in Japan. One, the snake appears when I whistle at night. When I whistle with taking a bath, my parents always say be quiet. However I whistle because of taking a bath is so pleasant. I think that parents made the superstition in order to make their children be quiet, because if I whistle, the snake will not appear practically. However I think that it is important for children to grow up soundly. Another, I get over my cold when I give another person my cold. I think that someone who saw one person caught a cold when another person got over his cold made the phrase. However, I think that it happened by chance, so it is not right. Almost all of the superstition is not right chemically. I think that it is necessary for everyone to hear them, because people will come to distinguish truth from a lot of phrase. So we should hand down superstition from generation to generation. Finally, I will tell you about Seijinnohi, which is Coming of Age Day. Coming of Age Ceremony called Seijinshiki encourages all those who have reached the age of twenty over the past year, and to help them realize that they have become adults. It is a Japanese holiday held annually on the second Monday of January. It is held in order to congratulate. Coming of Age Ceremony is held by a town hall. Most men wear suit or Hakama, most women wear Kimono. I will take part in next Coming of Age Ceremony. I look forward to it, because I will see friends of mine. Coming of Age Ceremony is needed in order to be adult. Because Japanese culture is composed of a lot of things, I think that I couldn’t describe all of it, but I did partly. We learn something every day. Our everyday life consists of Japanese culture. It taught us how we should think, act, and live, so we must become a person of knowledge of Japanese culture.
In the 20th century, we can know about almost all worlds’ information. I can know what Japan in foreign countries and real Japanese culture is. I think Japanese culture becomes no sense of Japanese character. Japanese is known that they have some unique culture. Sushi is one of famous Japanese culture in the world. It is made of raw fish and rice. We always eat it to dip in soy sauce with wasabi. The rice contains vinegar and this rice makes sushi delicious. I think sushi is one of the best foods around the world. Samurai is famous in the world too. Perhaps the most famous social standing made extinct by times is samurai. In the edo period, they exist everywhere to protect people that is high rank in Japan. They wear hakama and put Japanese sword, so samurai become famous for foreigner. Anime is also one of famous Japanese culture in the world, for example, pokemon, one piece, and Mario. Nowadays, most anime broadcast in Japan can be watched in the Internet. It is not good action, but people who have the Internet can watch Japanese culture. I feel these cultures are important for me to live and understand in Japan.
Japanese food is individual meal all around the world. When we eat some foods, we always use chopsticks. It looks difficult for foreigners to use chopsticks. I think that using it makes us dexterous. The staple food of the Japanese is rice. The rice with miscellaneous cereals is very healthy, so Japanese can live longer. Healthy food in not only miscellaneous cereals rice, but also almost all Japanese foods are. A unique drink in Japan is sake. It is one of alcoholic drinks and it is the best of all medicines. For these things, Japan has unique individuals.
Japan has a lot of annual functions. These are divided for four seasons. For example, February 3rd is a day that is before spring and is called Setubun. We throw some beans to get rid of bad luck in this day. In summer, there is the star festival. It takes place in July 7th. This day becomes fairy tale; Vega and Altair meet each other in this day. New Year’s Eve is also annual functions. In this day, we reflect on this year and are eager to do next year. We usually eat buckwheat noodle when we hear the tolling of temple bells 108times. This is winters’ annual function. Because of four seasons, Japan could have had good culture. For these things, Japanese culture becomes famous and unique. Japanese culture has a lot of good things, so Japanese should keep this valuable Japanese culture.
The Japanese castle is famous for castle tower soaring highly. I think if you hear a Japanese castle, you may think large-scale things such as soaring castle tower. However, the style is a little part of Japanese castle and most Japanese castle do not have their castle tower. Japanese castles have the deep history. The role of them is different from the age. I would like to write about the history of Japanese castle. It is said that the thing which I can call a castle in Japan was made in Yayoi period about 2,400 ago. In Yayoi period, the difference of the poverty and wealth began to appear and people build the village with a defensive function to defend their wealth. So, it is said that the beginning of the castle in Japan. After that, in 1500 years ago, the technology of construction of a castle was reached from China and Korea. In addition, in those days, large-scale feudal lord appeared. So, castles became large-scale and had the large gates and walls. In Heian era, 1000 years ago, a samurai who specialized in the fight appeared, and therefore the castles were built everywhere of the whole country. When a samurai grasped the government in the Kamakura era 800 years ago, the castles were developed from a fortress to houses of samurais. In the age of civil strife, more than 100 years from 1467, the Japanese castle progressed drastically, and the most of the castles which had the large-scale castle tower seen today were built in around 1600. In the Edo era, for about 260 years from 1600, the role of castle, especially a castle tower, was changed from a fortress to a symbol of the authority of the feudal lord because Japan was peaceful times. In the times of the Meiji Restoration about 150 years ago, castles were built with the technology that came from Europe and America, for example, Goryokaku Fort in Hakodate. However, the castle was not built very much in the Meiji era, and the castle was just used as a fortress of the army. Therefore, they were taken bombing in World War II, so many castles disappeared. By the way, do you know that it is said that the castle tower which is called the symbol of the Japanese castle is the fusion of a Japanese building and the European church building? Originally, the castle tower was the oar to watch the enemy and not an excellent building. However, Nobunaga Oda changed the form of it completely by building the castle tower which he built in Azuchi Castle. Nobunaga, who was interested in Christianity buildings, adopted the formality of the tower of the European church, and built the solemn castle tower which we can see. This castle tower changed the conventional role greatly, and castle towers were given a new role; the symbol of the authority. Japanese castles have very deep history and variation. The role of them is different in the period. Japanese castle is developed by taking in a lot of things, Chinese, Korean, and European. Although Japanese castle is famous for the castle tower, other part of them is also attractive. If you know them, I am very happy.
Recently, Japan came to be paid attention by all over the world. As one of these reasons, Japanese culture has been received to the world. Japan has many various cultures. For example, Bowing, Green tea, Karaoke, Healthy food, and etc. However, these come to be changed because of the influence of various foreign countries. In this essay, I would introduce some Japanese cultures, and change of Japanese culture in recent years. I think the most necessary thing to live in Japan is Bow, which is very important thing. You will know that Japanese values cooperation. If you are facing trouble with someone, bowing is very useful to avoid such a situation. We have learned the way of Bowing since born moment. So, all of us know how to bow. However, it becomes severe when finding employment in the service industry etc. At least, the angle of the bow has been decided by the enterprise in Japan. For example, ”Irassyaimase”, which is used when you invite your customer, is decided 30°, and “Moushiwakegozaimasen”, which is used when you want to apologize, is decided 45°. Of course, you don’t have to do these things all day long. But, if you want to become accustomed to the culture of Japan, you should use these things. Then, people in Japan will be seeing you well. For the above-mentioned reasons, bowing is very important in Japanese culture. Japanese foods are very healthy. It was not until recently that its importance was fully recognized. Now, many people know it all over the world. Why does it be so healthy? I think that the history of Japan is in the background. For a long time, Japanese ate fishes, and vegetables. Japanese has eaten a little meat for a long time. Because, Japan is an island nation, so they didn’t have enough space to grow domestic animals. So, the Japanese food became healthy for such reasons. Because of this, Japan became the best country of long life expectancy in the world. However, the number of those who get the lifestyle diseases has increased along with the change of food to Europe and America recently. I think Japanese will become the people who don’t want to eat Japanese foods. And, long life world 1 will not become Japan some time. I think that we should eat Japanese food more to avoid such a situation. And I want to make Japanese food known to the world more. There are various kinds of tea. For example, Green tea, Tea, Oolong tea, and so on. The tea most frequently drunk in Japan is green tea. (Chinese drink it, too) So, I often drink green tea, too. Green tea was transmitted from china as a panacea. (Panacea is a medicine which is used for all kinds of sickness) I often drink green tea when I want to settle down. Gradually, green tea is paid to attention in the world for its effect concerning health. However, when foreign people drink green tea at first, they will feel bitter. In foreign country, Japanese green tea is sold with sugar added. Usual green tea doesn't add sugar. Though I drank both, but I like usual green tea. Additionally, it is certain that not adding sugar is good for health. So if you have opportunity to drink it, you should not add sugar. In conclusion, I introduce three typical Japanese cultures. One is the culture of bowing, which is very important thing. Another is about the health of the Japanese foods, which importance has been researched by a lot of researchers. It is gradually clarified. The last is the culture of drinking the green tea. We are often relieved by it. I think that there are still many cultures excluding these. So if you live in Japan for a long time, please learn many important cultures. This will help you to live easily.
Japan has one of the interesting cultures all over the world. There are a lot of cultural things for example, New Year’s Day, Setubun, Tanabata, temples, and so on. In these ones, I would like to introduce Setubun, New Year’s Day, and temples. These days, Setubun was held on February 3rd. We throw beans saying, “Oni-ha-soto, Fuku-ha-uti.” And then we eat beans and Ehoumaki standing toward the direction that is decided each year. We eat beans the number of our own age plus one. In this connection, the direction of this year is the east-northeast. Setubun was one of the Imperial Court events in Heian era. Since Edo era, people came to throw beans and eat Ehoumaki like now. However, the purpose of this event which is to take away evil spirits doesn’t change since Heian era. Ehoumaki was thought between Edo and Meiji era by merchants in Osaka who desire prosperity of their business. The reason that we eat beans the number of our own age plus one comes from that people thought eating beans make us strong. In this event we can throw beans and eat a large Ehoumaki so I think children like it very much. I also like it because my mother allows me to throw beans with all my full strength like playing baseball. New Year’s Day is one of the most important days in Japan. On the day, when I get up in the morning, I rush to the mailbox in front of my house as soon as I can and take some New Year’s letter from my friends. This is one of the enjoyments in the day. The animal of the year is printed and some messages are written by my friends. It’s fun to read the messages. These days, someone sends e-mail as New Year’s letter but I think that it’s cheerless. In New Year’s Day, almost all the people in Japan eat festive food called “Osechi”. The contents in this food are decided and have their own means. Although people in Hokkaido eat it on December 31, I eat it on January 1 in Nagoya. The reason is that the night of December 31 was the beginning of January 1 in the lunar calendar in Meiji era. Another enjoyment of the day is “Otoshidama” which parents and relatives give the relative children some money. Some use them soon, other save them carefully. In this way, there are a lot of enjoyments in New Year’s Day so many children wait it impatiently. There are a lot of temples in Japan. Especially almost all of the temples were built in Kyoto or Nara. In these cities we can visit many world heritages for example Todai-ji, Kinkaku-ji, and Kiyomizudera. Todai-ji was built by the Emperor Shoumu in Nara in the first half of the eighth century. Why is this temple famous? It is easy to answer. The reason is that this temple has a very big statue of Buddha. Its height is about fifteen meters. Kinkaku-ji is one of the most famous sightseeing spots in Japan. I have visited there once. When I see its gold form, I could say nothing because of its beauty. This temple was burned two times but its Chinese phoenix at the top of the temple wasn’t burned both times. Kiyomizudera is famous for the high stage. We say that jump down from the stage of Kiyomizu when we do something difficult. In this way Japan has various temples and we can enter some buildings of them so I would like to visit Kyoto and Nara many time. Japan has many other cultural things. We Japanese even don’t know all of them. So I think we have to know more about it.
I'll introduce three famous Japanese historical people, Oda Nobunaga, Toyotomi Hideyoshi and Tokugawa Ieyasu. They dead about 400 years ago, but in Japan, there is no one in who don't know them because their existence and works have strong impact and some of their works like a castle still existing now. Oda Nobunaga (1534 - 1582) was a major daimyo (a genetic term referring to the powerful territorial lords in premodern Japan who ruled most of the country from their vast, hereditary land holdings) during the Sengoku period of Japan History. He was the third son of Oda Nobuhide, a deputy shugo (military governor) with land holding Owari province. Nobunaga lived a life of continuos military conquest, eventually conquering a third of Japanese daimyo before his death in 1582. One of a policy that he established is "Rakuichi-Rakuza" that forgive everyone to do business everywhere freely. Toyotomi Hideyoshi (1536 - 1598) was a daimyo in the Sengoku period who unified Japan. He succeeded his former liege lord, Oda Nobunaga, and brought an end to the Sengoku period. One of a policy that he established is "Katana-Gari," which prohibits farmers from having any weapons. The period of his rule is often called the Momoyama period, named after his castle "Fushimi-Momoyama castle.". Tokugawa Ieyasu (1542 - 1616) was the founder and first shogun (military rank and historical title for hereditary commanders in chief of the armed forces of Japan) of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan which ruled from the Battle of Sekigahara in 1600 until the Meiji Restoration in 1868. He established the Tokugawa shogunate, also known as the Tokugawa bakufu. It was feudal regime of Japan. He seized power in 1600, but remained in power until his death in 1616. I think the reason why most Japanese well know them is not only grateful of them and their works but also their festinating character. People love their unconventional and powerful way of life. They fascinate many people now and will keep on doing in the future.
Each of countries and areas all over the world has their own culture. Japan, too, has own culture that don’t similar to the others culture. Japan had influenced by China for long time, but Japan has influenced by Europe and America since the Meiji Restoration. Therefore, Japan has both China and the West culture and it is interesting. I am going to explain about part of the Japanese Culture. Japan has original food culture and it surprises foreign people. I am going to introduce about "nihonryori", first, which are called "nihonsyoku" and "wasyoku", too. They are Japanese traditional food culture and they have three main characteristics. In the first place, they have developed in Japan and they are made by foods which are highly related to Japan. Second, they are seasoned weaker, and it makes the most of food's own taste. Third, they dished fine and they are very beautiful, therefore you enjoy them not only taste but also sight. They are popular all over the world. Especially, sushi, sashimi, soba and tempura are very famous. Next, I am talking about a diversity of Japanese food culture. There is very wealthy food culture in Japan, because Japan brings in various food cultures from other countries, such as Chinese, Italian, French, and so on. Mainly, they have been brought in Japan since 1970's and they have been popular. Particularly, young people in Japan like fast food and they do not "nihonryori" usually because people get fast food easily, and fast food is reasonable. Japanese food culture has been changing now. Japan develops original and interesting games. Haiku is a poetic form unique to Japan, which is the shortest poetic form in the world with a three-line, 5-7-5 Japanese syllabic structure. It must contain a “kigo” , the word that expresses a season. You make it whenever you like, but some people often assemble and announcement their works each other. Elderly people in Japan like making it but many young Japanese seldom make it. Haiku is traditional Japanese culture, so I want many young people in Japan to enjoy it, and I hope it is passed down from generation to generation. Japan has own New Year’s Day culture. One of it is “omikuji”, which is a kind of fortunetelling. It tells whether the lottery drawer can expect good luck or bad luck in marriage, on proposed journeys or in business. Many people in Japan go to shrines on the first of January and they ask god their wish. Then, they buy the “omikuji”. There are several ways of getting it. One method is to draw one stick out of a wooden box containing many such sticks. Another is to choose a folded sheet of paper. Japanese buy it, and pleased or be sad at the beginning of New Year. Would you like to buy “omikuji”, if you will go shrine. Japan has its own culture and it is interesting. You can find a lot of another Japanese Culture if you will check. The more you learn about Japanese Culture, the more you like Japan. Seeing is believing. Would you like to visit Japan and experience Japanese Culture?
There are a lot of wonderful cultures in Japan. The cultures have appeared and disappeared while we live casually every day. I want to introduce three cultures here from among that. First, “karaoke” is Japanese culture. “Karaoke” makes feels of us good. Though this is what I also knew for the first time, “karaoke” seems to be a culture of Japan. It doesn’t limit to the Japanese, and music is one of the things that we can enjoy in all parts of the world. “Karaoke” is gotten at a good chance to relieve the stress. In Japan, because the stress builds up easily few at the vacation, it seems that the culture of “karaoke” established it. If the stress is removed by “karaoke”, people can spend life of the good feeling. Second thing is “hanami”. “Hanami” promotes the interpersonal communication. It is the one to eat food and to drink while seeing cherry blossoms. We will see a lot of people of families, groups of the university students, and the company. Though we are happy only in seeing cherry blossoms, we can enjoy irreplaceable time by talking and eating with friendly people. Thus “hanami” will come in a splendid place for the person to deepen the exchange with other people. Third thing is “keigo (the honorific)”. “Keigo” becomes the most important for building sociability. The feature of “keigo” uses the honorific expression for the other party, and the humble expression is used for oneself. If “keigo” is used in a social scene by a wrong usage, it becomes impolite to the other party. However, if we can use it well, it becomes big arms for us to associate with the person. To defend the Japanese culture of which we can boast, we will have to pass on the culture to people. I think that everyone learns the Japanese culture, and want everyone to enhance every day.
Japanese have a unique idea called “Ma.” “Ma” is the spatial or chronic intervals that characterize Japanese culture. It has much influence for Japanese idea and the way of expression. The range of its influence is very broad, and reach from Japanese life-style to art. Especially, “Ma” is often reminded in Japanese traditional art like “Noh”, “Kabuki” and “Gagaku.” And in art that has no motion like bonsai and calligraphy, “Ma” is reminded.
ReplyDeleteFor example, in Noh, audiences tend to feel tired and troublesomeness when a performance is too perfect as audiences hardly have time to catch their breath. However performance is good, this phenomenon always happen. But if performer purposely refrain from his performance moderately, audiences enjoy that performance and concentrate on it. Saving his performance purposely like this is called in Japanese “Suki” means “an aperture,” and this aperture is very “Ma”, which makes Noh enjoyable and deeply significant. In a similar way, in other arts, “Ma” makes them enjoyable and deeply significant.
In Japanese dairy life, “Ma” is necessary. If any “Ma” like “Ma” among talks, chronic “Ma” and spatial “Ma” are not exist , we must live always feeling strictness. So, it is the Japanese idea to create emotional, chronic and spatial composure in dairy life. However, though “Ma” is very important, “Ma” itself is not usually reminded. It is on the ware and not noticeable. And this character can give us composure in dairy life that tend to be busy.
Then, how used “Ma” in modern society. Modern Japanese become very busy, and people are given many characters, roles and duties. And to make matter worse, in modern Japan, the mass say this tendency is good, and if we try to keep “Ma,” we must feel a sense of estrangement. Then, people take small “Ma” in dairy life. This means people have hobbies like travel, playing sports or game, and listening music. Modern Japanese get emotional composure by this way.
Thus, “Ma” always supports Japanese culture and dairy life from the earliest times to modern inconspicuously. I think this “Ma” is the very Japanese fundamental sensitivity.
I think Japanese people should come to learn harder about Japanese cultures. Japanese people may not notice that Japan has a lot of important cultures. Of course, there are a lot of unique cultures in Japan, and every culture has its history. Histories are very important and without histories, there may be no culture in Japan. For example, Sushi, Haiku, and Kana
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Sushi is a dish on behalf of Japan and is made by riding raw fish on rice seasoned with
vinegar called “shari”. It is said that the origin of Sushi was Edo era. It was an opening of Sushi that a merchant sold dishes which were cuttlefish and lobsters on rice. In those days, the rice didn’t contain any vinegar and fish was not raw but boiled. In this way, the Sushi is pretty different from current Sushi. Then, 200 years later, Sushi became the food which was known in the world. Although Sushi was originally luxury food, after the expanse of belt-conveyor Sushi shop occurs in 1970s, we can eat Sushi cheaply.
Haiku is Japanese short poem with lines of five, seven, five syllables. In Haiku, a Haiku
poet expresses his idea and feeling in this short style of poem. When we talk about Haiku, we mustn’t forget this person, who is the most famous Japanese historical Haiku poet, Matsuo
Basyo. He lives in Edo era and he wrote a lot of Haiku while he lives and one of the most his famous Haiku is this.
“古池や 蛙とびこむ 水の音”
In English, this Haiku is translated as follows.
“An old pond
A frog jumps in
The sound of water”
In this Haiku, Basyo tells us the silence around him. He can hear the very small sound of water because it is very silent around him. So he attempted to express that silence. From this, we can understand that Haiku let us imagine many things even if it is not written in Haiku.Haiku is especially popular among old people, and Haiku poems which are written by old people are placed in newspapers every day. Haiku is very profound, so writing Haiku is very interesting.
Kana letter is a letter whose figure Kanji changed a little into, so some figures of Kanji resemble that of Kana letter, for example, 安 (Kanji) and あ (Kana letter). Kana letter was first used in the 8th century which was in Nara era. At that time, Kana letter was a letter for women, so men didn’t use Kana letter so much. It was in about the mid 10th century that men came to use Kana letter. Then, why men didn’t use Kana letter in old days? In old days, people regarded Kana letter as the letter for the people whose position was low. And because men’s position was higher than women’s position, women use Kana letter, and men didn’t use Kana letter. Now, we all normally use Kana letter and Kana
letter is a special letter to Japan.
From these, you can understand that each Japanese culture has its own history. Current
Japanese cultures owe entirely to old cultures. We must not forget that every culture has its history and that thanks to a history, there is a culture.
Samurai (侍 or sometimes 士) is a common term for a warrior in pre-industrial Japan. A more appropriate term is bushi (武士) (lit. "war-man") which came into use during the Edo period. However, the term samurai now usually refers to warrior nobility, not, for example, ashigaru or foot soldiers. The samurai with no attachment to a clan or daimyo was called a ronin (lit. "wave-man"). Tom Cruise in "The last Samurai" has provided a modern introduction to the way of the Samurai.Samurai were expected to be cultured and literate, and over time, samurai during the Tokugawa era gradually lost their military function. By the end of the Tokugawa, samurai were essentially civilian bureaucrats for the daimyo with their swords serving only ceremonial purposes. With the Meiji reforms in the late 19th century, the samurai were abolished as a distinct class in favour of a western-style national army. The strict code that they followed, called bushido, still survives in present-day Japanese society, as do many other aspects of their way of life. The word samurai has its origins in the pre-Heian period Japan when it was pronounced saburai, meaning servant or attendant. It was not until the early modern period, namely the Azuchi-Momoyama period and early Edo period of the late 16th and early 17th centuries that the word saburai became substituted with samurai. However, by then, the meaning had already long before changed.
ReplyDeleteDuring the era of the rule of the samurai, the earlier term yumitori (“bowman”) was also used as an honorary title of an accomplished warrior even when swordsmanship had become more important. Japanese archery (kyujutsu), is still strongly associated with the war god Hachiman.
In Japan, there are many foods and things which have good meanings. When spring comes, you can't live every day without seeing the pictures or decorations of cherry blossoms on TV, in school, and in shops. SAKURA, the cherry blossoms, symbolizes that something good things has happened. And we eat SEKIHAN when a member of the family enter an university. Natto have the meaning of "Never Give Up"(because the strings expand well and hardly be cutted).
ReplyDeleteTo begin with, Japanese people loves cherry blossoms very much. One of the reasons is that, cherry blossoms have good indicates. For example, when someone educate from or enter school, we usually associate the view of SAKURA. It have the meaning that something good event have happened.
Second, SEKIHAN(glutinous rice steamed with AZUKI or SASAGE beans) is one of the important Japanese culture.
Japanese people eat SEKIHAN with their family on the new year's day and special day, for example, when one came of age, or one passed the entrance examination for university. Each of the regions have their favorite taste. For instance, in Hokkaido, we use AMA NATTO (it is sweetened beans) instead of AZUKI. On the other hand, people in CHIBA prefecture use peanuts.Today, we eat SEKIHAN when we are happy, and it is valuable culture for us.
Third, NATTO is one of the popular Japanese culture, too. In Japan, many people eat it every day, and it is sometimes said that, "Never give up!!" when you eat NATTO. This is because, the long strings are called "NEBA NEBA", and this pronounciation is similar to "Never Never". Therefore, NATTO have good meanings, too.
It follows from this that, there are many things which have the good meanings. When we look SAKURA, we become happy. When it is the new year's day, we celebrate the day by eating SEKIHAN. And when we take the entrance exam, we eat NATTO so as not to give up. These things are Japanese good culture!
Culture is the result of human activity which is food, clothing, shelter, science, skill, scholarship, art, moral, religion, politics, etc. We learn a lot of things from our daily life, and take our place in adult society. Our daily life is made up of culture, so we must understand what Japanese culture is.
ReplyDeleteFirst, I will tell you about Japanese art, for example, Nihonga, Ikebana, Kabuki and Haiku. They are so beautiful and wonderful, so we should make effort to hand down them to posterity. A picture painted in Japanese style is called Nihonga. It is traditional Japanese painting using powdered mineral pigments instead of oils. Ikebana is Japanese are of flower arrangement, also known as Kado. We can feel even moss exhibited by Ikebana. Kabuki is a type of traditional Japanese drama which follows highly-stylized forms and takes up stories with popular appeal. Haiku is a Japanese poem consisting of seventeen syllables. We need have a lot of knowledge in order to understand Haiku. Japanese can cultivate a sense of beauty by watching them, so they should be protected by us.
Secondly, I will tell you about a superstition in Japan. One, the snake appears when I whistle at night. When I whistle with taking a bath, my parents always say be quiet. However I whistle because of taking a bath is so pleasant. I think that parents made the superstition in order to make their children be quiet, because if I whistle, the snake will not appear practically. However I think that it is important for children to grow up soundly. Another, I get over my cold when I give another person my cold. I think that someone who saw one person caught a cold when another person got over his cold made the phrase. However, I think that it happened by chance, so it is not right. Almost all of the superstition is not right chemically. I think that it is necessary for everyone to hear them, because people will come to distinguish truth from a lot of phrase. So we should hand down superstition from generation to generation.
Finally, I will tell you about Seijinnohi, which is Coming of Age Day. Coming of Age Ceremony called Seijinshiki encourages all those who have reached the age of twenty over the past year, and to help them realize that they have become adults. It is a Japanese holiday held annually on the second Monday of January. It is held in order to congratulate. Coming of Age Ceremony is held by a town hall. Most men wear suit or Hakama, most women wear Kimono. I will take part in next Coming of Age Ceremony. I look forward to it, because I will see friends of mine. Coming of Age Ceremony is needed in order to be adult.
Because Japanese culture is composed of a lot of things, I think that I couldn’t describe all of it, but I did partly. We learn something every day. Our everyday life consists of Japanese culture. It taught us how we should think, act, and live, so we must become a person of knowledge of Japanese culture.
In the 20th century, we can know about almost all worlds’ information. I can know
ReplyDeletewhat Japan in foreign countries and real Japanese culture is. I think Japanese culture
becomes no sense of Japanese character.
Japanese is known that they have some unique culture. Sushi is one of famous
Japanese culture in the world. It is made of raw fish and rice. We always eat it to dip
in soy sauce with wasabi. The rice contains vinegar and this rice makes sushi
delicious. I think sushi is one of the best foods around the world. Samurai is famous
in the world too. Perhaps the most famous social standing made extinct by times is
samurai. In the edo period, they exist everywhere to protect people that is high rank
in Japan. They wear hakama and put Japanese sword, so samurai become famous for
foreigner. Anime is also one of famous Japanese culture in the world, for example,
pokemon, one piece, and Mario. Nowadays, most anime broadcast in Japan can be
watched in the Internet. It is not good action, but people who have the Internet can
watch Japanese culture. I feel these cultures are important for me to live and
understand in Japan.
Japanese food is individual meal all around the world. When we eat some foods,
we always use chopsticks. It looks difficult for foreigners to use chopsticks. I think
that using it makes us dexterous. The staple food of the Japanese is rice. The rice
with miscellaneous cereals is very healthy, so Japanese can live longer. Healthy food
in not only miscellaneous cereals rice, but also almost all Japanese foods are. A unique
drink in Japan is sake. It is one of alcoholic drinks and it is the best of all medicines.
For these things, Japan has unique individuals.
Japan has a lot of annual functions. These are divided for four seasons. For
example, February 3rd is a day that is before spring and is called Setubun. We throw
some beans to get rid of bad luck in this day. In summer, there is the star festival. It
takes place in July 7th. This day becomes fairy tale; Vega and Altair meet each other in
this day. New Year’s Eve is also annual functions. In this day, we reflect on this year
and are eager to do next year. We usually eat buckwheat noodle when we hear the
tolling of temple bells 108times. This is winters’ annual function. Because of four
seasons, Japan could have had good culture.
For these things, Japanese culture becomes famous and unique. Japanese
culture has a lot of good things, so Japanese should keep this valuable Japanese
culture.
The Japanese castle is famous for castle tower soaring highly. I think if you hear a Japanese castle, you may think large-scale things such as soaring castle tower. However, the style is a little part of Japanese castle and most Japanese castle do not have their castle tower. Japanese castles have the deep history. The role of them is different from the age. I would like to write about the history of Japanese castle.
ReplyDeleteIt is said that the thing which I can call a castle in Japan was made in Yayoi period about 2,400 ago. In Yayoi period, the difference of the poverty and wealth began to appear and people build the village with a defensive function to defend their wealth. So, it is said that the beginning of the castle in Japan. After that, in 1500 years ago, the technology of construction of a castle was reached from China and Korea. In addition, in those days, large-scale feudal lord appeared. So, castles became large-scale and had the large gates and walls. In Heian era, 1000 years ago, a samurai who specialized in the fight appeared, and therefore the castles were built everywhere of the whole country. When a samurai grasped the government in the Kamakura era 800 years ago, the castles were developed from a fortress to houses of samurais.
In the age of civil strife, more than 100 years from 1467, the Japanese castle progressed drastically, and the most of the castles which had the large-scale castle tower seen today were built in around 1600. In the Edo era, for about 260 years from 1600, the role of castle, especially a castle tower, was changed from a fortress to a symbol of the authority of the feudal lord because Japan was peaceful times. In the times of the Meiji Restoration about 150 years ago, castles were built with the technology that came from Europe and America, for example, Goryokaku Fort in Hakodate. However, the castle was not built very much in the Meiji era, and the castle was just used as a fortress of the army. Therefore, they were taken bombing in World War II, so many castles disappeared.
By the way, do you know that it is said that the castle tower which is called the symbol of the Japanese castle is the fusion of a Japanese building and the European church building? Originally, the castle tower was the oar to watch the enemy and not an excellent building. However, Nobunaga Oda changed the form of it completely by building the castle tower which he built in Azuchi Castle. Nobunaga, who was interested in Christianity buildings, adopted the formality of the tower of the European church, and built the solemn castle tower which we can see. This castle tower changed the conventional role greatly, and castle towers were given a new role; the symbol of the authority.
Japanese castles have very deep history and variation. The role of them is different in the period. Japanese castle is developed by taking in a lot of things, Chinese, Korean, and European. Although Japanese castle is famous for the castle tower, other part of them is also attractive. If you know them, I am very happy.
Recently, Japan came to be paid attention by all over the world. As one of these reasons, Japanese culture has been received to the world. Japan has many various cultures. For example, Bowing, Green tea, Karaoke, Healthy food, and etc. However, these come to be changed because of the influence of various foreign countries. In this essay, I would introduce some Japanese cultures, and change of Japanese culture in recent years.
ReplyDeleteI think the most necessary thing to live in Japan is Bow, which is very important thing. You will know that Japanese values cooperation. If you are facing trouble with someone, bowing is very useful to avoid such a situation. We have learned the way of Bowing since born moment. So, all of us know how to bow.
However, it becomes severe when finding employment in the service industry etc. At least, the angle of the bow has been decided by the enterprise in Japan. For example, ”Irassyaimase”, which is used when you invite your customer, is decided 30°, and “Moushiwakegozaimasen”, which is used when you want to apologize, is decided 45°.
Of course, you don’t have to do these things all day long. But, if you want to become accustomed to the culture of Japan, you should use these things. Then, people in Japan will be seeing you well. For the above-mentioned reasons, bowing is very important in Japanese culture.
Japanese foods are very healthy. It was not until recently that its importance was fully recognized. Now, many people know it all over the world. Why does it be so healthy? I think that the history of Japan is in the background. For a long time, Japanese ate fishes, and vegetables. Japanese has eaten a little meat for a long time. Because, Japan is an island nation, so they didn’t have enough space to grow domestic animals. So, the Japanese food became healthy for such reasons. Because of this, Japan became the best country of long life expectancy in the world.
However, the number of those who get the lifestyle diseases has increased along with the change of food to Europe and America recently. I think Japanese will become the people who don’t want to eat Japanese foods. And, long life world 1 will not become Japan some time.
I think that we should eat Japanese food more to avoid such a situation. And I want to make Japanese food known to the world more.
There are various kinds of tea. For example, Green tea, Tea, Oolong tea, and so on.
The tea most frequently drunk in Japan is green tea. (Chinese drink it, too) So, I often drink green tea, too. Green tea was transmitted from china as a panacea. (Panacea is a medicine which is used for all kinds of sickness) I often drink green tea when I want to settle down. Gradually, green tea is paid to attention in the world for its effect concerning health.
However, when foreign people drink green tea at first, they will feel bitter.
In foreign country, Japanese green tea is sold with sugar added. Usual green tea doesn't add sugar. Though I drank both, but I like usual green tea. Additionally, it is certain that not adding sugar is good for health. So if you have opportunity to drink it, you should not add sugar.
In conclusion, I introduce three typical Japanese cultures. One is the culture of bowing, which is very important thing. Another is about the health of the Japanese foods, which importance has been researched by a lot of researchers. It is gradually clarified.
The last is the culture of drinking the green tea. We are often relieved by it. I think that there are still many cultures excluding these. So if you live in Japan for a long time, please learn many important cultures. This will help you to live easily.
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ReplyDeleteJapan has one of the interesting cultures all over the world. There are a lot of cultural things for example, New Year’s Day, Setubun, Tanabata, temples, and so on. In these ones, I would like to introduce Setubun, New Year’s Day, and temples.
ReplyDeleteThese days, Setubun was held on February 3rd. We throw beans saying, “Oni-ha-soto, Fuku-ha-uti.” And then we eat beans and Ehoumaki standing toward the direction that is decided each year. We eat beans the number of our own age plus one. In this connection, the direction of this year is the east-northeast. Setubun was one of the Imperial Court events in Heian era. Since Edo era, people came to throw beans and eat Ehoumaki like now. However, the purpose of this event which is to take away evil spirits doesn’t change since Heian era. Ehoumaki was thought between Edo and Meiji era by merchants in Osaka who desire prosperity of their business. The reason that we eat beans the number of our own age plus one comes from that people thought eating beans make us strong. In this event we can throw beans and eat a large Ehoumaki so I think children like it very much. I also like it because my mother allows me to throw beans with all my full strength like playing baseball.
New Year’s Day is one of the most important days in Japan. On the day, when I get up in the morning, I rush to the mailbox in front of my house as soon as I can and take some New Year’s letter from my friends. This is one of the enjoyments in the day. The animal of the year is printed and some messages are written by my friends. It’s fun to read the messages. These days, someone sends e-mail as New Year’s letter but I think that it’s cheerless. In New Year’s Day, almost all the people in Japan eat festive food called “Osechi”. The contents in this food are decided and have their own means. Although people in Hokkaido eat it on December 31, I eat it on January 1 in Nagoya. The reason is that the night of December 31 was the beginning of January 1 in the lunar calendar in Meiji era. Another enjoyment of the day is “Otoshidama” which parents and relatives give the relative children some money. Some use them soon, other save them carefully. In this way, there are a lot of enjoyments in New Year’s Day so many children wait it impatiently.
There are a lot of temples in Japan. Especially almost all of the temples were built in Kyoto or Nara. In these cities we can visit many world heritages for example Todai-ji, Kinkaku-ji, and Kiyomizudera. Todai-ji was built by the Emperor Shoumu in Nara in the first half of the eighth century. Why is this temple famous? It is easy to answer. The reason is that this temple has a very big statue of Buddha. Its height is about fifteen meters. Kinkaku-ji is one of the most famous sightseeing spots in Japan. I have visited there once. When I see its gold form, I could say nothing because of its beauty. This temple was burned two times but its Chinese phoenix at the top of the temple wasn’t burned both times. Kiyomizudera is famous for the high stage. We say that jump down from the stage of Kiyomizu when we do something difficult. In this way Japan has various temples and we can enter some buildings of them so I would like to visit Kyoto and Nara many time.
Japan has many other cultural things. We Japanese even don’t know all of them. So I think we have to know more about it.
I'll introduce three famous Japanese historical people, Oda Nobunaga, Toyotomi Hideyoshi and Tokugawa Ieyasu. They dead about 400 years ago, but in Japan, there is no one in who don't know them because their existence and works have strong impact and some of their works like a castle still existing now.
ReplyDeleteOda Nobunaga (1534 - 1582) was a major daimyo (a genetic term referring to the powerful territorial lords in premodern Japan who ruled most of the country from their vast, hereditary land holdings) during the Sengoku period of Japan History. He was the third son of Oda Nobuhide, a deputy shugo (military governor) with land holding Owari province. Nobunaga lived a life of continuos military conquest, eventually conquering a third of Japanese daimyo before his death in 1582. One of a policy that he established is "Rakuichi-Rakuza" that forgive everyone to do business everywhere freely.
Toyotomi Hideyoshi (1536 - 1598) was a daimyo in the Sengoku period who unified Japan. He succeeded his former liege lord, Oda Nobunaga, and brought an end to the Sengoku period. One of a policy that he established is "Katana-Gari," which prohibits farmers from having any weapons. The period of his rule is often called the Momoyama period, named after his castle "Fushimi-Momoyama castle.".
Tokugawa Ieyasu (1542 - 1616) was the founder and first shogun (military rank and historical title for hereditary commanders in chief of the armed forces of Japan) of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan which ruled from the Battle of Sekigahara in 1600 until the Meiji Restoration in 1868. He established the Tokugawa shogunate, also known as the Tokugawa bakufu. It was feudal regime of Japan. He seized power in 1600, but remained in power until his death in 1616.
I think the reason why most Japanese well know them is not only grateful of them and their works but also their festinating character. People love their unconventional and powerful way of life. They fascinate many people now and will keep on doing in the future.
Each of countries and areas all over the world has their own culture. Japan, too, has own culture that don’t similar to the others culture. Japan had influenced by China for long time, but Japan has influenced by Europe and America since the Meiji Restoration. Therefore, Japan has both China and the West culture and it is interesting. I am going to explain about part of the Japanese Culture.
ReplyDeleteJapan has original food culture and it surprises foreign people. I am going to introduce about "nihonryori", first, which are called "nihonsyoku" and "wasyoku", too. They are Japanese traditional food culture and they have three main characteristics. In the first place, they have developed in Japan and they are made by foods which are highly related to Japan. Second, they are seasoned weaker, and it makes the most of food's own taste. Third, they dished fine and they are very beautiful, therefore you enjoy them not only taste but also sight. They are popular all over the world. Especially, sushi, sashimi, soba and tempura are very famous. Next, I am talking about a diversity of Japanese food culture. There is very wealthy food culture in Japan, because Japan brings in various food cultures from other countries, such as Chinese, Italian, French, and so on. Mainly, they have been brought in Japan since 1970's and they have been popular. Particularly, young people in Japan like fast food and they do not "nihonryori" usually because people get fast food easily, and fast food is reasonable. Japanese food culture has been changing now.
Japan develops original and interesting games. Haiku is a poetic form unique to Japan, which is the shortest poetic form in the world with a three-line, 5-7-5 Japanese syllabic structure. It must contain a “kigo” , the word that expresses a season. You make it whenever you like, but some people often assemble and announcement their works each other. Elderly people in Japan like making it but many young Japanese seldom make it. Haiku is traditional Japanese culture, so I want many young people in Japan to enjoy it, and I hope it is passed down from generation to generation.
Japan has own New Year’s Day culture. One of it is “omikuji”, which is a kind of fortunetelling. It tells whether the lottery drawer can expect good luck or bad luck in marriage, on proposed journeys or in business. Many people in Japan go to shrines on the first of January and they ask god their wish. Then, they buy the “omikuji”. There are several ways of getting it. One method is to draw one stick out of a wooden box containing many such sticks. Another is to choose a folded sheet of paper. Japanese buy it, and pleased or be sad at the beginning of New Year. Would you like to buy “omikuji”, if you will go shrine.
Japan has its own culture and it is interesting. You can find a lot of another Japanese Culture if you will check. The more you learn about Japanese Culture, the more you like Japan. Seeing is believing. Would you like to visit Japan and experience Japanese Culture?
There are a lot of wonderful cultures in Japan. The cultures have appeared and disappeared while we live casually every day. I want to introduce three cultures here from among that.
ReplyDeleteFirst, “karaoke” is Japanese culture. “Karaoke” makes feels of us good. Though this is what I also knew for the first time, “karaoke” seems to be a culture of Japan. It doesn’t limit to the Japanese, and music is one of the things that we can enjoy in all parts of the world. “Karaoke” is gotten at a good chance to relieve the stress. In Japan, because the stress builds up easily few at the vacation, it seems that the culture of “karaoke” established it. If the stress is removed by “karaoke”, people can spend life of the good feeling.
Second thing is “hanami”. “Hanami” promotes the interpersonal communication. It is the one to eat food and to drink while seeing cherry blossoms. We will see a lot of people of families, groups of the university students, and the company. Though we are happy only in seeing cherry blossoms, we can enjoy irreplaceable time by talking and eating with friendly people. Thus “hanami” will come in a splendid place for the person to deepen the exchange with other people.
Third thing is “keigo (the honorific)”. “Keigo” becomes the most important for building sociability. The feature of “keigo” uses the honorific expression for the other party, and the humble expression is used for oneself. If “keigo” is used in a social scene by a wrong usage, it becomes impolite to the other party. However, if we can use it well, it becomes big arms for us to associate with the person.
To defend the Japanese culture of which we can boast, we will have to pass on the culture to people. I think that everyone learns the Japanese culture, and want everyone to enhance every day.