81. Singing Orthoptera In Japanese Culture, Cultural Entomology Digest 3 The following illustrations and notes show various aspects of japan s cricket culture. The cricket cage peddlar , Kiyonaga, ca. http://www.insects.org/ced3/japanese_sing.html

by Robert W. Pemberton USDA-ARS, 3205 College Ave. Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33314 The cricket cage peddlar Bamboo Cages How to Raise Singing Insects Tama Zoo Show Electronic Katydid The Japanese have a long tradition of enjoying the calls of various Orthoptera, both in the wild and as caged pets (Lafcadio Hern, 1905, Exotics and Retrospectives, Little, Brown and Co., Boston). These customs have been popular with both the Japanese Court, which probably introduced some of the customs from China, and with the common people. Visiting places, known for the abundance and high quality of their singing insects, was one of the seasonal pleasures, such as cherry blossom and autumn leaf viewing. Although many of these customs have been lost or simplified with Japan's modernization, there remains a fondness for the "cries" of certain species of crickets (Gryllidae) and long-horned grasshoppers (Tettigonidae). The following illustrations and notes show various aspects of Japan's cricket culture. The cricket cage peddlar ", Kiyonaga, ca. late 1700s, (courtesy of The Art Institute of Chicago). Cricket sellers were members of an organized guild recognized by the checkerboard motif used on the cloth of their stands and kimonos. These mobile merchants sold diverse and beautifully crafted cages, including ones that resembled fans, boats and country cottages, to house the singing insects. The singing insects of commerce were both reared and collected from the wild. Cricket cage made of twigs, wire and the sheath of a bamboo shoot, ca. 1950 (courtesy of Kyushu-Tokai Univ.). This wire mesh type of cage was used for smaller crickets. The finely crafted cages of the past are now rarely made; most modern cages are clear plastic terrariums with ventilated tops. These terrariums are sold to keep and rear a few species of singing Orthoptera (mainly the bell insect, Homoeogryllus japonicus de Haan), which are also sold along with specially packaged bell insect food and soil in pet shops.

82. Today's Japan Information on downtown access from airport, culture, holidays, climate, dining, transportation, accommodations, food, and tours. http://nobukoinfo.8m.com/

83. Culture Of Japan - Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia culture of japan. The culture of japanese management, so famous in the West, is generally limited to japan s large corporations. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_culture

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84. Cyber Japan An online magazine covering all the hype, street fashion and club culture in japan. http://www.so-net.ne.jp/CYBERJAPAN/homeE.html

85. Home Embassy of japan in the Arab Republic of Egypt, with news, press releases, japanEgpyt relations information, events, and culture center. http://www.eg.emb-japan.go.jp/

86. The World History Of Male Love - Japan Article on samurai homosexuality and other forms of Japanese gay culture and history. http://www.androphile.org/preview/Culture/Japan/japan.htm

oshiro Mifune, the popular actor famed for his characterizations of quick-witted, taciturn samurai, never uttered a word about it. Akira Kurosawa, the well-known movie director, kept inscrutably mum. Not one of the many hundreds of samurai movies made in the past century even as much as hinted at it nanshoku, the The samurai often called it bi-do, Known also as wakashudo, highest lord. Indeed it has been said that it would never have been asked of a daimyo, In its key aspects, wakashudo (often abbreviated to shudo and synonymous with nanshoku, classical Greece . Like pederasty it was a relationship between an adult man and an adolescent male. Like it, it ended or transformed into platonic friendship as the youth came of age. Like pederasty, it was a pedagogic relationship fired by the energy of mutual erotic attraction. And in like fashion, it was not exclusive of the love of women. Samurai married, though usually later in life, just as the Greek warriors did. The Japanese as well as the Greeks equated the love between a man and a beardless youth with all that was best in human nature, seeing it at times as the path to such ideals, and at other times as the goal itself. Simonides, in a famous drinking song from the fifth century

87. Culture & The Arts Of Japan: An Annotated Directory Of Internet Resources An annotated directory of Internet resources on the traditional modern culture of japan, including art architecture, the japanese language, literature http://newton.uor.edu/Departments&Programs/AsianStudiesDept/japan-culture.html

Culture (General) Language Literature Popular Culture Japan General Information News Media Society Culture History Environment Academic Resources Asia General China Japan Korea Hong Kong Taiwan Macau Mongolia Brunei Burma (Myanmar) Cambodia Indonesia Laos Malaysia Philippines Singapore Thailand Vietnam Japan Index Page Home Site Map DHTML menus by: Robert Y. Eng Updated: January 5, 2004

88. Welcome To Iceland Contact information for the Embassy of Iceland in Tokyo and the Consulate in Nagano, with information on Iceland and its history and culture. http://www.iceland.org/jp/

89. Japanese Culture & Traditions - Page 1 japanese culture Traditions Page 1. General. japan - An Introduction; Aging of japan s culture; The Ainu People of japan; japanese Modern culture - Quick Facts; http://www.japan-101.com/index_culture.htm

Your single best source for facts and information about Japan Japanese Culture Items at: Japan Shopping Guide Japan-Stores.com - New Site! Japan Classified Ads Back Home Next Japan Article Categories Geography Language Search Advanced search Japan-101 Top Links Vintage Kimono Few things make a bigger statement in Japanese culture than a Kimono. Not only worn as an article of clothing, but to tell a story. Japan Classified Ads Meet Japanese Friends Make lots of new Japanese Friends online and at our monthly events held in Shibuya, Tokyo. Visit VibeTokyo.com today! Japanese Shoji Screens Japanese Furniture, Silk Paintings, Japanese Lanterns, Asian Art, Korean Furniture, Lacquer Furniture, Rosewood Furniture. Japanese Gifts Japanese culture-related items at reasonable prices. Kimonos, Yukatas, Folding Fans, Geta Sandals, Hanko Stamps, Lanterns. Points of Interest Japan Shopping Guide Japan Photo Albums Recommended Reading Japan search for your website ... Free promotion / Paid advertising Culture Page 1 Culture Page 2 Culture Page 3 - General - Religion - Martial Arts - People Culture Page 4 Culture Page 5 Culture Page 6 - Festivals - Fashions - Miscellaneous General Japan - An Introduction Aging of Japan's Culture The Ainu People of Japan Japanese Modern Culture - Quick Facts ... Japanese Name - Family, Surname and Given Name

90. Japanese Cultural Glossary - Traditional Terms And Pop-culture References An AZ of traditional terms, and a pop culture glossary, from an interested European's perspective. http://www.redbrick.dcu.ie/~melmoth/japan/

Japan - from A sahi to Z en Traditional terms, and a pop culture glossary through the eyes of a raw gaijin. A B C D ... Z A Adams, Will Aibo Aikido Ainu ... AV B Bad Years Bakufu Banzai Barcode ... Buto C Cablecar Calendar Calligraphy Camellia ... Cosplay D Daikon Actor Daimyo -dake Dango ... Dori E Earthquakes Edo Edo Period Ekiben ... Exam Wars F Face Flags Floating World Flower Path ... Futon G Gagaku Gaijin Gaijin Card Gaijin Groupie ... Gyaru H H Hachiko Haiku Haji ... Hyaku En I I-go Ikebana Inari Inkan ... Izakaya J Japan JET -ji Jidaimono ... Juku K Kabuki Kado Kaiten Zushi Kakegoe ... Kyoto L Language "Little Girl Wearing Red Shoes" Loose Socks Love Hotel ... Lucky 5 M Madam Butterfly Mah Jong Maiko Manga ... -mura N Naked Sushi Nemawashi Nihon Jinro Ningyo ... Notemburo O Obi Office Lady Okinawa Omiyage ... Osaka P Pachinko Pasta Periods Place Names ... Purikura Q R "Red Shoes" Regions Rice Robo-pets ... Ryokan S Sabi Sado Sake Salaryman ... Sword T Tai Chi Tachi Tachimawari Tachiyaku ... Tsuke U Ukiyo-e Underwear University Uyoku V Vegetable Racks Vending Machines W Wa Wabi Waka Wakizushi ... Writing X Y Yago Yaku Doshi Yakuza Yebisu ... Yukata Z Zen Zodiac A B ... Melmoth's Home Page

91. Japanese Art, Artists And Culture BBC . Hokusai Museum, Obuse, japan . Housai. Ukiyoe artists. Avant-garde / contemporary art and culture from Tokyo.Paintings, poetry, reviews, articles. C. http://www.zeroland.co.nz/japan.html

Film Music Literature Philosophy ... Art Posters Japanese Art, Japanese Artists, Japanese Culture A C D E ... Z See also: Art Periods, Art Movements Architecture Art History Artists Index ... The world's largest online art auctions price catalogue JAPANESE ART AND CULTURE WEBPAGES A About Japan. Animated films, archaeology, Buddhism, chronology, tea ceremony, crafts, film, flower arranging, food, garden design , godzilla films,chronology, historical sites, Kabuki drama, kimono robes, Kyogen comic drama, Kyoto, Kyudo archery, mingei folk art,museums, noh drama, origami paper folding, photos of Old Japan, puppets, pottery, Shinto, shodo calligraphy, sumo, sushi, ukiyo-e woodblock prints,wooden dolls, Zen meditation. Art history. Japanese art history resources. WWW Virtual library. The Art of Japan. The Art of Japan (California, U.S.) specializes in fine Japanese prints and paintings of the18th, 19th, and 20th centuries. Art of Japan. Art History. Collection of Japanese art. The Kibo Foundation ... Art Japan Network. Artists. Japanese artists Artists, Critics and Art Curators, Japan.

92. Randy Johnson's 'Favorite Getaways In Rural Japan' -- Travel Guide Randy Johnson's detailed guide to rural Japanese travel getaways, with comprehensive facts on using Japanese inns, transportation, and baths, plus insights on Japanese culture, customs, and religion. http://ease.com/~randyj/rjjapani.htm

Favorite Getaways In Rural Japan A detailed guide to rural Japanese travel getaways, with comprehensive facts on using Japanese inns, transportation, and baths plus insights on Japanese culture, customs, and religion. by Randy Johnson This is a Non-Commercial site! Full Destination Table of Contents What's New? Appendices: Lodging Info ... My Links to Resources about Japan Hello! And thanks for dropping by; I made these files just for you. If you have an interest in Japan, I hope you will find some information here to enhance that interest. This is my own personal site no corporate connections, and no advertising. Enjoy! rj Throughout this book, this symbol indicates an external link to someone else's web site. This book is made up of 18 web pages! At the bottom of each page is a link to return to the main Table of Contents. You're visiting Randy Johnson's Japan Page If you're interested in World Travel , drop by My Travel Page , a collection of notes, stories, travel tips, and a few photos from my 6 years On the Road , mostly around the Third World.

93. Hemp & Japanese Culture Rense.com Hemp japanese culture. from Brett Paulhus 314-4 HEMP culture IN japan japan, has long been a land of mystery to outsiders. http://www.rense.com/general50/hemp4.htm

Rense.com from Brett Paulhus I thought that I would provide you with some historical information which involves the US occupation of Japan and the Post WW2 abolition of Industrial Hemp. Circa Post WW2: The Dupont's and the Cotton Cartels of the time wanted Hemp off the map, it was a matter of strategic economic importance. "Industrial hemp is just way too much of a ubiquitous product to be grown by the common man". "It just makes too much $cents$ for the average farmer" " It would displace pulp towns and the Cotton clowns" " It would create a paradigm shift" I know Jeff hates that term, but the big boys don't like change if it doesn't fall into their pockets!!!!!!!!!!1st Just to give your readers an idea on how well regarded Hemp was in the Japanese culture: I'll provide you with the following: Hemp was traditionally used by Shinto priests, including the Japanese emperor himself who acts as a kind of chief priest of Shintoism. Several hemp fields are cultivated on Shikoku, one of the four main islands of Japan, to make ceremonial linen clothes for the Imperial family and for Shinto priests. Hemp is also grown in some parts of Nagano prefecture by farmers with a hemp license and the fibre is used for bell ropes and noren (ritual curtains) for Shinto shrines as well as in sumo rituals.

94. Web Japan : Top Page Provides information on japan across many different genres including culture, sightseeing, society, history and nature. http://web-japan.org/

May 8, 2004 New addition "Tokyo Past and Present : Columns And Interviews - Tokyo in Pictures " April 28, 2004 New addition "Tokyo Past and Present : Tokyo Knowledge- Columes and Interviews - " April 28, 2004 New addition "Tokyo Past and Present : What's cool in Tokyo -Cool Spots - " April 28, 2004 New addition "Tokyo Past and Present : What's cool in Tokyo - Akihabara " webmaster@web-japan.org (comment and suggestion only)

95. JAPANESE CULTURE -- A PRIMER FOR NEWCOMERS We might like it more but in japan it s not part of the culture besides that, there s always a 1 in 100 chance that the situation might change and then you http://www.thejapanfaq.com/FAQ-Primer.html

Japanese Culture A Primer For Newcomers Culture Shock 101 NO!! This is not another site on Japanese Zen and rock gardens, nor fantasizing about pretty *Important* : Japan has a lot of positive traits, and a lot of negative ones also. You'll find Japan captivating, bewildering, enchanting, enraging, humorous, frustrating, loose, uptight, accomodating, and anal-retentive sometimes all at the same time. However, the contents of this site center more on the negative aspects than the positive ones since these are what make life for westerners more difficult here. They are meant to show more of what culture shock is experienced and are * NOT * to be taken as an accounting of the number of good traits vs. the bad. Here are a few basic traits to remember Uchi-Soto Us and Them The Gaijin Complex Osekkai! Mind Your Own Business! "Goatism" Giseisha and Urami On Scapegoats, Victims, and Envy Amae Dependency Tate-shakai The Vertical Society Shikata ga Nai and Gaman You Can't Fight City Hall The Iron Triangle and the Empty Center 1. Uchi-Soto ("Us and Them")

96. Peggy's Japan Page An American woman tells about her travels to japan. Includes information on the country's people, its culture, and its system of education. With photographs. http://www.amphi.com/~psteffen/fmf/

97. Japanese Culture, Non-verbal Communication The japan Canada Travel Guide is brought to you by TravelTST.ca. based on Times Square Travel s A Guide to japan. NonVerbal Communication Dancing Cat. http://www.shinnova.com/part/99-japa/abj17-e.htm

A Beginner's Guide to Japan Introduction: Japan Facts National Holidays The Arts Foods ... Interesting Statistics Japanese Culture: General Concepts Good Manners Introductions Bowing Non-Verbal Communication Dress Seating and Standing Protocol Table Manners Gift Giving ... Customs in the Workplace Japan Travel Information Entering Japan Time General Information Currency and Banking ... Returning home to Canada Doing Business in Japan General Information Meishi (namecards) Building concensus Related Stuff: Who We Are T.S.Travel based on Times Square Travel's A Guide to Japan Non-Verbal Communication: Dancing Cat. (from the series "Scribblings on the Wall of a Warehouse", c.1840's, by Kuniyoshi) Silence In Japan, silence is just as important as speaking. It is a designated moment to understand what has just been communicated. It is a moment to think and an opportunity to respond in a well thought out manner. In the West, silence is considered as an awkward moment and we try to mask this uncomfortable feeling with words. It is best not to try to break the silence as you might appear insincere. It would be better to relax and appear patient with your Japanese counterpart. You should be considering the value of what has been said. Silence or what is not said can be just as important as what is said. If one point is said, the listener is expected to understand the others points that are not said. You must read in between the lines or pick up on what has been implied. Often the subject of a sentence is not stated in so many words; it is just understood "who" or "what" is being referred to.

98. Japan's Heartland Guide to the Tokai area tourist sites, culture, traditions, activities, regional specialties, and lodging. http://www.j-heartland.com/

99. Japan.com - Travel To Japan, Jobs In Japan, Business In Japan Features news and information about business, leisure, travel, work, technology, and culture. http://www.japan.com/

Home Business Travel Leisure ... Make Japan.com my homepage Search : on the web in Japan.com Powered by Google Business Currency Exchange Currency CheatSheet ... Free Newsletters Preferred Partners Quick Poll Where are you right now? Japan Americas UK/England Europe South Asia South-East Asia East Asia Oceania Africa Other ( Something else? let us know... you@japan.com Login Address Password Not a member yet? Get your FREE email address! Japan Inc. Communications K.K. webmasters click here TECH TIPS Epson "Monsieur II" Robots These little guys are said to be the world's smallest and thinnest micro-actuator- and Bluetooth-equipped robot prototypes. No longer just moving around autonomously and a bit aimlessly, the M2s can now be radio-controlled via Bluetooth. (...) Read more WEB DOMAINS Get your own dot.com! Domain names and Web Hosting with Domains-Japan.com .com .net .org .jp .us .info .biz .cc .tv .bz .nu .ws .tm .de .co.uk .ca .cn .name (Help: How to buy a domain name? Do you like this page? Send it to a Friend... Click here JAPAN.COM FRIENDS Sign up for FREE and meet var spod = wfSPODArray[0]; spodHtml = '' + spod.nickname + ' :' + spod.quote; document.write(spodHtml);

100. Language As A Window Into Japanese Culture Language as a Window into japanese culture. by Steve McCarty. Professor, Kagawa Junior College, japan. Originally published by Bismarck http://www.kagawa-jc.ac.jp/~steve_mc/Jpse_lang-cult.html

Language as a Window into Japanese Culture by Steve McCarty Professor, Kagawa Junior College, Japan Originally published by Bismarck State College, North Dakota, in an electronic literary magazine: Webgeist, (1), 12 January 1997. "Notes from the Pacific Rim" column, second installment. Language is much more than the semantic meanings of a lexicon. This becomes clear when studying a foreign language and culture quite contrasting to one's own. Looking at the Japanese language from the vantage point of an English-speaking Western culture, many aspects of language are set in vivid relief, which helps us better understand language itself as well as our own culture. This essay will therefore outline some basic aspects of any language, with sometimes amusing examples where Japanese differs strikingly from English. Everyday Japanese words that have no equivalent in English will be featured for what they disclose about Japanese culture. Then cross-cultural communication problems will be touched upon, with the addition of biculturalism to bilingualism suggested as a challenging solution.

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