Fukai Nihon 深い日本 - Shades from Japan
Kinkaku-ji 金閣寺 The Temple of the Gold Pavilion
Among Japan's best known and most famous monuments, anyone who sees it can tell you that is in the land of the rising sun. Let's see what it is, a bit of history, curiosity about the attraction that many tourists have see, even too many at times. How to get there and how many other useful information to plan your visit.
Located in the city of Kyōto-shi it is one of the most famous buildings in the world, the official name of the complex is: 「Rokuon-ji」 the structure is surrounded by a pond called: Kyōko-chi where there are small islands and stones that represent the history of creation according to bukkyō.
Jorōgumo 絡新婦 Spider Woman Yokai
Jorōgumo 絡新婦 The Spider Woman, one of the best known yokai in Japanese folklore, appears in the tales and chronicles of Japan from the Edo period. A creature that has always had a particular charm because of its stories.
Yokai creatures such as monsters, demons, spirits, or "goblins" have been part of Japanese stories and folklore for hundreds of years and have evolved and adapted to modern times and society, transforming and finding space even in entertainment with films and anime .
Yami Kawaii: the Controversial Side of Harajuku
Few, very few, are the people in this world who, in front of a sparkling, dazzling, inviting reality, stop and look at it carefully; very few people wonder what it hides behind it, the dark side. In Harajuku, the fashionable and colorful district of Tokyo, the darkness of existence is called "Yami Kawaii" and it is a purely fashionable subculture, which combines pastel-colored dresses with psyche disorders, or rather a visual representation of them.
Otoshidama お年玉 the Gift that Children and Adults are Waiting for
Otoshidama お 年 玉 is an gift, we can said is one of the Japanese traditions, where relatives, parents or close friends give money to children (but also to adults) with the first days of the year.
A particular custom, we could see it often in films, but especially in anime and manga. Very interesting and certainly features that children, but as mentioned at the beginning, not only them, are also waiting to be able to spend them immediately.