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historical Japanese culture and customs
are still accessible to locals and
visitors seeking shinto shrines and
cherry blossom temples hi I’m Rebecca
Braden and welcome to watchmojo.com and
today we’ll be looking at the culture
and traditions of Japan historically the
culture of Japan has been relatively
isolated until recently today one can
see influences from Asia Europe and
North America but mainly Japanese
culture is uniquely theirs Yabu sami is
a type of Japanese archery performed
while riding a horse the ritual has the
archer galloping down a long track at
high speed today this ritual is held at
various times during the year generally
near Shinto shrines no is a form of
Japanese drama that has been performed
since the 14th century the costumes worn
by actors usually have much symbolic
meaning and are richly decorated masks
are worn usually only by the main actor
they are designed so that slight
adjustments in the position on the head
can express emotions due to the angle
shown to the audience the meiji shrine
located in tokyo was constructed to
honor emperor meiji and his wife after
their deaths the grounds are covered by
an evergreen forest which measures about
175 acres the Sanja Matsuri is one of
the wildest and largest Shinto festivals
in Tokyo the festival is held the third
weekend of every May at asakusa shrine
and attracts 1.5 to 2 million visitors
every year
it is to honor the three men who founded
the Sensoji temple the Coma Japanese
iris garden is filled with 10,000
japanese irises in june a popular
tourist attraction there are over 1,500
types of flowers in the garden the
nagoya castle houses a museum displaying
the castles history originally built in
1612 but subsequently almost completely
destroyed in air raise in world war ii
that was reconstructed in 1959 adorning
with castles roof are two golden tiger
headed fish used as a charm to ward off
fire Gifu castle and ogaki castle are
both castles in the gate
Prefecture like the Nagoya castle they
both now house museums and again like
Nagoya they were both almost destroyed
in the war the Japanese tea ceremony is
another important aspect of this
country’s culture the tea ceremony is
held in a special and very sparsely
decorated teahouse this tea house is
fairly rustic focusing on natural
materials such as bark covered logs and
woven straw the ceremony consists of
many rituals that have to be learned by
heart despite the fact that Japan’s
culture has evolved greatly over the
years this ceremony is just one example
of how the old mixes with the new
historical Japanese culture and customs
are still accessible to locals and
visitors seeking shinto shrines and
cherry blossom temples hi I’m Rebecca
Braden and welcome to watchmojo.com and
today we’ll be looking at the culture
and traditions of Japan historically the
culture of Japan has been relatively
isolated until recently today one can
see influences from Asia Europe and
North America but mainly Japanese
culture is uniquely theirs Yabu sami is
a type of Japanese archery performed
while riding a horse the ritual has the
archer galloping down a long track at
high speed today this ritual is held at
various times during the year generally
near Shinto shrines no is a form of
Japanese drama that has been performed
since the 14th century the costumes worn
by actors usually have much symbolic
meaning and are richly decorated masks
are worn usually only by the main actor
they are designed so that slight
adjustments in the position on the head
can express emotions due to the angle
shown to the audience the meiji shrine
located in tokyo was constructed to
honor emperor meiji and his wife after
their deaths the grounds are covered by
an evergreen forest which measures about
175 acres the Sanja Matsuri is one of
the wildest and largest Shinto festivals
in Tokyo the festival is held the third
weekend of every May at asakusa shrine
and attracts 1.5 to 2 million visitors
every year
it is to honor the three men who founded
the Sensoji temple the Coma Japanese
iris garden is filled with 10,000
japanese irises in june a popular
tourist attraction there are over 1,500
types of flowers in the garden the
nagoya castle houses a museum displaying
the castles history originally built in
1612 but subsequently almost completely
destroyed in air raise in world war ii
that was reconstructed in 1959 adorning
with castles roof are two golden tiger
headed fish used as a charm to ward off
fire Gifu castle and ogaki castle are
both castles in the gate
Prefecture like the Nagoya castle they
both now house museums and again like
Nagoya they were both almost destroyed
in the war the Japanese tea ceremony is
another important aspect of this
country’s culture the tea ceremony is
held in a special and very sparsely
decorated teahouse this tea house is
fairly rustic focusing on natural
materials such as bark covered logs and
woven straw the ceremony consists of
many rituals that have to be learned by
heart despite the fact that Japan’s
culture has evolved greatly over the
years this ceremony is just one example
of how the old mixes with the new
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