Culture has always been an identity of a country. In Japan, culture has evolved greately over millenia. From archtect to gardening there is a reflection of these japanse culture. They made it totally unique. Here painting has been an art in Japan for a very long time: the brush is a traditional writing tool, and the extension of that to its use as an artist's tool was probably natural. The flowing, brush-drawn Japanese language lends itself to complicated calligraphy. Calligraphic art is often too esoteric for Western audiences and therefore general exposure is very limited. The written work can consist of phrases, poems, stories, or even single characters.
Japanese architecture has as long a history as any other aspect of Japanese culture. Originally heavily influenced by Chinese architecture . Examples of traditional architecture are seen at Temples, Shinto shrines and castles in Kyoto, and Nara. Some of these buildings are constructed with traditional gardens, which are influenced from Zen ideas.
Some modern architects, such as Yoshio Taniguchi and Tadao Ando are known for their amalgamation of Japanese traditional and Western architectural influences. One thing is aboslutely unique that in Japan the garden has the same status as a work of art. It is amazing and unblievable.
NB: Japan is amazing, totally, even since I started posting about Japan there is a remarkable respoonse from all corner. It is very encourging to know that how people love this country. So I have huge collection of images during one week trip to Tokyo in early October, 2009.
JAPANESE CULTURE:
Tokyo City and People:
I have a lot of pictures on different location of Japan (Tokyo), in a 1 Gigabytes memory card. From this one week visit of Japan selecting appropriate pictures for posting is difficult.
Well, Tokyo is Japan's capital and the country's largest city. There are cities within the city like metropolis. For a tourists there are variety. Some of them are Marui City (Ueno), Matsuya Ginza largest departmental store with leading edge fashion and of course Akihabara where some high tech shopping, entertainment and restaurants are available, totally amazing. While in Tokyo, one cannot forget the two major catastrophes of 20th century, the 1923 Great KantÅ earthquake, which left 140,000 dead or missing, and the other was World War II. The bombing of Tokyo in 1944 and 1945, with 75,000 to 200,000 killed and half of the city destroyed, were almost as devastating as the atomic bombs of Hiroshima and Nagasaki combined. .
One thing is very interesting and beyond the imagination that every one is peaking Japanese. Their knowledge about English is just like we speak English in Pakistan rather in Pakistan English is at advance level. Anyway, it is not alien thing for the Japanese. What they have done is also amazing. Their name for electronics and high technology is a symbol. However, I will continue some more on TOKYO.
One week in Japan - TOKYO IN PICTURES:
Visiting Japan (Tokyo) is a cherish for every one. When is sponsored it is double treat. One week visit to Tokyo and suburb in pictures:
