Aynu people

Hokkaido, the north of Japan, had natives called "Aynu." Aynu means "human being", "friend", "partner", etc. This word "Aynu" was used only for good person. Bad people are called "wenpe." Today, almost no one speaks this language. A long time ago, since immigrants came from other parts of Japan, Aynu people began to be discriminated. So they tried to marry non-Aynu or "Japanese" people to try to decrease their Aynu blood. Therefore, their culture is almost lost even though some people in Hokkaido probably have ancestor from Aynu people.
Instead of Aynu people, today I'll show some Aynu vocaburary as one of Aynu culture.



OK... I will talk about the word "Kamuy" today.
Kamuy basically means "God". This word can be used with many other words, and meaning becomes different. For example, "kamuy kaka" means a bear, "kamuy cep" means a salmon, "kanna kamuy" means lightning, "tokap cup kamuy" means the sun. As you can notice, the word "kamuy" involves everything from nature including weather, animals, and phenomenon. It can be assumed that Aynu people might always keep respect to the nature in Hokkaido.

I can talk more about the Aynu language, but I stop here because it is specific enough.
By the way, my father and grandfather are from Hokkaido. So... there is a possibility that my family has ancestor from Aynu. Or I'm just a general Japanese.

Chonmage

I think most of you have seen this kind of hair style in some history textbooks. This is a Japanese traditional hair style for men, called "Chonmage." This hair style was common 400 years ago as many Japanese soldiers called samurai had it.

Recently, this hair style can be seen only from sumo wrestlers because this hair style was prohibited by Japanese government when a foreign country (the United States) forced Japan to open and have trade with other countries. Then Japan began to become more westernized and this traditional hair style disappeared in our society nowadays. (However, now hair style is not limited by the government, so you can try Chonmage if you want)

Flags

Each country has a flag with different design. But some countries' flags are similar to one another. For example, flags of Japan, Bangladesh, and Palau have circle on the middle eve though they have different colors. Today, I will compare these three different flogs to find their meanings.

Japan's flag is white with a red circle. This red circle means "sun". In other countries, the red is rarely used as the color of the sun. In Japan's history, a long time ago, Japanese people always used to see sunrise and felt it is something important as sunrise is the beginning of every day in their life. It is assumed that Japanese started using this flag in 701.

Bangladesh's flag has a red circle on the green rectangular. The position of the circle is not exactly on the middle. The red circle means "sun" and the green part means "green field". Also, the red circle means blood of the people who died for independence. The sun on the flag can be considered opposite to crescent and star, since Bangladesh was in opposition to Pakistan (Islam).This flag was stated in 1971.

Palau's flag has a yellow circle on the blue rectangular. This circle means "moon" unlike two other countries. It also means independence and cycle of the nature. Blue part means that Palau is the country on the Pacific ocean. This flag was stated in 1981.

These flags have similarities and differences. The circle usually means the sun(and the moon), and it also means independence in Bangladesh and Palau. However, other parts of flags are completely different as blue means Pacific ocean and green means green field. And some rumor says that Bangladesh and Palau's flags are an imitation of Japan.

Dog

I have never had a dog as a pet. But if I had a dog, it would be unpredictable how a dog or other pet behaves or acts. Today I put an exaggerated video that a dog surprises its owner.It will take only a half minute, so don't be lazy to watch this video!



Did you see the owner' face? He froze when the dog peed and fired. If this dog exists in our world, nobody will overcome this difficulty of fire that the dog made.

Mickey Mouse

Disneyland. That's the place where gives dreams to all children. That's the place where everyone enjoys. That's the place where we can temporarily forget the reality...

Especially, Mickey Mouse is well known to everyone in Disneyland. Even if you have not visited Disneyland, most of you probably have seen Mickey Mouse on TV.

As time passes, many of fake Mickey Mouse have appeared. These Mickey Mouses will disappoint you, and I'm sure you will lose your dream to Disneyland... And I do not recommend that children see this post. Let them see this post when they become teenagers or older.

Time to depair of weird Mickey Mouse...

Did you see all pictures? Unfortunately, sometimes we need to take a look at the reality...

To disappoint you again, I put another picture below. (Obviously this is not even Mickey Mouse though)

Pikachu again in this semester

In this semester, I will keep writing about many many ugly (sometimes beautiful)Pikachu again. Today, I've got some pictures again from internet. Many people around the world are crazy with Pikachu... I hope you enjoy them.

How did you feel about them? Those Pikachu were ugly, right?As I talked before, all animals including human beings always have different characteristics even though basis of their appearance is same. Do not discriminate those which do not seem usual. They are also your friends...

Cat

Now, we are obviously busy and tired every day especailly in this month which is December. Teachers need to create a test for final exam and put student's grade, and students have to study all subjects as the preparation for final exam. So, everyone does not want to waste time to see my blog. But I just want you to watch this video which takes only 17 seconds. I'm sure it will make you feel something.



How did you feel? This cat made me really feel peaceful when I watched this video. Actually, I repeated this video many times even though it is just a short video which takes less than 20 seconds. I wish this cat in the video gave rest and peace to your heart.