Japanese "bento" is now gaining popularity overseas. In the first place, there was no Japanese-style bento overseas, that neatly packs rice, main dishes, side dishes, etc. in one box. When it comes to take-out lunches, sandwiches and hamburgers are the main products in Europe and the United States, and "one side dish + white rice" is packed in tappers in Asia. However, in the last few years, specialty stores selling "Bento" using containers similar to Japanese bento have appeared all over the world. Among them, the lunch box peculiar to Japan is "ekiben"(lunch box for travel by train). At major stations, unique "ekiben" containing local specialties are sold. The bento is a set of situations when you eat it, and...
Keisuke Serizawa was a Japanese textile designer. In 1956, he was designated as a Living National Treasure by the Japanese government for his katazome stencil dyeing technique. His folk-art productions included kimono, paper prints, wall scrolls, folding screens, curtains, fans, and calendars. He also produced illustrated books. "The distinguishing trait of Serizawa's katazome method is the use of the starch mixture to create, not a colored area as is current in direct-dyeing process, but a blank, undyed one that forms a part of the pattern and that can later be colored by hand in multi-color or monochrome as the designer sees fit." What surprised people was their unique sense of color and talent for capturing things as patterns. Rather than...
Mt. Fuji is Japan's highest mountain, knownthroughout the world for its beauty. It is 3,776 meters high, located almost in the middle of Japan, and in the past erupted frequently. Since 1707 volcanic activity has ceased, but geologically it is a dormant volcano.Fuji-san has been an object of worship since ancient times. In the Edo Period (1603-1867) in particular, it was frequently climbed as an expression of faith.Its grandeur and beauty have fascinated many Japanese artists, who have left behind outstanding works of art. There is, for example, the outstanding work called the "Fugaku Sanjurokkei" by the ukiyoe artist KATSUSHIKA Hokusai, which contains masterpieces like "Akafuji" that are known throughout the world.
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The Tōkaidō road, linking the shogun's capital, Edo, to the imperial one, Kyoto, was the main travel and transport artery of old Japan. It is also the most important of the "Five Roads"—the five major roads of Japan created or developed during the Edo period to further strengthen the control of the central shogunate administration over the whole country. The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tōkaidō was such a popular subject that it led Hiroshige to create some 30 different series of woodcut prints on it, all very different one from the other by their size, their designs or even their number. The Hōeidō edition of the Tōkaidō is Hiroshige's best known work, and the best sold ever ukiyo-e Japanese prints. Coming just after Hokusai's Thirty-six View of Mt. Fuji series, it established...
Zori can be walked using the entire foot properly. This is because you can naturally grasp the thong when walking and walk from the ankle to the sole of the foot. By moving your legs firmly, the calves also have moderate muscles. When the calf has muscles, the pump function that drains blood improves.
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