Karate is a martial art developed in the Okinawa, Kyushu, and is art of self-defense  that use no weapons and relies instead on three main techniques; arm strike,  thrusts and kicks. A distinction is made between offensive and defensive tourniquets, which  are modified according to the position of one’s opponent. Today karate  becomes popularity for self-perfection, for cultural reasons, for self-defense  and as a sport.

Martial art, Karate…の続きを読む

  Tamaseseri, a lively New Year’s Festival held on January, at Hakozaki Shrine in Fukuoka-city, including a traditional form of fortune-telling.    Several hundred men wearing lion cloths compete on piggy-back in two teams, the “sea” team and the “land” team team, for possession of a wooden ball. If the sea team wins, a bountiful fishing catch is predicted for the year; if the land team wins a rich harvest is predicted.   

Tamaseseri / wooden ball catching festiv…の続きを読む

  Kimono is the traditional is the Japanese traditional costume.  A material of Kimono is usually silk or cottom. These fays, fewer people wear Kimono. There are various type of Kimono such as Furisode for single lady, formal Kimono for  married women and Yukata for summer.    

Kimono…の続きを読む