World Heritage Photo Exhibition



world heritageThe Japan Foundation Jakarta will be holding a photography exhibition on world heritage sites located in Japan. The photographs will be exhibited from 1 until 15 September 2009, in the Japan Foundation Jakarta hall, from 10 AM to 6 PM. Open for public. Close on Saturday and Sunday.

The World Heritage Sites List is organized by UNESCO, and it contains list of irreplacable places or objects of cultural or natural heritage. The first World Heritage High Level Meeting was organized in 1972 to discuss the world heritage sites that needs to be maintained and protected. Since that meeting, and until 2004, UNESCO has established 788 World Heritage Sites in 134 countries.

In 1993, some sites in Japan were established as world heritage sites. Those include Shirakami Sanchi, Yakushima, Himeji Jou, the Budhist temple of Houryuuji. In the late 2000, some other sites joined the list as well, such as Genbaku dome, Itsukushima-jinja, Kyoto Historical Monument, Uji, Ootsu and 'Gassho-zukuri' in Shirakawa-go and Gokayama, the temple in Niko and Gusuku, as well as the Shuri-jo palace of the Ryukyu kingdom.

In 2004, the 'holy sites' and pilgrimage route in the Kii mountain and its surrounding area were also enlisted as part of the World Natural Heritage.
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Japanese Samurai History

Japanese SamuraiSamurai (侍?) is the term for the military nobility of pre-industrial Japan. According to translator William Scott Wilson: “In Chinese, the character 侍 was originally a verb meaning to wait upon or accompany a person in the upper ranks of society, and this is also true of the original term in Japanese, saburau. In both countries the terms were nominalized to mean “those who serve in close attendance to the nobility,” the pronunciation in Japanese changing to saburai.” According to Wilson, an early reference to the word Samurai appears in the Kokin Wakashū (905-914), the first imperial anthology of poems, completed in the first part of the tenth century.

By the end of the 12th century, samurai became synonymous with bushi (武士) almost entirely and the word was closely associated with the middle and upper echelons of the warrior class. The samurai followed a set of written rules called the Bushidō . Samurai teachings can still be found today in modern day society with the martial art Kendo, meaning the way of the sword.

Most samurai were bound by a code of honor and were expected to set an example for those below them. A notable part of their code is seppuku (切腹, seppuku?), which allowed a disgraced samurai to regain his honor by passing into death, where samurai were still beholden to social rules. Whilst there are many romanticised characterisations of samurai behaviour such as the writing of Bushido (武士道, Bushidō?) in 1905, studies of Kobudo and traditional Budo indicate that the samurai were as practical on the battlefield as were any other warrior.

Despite the rampant romanticism of the 20th century, samurai could be disloyal and treacherous (e.g., Akechi Mitsuhide), cowardly, brave, or overly loyal (e.g., Kusunoki Masashige). Samurai were usually loyal to their immediate superiors, who in turn allied themselves with higher lords. These loyalties to the higher lords often shifted; for example, the high lords allied under Toyotomi Hideyoshi (豊臣秀吉) were served by loyal samurai, but the feudal lords under them could shift their support to Tokugawa, taking their samurai with them. There were, however, also notable instances where samurai would be disloyal to their lord or daimyo, when loyalty to the emperor was seen to have supremacy.

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Shakugan no Shana II - Tayang di ANIMAX !
Maybe for his Fans this is one of the waiting in attendance Shakugan no Shana II. Shakugan no Shana in the adaptation of the manga and Novel, with a very thick supranatural this action will be published in ANIMAX!
Live date of 1 July 2009 and showing a regular Monday to Friday at 18:30 or 19:30 WIB (Southeast Asia / Philippines) in Animax, supernatural action SHAKUGAN NO Shana II tells children about the high school named Yuji Sakai, and classmates who always guard, Shana . They have seen the withdrawal of normal children of other high schools, both have the life of another as they fight constantly to maintain balance in the spirit world, and find the fact that there are feelings of love that grows between them.
In the first season anime series SHAKUGAN NO Shana, Yuji told that the trail in a reality where he sees the souls (Torch) is consumed by human monster-monster. When he attacked monster, katana (Japanese sword), which hinder efforts swing from Shana and destroy the monster known as' the Kingdom of the Red' or know more with the SHAKUGAN NO SHANA. Shana, who call themselves as the 'Flame Haze', guards the balance in the world of the spirit, Shana Yuji has revealed that 'Mystes', a special soul who has extraordinary strength and are looking for the monster to be hunted to make the world lose their balance. Since then, Shana Yuji pledge to protect and act as protectors and friends of the school.
Continuing the story in the first season, NO SHAKUGAN Shana II action show where Yuji and Shana have a super power, with the ability to shut out the fire as a weapon and wings to fly, fight to continue with the figures' of the Kingdom of the Red 'in various forms .
While Fumina Konoe, a student with a background that is not obvious and hidden meaning in their lives go.
Diproduseri by JC Staff, the studio produced romantic comedy Nodame Cantabile and Honey & Clover. Director by Takashi Watanabe (Slayers), NO SHAKUGAN Shana II with Rie Kugimiya, the primary vote figures Brotherhood Fullmetal Alchemist Alphonse Elric, as Shana voice.
Popularity heading to bring this film animation layer width: SHAKUGAN NO Shana - THE MOVIE which was launched in 2007, and a video game released for Sony PlayStation 2 and Nintendo DS. And on 1 June 2009 announced that the third season TV anime series SHAKUGAN NO Shana is wait-awaited anime fans in Asia are in the process of production.
Mark your first Shana on July 1, Animaz a series of promotional activities off the water and on water in all parts of Asia. In the on-air, Animax Asia for the first time, will change the color of the logo and graphics to be his blue corporate become red because that same with the color theme SHAKUGAN NO SHANA II, and launch the action of the contest 'Vote for your favorite Shana-look-alike Contest' which is very section!
Supported by the life style men's magazine FHM, contest, 'Vote for your favorite Shana-look-alike Contest' nine-show model, 3 each from Singapore FHM, FHM FHM Philippines and Malaysia, all put on costumes and Shana on view at the Animax channel, akan selected by the audience in http://shana.animax-asia.com. With each model Shana wear costumes to appear in the August edition of FHM in each country, Animax will also be broadcast impressions video exclusive behind-the-scenes at photo session models use Shana costume in FHM. News about the contest and impressions behind-the-scenes can be seen in www.animax-asia.com. (kpl / dis / bun)
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