tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27816386700360583032024-03-05T13:51:05.554+09:00Let's Learn Japanese 日本語を勉強しましょうLet's Learn Japanese 日本語を勉強しましょうBlackrainbowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11343223944748295875noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2781638670036058303.post-17106586687028758232012-01-03T16:59:00.000+09:002012-01-03T17:14:27.841+09:00Kinkakuji 金閣寺, Golden Pavilion<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgotd9IrZVGkMJUfupHKAR0hICkJMwVew9z-4SdQbL5jetiza-ZZK5VPOtmNGRY-tXYcT_U_H6TSq2jf_SbkMoBue7WwJJjMlH_BKizmI4ssuRASNYRafKkXggpQ-PJCCLyL1uYk5CFQRY9/s1600/k7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgotd9IrZVGkMJUfupHKAR0hICkJMwVew9z-4SdQbL5jetiza-ZZK5VPOtmNGRY-tXYcT_U_H6TSq2jf_SbkMoBue7WwJJjMlH_BKizmI4ssuRASNYRafKkXggpQ-PJCCLyL1uYk5CFQRY9/s400/k7.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #f4cccc; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style', serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><br />
</span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #f4cccc; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style', serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><br />
</span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #f4cccc; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style', serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">Listed on UNESCO's World Heritage List in 1994, <i>Kinkaku-ji</i> (Temple of the Golden Pavilion) is the popular name of <i>Rokuon-ji</i> (Deer Park Temple), a temple dedicated to the Buddhist Goddess of Mercy, Kannon. The land was first a mountain getaway for Saionji Kitsune (1171-1244) and included both a temple and a villa. The estate withered away and became the property of Ashikaga Yoshimitsu (1358-1408), the third shogun of the Ashikaga Shogunate, who built Kitayamaden as a retirement estate in 1398. After his death in 1419, the grounds were turned into a Buddhist temple for the Rinzai sect and Muso Kokushi was appointed abbot as per Yoshimitsu's will. The name Rokuon comes from Yoshimitsu's Buddhist name.<o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #f4cccc; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style', serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><br />
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</span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #f4cccc; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style', serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">During Yoshimitsu's life the grounds held several buildings including a replica of the imperial palace's Shishin-den Hall, complete with throne. After the Kitayamaden was changed into a temple the other buildings were eventually removed. The riches of the former shogun were no longer needed for the running of a temple. The only building to remain standing, of the original estate, was Kinkaku. However, the garden has remained the same for hundreds of years, allowing people for centuries to enjoy the same site as the shogun.<o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #f4cccc; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style', serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><br />
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</span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #f4cccc; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style', serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">As you enter the temple grounds the Hondo (Main Hall) and Kuri (Priests' Quarters) are on the right. The camellia bush in the garden located in front of the Kuri was planted by Emperor Go-Mizuno-o. Continuing your walk down a tree-lined path you will see the Chu-mon (Middle Gate). To the right is a large boat-shaped stone and to the left is the Shoro (Bell Tower). At the end of the path is a Kara-mon (Chinese Gate), and as you walk through the gate the Kyouko-chi (Mirror Pond) becomes visable - and with it the beautiful Golden Pavilion and its reflection in the water.<o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #f4cccc; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style', serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><br />
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</span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #f4cccc; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style', serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><br />
</span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #f4cccc; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style', serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">The pavilion and the pond on which it stands were designed to resemble the image of the Seven Treasure Pond in scenes of the Buddhist Paradise. The pond is even filled with the lotus plants, symbolizing the flower of truth rising from the mud of this mundane world. Also placed in the pond are several stones and islands, representing the eight oceans and nine mountains of the Buddhist creation story.<o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #f4cccc; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style', serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><br />
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</span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #f4cccc; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style', serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">This brings us to the main attraction. In the autumn with the flaming red and orange leaves the pavilion's warm glow compliments the crisp atmosphere. In the winter the startling contrast against the pure white of the snow is breathtaking. The Golden Pavillion has three floors and stands 12.8 meters (42 feet) high, 10.0 meters (33 feet) wide, and 15.2 meters (40 feet) long. Each floor is designed in a different style yet the three harmonize well and create a spectacular architectural effect. Yoshimitsu was fascinated by Chinese culture and art and is credited with reopening trade between the two countries. His interest can be seen in the architecture of his pavilion.<o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #f4cccc; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style', serif; font-size: medium;"><br />
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</span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #f4cccc; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style', serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">The first floor, called the Hosui-in (Chamber of Dharma Waters), is in the <i>shinden-zukuri</i> style developed in the Heian Period. This early style of palace buildings contains a large room and a veranda. This floor was used as a reception hall for welcoming guests in the days of Yoshimitsu.<o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #f4cccc; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style', serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><br />
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</span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #f4cccc; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style', serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">The second floor was built in the style of samurai houses, <i>bukezukuri</i> style, and is called the Cho-on-do (Hall of Roaring Waves). This is where Yoshimitsu held his private meetings with honored guests. This floor is decorated with paintings by Kano Masanobu (1434-1530) and holds an image of the Bodhisattva Kannon with Shitenno images on both sides.<o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #f4cccc; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style', serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">The final floor, known as the Kukyocho (Firmament Top), is only a few square meters (about 23 square feet) and was used for intimate meetings with friends and tea ceremonies. Inspired by the architecture of the Sung Chinese style there are bell-shaped windows and three Amida images. On the roof of the pavilion is just over a meter (3.7 feet) tall bronze statue of a phoenix that is also leafed in gold.<o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #f4cccc; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style', serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #f4cccc; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style', serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">Yoshimitsu's design for the Golden Pavilion inspired other structures, particularly the Ginkaku-ji (Silver Pavilion Temple) built by another member of his family, Ashikaga Yoshimasa in the late 15th century. Yoshimasa used variations of the styles utilized at Kinkakuji.</span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #f4cccc; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style', serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">Like many structures in Kyoto that have been repaired or repainted, the Golden Pavilion has also been completely rebuilt. Yoshimitsu's pavilion survived centuries of fires and earthquakes only to be the target of an act of arson. Early in the morning of July 2, 1950 a 21 year old student from Otani University, who also happened to be a monk, set fire to the pavilion. It was reduced to ashes and upon his arrest the young man stated his wish was to die in the flames.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #f4cccc; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style', serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #f4cccc; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style', serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"> Just after the shrine you will see where Yoshimitsu gathered water for his tea ceremonies at a natural spring. Farther down the path you can see a waterfall (Ryumon-baku) and underneath the falls is a rather large stone known as the Carp Stone, named to impress upon the viewer the image of carp swimming upstream when spawning.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #f4cccc; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style', serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><br />
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</span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #f4cccc; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style', serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">Climbing another staircase will bring you to a rise where you will be able to see another small pond. Within Anmin-tuku is a small isle called Hakuja-no-tsuka. Cut into the sides of the base of the simple pagoda on the isle are the images of the four Buddhas. This pagoda is dedicated to the white snake or dragon that controls the water supply of the temple grounds.<o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #f4cccc; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style', serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">A bit more walking will bring you to the Sekka-tei, a small tea house built in honor of a visit by Emperor Go-Mizuno-o in the 17th century. Here we see a stark contrast from Kinkaku down below. The simplicity of the tea house is meant to focus the attention of the guest on the tea ceremony itself, not the surroundings.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #f4cccc; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style', serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; line-height: 16.5pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #f4cccc; color: #2f323c; font-family: 'Book Antiqua', serif; font-size: large;">Another New Year’s Eve tradition is to eat<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><em>toshi koshi soba</em><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>which literally translates to “year crossing soba”. The noodles are extra long to symbolize long-life and are served in a simple warm dashi broth with a piece of red and white (more like pink and white)<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><em>kamaboko</em><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>and some scallions.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; line-height: 16.5pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #f4cccc; color: #2f323c; font-family: 'Book Antiqua', serif; font-size: large;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #f4cccc; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif;">Kamaboko is made from fish, they called it </span><em style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Surimi, fish paste, fish loaf, fish cake, and fish sausage</em> </span></td></tr>
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</span></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; line-height: 16.5pt; margin-bottom: 18.85pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #f4cccc; color: #2f323c; font-family: 'Book Antiqua', serif; font-size: large;">Because of the risk of cutting or burning yourself while cooking (which could lead to a year of misfortune), osechi ryori is always prepared in advance of the new year. Since refrigerators and microwaves are relatively recent advents, many of the foods are vinegared, dried or salted to aid in preservation and are eaten at room temperature.<o:p></o:p></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<div style="line-height: 16.8pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="background-color: #f4cccc; color: #232728; font-family: 'Book Antiqua', serif; font-size: large;">During Japanese New Year you will see many houses and shops with bamboo and pine decorations called<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://haradakun.cool.ne.jp/nihonbunka/newyear_special.html" target="_blank" title="Kadomatsu"><span style="color: #5c6447;">kadomatsu</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>on either side of doorways and entrances to buildings.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="line-height: 16.8pt; margin-bottom: 13.2pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 13.2pt;"><span style="background-color: #f4cccc; color: #232728; font-family: 'Book Antiqua', serif; font-size: large;">Ropes with white, zig zag streamers, which are usually only seen in temple or shrine grounds, are also strung across doorways.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="line-height: 16.8pt; margin-bottom: 13.2pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 13.2pt;"><span style="background-color: #f4cccc; color: #232728; font-family: 'Book Antiqua', serif; font-size: large;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="line-height: 16.8pt; margin-bottom: 13.2pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 13.2pt;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #f4cccc; color: #232728; font-family: 'Book Antiqua', serif; font-size: large;">Oshogatsu is a very special time in Japan. New Year means a chance for new beginnings and the pine and bamboo represent the shared wish that this year be strong, resilient, and full of life.<o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div style="line-height: 16.8pt; margin-bottom: 13.2pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 13.2pt;"><span style="background-color: #f4cccc; color: #232728; font-family: 'Book Antiqua', serif; font-size: large;">New Year decorations are put in place a few days before the celebrations start and stay on display for 14 days.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyR_muNTLlvXXiizRg9iryjvfR3sZuNWeA53wgLmRcfxrbaBlqid0Iq7TZ0VOT96aNvSIIU0iuMgA68XwBlDFxOWhrhumZs4k9NG-oQQWltw9KM3x6cSuP9sDtS0fKaiB_NG2ifeUSJswT/s1600/3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="background-color: #f4cccc; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyR_muNTLlvXXiizRg9iryjvfR3sZuNWeA53wgLmRcfxrbaBlqid0Iq7TZ0VOT96aNvSIIU0iuMgA68XwBlDFxOWhrhumZs4k9NG-oQQWltw9KM3x6cSuP9sDtS0fKaiB_NG2ifeUSJswT/s400/3.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="line-height: 16.8pt; margin-bottom: 13.2pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 13.2pt;"><span style="color: #232728; font-family: 'Book Antiqua', serif;"><br />
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</span>Blackrainbowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11343223944748295875noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2781638670036058303.post-71910108459550940862011-12-17T13:49:00.000+09:002011-12-17T13:57:58.992+09:00Japanese Oden......Never Judge the Book by Its Cover<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb8EBuaGpIPiPUGb4roS4AOrlOv6DF4nIu2bSCQeDWVxw3Cxr9R12c4NSXsDClxpOicJ_Tz1DedPc-yn38VyNGp62codiHuAdfbWwk3jcgFCXSptOlUCJa2zKr2d4DMyEmt0Dlvbd3_Xbz/s1600/Yatai_no_oden.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb8EBuaGpIPiPUGb4roS4AOrlOv6DF4nIu2bSCQeDWVxw3Cxr9R12c4NSXsDClxpOicJ_Tz1DedPc-yn38VyNGp62codiHuAdfbWwk3jcgFCXSptOlUCJa2zKr2d4DMyEmt0Dlvbd3_Xbz/s400/Yatai_no_oden.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-family: 'Book Antiqua', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #f4cccc; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-family: 'Book Antiqua', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Something I really enjoy while living in Japan is tasting new food every time I have the chance. It is amazing to know that it doesn’t matter how much new food I have tasted , there is still plenty to discover and to explore with.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #f4cccc; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-family: 'Book Antiqua', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Last week I went to the supermarket with my husband, and I saw something that immediately called my attention. There was a stand with lots of bags with many odd things inside. I took one, and I read the name was oden. Even though, it look kind of weird, I decided to buy one for my dinner that night. I asked my husband if he would join me in this new tasting experience, but his answer was a definitive no…….after having a look to that bag.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #f4cccc; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-family: 'Book Antiqua', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #f4cccc;">Oden bag from the supermarket.....</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #f4cccc; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-family: 'Book Antiqua', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-family: 'Book Antiqua', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">When most non Japanese people first see oden, they usually start by swearing to themselves that it will never, ever enter their stomachs. Newcomers to Japan are most likely to see it in their local convenient stores sitting in big metal tanks (next to the<span class="apple-converted-space"> nikuman</span>). The smell that goes along with it is usually gagging, and you'll be forgiven if you think it looks more like a bad science experiment gone really wrong. It's unfortunate that people have to see it in such a setting. Convenience store oden is of course, swill, but if you're daring enough to try it in a real restaurant, or better yet an<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><em style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua', serif;">oden</span></em><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span>restaurant, you might just become an oden lover like me.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #f4cccc; font-family: 'Book Antiqua', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; text-align: -webkit-auto;">So what is oden? Taking a look in the pot below, it appears to be a bunch of mainly unrecognizable things boiled in murky water. You are correct in this assumption.</span></div><span style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-family: 'Book Antiqua', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Good oden restaurants aren't that common though, and if you've got a craving you might be tempted to go to the convenient store. Luckily for me, before I sunk to those depths I found an oden package set in my local supermarket. Oden in a bag! Mmmm, looks pretty gross....</span>I am sure that’s why my husband refused to eat it…..</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><br />
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"><span style="text-align: -webkit-auto;">Ok but you're probably thinking 'What the hell is some of that crap made out of'? Allow me to explain you on what you can expect to find in a regular serving of oden:</span></span><br style="text-align: -webkit-left;" /> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"><span style="text-align: -webkit-left;">Can't get much more normal than a boiled egg right? The brownish color comes from being boiled in brown colored soup. Probably the most common oden ingredient. You'll always find an egg or two in your oden. Yum!</span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><br />
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</tbody></table><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-family: 'Book Antiqua', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><br />
</o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #f4cccc; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-family: 'Book Antiqua', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">First time for me to see a chicken leg in oden, and after seeing this one, I hope I never do again. It looked like it had already been boiled for a few million years before it made it to my apartment. Grisly tendons and grey bone stuck out everywhere making me think this was some zombie chicken or something. However like most things you find in oden, it ended up tasting so good…... Just close your eyes, and don’t judge the book by the cover….<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-family: 'Book Antiqua', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Still in the realm of normality, although this may look a bit scary, it's actually just a chicken meatball called a 'tsukune' in Japanese. Pretty tasty!</span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #f4cccc; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-family: 'Book Antiqua', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-family: 'Book Antiqua', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Looking quite threatening at first glance, you're actually in for a treat. Although it may appear to be a slab of monkey brain or maybe jellyfish, it's actually only a slice of 'daikon' which is just a big radish. Next to eggs, this is another staple. You'll always find daikon in your oden. Very nice!</span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #f4cccc; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-family: 'Book Antiqua', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-family: 'Book Antiqua', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Back home, any plant that comes out of the water is automatically 'seaweed' but here in Japan, they have names for each different one! Not only that, they eat some of them! Living far from the ocean in El Salvador, seaweed never entered my diet, but some of it is actually pretty tasty. Here we have some 'konbu' tied in a pretty little knot. You might know it as that thick rubbery seaweed called 'kelp' (the only seaweed name that I know in English) that always washes up on the beach and stinks. Yeah it's food here.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #f4cccc; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-family: 'Book Antiqua', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-family: 'Book Antiqua', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Ok now we're getting into the realm of the bizarre. Cheerfully known as a 'fishcake' in English, this unrecognizable log is pressed and processed fish paste wrapped around a piece of burdock (an unknown vegetable in the Western world). I'll admit this one takes some warming up to, but tasty all the same. Burdock, known as 'gobo' in Japanese, is one of those things that tastes much better than it looks.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #f4cccc; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-family: 'Book Antiqua', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-family: 'Book Antiqua', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Is it a piece of octopus that's had the crap boiled out of it? A dead and peeled piece of bloated snake? Nope, it's fishcake again. This one is called a 'chikuwa' in Japanese and no one today can figure out why it was ever invented. I suppose the shape is supposed to resemble an octopus leg? Not sure. Anyway despite its horrid appearance, it's also pretty good. Be brave!</span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #f4cccc; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-family: 'Book Antiqua', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><br />
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</tbody></table><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #f4cccc; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-family: 'Book Antiqua', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #f4cccc; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-family: 'Book Antiqua', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Last on the list of the eight items in my oden bag is perhaps one of the strangest members of the team. Called 'konnyaku', this grey, speckled lump is always cut into a triangle shape but don't ask me why. It may look like a shark fin but it's just a lump of gelatin, completely tasteless gelatin at that. This is another oden staple which you'll almost always find, but definitely tasty. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #f4cccc; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-family: 'Book Antiqua', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-family: 'Book Antiqua', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Although there were only 8 different items in the bag, this is by no means a complete list. When it comes to oden, pretty much anything that can be boiled until it's just on the point of becoming mush is fair game.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><br style="text-align: -webkit-left;" /> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"><span style="text-align: -webkit-left;">So what's the verdict on oden-in-a-bag from the supermarket? Well although I do like oden, supermarket bag oden is only one step up from the stuff at the convenient store. If you have a chance to go to a real oden restaurant, take it! You'll thank me later. Don't forget the karashi (spicy mustard), when your sinuses are on fire you'll know you've used the right amount. It's all part of the fun!</span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"><span style="text-align: -webkit-left;"><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;">I saw so many different and curious things in Japan. Some of them were totally amazing. Now I am back in my country I regret i didn't buy a pair of JIKA TABI. I still don't understand why I didn't buy them......Well, let me tell you what jika tabis are. Jika-tabi (jee' kah tah bee) are Japanese worker boots. They have been used traditionally by construction workers, farmers, painters, road workers, and others since the late Meiji Period (around 1912). They are also worn during festivals and by traditional Japanese musicians such as Taiko drummers. We believe that the sleek designs and comfortable fit of jika-tabi make also them ideal for everyday attire. Now lots of people are using jika tabi because they are so cool.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;">The sole of traditional jika-tabi are made of pliable natural rubber. Soft enough to be flexible, but stiff enough to protect the wearer's foot from ground debris (remember that they are traditionally working boots). The rest of the shoe is constructed entirely of lightweight and breathable cotton except where noted otherwise.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The 90's are a turning point in Japanese musical universe, which will naturally mark fashion. This is the birth of J-pop! It all started with the producer Tetsuya Komuro, principal composer and leading figure in the Okinawa Actors School. In 1992, the "school" gave birth to a band : Namie Amuro & the super monkeys.</span><span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Namie, then being 18, recorded her first solo single, thanks to Komuro who, convinced by her potential, had her take vocal classes and changed the image of the young idol ... At that time, Namie had a dark complexion, discolored blond hair, mini skirt and plat-form shoes !</span></span><br />
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The first is that it was the first teenager's "revolution" in Japan. These girls nonconformist as it's possible to be, leaving the conventional Japanese beauty, were classified as "rebels" or "disruptive elements", especially in schools ...</span><span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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</div>Blackrainbowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11343223944748295875noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2781638670036058303.post-61558069488058558682011-09-24T03:30:00.000+09:002011-09-24T04:09:53.973+09:00JAPANESE MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHGP1x0hQLKd6K5E5SNmzwNgXULS7nk5pip7YNYTbyNG68EtRvChDCag2OW-9mSlzu8INosUqgfstqfQB0F0dquQ_TXWMmRFe-vOqNXj76uA4EzRWnfgDLzu0kg3_BMRWabPsD3lUr1NmN/s1600/1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHGP1x0hQLKd6K5E5SNmzwNgXULS7nk5pip7YNYTbyNG68EtRvChDCag2OW-9mSlzu8INosUqgfstqfQB0F0dquQ_TXWMmRFe-vOqNXj76uA4EzRWnfgDLzu0kg3_BMRWabPsD3lUr1NmN/s320/1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Music was an important part of life in Japan´s royal courts from the 500s to the 1500s. at first music at court consisted of a single musician singing a story while playing along on a stringed instrument. In Japan these musicians were often blind priests. Later, groups of musicians and others performed <b><i>gagaku</i></b>, or elegant music, at the emperor´s court. </span></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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</span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;">Arriving from China in the 7th c. At that time there were 12 and 13 stringed instruments in China; it was the 13-stringed instrument that was imported. Made from paulownia wood. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<h2 align="center">Percussion Instruments</h2><div><h3 style="text-align: center;">1. 太鼓・大鼓(たいこ) Taiko</h3></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">A large drum with a painted surface. Originates in China. Struck with a soft mallet.</span></div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">It is hung from a stand and struck with two large sticks.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">While flower arrangement for many people in the West consists of symmetrically arranging flowering plants in a vase, Japanese <b>Ikebana</b> (literally 'flowers kept alive') is a lot more complex. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">While I was in Japan, I attended ikebana classes, and I really enjoyed them.</td></tr>
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Ikebana is the art of arranging flowers aesthetically. One tries to represent the three elements sky, earth, and mankind in a well balanced relation. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Traditional ikebana, called <b>kado</b> ("the way of the flower"), developed in the 16th century. There are many different schools of traditional ikebana. In addition, modern styles of ikebana (avant-garde ikebana) have evolved. Some of these styles use glass, iron, and other materials instead of flowers.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">There are many schools, of which the most popular are <b>Ikenobo</b>, <b>Sogetsu</b> and <b>Ohara</b>. There are also different styles depending on the school and the plants and vase used.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Ikenobo is the oldest school of ikebana, founded by Buddhist priest <b>Ikenobo Senkei</b> in the 15th century. He is thought to have created the <b>rikka</b> (standing flowers) style. This style was developed as a Buddhist expression of the beauty of nature, with seven branches representing hills, waterfalls, valleys and so on arranged in a formalized way. The present 45th-generation head of the school is Ikenobo Sen'ei. The school is based in the Rokkakudo temple in Kyoto, believed to have been started by Prince Shotoku. Among the priests and aristocrats, this style became more and more formalised until, in the late 17th century, the growing merchant class developed a simpler style, called <b>seika</b> or <b>shoka</b>. Shoka uses only three main branches, known as <b>ten</b> (heaven), <b>chi</b> (earth) and <b>jin</b> (man) and is designed to show the beauty of the plant itself. Another old form of ikebana is <b>nageire</b>, used in the tea ceremony.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The first of the modern schools was formed when <b>Ohara Unshin</b> broke from the Ikenobo school in the late 19th century. The Ohara school generally uses <b>moribana</b> (piled-up flowers) in a shallow, flat container. The school was started at a time when Western culture was heavily influential in Japan and the moribana style made good use of Western plants. But it was still a formal style. </span><br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">In the 1930's and then more so in the postwar period, interest in ikebana became much more widespread. Ikebana schools opened which attracted people of all social classes. During the occupation, many wives of US servicemen took up the art and later helped it spread abroad. Led by <b>Teshigahara Sofu</b>, founder in 1927 of the Sogetsu school, <b>zen-eibana</b> or avant-garde ikebana introduced all kinds of new materials, such as plastic, plaster and steel.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My first ikebana arrangement</td></tr>
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Today, there are about 3,000 ikebana schools in Japan and thousands more around the world. The Ikenobo school alone has some 60,000 teachers worldwide. Ikebana is practiced by about 15 million people in Japan, mostly young women.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Ikebana can be roughly divided into two styles - the moribana shallow vase style and the nageire tall vase style. The Sogetsu school uses a series of <b>kakei</b> (patterns) for each style so that even the beginner can quickly create their own arrangements. As an example, let's look at the moribana Basic Upright style.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kenzan is the spiked meta holder used in the ikebana arrangements</td></tr>
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The <b>shushi</b> are the three main branches - the <b>shin</b> (truth) branch, the <b>soe</b> (supporting) branch and the <b>hikae</b> (moderating) branch. The arrangement of these branches and the <b>kenzan</b> or spiked metal holder are drawn in a simple diagram, called a <b>kakeizu</b>. The kakeizu shows a frontal and overhead view of the arrangement. After examining the kakeizu, suitable branches or flowers are chosen for the shushi and trimmed if necessary. The stems are cut to correct lengths according to set formulae. The kenzan is placed in the vase and just covered with water. The sushi are fixed to the kenzan in order and according to the kakeizu. <b>Jushi</b> or short supplementary stems are added to support the shushi and give depth to the arrangement. Finally, the composition is examined and any finishing touches applied.<o:p></o:p></span></div>Blackrainbowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11343223944748295875noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2781638670036058303.post-20367685521155661662011-08-21T12:54:00.000+09:002011-08-21T12:54:09.964+09:00History Of Anime in Japan<div style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style', serif;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=2781638670036058303&postID=2036768552115566166" name="OLE_LINK1"><span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style', serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Many people in the U.S. probably heard of cartoons like Sailor Moon, Dragonball Z, Voltron, Gundam Wing, Speed Racer, Digimon, and the ever so popular Pokemon; Famous cartoons that have bizarre character designs: female characters with beautiful round eyes, hair that is incredibly big, and gorgeous figure and physique. Male characters would usually have enormously huge muscles (as seen in Dragonball Z and GT), powerful bodies and maybe, on occasion, have gigantic robots as seen in cartoons like Robotech and Gundam Wing.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style', serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Where did all these cartoons come from? To find the answer one must look no further than in Japan, the birthplace of Japanese animation, the main source for all of this madness.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style', serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Japanese animation, also known as anime (pronounced "ani-may"), is a popular form of animation in Japan which is quickly spreading in the U.S. The major difference between anime and American cartoons is that unlike American cartoons, which are only watched by children, anime is popular among the Japanese adults and is watched by millions. The audience is not merely directed to children but to teens and adults as well. The same applies to Japanese comics known as manga.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style', serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">In order to understand anime and its invasion into the US, a look into its history would be most appropriate. The best place to start is around World War II, since that was the time when the anime and manga (Japanese comics) industry evolved significantly. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style', serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Around 1940, many organizations for artists and cartoonists were formed. Among them were the New Cartoonists Association of Japan (Shin Nippon Mangaka Kyokai) and the New Cartoonists Faction Group (Shin Mangaha Shudan). During that time, the government used the few remaining cartoonists, who were not banned from working or who were not in the army, to influence the people through their artwork by creating comic strips filled with propaganda to use against the nation's enemies. <o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">In another part of the world, an influential artist who went by the name of Walt Disney was struggling as a cartoonist. Long before Mickey Mouse, he started out with Alice's Wonderland and Oswald the Lucky Rabbit in the 1920s. Then on November 16, 1928, Mickey Mouse was born and became an instant hit in the US. Disney decided to work on other projects and started on an animated feature film called Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. The film, released in 1937, was a spectacular hit. Things went smoothly for the Disney Studio until World War II came along. Nevertheless, Disney continued to work and released Pinocchio and Fantasia in 1940. Although the two were technical masterpieces, the studio was losing a great deal of money since they were losing the foreign market due to the war. Disney then released Dumbo,on a very limited budget, in 1941 and Bambi in 1942. As a result of releasing many expensive and costly films during the war, Disney began to diminish in influence.<o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">During the war, Walt Disney Studios released two more films Saludos Amigos and The Three Caballeros in South America. Throughout the war, Disney concentrated on making propaganda and training films for the military. After the war, Disney Studios struggled to make it back to top as they released several "package" films containing groups of short cartoons packaged together. Among these films were Make Mine Music and Melody Time. By 1950, Disney Studios regained success with the live action film, Treasure Island, and the animated feature, Cinderella.<o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">With all the success, Walt Disney felt there was still something he had not yet accomplished. It was not until he found his intriguing attraction to amusement parks that pushed him to build his own theme park, one that children, parent, and people of all ages could enjoy. Thus after many years of planning, construction, and development, Disneyland was built in 1955. It became a monumental park that brought visitors from around the world.<o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Though Disneyland kept Disney rather busy, he, along with his studio and team, continued releasing quality entertainment. Disney released 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, The Shaggy Dog, the popular TV series Zorro, and Mary Poppins. Unfortunately, the 1960s brought the end of an era: in December 15, 1966 Walt Disney died. However, the Walt Disney Studios managed to survive under the plans that Walt left behind and under the guidance of his brother Roy Disney. Disney remained under Roy's leadership with further releases of The Jungle Book in 1967, The Love Bug in 1969, and The Aristocrats in 1970. By 1971 Roy Disney died and for the next decade, the company was led by a team who was originally trained by the Disney brothers. The team included Card Walker, Donn Tatum, and Ron Miller.<o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Back in Japan, after World War II, a young aspiring artist named Osamu Tezuka became a cartoonist and released his first work Shintakarajima (known in English as "New Treasure Island"). As a child, Tezuka was a fanatical fan of Walt Disney's early animations. Many were impressed by Tezuka's original style. However, it was not until Tezuka released his ultimate work Tetsuwan Atomu (Astro Boy) that he achieved success; he was pronounced "the Father of Manga and Anime".<o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">When Tezuka made a name for himself in the industry, he managed to establish his own production company in 1962. He formed Mushi Productions, where he released his best work, Astro Boy. With Astro Boy, Many recognized Tezuka's original style and approach that was new to the entire industry. The style of his illustrations and characters came from French and German cinema. His characters exploded with life and emotion, and his stories would unfold themselves on hundreds of pages. By 1963, Astro Boy crossed international borders and was premiered on NBC stations all over the US and was still successful with American audiences.<o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">After the success of Astro Boy, Tezuka released another work, Jungle Taitei (Kimba the White Lion). There was much controversy in the past about this anime after Disney released a similar version with the movie The Lion King with Simba as the main character. Although Disney denies this, many believe that Disney stole the anime and recreated it with their own version.<o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: #f4cccc; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #f4cccc; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">DIFFERENT TYPES OF ANIME</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: #f4cccc; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #f4cccc; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">There are different ways you can categorize them.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><br />
</span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">By Genre:<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><br />
</span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">1) Action/adventure: martial arts, weapons, battles, etc.</span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><br />
</span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">2) Drama: character developments, emotional, relationships</span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><br />
</span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">3) Game Based: based on game, card game, or board game such as yu gi oh</span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><br />
</span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">4) Horror: darker or supernatural themes</span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><br />
</span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">5) Sci-Fi: futuristic, science, technology</span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><br />
</span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">6) Progressive: extremely stylized art films</span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><br />
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</span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Or by their Demographic, Who they are towards:<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><br />
</span></span></div></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #f4cccc; color: #333333; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 18px;">1)Shojo- young girls</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style', serif;"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Naruto</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pokemon</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Saint Seiya</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Full Metal Alchemist</td></tr>
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</span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><br />
</span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style', serif; line-height: 115%;"><br />
</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">3)Seinen--teenage boys or young mal</span></span></span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">DEATH NOTE</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">GANTZ</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaN4C7o5EnbPDBLrJwWwaMmFQVYR64UQQ9DTJkN3Va5bwlLBKDDtBQ08Yb3wdpu7b1Z2Uo1BoRll2pM1c-bdqq0UHbxxCv_NLxlg5I7NRL3eNS8VNkTyhKgpZvu6tR0k5g6c-g1DMnnUQd/s1600/24.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaN4C7o5EnbPDBLrJwWwaMmFQVYR64UQQ9DTJkN3Va5bwlLBKDDtBQ08Yb3wdpu7b1Z2Uo1BoRll2pM1c-bdqq0UHbxxCv_NLxlg5I7NRL3eNS8VNkTyhKgpZvu6tR0k5g6c-g1DMnnUQd/s400/24.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">TRINITY BLOOD</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">BLOOD PLUS</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwID-KDNaMV5MIaufkyp_Yh6FkzFj28LgdAjSxmxeNOSqSVkFyX95pRFw-GcyJ-wNIxqFvn6r3aR-cF26LAjUAfYTKgHWGEnDvSZArg1ko58v6DejEhk4TQYvAXgfEhbvWnONstz45dC5n/s1600/Jigoku%252BShoujo%252BJigoku_shoujo%255B1%255D.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwID-KDNaMV5MIaufkyp_Yh6FkzFj28LgdAjSxmxeNOSqSVkFyX95pRFw-GcyJ-wNIxqFvn6r3aR-cF26LAjUAfYTKgHWGEnDvSZArg1ko58v6DejEhk4TQYvAXgfEhbvWnONstz45dC5n/s400/Jigoku%252BShoujo%252BJigoku_shoujo%255B1%255D.png" width="282" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">JIGOKU SHOUJO</td></tr>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><br />
</span> </span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">4)Josei-- young women</span></span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><br />
</span></span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">PARADISE KISS</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJujVN8VvyoY_bfniPlZL8NeXF6ftvHEwRJRROVaGHzBmtTxPfPN1HbyFWfbgaCdv5zOFLYjqdyxXosKdifkwasEEeXPMD6qX78cO1YPxbLcnhYZfIxv3W_OUCNFcG0VrC3DuXVMnSOi3P/s1600/27.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJujVN8VvyoY_bfniPlZL8NeXF6ftvHEwRJRROVaGHzBmtTxPfPN1HbyFWfbgaCdv5zOFLYjqdyxXosKdifkwasEEeXPMD6qX78cO1YPxbLcnhYZfIxv3W_OUCNFcG0VrC3DuXVMnSOi3P/s400/27.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">NANA</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">NODAME CANTABILE</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">BLUE</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5NURo8WCht0Mup-AwQ7glLc86wGGf6rm2nrnF9RvFFPJ7qZ0-Nd9vnokBLv3g5NcR1O3zuiSqvRC7FvRA5WOEXESXgT0EySrx4M_F8m2t6AQU7ADuUUwTA9_W59sN067ZG02pIaWD9ASR/s1600/30.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5NURo8WCht0Mup-AwQ7glLc86wGGf6rm2nrnF9RvFFPJ7qZ0-Nd9vnokBLv3g5NcR1O3zuiSqvRC7FvRA5WOEXESXgT0EySrx4M_F8m2t6AQU7ADuUUwTA9_W59sN067ZG02pIaWD9ASR/s400/30.jpg" width="262" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">KIMI WA PETTO</td></tr>
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"></div><div class="MsoNormal"></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style', serif;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><br />
</span> </span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #f4cccc; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">5) Kodomo-- children, little kids </span><o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style', serif;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #f4cccc; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">DOREMON</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">ANPANMAN</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">BARBAPAPA</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">HELLO KITTY</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">HAMTARO</td></tr>
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Blackrainbowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11343223944748295875noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2781638670036058303.post-29567272834205585232011-08-07T02:17:00.000+09:002011-08-07T02:17:16.284+09:00The Art of Bonsai<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSWzyG9ooiC4nc_5h4dW_c70LOOrBrhClZZpcHWilMuTriaL1FRY-e1l32F3_mn4Vln86WQ-QqR_uFhosUNfI1wfYQ331-yGFEcnPnQ1P06z6ysjNEAaG_J4HZTxAA-mUbxPbc1KgPhdP4/s1600/1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="381" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSWzyG9ooiC4nc_5h4dW_c70LOOrBrhClZZpcHWilMuTriaL1FRY-e1l32F3_mn4Vln86WQ-QqR_uFhosUNfI1wfYQ331-yGFEcnPnQ1P06z6ysjNEAaG_J4HZTxAA-mUbxPbc1KgPhdP4/s400/1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
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</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><br />
</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Bonsai is an art form that stems from ancient, oriental culture, originating in China and developed by the Japanese. In the 13th century, the Japanese collected and potted wild trees that had been dwarfed by nature. These naturally formed miniatures were some of the first bonsai.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">When demand for the small trees outgrew the supply, Japanese gardeners began to train bonsai from native trees. They shaped the trees to give them the illusion of age. The art of bonsai, as developed in America, is much freer in concept and style than Japanese bonsai.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><br />
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</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><br />
</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Not all plants are equally effective as bonsai. To produce a realistic illusion of a mature tree, all parts of the ideal bonsai -- trunk, branches, twigs, leaves, flowers, fruits, buds, roots -- should be in perfect scale with the size of the tree. Plants used for bonsai should have small leaves or leaves that become small under bonsai culture. Plants with overly large leaves, such as the avocado, will look out of proportion if chosen for bonsai. Sycamores also develop leaves that are too large. Certain species of both maple and oak trees usually respond well to bonsai culture and develop leaves that are in proportion. Among the plants with small leaves and needles appropriate for bonsai are spruce, pine, zelkova, and pomegranate.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><br />
</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheAkL_QNtNLsGa6aw-h0ylYlLLrV94v7-figBKLYtkdBrih3Pomw54-uTgc-GvMIjigibMOttCnLDqAzZ540s7gOt9-FMORugy6nb-VfZXkGEjScdBIstgiG_eyxn8r4mG8Lr0Vr3CzI7e/s1600/3.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheAkL_QNtNLsGa6aw-h0ylYlLLrV94v7-figBKLYtkdBrih3Pomw54-uTgc-GvMIjigibMOttCnLDqAzZ540s7gOt9-FMORugy6nb-VfZXkGEjScdBIstgiG_eyxn8r4mG8Lr0Vr3CzI7e/s400/3.gif" width="312" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><br />
</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Plants chosen for bonsai should have attractive bark, and the trunk must give the illusion of maturity. The trunk should have girth, but must remain in proportion to the entire tree and should taper gradually toward the top of the tree. Sometimes, one or two of the main branches must be shortened to emphasize the vertical line of the trunk and give the trunk a balanced appearance.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">To give the appearance of age, the upper one-third of the root structure of a mature bonsai is often exposed. Everywhere on the tree, but mostly from the front, the branches should look balanced and appear to be floating in space; they should not appear lopsided or top heavy. The branches should not be opposite one another with their lines cutting horizontally across the trunk. The branches give the bonsai dimension and establish the tree's basic form.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><br />
</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_C26zrflCdMQr5ptLmpJmyMy6bhj_nzxPLYV_WO01JWMHkiQiB8iiACMnUFJbETUwGjAM2QpmYyHLBjS4Z2ymtgEms30l0R8V-egjXn7vkKr-oeAExszS1gqXX1qqm5DbN5JxTov02BwV/s1600/2ytvbis%255B1%255D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_C26zrflCdMQr5ptLmpJmyMy6bhj_nzxPLYV_WO01JWMHkiQiB8iiACMnUFJbETUwGjAM2QpmYyHLBjS4Z2ymtgEms30l0R8V-egjXn7vkKr-oeAExszS1gqXX1qqm5DbN5JxTov02BwV/s400/2ytvbis%255B1%255D.jpg" width="330" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><br />
</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">A bonsai should have a harmonious arrangement of branches without unsightly gaps. Flaws can be spotted by looking down on a bonsai. Upper branches should not overshadow lower branches.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Bonsai can be classified into five basic styles: formal upright, informal upright, slanting, cascade, and semicascade. These classifications are based on the overall shape of the tree and how much the trunk slants away from an imaginary vertical axis.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><h1 align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: olive; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Bonsai Styles</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></h1><div align="center" style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</td> <td style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;"> <div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">The formal upright style is considered the easiest for the novice bonsai grower. This style features a straight trunk and a bottom branch that is lower and extends farther from the trunk than the opposite branch.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div></td> </tr>
<tr> <td style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;"> <div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">The trunk in the informal upright style bends slightly to the front. This bend helps to give the style its look of informality.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div></td> <td style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;"></td> </tr>
<tr> <td style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;"></td> <td style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;"> <div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">In the slanting style, the trunk has a more acute angle than in the informal upright style. The lowest branch spreads in a direction opposite to that in which the tree slants.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div></td> </tr>
<tr> <td style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;"> <div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">The cascade style of bonsai represents a natural tree growing down the face of an embankment. A cascaded planting usually looks best in a round or hexagonal container.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div></td> <td style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;"></td> </tr>
<tr> <td style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;"></td> <td style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;"> <div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">The semicascade style has a curving trunk that does not reach the bottom of the container as in the cascade style. Prostrate junipers and flowering plants are well adapted to </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">both of these styles.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div></td> </tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">SLANTING STYLE</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">SLANTING STYLE</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">CASCADE STYLE</td></tr>
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 3;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: olive; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><br />
</span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 3;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: olive; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><br />
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</span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Trees and shrubs are suitable for traditional bonsai. Specialty nurseries often have a wide selection of dwarf and semidwarf varieties of many species. Dwarf plants, however, do not always convey the same impression as their full size counterparts because their growth habits are quite different. Some trees and shrubs that work well as bonsai are azalea, beech, boxwood, ginkgo, maple, oak, pine, wisteria, and zelkova.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><br />
</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #f4cccc; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">AZALEA:</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> Hiryu,</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ES-SV;"> </span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Rhododendron obtusum</span></i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Indica azalea,</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ES-SV;"> </span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Rhododendron indicum</span></i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Kurume,</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ES-SV;"> </span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Rhododendron obtusum</span></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><br />
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</span></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #f4cccc; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">BIRCH: </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">White,</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ES-SV;"> </span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Betula papyrifera</span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ES-SV;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">or</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ES-SV;"> </span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">B. pendula</span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><br />
</span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhCeqo-mIv3r_CuMXbNj2-LQj45E_1mp330KEVWdnMaNfuaZxsVXrARkThXNw8V5GOZCElpxP1SZVYRRJBDK3thyIgWI-8zgG2m6w4Pfw7_uPR9E_RVS9jO-4zLLAnKrpGTjwfGxhTV2JS/s1600/12.+birch+bonsai.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhCeqo-mIv3r_CuMXbNj2-LQj45E_1mp330KEVWdnMaNfuaZxsVXrARkThXNw8V5GOZCElpxP1SZVYRRJBDK3thyIgWI-8zgG2m6w4Pfw7_uPR9E_RVS9jO-4zLLAnKrpGTjwfGxhTV2JS/s400/12.+birch+bonsai.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><br />
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</span></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #f4cccc; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">BOXWOOD: </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><i>Buxus</i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ES-SV;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">species</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><br />
</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYEnihCxQnMwm46muai3VB5Yywhig3zuOx8SLxvI3FqL8tgCipbeywTsyiMee4zAHcaaMRQwfA9Q3A13_uu_8tHj_P2FyVaBOYtW1BIQnOfcJ2wMkEAMc-rTCk3vwj_uAj2QVa0xvBhhPV/s1600/13.+boxwood+bonsai.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="393" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYEnihCxQnMwm46muai3VB5Yywhig3zuOx8SLxvI3FqL8tgCipbeywTsyiMee4zAHcaaMRQwfA9Q3A13_uu_8tHj_P2FyVaBOYtW1BIQnOfcJ2wMkEAMc-rTCk3vwj_uAj2QVa0xvBhhPV/s400/13.+boxwood+bonsai.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><br />
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</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">FIRETHORN: <i>Pyracantha</i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ES-SV;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">species</span><span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><br />
</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaFvC58FDkY62b7lEgueXQ_Tw12DLrIlRKf4imUJRnsfoyoacV5_lJ8jZJ6DGGY1oxcDirEOejgcrBE_iO0YEqJIQwkvddQVnEmovNVVVOWqybtIOb0uAXg-Zqg-6tkSuwqiZVQUD4Ch9C/s1600/14.+firethorn+bonsai.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaFvC58FDkY62b7lEgueXQ_Tw12DLrIlRKf4imUJRnsfoyoacV5_lJ8jZJ6DGGY1oxcDirEOejgcrBE_iO0YEqJIQwkvddQVnEmovNVVVOWqybtIOb0uAXg-Zqg-6tkSuwqiZVQUD4Ch9C/s400/14.+firethorn+bonsai.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><br />
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</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">GINKGO: <i>Ginkgo biloba</i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><i><br />
</i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc9TB0v8eU2ZXGooRW6JeYTvwqwwFzAHgkLOVjLbsggEUXYH9TdgBNF-EYgBObStrXRL7jhz02elN03SGNMVKe63nTrEvRQR2pt_jwhJAXsVvxgfOUmbzWlEEjUMhji4lqsdC-z5cOh0K6/s1600/15.+ginkgo.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc9TB0v8eU2ZXGooRW6JeYTvwqwwFzAHgkLOVjLbsggEUXYH9TdgBNF-EYgBObStrXRL7jhz02elN03SGNMVKe63nTrEvRQR2pt_jwhJAXsVvxgfOUmbzWlEEjUMhji4lqsdC-z5cOh0K6/s400/15.+ginkgo.gif" width="342" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><i><br />
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</i></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">HAWTHORN: English,</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ES-SV;"> </span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Crataegus laevigata </span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Washington,</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ES-SV;"> </span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Crataegus phaenopyrum</span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">IVY: English Ivy,</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ES-SV;"> </span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Hedera helix</span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ES-SV;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">and cultivars</span><span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><br />
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</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">MAPLE: Amur,</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ES-SV;"> </span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Acer ginnala </span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">edge,</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ES-SV;"> </span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Acer campestre </span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Trident,</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ES-SV;"> </span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Acer buergeranum</span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><br />
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</span></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">OAK: English,</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ES-SV;"> </span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Quercus robur </span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Pin,</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ES-SV;"> </span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Quercus palustris </span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Scarlet,</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ES-SV;"> </span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Quercus coccinea </span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">White,</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ES-SV;"> </span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Quercus alba</span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><br />
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</span></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><br />
</span></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">PINE: Bristlecone,</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ES-SV;"> </span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Pinus aristata </span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Japanese white,</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ES-SV;"> </span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Pinus parviflora </span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Japanese black,</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ES-SV;"> </span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Pinus thunbergiana </span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Mugo,</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ES-SV;"> </span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Pinus Mugo </span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Swiss stone,</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ES-SV;"> </span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Pinus cembra </span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">White,</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ES-SV;"> </span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Pinus strobus</span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><br />
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</i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><br />
</span></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">WISTERIA: Japanese,</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ES-SV;"> </span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Wisteria floribunda</span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><br />
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</span></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">YEW: <i>Taxus</i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ES-SV;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">species and cultivars</span><span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><br />
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</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #f4cccc; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">ZELKOVA: </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Japanese Zelkova,</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ES-SV;"> </span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Zelkova serrata</span></i></span></div><br />
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</span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy0_OGZfWF3r0_Rc5_BGjFDjXhsOm9cJJo4gVb1Gm1BhE-iCGstY85k69_raZQF8515xnv59dOCD6qWn1NfmxN6MpCPq40gv58I8K2e2xUB5dZk4UOBWL8FyfK_ssAWnncUu4XWMWQAMri/s1600/23.+zelkova.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="285" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy0_OGZfWF3r0_Rc5_BGjFDjXhsOm9cJJo4gVb1Gm1BhE-iCGstY85k69_raZQF8515xnv59dOCD6qWn1NfmxN6MpCPq40gv58I8K2e2xUB5dZk4UOBWL8FyfK_ssAWnncUu4XWMWQAMri/s400/23.+zelkova.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><br />
</span></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">American gardeners have taken bonsai concepts and applied them to house plants. By combining traditional procedures for handling house plants with bonsai concepts of design, growers have created different bonsai styles. The following woody plants (native to the tropics and subtropics of the world) have been grown as indoor bonsai. These plants can be obtained from either local or specialized nurseries.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><br />
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</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">ACACIA: <i>Acacia baileyana</i></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><i><br />
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</i></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">ARALIA: Balfour,</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ES-SV;"> </span><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Polyscias balfouriana Polyscias fruticosa </span></i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Geranium-leaf,</span><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ES-SV;"> </span></i><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Polyscias guilfoylei</span></i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><br />
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</span></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><br />
</span></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #f4cccc; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">CAMELLIA: </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Common,</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ES-SV;"> </span><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Camellia japonica </span></i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Sasanqua,</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ES-SV;"> </span><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Camellia sasanqua</span></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><br />
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</span></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">CITRUS: Citrus species (Calamondin, kumquat, lemon, lime, orange and tangerine)</span><span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><br />
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</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">CHERRY: Surinam,</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ES-SV;"> </span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Eugenia uniflora</span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><br />
</span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxh9ZOSDSx4QWUL1rOlgFCiBDcOMiHEtk3Ei98Fowa91E5FU58FtTPBP5YxZg3AaxAg5smuQXTkU9xP8kzL9H8VYGsf0gGsWxBb_88Ldy7SnJcW611U6409StyMRzWIKHsmu7-9pgLoxj1/s1600/28.+cherry.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="312" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxh9ZOSDSx4QWUL1rOlgFCiBDcOMiHEtk3Ei98Fowa91E5FU58FtTPBP5YxZg3AaxAg5smuQXTkU9xP8kzL9H8VYGsf0gGsWxBb_88Ldy7SnJcW611U6409StyMRzWIKHsmu7-9pgLoxj1/s400/28.+cherry.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><br />
</span></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><br />
</span></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><br />
</span></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">CYPRESS: Arizona,</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ES-SV;"> </span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Cupressus arizonica </span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Monterey,</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ES-SV;"> </span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Cupressus macrocarpa</span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><br />
</span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpUVIpu3c5lFAcV_OsBpx5keBsFRaGDx84o_C4MKtHdeiDs0nLgCWrnqxvkqRCOQW0_Ic7Yx6pLtVoKLZX1Mf0wDXRbjDvUDzooqrg4Jeakpf0GdilM_Ugoj7w7GDfvAokRmQAMaEgpnR2/s1600/29.+cypress.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpUVIpu3c5lFAcV_OsBpx5keBsFRaGDx84o_C4MKtHdeiDs0nLgCWrnqxvkqRCOQW0_Ic7Yx6pLtVoKLZX1Mf0wDXRbjDvUDzooqrg4Jeakpf0GdilM_Ugoj7w7GDfvAokRmQAMaEgpnR2/s400/29.+cypress.jpg" width="345" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><br />
</span></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><br />
</span></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">FIG: Mistletoe,</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ES-SV;"> </span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Ficus diversifolia</span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><br />
</span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL_QvhhmWRL5wEVEkIGeoNwBiYayyVGyttoNlgHc2Fv8ZpCdnj6MGSeXMmEd_5pEpNyDW4VAFCBWXOme6L7bBiZXWeKmwYNLP5X-oU-gXlg-WFKYBFJvX3w_s0RlML54sLXDkYdRnLNbnh/s1600/30.+fig.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="293" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL_QvhhmWRL5wEVEkIGeoNwBiYayyVGyttoNlgHc2Fv8ZpCdnj6MGSeXMmEd_5pEpNyDW4VAFCBWXOme6L7bBiZXWeKmwYNLP5X-oU-gXlg-WFKYBFJvX3w_s0RlML54sLXDkYdRnLNbnh/s400/30.+fig.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><br />
</span></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><br />
</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">HERB: Elfin,</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ES-SV;"> </span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Cuphea hypssopifolia</span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><br />
</span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEraXF1vKdN1zvtRKxocd3Z0XjLH5zgpTKoESZRbvG_KYyqniMMFMOC3-i_7aSNW9-57YFtXyTllU_J1scpIQGKQqUBAqghuvPKMt-uod8eK9ZQZbH9Bi9fevHt4sdJH90dGzehBXS2wCA/s1600/31.+herb.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="287" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEraXF1vKdN1zvtRKxocd3Z0XjLH5zgpTKoESZRbvG_KYyqniMMFMOC3-i_7aSNW9-57YFtXyTllU_J1scpIQGKQqUBAqghuvPKMt-uod8eK9ZQZbH9Bi9fevHt4sdJH90dGzehBXS2wCA/s400/31.+herb.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><br />
</span></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><br />
</span></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">HIBISCUS: Chinese Hibiscus,</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ES-SV;"> </span><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Hibiscus rosa-sinensis Cooperi</span></i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><br />
</span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiILfqJA3WucNXKt-4_LVmpPygWwJjZTgStsKYTLoHPqdwKaeIPtsl3tD6ZfMvF5o6UIyqGSBs2cjYxEYlSc33eWryD0cGri-efzawE7p039_NDicRml4OIH2XJI2R0w2ejiEnf2Pz0RO42/s1600/32.+hibiscus-bonsai%255B1%255D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiILfqJA3WucNXKt-4_LVmpPygWwJjZTgStsKYTLoHPqdwKaeIPtsl3tD6ZfMvF5o6UIyqGSBs2cjYxEYlSc33eWryD0cGri-efzawE7p039_NDicRml4OIH2XJI2R0w2ejiEnf2Pz0RO42/s400/32.+hibiscus-bonsai%255B1%255D.jpg" width="351" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><br />
</span></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><br />
</span></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">JACARANDA: <i>Jacaranda acutifolia</i></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><i><br />
</i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFiDrmybxX6d0dlTX79mXgYpFOoq_E7iD9AL5ekTBLUaqeiB1u3vvfqZpYWS_QQIkSvMxw9770-yT9OyiM76y85YNQ9nvVTjMv23oiFuwWseSouI_fAMH8f9RfQ1NYzFA9IoAIlSslAixk/s1600/33.+jacaranda.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="378" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFiDrmybxX6d0dlTX79mXgYpFOoq_E7iD9AL5ekTBLUaqeiB1u3vvfqZpYWS_QQIkSvMxw9770-yT9OyiM76y85YNQ9nvVTjMv23oiFuwWseSouI_fAMH8f9RfQ1NYzFA9IoAIlSslAixk/s400/33.+jacaranda.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><i><br />
</i></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><i><br />
</i></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">JADE: <i>Crassula species</i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><i><br />
</i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFcyRl3SkoH4fQpi-6V3KnHTZULBn36vjRdpoVLxixGkdrLzWFQNGCWovi5A_6scOPkfKSiXzab8DMZs8o0B3FP1Zp9t7co2j-dYYJtIj2pJU7bCio2gKBfPRH1XBNNq1Eq9EXly3v0qVS/s1600/34.+jade.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="376" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFcyRl3SkoH4fQpi-6V3KnHTZULBn36vjRdpoVLxixGkdrLzWFQNGCWovi5A_6scOPkfKSiXzab8DMZs8o0B3FP1Zp9t7co2j-dYYJtIj2pJU7bCio2gKBfPRH1XBNNq1Eq9EXly3v0qVS/s400/34.+jade.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><i><br />
</i></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><i><br />
</i></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">JASMINE: <i>Jasminum parkeri </i>Orange,</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ES-SV;"> </span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Murraea paniculata </span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Confederate Star,</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ES-SV;"> </span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Trachelospermum jasminoides</span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><br />
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</span></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><br />
</span></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">LAUREL: Indian,</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ES-SV;"> </span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Ficus retusa</span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><br />
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</span></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><br />
</span></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">MYRTLE: Classic,</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ES-SV;"> </span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Myrtus communis</span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><br />
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</span></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><br />
</span></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">OAK: Cork,</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ES-SV;"> </span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Quercus suber </span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Silk,</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ES-SV;"> </span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Grevillea robusta</span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><br />
</span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt9mqV4GU2sBRozfYulq5d2cM7sLwcGxMrEoNR7hWYWCTwsPF3ABSTgmbdTjmjkj8G1r3WFtQGLyTj2toWuPcKioJjzhkKDFfBzjfFghNN-3fKPdmI6eRPmpuFbNbkxOycQLLiDvdO9a7Z/s1600/38.+oak.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt9mqV4GU2sBRozfYulq5d2cM7sLwcGxMrEoNR7hWYWCTwsPF3ABSTgmbdTjmjkj8G1r3WFtQGLyTj2toWuPcKioJjzhkKDFfBzjfFghNN-3fKPdmI6eRPmpuFbNbkxOycQLLiDvdO9a7Z/s400/38.+oak.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><br />
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</span></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">ORCHID TREE: <i>Bauhinia variegata</i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><i><br />
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</i></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">OLIVE: Common,</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ES-SV;"> </span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Olea euopeaea</span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><br />
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</span></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #f4cccc; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">PLUM: </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Natal,</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ES-SV;"> </span><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Carissa grandiflora</span></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><br />
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</span></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">POINCIANA: Royal,</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ES-SV;"> </span><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Delonix regia</span></i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><br />
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</span></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">POMEGRANATE: Dwarf,</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ES-SV;"> </span><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Punica granatum</span></i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ES-SV;"> </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">'Nana'</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><br />
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</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">POPINAC: White,</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ES-SV;"> </span><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Leucaena glauca</span></i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><br />
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</span></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #f4cccc; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">POWDERPUFF TREE: <i>Calliandra surinamensis</i></span><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ES-SV;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #f4cccc; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><i><br />
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</i></span></div>Blackrainbowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11343223944748295875noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2781638670036058303.post-82541296608130874622011-07-18T02:34:00.000+09:002011-07-18T02:34:43.686+09:00Japanese Samurai Swords: Katana<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKMv_En8RIsMaBY1GgRWZvCTfXN35NFlYbf4kVWjHFWUtnZgAXoD7rCqtc4eKB2vmx7zuCJABPwv0OMIyWOUVrgdAddQll9oGVwwxdZBMV0ZjebGFy0SZrcrBJ-0bSSzNhI4lpHjdcOogJ/s1600/6newktn2%255B1%255D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" m$="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKMv_En8RIsMaBY1GgRWZvCTfXN35NFlYbf4kVWjHFWUtnZgAXoD7rCqtc4eKB2vmx7zuCJABPwv0OMIyWOUVrgdAddQll9oGVwwxdZBMV0ZjebGFy0SZrcrBJ-0bSSzNhI4lpHjdcOogJ/s400/6newktn2%255B1%255D.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-language: ES-SV;">Capturing the spirit of old Japan and recognized by its deadly curvature, the samurai sword is widely recognized throughout the world as the most deadly of all Japanese weaponry. Although gaining modern fame and notoriety in modern epic cinema in such films as The Last Samurai and the Kill Bill series by Quentin Tarantino, samurai swords have long being an iconic symbol of Japan and its history.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8mp2MjcKdVWIcupZHrgan4cwmpnzpC58QHd3hYjs1Hd1DUMUNkgqjVU78fsROZCNdgFDBGD9wOg0sRCBYGH5dF_6kYcvSClfthldNuTMMeSQ6QLeDDoKI0cObBM_VzQ7c8rcFIH6R52cd/s1600/how-to-draw-a-samurai-sword%255B1%255D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" m$="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8mp2MjcKdVWIcupZHrgan4cwmpnzpC58QHd3hYjs1Hd1DUMUNkgqjVU78fsROZCNdgFDBGD9wOg0sRCBYGH5dF_6kYcvSClfthldNuTMMeSQ6QLeDDoKI0cObBM_VzQ7c8rcFIH6R52cd/s400/how-to-draw-a-samurai-sword%255B1%255D.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-language: ES-SV;">The most famous samurai sword, the Katana, is curved and bladed only on one side - if you have seen Kill Bill, you will know exactly what I'm talking about. The Katana was developed in the 10th century to enable Japanese cavalry to carry out surprise attacks on their enemy and was worn hung from the belt with the cutting edge faced upwards.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJKVpF5eo3RPzykJ693gOic9TsaZE_znuaFnRsSYNiO20D_NDWHp5BJIMXHcfOYXcX41ufhd0370_oB5sSkKZ-9vMeH13ocM8XdlfHeVSOqrwPrdI8Ea0baQykehS41C0lKKAtmItHKKcs/s1600/8840800-japanese-katana-swords-at-the-traditional-room%255B1%255D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" m$="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJKVpF5eo3RPzykJ693gOic9TsaZE_znuaFnRsSYNiO20D_NDWHp5BJIMXHcfOYXcX41ufhd0370_oB5sSkKZ-9vMeH13ocM8XdlfHeVSOqrwPrdI8Ea0baQykehS41C0lKKAtmItHKKcs/s400/8840800-japanese-katana-swords-at-the-traditional-room%255B1%255D.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
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In battle, katana was typically paired with the wakizashi or tanto, a similarly made but shorter sword. Both were worn by members of the Japanese warrior class. The two weapons together were called the daisho, and represented the social power and personal honor of the samurai. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8-kW6L9HvZaigwIsjCittMEzvQELog65lW8ncvjzBH__8uz77QrG3DsNM2UU25mYPyFK_BpCjMMH-l4frcVDAM2-80AUoE_ZzSCrAvGZvxjOOoPPs5lHTTcjZsTNuR1ybU75QU8Cesf15/s1600/musashi_lrg3%255B1%255D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" m$="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8-kW6L9HvZaigwIsjCittMEzvQELog65lW8ncvjzBH__8uz77QrG3DsNM2UU25mYPyFK_BpCjMMH-l4frcVDAM2-80AUoE_ZzSCrAvGZvxjOOoPPs5lHTTcjZsTNuR1ybU75QU8Cesf15/s400/musashi_lrg3%255B1%255D.jpg" width="391" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
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Katana with long blade was used for open combat, while the wakizashi or tanto with shorter blade was considered a side arm, more suited for stabbing and close quarters combat. Samurai may have used the shorter sword for decapitating beaten opponents when taking heads on the battlefield, and seppuku, a form of ritual suicide.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNaFNNN5BgqDYQa5ufrsT55bEjKFxibjQWaDuPpfixahJc6QTgv4wcF-7f2GRVqF4LDIcwggqb5wscd0XWqGaRg3HquRPm7HJ0I903aQdqFCDIsTDfVb90NTJGlng9-Q6LO0TNOzdTqVbF/s1600/ifsst%252520d%255B1%255D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="247" m$="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNaFNNN5BgqDYQa5ufrsT55bEjKFxibjQWaDuPpfixahJc6QTgv4wcF-7f2GRVqF4LDIcwggqb5wscd0XWqGaRg3HquRPm7HJ0I903aQdqFCDIsTDfVb90NTJGlng9-Q6LO0TNOzdTqVbF/s400/ifsst%252520d%255B1%255D.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">The first samurai swords we're actually straight bladed, single edged weapons imported from Korea and China known as chokuto, which were later replaced with the curved blade variety at the end of the 8th Century. The name of the curved blade swords which replaced them was Tachi. The reason for this transformation was samurai found that a curved sword could be drawn from the scabbard more swiftly and provided a far more effective cutting angle.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDy9kORFrCh3n6ptUWOP_bvkUVVhwvFk4ZPwhJ6d4AO0QprVxMtVlw-etkZjKVzz0EJdshwV8QVG4k0b2u5DG0zUfjVnkPKBHX2ygvflcftjCt-mNWl_vYy_F8uJ3ndRQWI9uPbrFiXoaj/s1600/Japanese%252520Katana%252520Beautie%255B1%255D.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" m$="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDy9kORFrCh3n6ptUWOP_bvkUVVhwvFk4ZPwhJ6d4AO0QprVxMtVlw-etkZjKVzz0EJdshwV8QVG4k0b2u5DG0zUfjVnkPKBHX2ygvflcftjCt-mNWl_vYy_F8uJ3ndRQWI9uPbrFiXoaj/s400/Japanese%252520Katana%252520Beautie%255B1%255D.png" width="400" /></a></div><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
The point of a samurai sword is called a Kissaki. This is the hardest part of the sword to polish and forge and to hand create a quality one would require an extremely skilful artisan. The value of a sword is determined largely by the quality of the point.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRg-8uZId2BSTaFDF_h9qZJyNhLbk3m8_vp24mfGhpsYNa_hbfKXOWTa05F37jj_QNLqZktzXCChrRQKuBWD-JMlEBcUnde9lU1w3aAgoTgu10RVC72J2vV50ahVTnPiSDS-mwq_hfQXVI/s1600/japanese-swords-rittersteel-katana-shirasaya%255B1%255D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" m$="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRg-8uZId2BSTaFDF_h9qZJyNhLbk3m8_vp24mfGhpsYNa_hbfKXOWTa05F37jj_QNLqZktzXCChrRQKuBWD-JMlEBcUnde9lU1w3aAgoTgu10RVC72J2vV50ahVTnPiSDS-mwq_hfQXVI/s400/japanese-swords-rittersteel-katana-shirasaya%255B1%255D.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
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Samurai would use wooden swords (Bokken) for practice for safety reasons as well as for preserving their real swords from unnecessary damage.<br />
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The samurai would give names to their swords as they believe in the sword lived their warrior spirit.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf6ipxanRagrk8FSpPmKmOjtulRZ1BH_DrcuA0umqer6Yvj2Jpwwh2oue5q539uE6k5woZMmzPyjxKr1g54Al5PdpsfToSdQBQhwii3Odnu7f2o-V65MMH_JG4O_AngqFpyvbz2U4Wpn6g/s1600/samurai-champloo%255B1%255D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" m$="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf6ipxanRagrk8FSpPmKmOjtulRZ1BH_DrcuA0umqer6Yvj2Jpwwh2oue5q539uE6k5woZMmzPyjxKr1g54Al5PdpsfToSdQBQhwii3Odnu7f2o-V65MMH_JG4O_AngqFpyvbz2U4Wpn6g/s400/samurai-champloo%255B1%255D.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
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There are three main types of samurai sword. 1: Katana: The longest type of sword, over 24inches, generally used for outdoor combat. 2: Wakizashi: Around a third shorter than the Katana at between 12 and 24 inches, this was worn in indoor establishments by samurai for its obvious better maneuverability indoors. 3: Tanto: A small knife used in much the same manner as a Wakizashi.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir8GN4AdmLf5mh1B9gSijtzICOqdM4XHPVCDz08cYOB7sq8J8c_maFykkmVHeC4TUVh_T-wjHRXAzWMYYMqKhAI2egqqbJCuE7lbLsbMNVJMierr5KJVvbtItSCMl_u_8X-i-YZ1A0EX4U/s1600/Katana_Wallpaper_by_XxArashiXx%255B1%255D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" m$="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir8GN4AdmLf5mh1B9gSijtzICOqdM4XHPVCDz08cYOB7sq8J8c_maFykkmVHeC4TUVh_T-wjHRXAzWMYYMqKhAI2egqqbJCuE7lbLsbMNVJMierr5KJVvbtItSCMl_u_8X-i-YZ1A0EX4U/s400/Katana_Wallpaper_by_XxArashiXx%255B1%255D.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
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As part of the samurai sword making process a sword tester took the new blade and cut through the bodies of corpses or condemned criminals. They started by cutting through the small bones of the body and moved up to the large bones. Test results were often recorded on the nakago (the metal piece attaching the sword blade to the handle).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMzlE0YmErwalmch_5OckcDD1sKMKQa0lGw5ZMe38zrGoeos5tRrecQosjjX5abc3WCgcjYkCZbwPKgHz_dqE4iwnUP1OfAmF3LZUsBUe6DChoqj9get1rBzk7qa97YmT9Zp7SwQkTDBEM/s1600/paul-chen-paper-crane%255B1%255D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" m$="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMzlE0YmErwalmch_5OckcDD1sKMKQa0lGw5ZMe38zrGoeos5tRrecQosjjX5abc3WCgcjYkCZbwPKgHz_dqE4iwnUP1OfAmF3LZUsBUe6DChoqj9get1rBzk7qa97YmT9Zp7SwQkTDBEM/s400/paul-chen-paper-crane%255B1%255D.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
Shogun is the name of the most powerful samurai, and they would wear two samurai swords. A Katana and a Wakizashi. They had a license to dismember anybody who offended them.<br />
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Early samurai would fight on horseback, and they're weaponry in addition to samurai swords was bows and arrows.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9gK0sxLVOaH_vnvFyIyJ7jeHMoN-zg932i3J1xnV7KmBBJTW-u5RQophripFODiECk3RkwxSmyRkaS_G-KlhgRivEJ6l9n26QEUTs_cvT9q3dRyZiA57hWcOeyEjgzxfjeYFvQrOAsPn7/s1600/PHI3151%255B1%255D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" m$="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9gK0sxLVOaH_vnvFyIyJ7jeHMoN-zg932i3J1xnV7KmBBJTW-u5RQophripFODiECk3RkwxSmyRkaS_G-KlhgRivEJ6l9n26QEUTs_cvT9q3dRyZiA57hWcOeyEjgzxfjeYFvQrOAsPn7/s400/PHI3151%255B1%255D.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;"></div></span> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"></span> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">The Katana is a curved, single-edged Japanese sword traditionally used by the samurai. Pronounced [kah-tah-nah] in the kun'yomi (Japanese reading) of the kanji, the word has been adopted as a loan word by the English language; as Japanese does not have separate plural and singular forms, both "katanas" and "katana" are considered acceptable plural forms in English. </span>Blackrainbowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11343223944748295875noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2781638670036058303.post-74698903460384721132011-07-18T01:54:00.000+09:002011-07-18T01:57:28.289+09:00Japanese Tea Ceremony "Sado": An Exquisite Tradition In Japan<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLSwHFgO_RhhIUL-IpuPOZdclge5WPleeqph2144DtVkMEqpQriEtLWceC5nJva6hmaSFKZ-uxZ27muNL6SYovdEKoCtu12FycDp4VRzuBC5UT5L-tjkj5RP1lBKPdGxT07UW8HRt5nIz9/s1600/tea-ceremony1%255B1%255D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" m$="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLSwHFgO_RhhIUL-IpuPOZdclge5WPleeqph2144DtVkMEqpQriEtLWceC5nJva6hmaSFKZ-uxZ27muNL6SYovdEKoCtu12FycDp4VRzuBC5UT5L-tjkj5RP1lBKPdGxT07UW8HRt5nIz9/s400/tea-ceremony1%255B1%255D.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ES-SV;">When I was in Japan, I had the chance to participate in so many and varied Japanese traditions practiced for thousands of years. All of them with a very important nationalism value for the beautiful and kind Japanese people who I respect, appreciate, and admire so much. One of the traditions I found really interesting and very solemn was the tea ceremony.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ES-SV;">The tea ceremony (sado: "the way of the tea") is a ceremonial way of preparing and drinking </span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ES-SV;"><a href="http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2041.html" target="_top"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">tea</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ES-SV;">. The custom has been strongly influenced by </span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ES-SV;"><a href="http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2041.html" target="_top"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Zen Buddhism</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ES-SV;">. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ES-SV;">Nowadays, the tea ceremony is a relatively popular hobby. Many Japanese, who are interested in their own culture, take tea ceremony lessons. Tea ceremonies are held in traditional Japanese rooms in cultural community centers or private houses. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8i7FRWGaAZQSUjM6sxUlRV4AKVjaHYECagTy_A7veQgLYopYYgh1gO-KMwmk7Fx73EVEP3mi_wjSMOX8VZ7kst730hxARWh13hcG1jGW1DkZwaFF5YixV6EW_6tgWGsb1a3-YfKuQcKWl/s1600/8869843%255B1%255D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="227" m$="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8i7FRWGaAZQSUjM6sxUlRV4AKVjaHYECagTy_A7veQgLYopYYgh1gO-KMwmk7Fx73EVEP3mi_wjSMOX8VZ7kst730hxARWh13hcG1jGW1DkZwaFF5YixV6EW_6tgWGsb1a3-YfKuQcKWl/s400/8869843%255B1%255D.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ES-SV;">The ceremony itself consists of many rituals that have to be learned by heart. Almost each hand movement is prescribed. Basically, the tea is first prepared by the host, and then drunk by the guests. The tea is <b>matcha</b> </span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ES-SV;"><a href="http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2041.html" target="_top"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">green tea</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ES-SV;"> made of powdered tea leaves. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM3ok09vEciF-HC_4ulDZaKjMGAvkZP-tuBYX4A4N1Wx8Ih7a-HWTy8eCShFncbMFwjiLQty1JSzprhRNVuesg7t99oxs_1YLKA8VRLnsr55u9d0lwjUyOOqtpBS3bjKHjYUZlZekhYeCW/s1600/imagesCA5XDOWH.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" m$="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM3ok09vEciF-HC_4ulDZaKjMGAvkZP-tuBYX4A4N1Wx8Ih7a-HWTy8eCShFncbMFwjiLQty1JSzprhRNVuesg7t99oxs_1YLKA8VRLnsr55u9d0lwjUyOOqtpBS3bjKHjYUZlZekhYeCW/s400/imagesCA5XDOWH.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ES-SV;">The tea ceremony is a very special event in Japanese culture. The host spends days going over every detail to make sure that the ceremony will be perfect. There are various styles of tea ceremonies and it is recognized that every human encounter is a singular occasion that will never recur again in exactly the same way, and so every aspect of the tea ceremony is savored. The ceremony takes place in a room called the chashitsu. This room is designed and designated only for this ceremony. The room is usually within a teahouse, and is located away from the residence in the garden. </span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Chashitsu is the room used for performing the tea ceremony</td></tr>
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ES-SV;">The Guests' Arrival</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ES-SV;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ES-SV;">When guests arrive (usually four), they are led into a waiting room (machiai) by the host's assistant (the hanto). The hanto offers the guests sayu (hot water that is used in making tea). While in the machiai, the guests choose one person to act as the main guest. The guests are then lead by the hanto into a garden that is sprinkled with water. This area is called roji or dew ground. No flowers grow here. It is in this garden that the guests are to remove the dust of the world. They sit on the koshikake machiai (waiting bench) and wait for the host (teishu). </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ES-SV;">Preparing for Guests</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ES-SV;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ES-SV;">Before receiving guests, the teishu fills a stone basin (tsukubai) with fresh water and then purifies his hands and mouth. He proceeds through the middle gate (chumon) to receive his guests. The guests are welcomed only with a bow. No words are spoken. The teishu leads the assistant host, the main guest and then the guests, in that order, through the chumon. The chumon signifies the door between the harsh physical world and the spiritual world that is symbolized by tea. At the stone basin, the guests and host's assistant purify themselves and enter the teahouse through a sliding door that is just three feet high. To enter everyone has to bow, and this signifies that all are equal regardless of status or social position. The last person to enter puts the latch on the door.</span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYNuzk3lHFIDR3sSwFnMKxCjzbWmKxmrNqGHMwVQPLJykXxWnESfngTIgKUaYa143m3Z451BS9REPO9KIUitItLs_jHqwBVSFBxW-frFhUsGcGRPc885YCycChDRXYNBB_6NlNvOxU7xl5/s1600/IMG_6232.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" m$="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYNuzk3lHFIDR3sSwFnMKxCjzbWmKxmrNqGHMwVQPLJykXxWnESfngTIgKUaYa143m3Z451BS9REPO9KIUitItLs_jHqwBVSFBxW-frFhUsGcGRPc885YCycChDRXYNBB_6NlNvOxU7xl5/s400/IMG_6232.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Different instruments used for the tea ceremony</td></tr>
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ES-SV;"><b>Inside the Teahouse</b></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ES-SV;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ES-SV;">There are no decorations in the teahouse except for an alcove called a tokonoma, in which a scroll painting (kakemono) is hung. This hanging is carefully chosen by the host and reveals the theme of the tea ceremony. In turn, each guest admires the scroll, the kettle (kama) and the hearth. Guests are seated according to their respective positions in the ceremony. Once the host seats himself, greetings are exchanged between the host and the main guest, and then the other guests. </span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">In a tea ceremony in Kanazawa</td></tr>
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ES-SV;">The Tea Ceremony</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ES-SV;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ES-SV;">In the tea ceremony, water represents yin. The fire in the hearth represents yang. A stoneware jar called the mizusashi holds fresh water and symbolizes purity and only the host touches it. The green tea called matcha is kept in a small ceramic container called a chaire that is covered in a fine silk pouch (shifuku) and is set in front of the mizusashi.</span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">the chasen and green tea powder contained in the chawan</td></tr>
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ES-SV;">If tea is served during the day a gong sounds, or if it is evening a bell tolls five to seven times to summon the guests back to the teahouse. Everyone purifies their hands and mouths once again, and then re-enters the teahouse to admire the flowers, kettle and hearth before seating themselves.</span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Wagashi is avery sweet and soft candy usually eaten after drinking the green tea. They come in so many shapes and colors. The yoji is the wooden stick used to eat the wagashi</td></tr>
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ES-SV;">The host enters carrying the tea bowl (chawan) that holds the tea whisk (chasen), the tea cloth (chakin) and the tea scoop (chashaku). The tea bowl represents the moon (yin) and is placed next to the water jar, which represents the sun (yang). The host goes to the preparation room, and returns with the waste water bowl (kensui), the bamboo water ladle (hishaku) and a green bamboo rest called a futaoki for the kettle lid.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ES-SV;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ES-SV;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ES-SV;">The host purifies the tea container and tea scoop with a fine silk cloth (fukusa).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He fills the tea bowl with hot water and rinses the whisk. He then empties the tea bowl and wipes it with a tea towel called a chakin. At this point the host lifts the tea scoop and tea container and places three scoops of tea per guest into the tea bowl. He ladles enough hot water from the kettle into the tea bowl and uses the whisk to make a thin paste. Additional water is added to the paste until it is the consistency of cream soup, returning any unused water to the kettle. The host passes the tea bowl to the main guest first who bows and accepts it. The main guest admires the bowl by raising and rotating it. He then drinks some of the tea, wipes the rim of the bowl, and passes it to the next guest who does the same thing. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhioOX4OyPl4EgG8w-HA_dPLAjVH7OJFWdxW6ivg9EKrnJ2-sUV682hUfFrdN5DyINksGzzTpRzPyJPGVfwc0UcOPvls4Da_L-FVm8MK_bP-2_biRlDROgwgUX8SsvgyIyke7RQnpqMJRhd/s1600/matcha-4c5c1%255B1%255D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" m$="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhioOX4OyPl4EgG8w-HA_dPLAjVH7OJFWdxW6ivg9EKrnJ2-sUV682hUfFrdN5DyINksGzzTpRzPyJPGVfwc0UcOPvls4Da_L-FVm8MK_bP-2_biRlDROgwgUX8SsvgyIyke7RQnpqMJRhd/s400/matcha-4c5c1%255B1%255D.jpg" width="266" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Enjoying a tea ceremony with my friends of Japan Tent</td></tr>
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ES-SV;">When all the guests have tasted the tea, the bowl is returned to the host who rinses it, and cleans the tea scoop and tea container. The host offers the cleaned tea scoop and tea container to the guests for examination. Afterwards the group engages in conversation about the objects used in the tea ceremony and the presentation that took place.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ES-SV;"> </span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Wagashis are so colorful and varied. All of them are definitely delicious</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Different utensils used in the tea ceremony</td></tr>
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</div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><b><u><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ES-SV;">History of Tea in Japan</span></u></b></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ES-SV;">A.D. 727</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ES-SV;"> Tea was an official gift from the Chinese Tang Court presented to Emperor Shomu of Japan. <br />
<b>Yr. 794</b> Tea was planted in the Imperial Garden in Kyoto (then Heian) <br />
<b>Yr. 900</b> Japanese monks went to study Buddhism in China and brought tea back with them <br />
<b>Yr.1191</b> Eisai, a Japanese Buddhist monk went to China. He returned with tea seeds and started planting tea in Japan. Eisai also wrote the first Japanese tea book, which later influenced the development of the Japanese Tea Ceremony. <br />
<b>Yr. 1400s</b> Tea became a popular drink in Japan. <br />
<b>Yr. 1477</b> The rules of etiquette for what is called <i>Chanoyu</i>, or “hot-water tea”, was created by a Buddhist priest named Murata Shuko. Shohun Yoshimasa also created the first tearoom in his palace. <br />
<b>Yr. 1584</b> The first Teahouse, a structure built for the purpose of serving and drinking tea, was developed by Sen-nio Rikyu.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPWtP6woRTHpD5ofz-mzex8J7Dygoh6k_1uoajl2AObt6xyY7-1VpAWjbwZCWbqnYiphC9MUxLIEum35rfLCdysHGiGFXOlfDVcoojIO_o4pzi2Tuw1wA1CSug32tz3Jninbmbiqv2SBuG/s1600/japanese+tea2%255B1%255D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="292" m$="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPWtP6woRTHpD5ofz-mzex8J7Dygoh6k_1uoajl2AObt6xyY7-1VpAWjbwZCWbqnYiphC9MUxLIEum35rfLCdysHGiGFXOlfDVcoojIO_o4pzi2Tuw1wA1CSug32tz3Jninbmbiqv2SBuG/s400/japanese+tea2%255B1%255D.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ES-SV;">The Japanese tea ceremony, or <i>Cha-no-yu</i>, meaning “hot water for tea”, is more than an elaborate ritual. It is an interlude in which one leads oneself for the moment to the spirit of beauty, quietude, and politeness toward others. The ceremony may be practiced anywhere, at home or in a teahouse. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ES-SV;">There are 4 principles: <b>harmony, respect, purity, and tranquility</b> (<i>wa, kae, sae, jubuo</i>) </span></div><ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ES-SV;">Harmony:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ES-SV;"> with other people and with nature. The tea ceremony is the way of bringing one’s self into harmony with nature.</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ES-SV;">Respects:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ES-SV;"> a harmonious relationship with others. </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ES-SV;">Purity:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ES-SV;"> clean yourselves through the five senses - sense of hearing when hearing the sound of water(which remind one of the silence outside), sense of sight when see the flowers, sense of touch when touch the utensils, sense of smell when smell the scent of the flowers, sense of taste when drinking tea.</span></li>
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;">For more information about origami, visit our blog: </span><a href="http://origamimaniacs.blogspot.com/">http://origamimaniacs.blogspot.com/</a></div><span style="color: black;"><br />
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<span style="color: black;">One of the hobbies I love the most is origami. Besides I don´t feel the time when I am doing it, my brain is working so hard and developing skills in myself. I really admire Japanese people, and after learning origami, I understand very well why they are so practical and intelligent.</span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><strong>Origami</strong> <span style="font-weight: normal;">(<span class="t_nihongo_kanji">折り紙</span><span class="t_nihongo_comma">,</span> <em><span class="t_nihongo_romaji">origami</span></em><span class="t_nihongo_help"><sup><a href="http://blackrainbow.edublogs.org/wiki/Help:Japanese" title="Japanese"><span class="t_nihongo_icon" style="font-family: sans-serif; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0.1em; padding-right: 0.1em; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">?</span></span></span></a></sup></span>)</span> (from <em>oru</em> meaning “folding”, and <em>kami</em> meaning “paper”) is the ancient </span><a href="http://blackrainbow.edublogs.org/wiki/Japan" title="Japan"><span style="color: black;">Japanese</span></a><span style="color: black;"> </span><a href="http://blackrainbow.edublogs.org/wiki/Art" title="Art"><span style="color: black;">art</span></a><span style="color: black;"> of </span><a href="http://blackrainbow.edublogs.org/wiki/Paper_folding" title="Paper folding"><span style="color: black;">paper folding</span></a><span style="color: black;">. The goal of this art is to create a representation of an object using geometric folds and crease patterns preferably without the use of gluing or cutting the paper,and using only one piece of square paper.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black;">Origami only uses a small number of different folds, but they can be combined in a variety of ways to make intricate designs. The most well known form is probably the Japanese paper crane. In general, these designs begin with a </span><a href="http://blackrainbow.edublogs.org/wiki/Square_%28geometry%29" title="Square (geometry)"><span style="color: black;">square</span></a><span style="color: black;"> sheet of paper whose sides may be different colors or prints.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black;">The origin of the art began as Chinese Paper Folding. The Japanese origin began in the 6th century when Buddhist monks from China carried paper to Japan. The first Japanese origami is dated from this period.</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Origami had already become a significant aspect of Japanese ceremony by the </span><a href="http://blackrainbow.edublogs.org/wiki/Heian_period" title="Heian period"><span style="color: black;">Heian period</span></a><span style="color: black;"> of Japanese history. </span><a href="http://blackrainbow.edublogs.org/wiki/Samurai" title="Samurai"><span style="color: black;">Samurai warriors</span></a><span style="color: black;"> would exchange gifts adorned with </span><a href="http://blackrainbow.edublogs.org/wiki/Noshi" title="Noshi"><span style="color: black;">noshi</span></a><span style="color: black;">, a sort of good luck token made of folded strips of paper. Origami butterflies were used during the celebration of </span><a href="http://blackrainbow.edublogs.org/wiki/Shinto" title="Shinto"><span style="color: black;">Shinto weddings</span></a><span style="color: black;"> to represent the bride and groom.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black;">In the 1960s the art of origami began to spread out, first with </span><a href="http://blackrainbow.edublogs.org/wiki/Modular_origami" title="Modular origami"><span style="color: black;">modular origami</span></a><span style="color: black;"> and then with various movements developing, including the </span><a class="new" href="http://blackrainbow.edublogs.org/w/index.php?title=Kirikomi_Origami&action=edit&redlink=1" title="Kirikomi Origami (page does not exist)"><span style="color: black;">kirikomi</span></a><span style="color: black;">. Origami is now an international art.</span><br />
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</div>Blackrainbowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11343223944748295875noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2781638670036058303.post-46518178753437870372011-06-26T12:52:00.000+09:002011-06-26T13:17:22.995+09:00Japanese Beautiful Pagodas<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 7.5pt; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: ES-SV;">The pagoda has been one of the most recognizable forms of Japanese architecture throughout history. These unique temples have stood the test of time and are often used as tourist attractions today.</span></div><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 18pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: ES-SV;">History</span></div><ul style="margin-top: 0cm;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; line-height: normal; margin: 7.5pt 0cm; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo4; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: ES-SV;">The pagoda was introduced to Japan from China, and was influenced by the Indian stupa. The Horyu-ji pagoda, near Nara, dates back to the late seventh century.</span></div></li>
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</ul><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Visitors to Kyoto and Nara, Japan's ancient capitals, invariably retain in their memories the evocative silhouette of a wooden pagoda--at times towering gracefully above the tiled rooftops of an old neighborhood, at times rising abruptly from the midst of a huddle of modern buildings. Most people familiar with the Kansai region will know the stately five-story pagoda of Kyoto's Toji (Kyoo Gokokuji) temple, clearly visible from the Shinkansen bullet train, or the pagoda of Nara's Kofukuji, standing at the edge of Sarusawa Pond. </span><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">At 55 meters in height, the pagoda of Toji is the tallest such structure in Japan. It is far from the tallest pagoda ever built, however. The octagonal nine-story pagoda of Kyoto's Hoshoji was 83 meters tall, and the seven-story pagoda of Shokokuji, also in Kyoto, is said to have risen a full 108 meters. These towering structures, along with many other wooden pagodas built over the centuries, were destroyed by fire--generally either struck by lightning or caught in the crossfire of civil war. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Because of their wood construction, Japan's pagodas have always been extremely vulnerable to fire. At the same time, these tall, slender towers, built of interlocking posts and beams, are so resistant to earthquakes and typhoons that Japan's long architectural history records only a very few instances of their collapsing. Some 1,300 years after it was built, the five-story pagoda of Horyuji in Nara, recently added to UNESCO's "world heritage" list of cultural assets, shows not the slightest sign of instability. </span><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAJ2U_9ZQDkmETqqu0b5SJpzWnCBwLh-xQVk6fy3lAzmJ76GaWwSm_vaFT3zjKVgmYvO1OmlLBGQqnlPVA5i18o7-ap_WywEyDMCjhbr1FJzt8SRWOZqpEigT29fmNpaCyxkqwBNqDSooN/s1600/tokyo-jpn302%255B1%255D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640px" i$="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAJ2U_9ZQDkmETqqu0b5SJpzWnCBwLh-xQVk6fy3lAzmJ76GaWwSm_vaFT3zjKVgmYvO1OmlLBGQqnlPVA5i18o7-ap_WywEyDMCjhbr1FJzt8SRWOZqpEigT29fmNpaCyxkqwBNqDSooN/s640/tokyo-jpn302%255B1%255D.jpg" width="462px" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">A wide overhang means a larger roof relative to the rest of the structure. The large roof, consisting of clay and tiles laid on top of wood rafters, is extremely heavy. A heavy roof relative to the size of the building is one of the main characteristics of traditional Japanese wood architecture. With five such overhanging roofs, a five-story pagoda is a heavy structure indeed. </span><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9L9y-hUQMKLN_aF6xck2W7UfJRJ9RYbOJBFXHv2cdsiaC3uFy-JoJef2WFEY1io-XtnCkrKyNVu8nogc3Ml97xdxierrUaLYLjysCWIvJ2JmZfZlK_XACTksAGukRDKjz8YI3qTEaE1nn/s1600/untitledd.bmp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640px" i$="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9L9y-hUQMKLN_aF6xck2W7UfJRJ9RYbOJBFXHv2cdsiaC3uFy-JoJef2WFEY1io-XtnCkrKyNVu8nogc3Ml97xdxierrUaLYLjysCWIvJ2JmZfZlK_XACTksAGukRDKjz8YI3qTEaE1nn/s640/untitledd.bmp" width="480px" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Why such pagodas, despite their height and weight, have remained upright and intact through numerous earthquakes and typhoons is something that no one has been able to explain satisfactorily from the standpoint of modern architectonics. This is because building science evolved in the West as a discipline dealing with the structural mechanics of rigid bodies, that is, buildings of stone, brick, or concrete. In the article that follows, architect Ueda Atsushi elucidates the ingenious techniques by which the Japanese of earlier times built their pagodas to withstand even the strongest winds and earthquakes. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Of course, high towers have been built in the West ever since the Middle Ages. In all cases, however, the material is masonry--stones or bricks joined to form a single mass of wall capable of withstanding this or that impact from without. In the case of Japan's wooden pagodas, however, each story is structurally independent. </span><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkUPXOUauzrmZiXvythgovWdWpU8hwx9FxAOXbA8TNWHWV1EYdLO9N1E3ekBn4iL_yl4iSg0bk2KLSFGdh3fOSyBSAHvg1pDvFdx-YpputD-Rh-ee0sgv85NVA-3WVx0FHs0K5fVKhLuNg/s1600/untitled.bmp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640px" i$="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkUPXOUauzrmZiXvythgovWdWpU8hwx9FxAOXbA8TNWHWV1EYdLO9N1E3ekBn4iL_yl4iSg0bk2KLSFGdh3fOSyBSAHvg1pDvFdx-YpputD-Rh-ee0sgv85NVA-3WVx0FHs0K5fVKhLuNg/s640/untitled.bmp" width="432px" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Each story of the pagoda is basically a square box with no bottom, built around twelve outer pillars, or <i>gawabashira</i>. The pagoda as a whole is, in essence, five stacked boxes. Since each story is smaller than the one beneath it, the placement of the <i>gawabashira</i> moves inward as one proceeds up the pagoda, meaning that horizontal beams are needed to support the <i>gawabashira</i> of each story above the first. In fact, these pillars rest on horizontal bases, which in turn are supported by <i>taruki</i>--slanting beams that run from the inside of the structure diagonally downward to the outside, where they support the eaves. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">The weight of the upper story, pushing down on the inner ends of the <i>taruki</i>, would cause the outer ends to rise if there were no counterweight. The heavy tiled roof of the eaves performs precisely this function. In short, the <i>taruki</i> functions as a lever arm, while the top of the <i>gawabashira</i> serves as the fulcrum. </span><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8X6_yQhJ-Wb4Y3ID9q9ROvoMWaNeufvoKUZYbPNTswfRbpUgyHe3wVTNox34lL-jSG-RpATEje5jMcf4MC_3ponJF7ptjz4X-0SWnYxQL9XHhyYk3VRLtbfIpnxFUCnfkyQQtsVN-Lwha/s1600/Toji_Temple%252C_Kyoto%252C_%252BJapan%255B1%255D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480px" i$="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8X6_yQhJ-Wb4Y3ID9q9ROvoMWaNeufvoKUZYbPNTswfRbpUgyHe3wVTNox34lL-jSG-RpATEje5jMcf4MC_3ponJF7ptjz4X-0SWnYxQL9XHhyYk3VRLtbfIpnxFUCnfkyQQtsVN-Lwha/s640/Toji_Temple%252C_Kyoto%252C_%252BJapan%255B1%255D.jpg" width="640px" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">The story above bears down on the inner end of the lever, and the overhanging roof balances this load at the outer end.Or, to put it another way, the heavy eaves are in effect supported by the story above. When one reaches the uppermost level, of course, there is no story above to counterbalance the overhang. Here, however, the tall copper or iron spire, or finial, performs that function. The finial of the Horyuji pagoda, we are told, weighs a full three tons. </span><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style', serif; font-size: 12pt;">In my time living and studying in Japan, I heard many opinions from different foreigners around the world. It is strange but interesting to discover that women immediately fall in love with Japanese food. I did!!!!!</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style', serif; font-size: 12pt;">The reason is simple…..Since Japanese food is healthy, it helps you to lose weight and to look great. In the other hand, it is common to hear cry baby university students who always complain missing their mothers’ food. Nevertheless, there is a male minority, who has a unique taste, that likes Japanese food taste.</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Let me tell you that there is a great option for foreigners who don’t know what to eat in Japan. This option is ………………..bento boxes!!!!</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style', serif; font-size: 12pt;">It is so convenient and easy to find them everywhere in Japan for a very reasonable price. They are around ¥300 and ¥1200 (that would be $2 and $10).</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style', serif; font-size: 12pt;">When you buy a bento box, you can have many types of food arranged in a perfect and singular way. I said once that Japanese food is too beautiful to be eaten…….</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Now I will explain you what a bento box is and the varieties you can find. I hope you like them.</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Bento (written </span><span lang="JA" style="font-family: 'MS Gothic'; font-size: 12pt;">弁当</span><span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style', serif; font-size: 12pt;">), or obento (</span><span lang="JA" style="font-family: 'MS Gothic'; font-size: 12pt;">お弁当</span><span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style', serif; font-size: 12pt;">) to use the honorific term, is the Japanese word for a meal served in a box. Beyond that basic definition though, just about anything goes as to what kind of box or container is used, as well as </span><span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style', serif; font-size: 12pt;">what is put inside that box. Bento, or <em><span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style', serif;">o-bento</span></em>, refers to a packaged, single-portion, portable meal that is usually eaten at lunch, but also comes in larger sizes meant for use at picnics, dinner, and parties. A bento generally consists of rice or noodles and some form of protein (<em><span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style', serif;">e.g.</span></em>, meat, poultry, fish, tofu) accompanied by side dishes of raw, simmered, or pickled vegetables. There are many different types of bento boxes, ranging from traditional handcrafted wooden lacquerware to disposable containers. Most bento boxes have compartments or internal dividers for separate dishes. </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Bento is an art form in Japan. Japanese women spend a good part of their mornings preparing bento for their families – there is even a sense of competition among mothers to see who can produce the cutest, appetizing, and healthy lunch for their children. Modern Japanese culture virtually revolves around compact cuteness. The variety of designer bento boxes, food liners, wiener and cookie cutters, egg molds, food picks, and other bento-ware used to create these mini-masterpieces is amazing and overwhelming.</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><br />
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This is a place that sells bento boxes in a station. It is a very common view in Japan.<br />
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This is the way bento boxes are arranged for people to choose their gavorite. there are bento boxes with different kinds of meat. You choose the kind you like....and there are vegetarian bento boxes as well.<br />
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</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style', serif; font-size: 12pt;"> If you are interested in preparing a bento box for your kids, you can do it in a simple way and give them the surprise. In this way, you can make them forget the junk food, and have a more balanced diet with vegetables. Watch the following video. It is great!!!!!!</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><br />
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</div></div>Blackrainbowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11343223944748295875noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2781638670036058303.post-13190221694916208282011-05-30T02:32:00.001+09:002011-05-30T04:19:38.527+09:00Nagasaki.........a place of history, traditions, culture, beauty, and peace.<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">There are so many beautiful places to visit if you are in Japan. This time I want to recommend you a wonderful place where I spent two of the most wonderul years in my life. A magic place that shows how people can overcome any hard situation if they work together. A place with kind and unique people who are always in a good disposition to welcome warmly and to help turists from all over the world who visit them. A place that shows us the horror of the destruction of an atomic bomb and at the same time the reconstruction, improvement, and hard work of their inhabitants. a place with a variety of japanese traditions and customs, colorful festivals, traditional temples, and modern buildings as well. This place is Nagasaki.</span><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi79VR-OS4vi2bHXv4hBeTd4IP0iLWx-ny59YqQpWfkpVZNMTsUzGFF9siRL364YVnx234Z4fMD0BdUJteCSl6TjyLpUq-ikAeZ4q_6iFmIsl4tuMgc3eRXUYQ1ssqKyOkvGx2SinJTZ7Gc/s1600/imagesCAWJ7250.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi79VR-OS4vi2bHXv4hBeTd4IP0iLWx-ny59YqQpWfkpVZNMTsUzGFF9siRL364YVnx234Z4fMD0BdUJteCSl6TjyLpUq-ikAeZ4q_6iFmIsl4tuMgc3eRXUYQ1ssqKyOkvGx2SinJTZ7Gc/s1600/imagesCAWJ7250.jpg" t8="true" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Nagasaki is located at the western extremity of Kyushu island in close proximity to China. It was no more than a tiny fishing village until being opened for foreign trade in 1571 by Japan's first christian feudal lord Omura Sumitada who complied with the request of the Portuguese Jesuit missionaries and traders. Subsequently the town developed into a center of international trade and Christian Evangelism in Japan. The Portuguese introduced and array of goods and technology that were completely new to the eyes of the Japanese. However, the era of Portuguese trade and Christian domination was short-lived.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">During the long period of seclusion imposed from 1641 to 1859, Nagasaki flourished as Japan's only open window to the outside world. It was through this city that western science and technology found their way into Japan.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">On August 9, 1944, the atomic bomb destroyed about one-third of Nagasaki and killed or injured about 150,000 people. The city recovered miraculously from the devastation, though, and now reveals few scars of this dark chapter in its history. learning from the tragic experience of the bombing, Nagasaki has devoted itself to the cause of world peace and the abolition of nuclear weapons.</span><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">INDUSTRY</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">The population of Nagasaki city is approximately 453,000 people and the major industries are fishing, shipbuilding, and tourism. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Tourism is a growing industry in nagasaki. the city has many noted spots of interest where the rich heritage of foreign influence is preserved. the uniquely exotic atmosphere has made Nagasaki a tourist mecca; the number of visitors topped five million.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">GETTING AROUND NAGASAKI</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I f you are visiting Nagasaki with your family, friends , or by yourself, you will find out how easy is to go around Nagasaki. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Streetcars:</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">these are my favorite ones for its convenience, efficiency, and low price. You can see maps everywhere you go showing the routs of the streetcars. the fair is only <span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">¥125 for one ride regardless of distance, and transfers can be obtained at the Tsuki Machi stop only. An all-day pass is available for <span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">¥600 at major hotels and the City Tourist Information Office near JR Nagasaki Rail Station.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Taxi:</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Taxi fares in Nagasaki are based on a system combining time and distance. after 10:00 p.m the fare increases by 20%. be careful when you get in and out the taxi because the left rear door opens and shuts automatically.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Bus:</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Nagasaki has two bus networks. one is the Ken-ei bus service that covers the northern part of the city. Long distance buses are also run by Ken-ei bus. The main Ken-ei Bus Yerminal is across the street from JR Nagasaki Rail Station. Buses to Nagasaki Airport , Unzen National Park, and other prefectures depart from here.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">The other bus system is the Nagasaki-Bus Service that covers the southern part of the city. The main Nagasaki Bus Terminal is at shinchi near Chinatown. Buses to Huis Ten Bosch, Nagasaki Bio-Park, the Subtropical Garden, and some other prefectures depart from here.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">NAGASAKI'S SPECIALITIES</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">The busiest shopping areas are Hamano-Machi Shopping Arcade and the modern Cocowalk. Hamano-Machi has two department stores, fashionable shops, restaurants, coffee shops, and banks clustered along 500-meter long street. Most shops are open daily from 10:30 a.m to 8:00 p.m. However, Hamaya and Daimaru department stores, close at 7:30 p.m.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Cocowalk is a modern mall built around 2006 and 2007. It is located near Dejima Port, and it has a lot to offer especially to those people who want to buy elegant and exquisite clothes. There you will find as well a lot of famous international places such as MacDonalds, Mister Doughnuts, Starbucks Coffee. Also you will find in the 4th floor a lot of elegant restaurants where you can have Italian, Chinese, Hindu, and different kinds of food. if you want to try Japanese food, there are different options to try.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Some of Nagasaki's specialities you cannot miss are:</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Kasutera: This light sweet sponge cake has been baked since the 16th century. The name is said to come from the old Spanish place named Castilla. The recipe was introduced by the Portugues, and today Kasutera is still Nagasaki's most famous confection.</span></span></span><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Ceramics: Hasami and Mikawachi near Sasebo city are wellknown kiln towns for porcelain. Mikawachi fires karakoyaki, a pure white porcelain with a traditional design showing Chinese children playing with butterflies. A rather sober but tasteful pottery is Gagyu ware. This is a rustic earthenware of soft brown , beige, and blue-green with brushwork. Nagasaki Sansai is tricolor pottery with a warm touch.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">In addition to traditional Japanese dishes, nagasaki boasts a numeber of unique local cuisines which were nurtured during the city's four century-long encounter with Chinese and Western culture.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Champon and Saraudon (Chinese Dish):</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Champon is an inexpensive Chinese-style noodle dish that was first cooked for Chinese students in nagasaki by the founder of the Chinese restaurant Shikairo in the late 19th century. It is served in broth with a variety of meat, shellfish and vegetables on top. Saraudon is a variation of Champon with crispy noodles and topping in a thick sauce. Many Chinese restaurants are located in Shinchi Chinatown.</span></span></span><br />
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</div>Blackrainbowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11343223944748295875noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2781638670036058303.post-26763192984422002152011-05-09T14:08:00.000+09:002011-12-17T12:37:55.475+09:00Japanese food.......delicious and healthy.While I was living in Japan, I met so many people I shared so many experiences with. Something interesting that called my attention was that most foreigner women love Japanese food not only because its flavor is great, but also because it is healthy, and it helps women to be in shape. In the other hand, most of the foreigner men don't like Japanese food that much since they miss their country flavors, and they seem never to be satisfied with it for its small servings. Anyway, Japanese cuisine definitely it is exquisite and so diverse. There are so many kinds to please the most exigent and sophisticated taste. Here I am sharing with you some of my favorite Japanese food. Hope you like it.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">1. Miso Soup</div><div id="teaser"><i>Misoshiru</i> is a basic part of the typical Japanese breakfast. This nourishing soup is eaten alone or with eggs, rice, fish and pickles. A simple version of the soup, lightly garnished with tofu and scallions, is most popular for the morning meal. But <i>misoshiru</i> can also be part of a larger midday or evening meal, often with added garnishes. I won't forget my miso soup in the shoukudo of the university with my friends. Simply delicious....</div><br />
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</div><div align="left" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;">It consists of </span><span style="color: black;">Chinese-style wheat noodles</span><span style="color: black;"> served in a meat- or fish-based </span><span style="color: black;">broth</span><span style="color: black;">, often flavored with soy sauce</span><span style="color: black;"> or </span><span style="color: black;">miso</span><span style="color: black;">, and uses </span><span style="color: black;">toppings</span><span style="color: black;"> such as sliced </span><span style="color: black;">pork</span><span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-weight: normal;">(<span class="t_nihongo_kanji" lang="ja" xml:lang="ja">チャーシュー</span><span class="t_nihongo_comma" style="display: none;">,</span> <i>chāshū</i>)</span>, dried </span><span style="color: black;">seaweed</span><span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-weight: normal;">(<span class="t_nihongo_kanji" lang="ja" xml:lang="ja">海苔</span><span class="t_nihongo_comma" style="display: none;">,</span> <i>nori</i>)</span>, </span><span style="color: black;">kamaboko</span><span style="color: black;">, </span><span style="color: black;">green onions</span><span style="color: black;">, and occasionally </span><span style="color: black;">corn</span><span style="color: black;">. Almost every locality in Japan has its own variation of ramen, from the <i>tonkotsu</i> (pork bone broth) ramen of </span><span style="color: black;">Kyushu</span><span style="color: black;"> to the <i>miso</i> ramen of </span><span style="color: black;">Hokkaido</span><span style="color: black;">. You can find a ramen shop everywhere in Japan. I love ramen so much.</span></div><div align="left" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><b>Sukiyaki</b> <span style="color: black;">(Japanese: <span lang="ja" xml:lang="ja">鋤焼</span> or more commonly <span lang="ja" xml:lang="ja">すき焼き</span>) is a </span><span style="color: black;">Japanese dish</span><span style="color: black;"> in the <i>nabemono</i> (Japanese </span><span style="color: black;">hot pot</span><span style="color: black;">) style.</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">It consists of meat (usually thinly sliced beef) which is slowly cooked or simmered at the table, alongside vegetables and other ingredients, in a shallow iron pot in a mixture of </span><span style="color: black;">soy sauce</span><span style="color: black;">, </span><span style="color: black;">sugar</span><span style="color: black;">, and <i>mirin</i>. Before being eaten, the ingredients are usually dipped in a small bowl of raw, beaten </span><span style="color: black;">eggs</span><span style="color: black;">.</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Generally sukiyaki is a </span><span style="color: black;">winter</span><span style="color: black;"> dish and it is commonly found at <i>bōnenkai</i>, Japanese year-end</span> parties.<br />
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</div><span style="color: black;"><b>Tofu</b> or <b>bean curd</b> is a food made by coagulating soy milk and then pressing the resulting curds into soft white blocks. It is of Chinese origin, and it is also a part of East Asian and Southeast Asian cuisine such as Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Indonesian, Vietnamese, and others. There are many different varieties of tofu, including fresh tofu and tofu that has been processed in some way. Tofu has very little flavor or smell on its own, so it can be used either in savory or sweet dishes, and it is often seasoned or marinated to suit the dish.</span><br />
Tofu contains a low amount of<span style="color: black;"> </span><span style="color: black;">calories</span><span style="color: black;">, relatively large amount of </span><span style="color: black;">iron</span><span style="color: black;">, and little fat. Depending on the coagulant used in manufacturing, the tofu may also be high in </span><span style="color: black;">calcium</span><span style="color: black;"> and/or </span><span style="color: black;">magnesium</span><span style="color: black;">.</span><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">6. TAKOYAKI</div>I<span style="color: black;"> wil never forget my dirst Japanese food......I love it so much. </span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><strong>Takoyaki</strong> <span style="font-weight: normal;">(<span class="t_nihongo_kanji" lang="ja" xml:lang="ja">たこ焼き <i>or</i> 蛸焼</span>)</span> (literally fried or grilled octopus) is a popular ball-shaped Japanese dumpling or more like a savory pancake made of batter and cooked in a special takoyaki pan (see below). It is typically filled with diced or whole baby octopus, tempura scraps (<i>tenkasu</i>), pickled ginger, and green onion.</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">In modern days, it became common to be brushed with takoyaki sauce and mayonnaise, and topped with green laver (<i>aonori</i>) and katsuobushi (shavings of dried bonito). </span><br />
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</div><span style="color: black;"><b>Yakitori</b> <span style="font-weight: normal;">(<span class="t_nihongo_kanji" lang="ja" xml:lang="ja">焼き鳥/やきとり/ヤキトリ</span>)</span>, <i>grilled fowl</i>, is commonly a Japanese type of skewered chicken. The term Yakitori can also refer to skewered food in general. Kushiyaki (<i>skewer grilled</i>), is a formal term that encompasses both poultry and non-poultry items, skewered and grilled. Both Yakitori and Kushiyaki mean the same, so the terms are used interchangeably in Japanese society.</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">The average yakitori is made from several bite-sized pieces of chicken meat, or chicken offal, skewered on a bamboo skewer and grilled, usually over charcoal.</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Diners ordering yakitori usually have a choice of having it cooked with salt (shio) or with tare sauce, which is generally made up of mirin, sake, soy sauce and sugar. The sauce is applied to the skewered meat and is grilled until delicately cooked.</span><br />
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</div><span style="color: black;"><b>Tempura</b> <span style="font-weight: normal;">(<span class="t_nihongo_kanji" lang="ja" xml:lang="ja">天ぷら or 天麩羅</span><span class="t_nihongo_comma" style="display: none;">,</span> <i>tenpura</i>)</span>, is a Japanese dish of seafood or vegetables that have been battered and deep fried. My favorite is shrimp tempura. Oishii ne.</span><br />
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</div><b>Onigiri</b> <span style="font-weight: normal;">(<span class="t_nihongo_kanji" lang="ja" xml:lang="ja">お握り or 御握り; おにぎり</span>)</span>, also known as <b>omusubi</b> <span style="font-weight: normal;">(<span class="t_nihongo_kanji" lang="ja" xml:lang="ja">お結び; おむすび</span>)</span> or rice ball, is a Japanese food made from white rice formed into triangular or oval shapes and often wrapped in <i>nori</i> (seaweed). Traditionally, an onigiri is filled with pickled ume (<i>umeboshi</i>), salted salmon, katsuobushi, kombu, tarako, or any other salty or sour ingredient as a natural preservative. Because of the popularity of onigiri in Japan, most convenience stores stock their onigiri with various fillings and flavors. There are even specialized shops whose only products are onigiri for take out.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">10. DANGO</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><span style="color: black;"><b>Dango</b> <span style="font-weight: normal;">(<span class="t_nihongo_kanji" lang="ja" xml:lang="ja">団子</span>)</span> is a Japanese dumpling made from <i>mochiko</i> (rice flour), related to <i>mochi</i>. It is often served with green tea.</span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><i>Dango</i> are eaten year-round, but the different varieties are traditionally eaten in given seasons. Three to four <i>dango</i> are often served on a skewer. I love dango.</span><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">11. WAGASHI</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><span style="color: black;"><b>Wagashi</b> <span style="font-weight: normal;">(<span class="t_nihongo_kanji" lang="ja" xml:lang="ja">和菓子</span>)</span> is a traditional </span><span style="color: black;">Japanese</span><span style="color: black;"> </span><span style="color: black;">confectionery</span><span style="color: black;"> which is often served with tea, especially the types made of </span><span style="color: black;">mochi</span><span style="color: black;">, </span><span style="color: black;">azuki bean paste</span><span style="color: black;">, and </span><span style="color: black;">fruits</span><span style="color: black;">.</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Wagashi is typically made from natural (mainly plant) ingredients. The names used for <i>wagashi</i> commonly fit a formula—a natural beauty and a word from ancient literature; they are thus often written with </span><span style="color: black;">hyōgaiji</span><span style="color: black;"> (kanji that are not commonly used or known), and are glossed with </span><span style="color: black;">furigana</span><span style="color: black;">.</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Generally, confections that were introduced from the West after the </span><span style="color: black;">Meiji Restoration</span><span style="color: black;"> (1868) are not considered <i>wagashi</i>. Most sorts of </span><span style="color: black;">Okinawan</span><span style="color: black;"> confectionery and those originating in Europe or China that use ingredients alien to traditional Japanese cuisine, e.g., <i>kasutera</i>, are only rarely referred to as <i>wagashi</i>. Most wagashi are made entirely of plant-based ingredients.</span><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is just a taste of Japanese food. I hope you like it and don't be afraid of tasting it. I guarantee you will love it as much as I do.....Itadakimasu!!!!!</div>Blackrainbowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11343223944748295875noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2781638670036058303.post-47149894620649541782011-04-21T06:33:00.000+09:002011-04-21T06:33:28.141+09:00Learn 100 kanjis in 10 lessons: Lesson 6 絵から できた 漢字 3絵からできた 漢字はたくさんあります。六課では体の部分と視線をあらわす漢字を勉強します。<br />
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<div align="center"><span style="background-color: #ea9999;">1. me (eye)</span></div><div align="center"><br />
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<div align="center"><span style="background-color: #ea9999;">2. mimi (ear)</span></div><div align="center"><span style="background-color: #ea9999;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfvpbvs1Loyzcih1qkEuo1OQv-t3WTEz7RLfQ_-dQH9MDLuJp6HDleQOX_jWz7tBgHUscfq_4lOerEDAQVvotIipOvI_TDGCt9CFBqEET-UFOXcNcFvDbzXiwYjeqRFDSkBa-Yb1zVNuA8/s1600/2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" i8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfvpbvs1Loyzcih1qkEuo1OQv-t3WTEz7RLfQ_-dQH9MDLuJp6HDleQOX_jWz7tBgHUscfq_4lOerEDAQVvotIipOvI_TDGCt9CFBqEET-UFOXcNcFvDbzXiwYjeqRFDSkBa-Yb1zVNuA8/s320/2.jpg" width="276" /></a></div><br />
<div align="center"><span style="background-color: #ea9999;">3. te (hand)</span></div><div align="center"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2Sa1BgsgonKFdqwjb7eUxEcMMloLySE7mmLyMPy6Oepdg5Kg2Ic_UwNbp0f473b6kOwtoTNRGv3g9ByJWfTr6RWaxVKJ1yhQvE7zoEmFcBAvdG8pDS9CkSnc4xx7JWEogUSwtjKQpQ12Y/s1600/3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" i8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2Sa1BgsgonKFdqwjb7eUxEcMMloLySE7mmLyMPy6Oepdg5Kg2Ic_UwNbp0f473b6kOwtoTNRGv3g9ByJWfTr6RWaxVKJ1yhQvE7zoEmFcBAvdG8pDS9CkSnc4xx7JWEogUSwtjKQpQ12Y/s320/3.jpg" width="314" /></a></div><br />
<div align="center"><span style="background-color: #ea9999;">4. ashi (leg)</span></div><div align="center"><br />
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<div align="center"><span style="background-color: #ea9999;">5. ame (rain)</span></div><div align="center"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzF_qTADZzm2TlxzH19RiUqGjE_AOFxkQLvi5-GpWcwBml-T1gYCE4B10Q6Tszh7qFAxmlcQY0dnVSwqHx687trtDCDjL37cxxTTxcEjSa7A9tW_ANeboNh49CuusCWRMEA1ITbJA8-SQ2/s1600/5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" i8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzF_qTADZzm2TlxzH19RiUqGjE_AOFxkQLvi5-GpWcwBml-T1gYCE4B10Q6Tszh7qFAxmlcQY0dnVSwqHx687trtDCDjL37cxxTTxcEjSa7A9tW_ANeboNh49CuusCWRMEA1ITbJA8-SQ2/s320/5.jpg" width="275" /></a></div><br />
<div align="center"><span style="background-color: #ea9999;">6. take (bamboo)</span></div><div align="center"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM90eo5BZieHa34LlQbwiRF6OuOTU5q7BI7tA4jQinHih19SP4xVjpxc3kNCJg-MpcfcMjyv4dDr6aZpgfE8ak-Ru2OzkfC2JG6K7uLhqN9nwpgqF_Cc1-OAAs7ODduRoq7SALIkFriQ2S/s1600/6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" i8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM90eo5BZieHa34LlQbwiRF6OuOTU5q7BI7tA4jQinHih19SP4xVjpxc3kNCJg-MpcfcMjyv4dDr6aZpgfE8ak-Ru2OzkfC2JG6K7uLhqN9nwpgqF_Cc1-OAAs7ODduRoq7SALIkFriQ2S/s320/6.jpg" width="276" /></a></div><br />
<div align="center"><span style="background-color: #ea9999;">7. kome (rice)</span></div><div align="center"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5hDx4YUhEGtnZrSEShsVYtTFRcmalyv3pwbC_eCyIxCVLM45sRd9hXc1orb90smk9DRlycZ-8u1a-bBKd-6N1eks3yxsKnujPXlcMVNVarDpkahMpglmtaJ9FXMFZNfzCfGzpogX6Ba_b/s1600/7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" i8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5hDx4YUhEGtnZrSEShsVYtTFRcmalyv3pwbC_eCyIxCVLM45sRd9hXc1orb90smk9DRlycZ-8u1a-bBKd-6N1eks3yxsKnujPXlcMVNVarDpkahMpglmtaJ9FXMFZNfzCfGzpogX6Ba_b/s320/7.jpg" width="276" /></a></div><br />
<div align="center"><span style="background-color: #ea9999;">8. kai (shell)</span></div><div align="center"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0_8pFs55mcHBvV8DgH3fG1LUiyvZ1rTrWB8IEPZKI1NH_ZkezmdrjJDaWp5Ak7IA55H7kXNEFAmDe1jfen1QNd8zEbuYUHTI2ohyuA2zxUCmsmXzwXMICw94735l3yKwUXlM9dC2l-Nr5/s1600/8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" i8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0_8pFs55mcHBvV8DgH3fG1LUiyvZ1rTrWB8IEPZKI1NH_ZkezmdrjJDaWp5Ak7IA55H7kXNEFAmDe1jfen1QNd8zEbuYUHTI2ohyuA2zxUCmsmXzwXMICw94735l3yKwUXlM9dC2l-Nr5/s320/8.jpg" width="277" /></a></div><br />
<div align="center"><span style="background-color: #ea9999;">9. ishi (stone)</span></div><div align="center"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVXCsa06xXzzn2iut9xUPdFyCMQHJmuBpN5zBT9gxySW8aMDq39oNgu0f63Bi0MYK695YnGnuHWnxm5J_mhXO002uIOia5TMFekrYfOXdYlC1Yjkvep_lsty8FOmACT_F2bcmm1JXGRQ9j/s1600/9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" i8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVXCsa06xXzzn2iut9xUPdFyCMQHJmuBpN5zBT9gxySW8aMDq39oNgu0f63Bi0MYK695YnGnuHWnxm5J_mhXO002uIOia5TMFekrYfOXdYlC1Yjkvep_lsty8FOmACT_F2bcmm1JXGRQ9j/s320/9.jpg" width="312" /></a></div><br />
<div align="center"><span style="background-color: #ea9999;">10. ito (shread)</span></div><div align="center"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdAQxXY1DWI4Qq-Ny_0-1eNeIqQx3GkzPlTuoGTOIhpzQjMYyrdAlvmY2HLEiQ549gYxK_Rx8ZDXqA9Jt-mqubtWvI3WEY8hSo_tJY5hMLOjg8LHuXgnppKcId3N62Q8G8uwnRAWUpDdpg/s1600/10.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" i8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdAQxXY1DWI4Qq-Ny_0-1eNeIqQx3GkzPlTuoGTOIhpzQjMYyrdAlvmY2HLEiQ549gYxK_Rx8ZDXqA9Jt-mqubtWvI3WEY8hSo_tJY5hMLOjg8LHuXgnppKcId3N62Q8G8uwnRAWUpDdpg/s320/10.jpg" width="275" /></a></div>Blackrainbowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11343223944748295875noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2781638670036058303.post-10815700605484161632011-04-21T06:10:00.000+09:002011-04-21T06:10:31.940+09:00Learn 100 kanjis in 10 lessons: Lesson 5 くみあわせ 漢字 1漢字にはいみがあります。それぞれの漢字のいみといみをくみあわせてあたらしい漢字をつきります。とこえば 田 と 力 を あわせて 男 という 漢字をつくりました。五課ではこのくみあわせ漢字をべんきょうします。<br />
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<div align="center"><span style="background-color: #ea9999;">1. akarui (bright)</span></div><div align="center"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmklnIf805JYZgzD-Kbajaj0nCJrDnIhy97emVi2SibV-a_cpEmq8ut_auHpQvTNlT2ThKr4Pali4Vphp-tcessmjkw1E7Y4DlyvdQQrbgcFQkOpF1tp_EqeSU3Gk-ivubxMuKhGIk251u/s1600/1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" i8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmklnIf805JYZgzD-Kbajaj0nCJrDnIhy97emVi2SibV-a_cpEmq8ut_auHpQvTNlT2ThKr4Pali4Vphp-tcessmjkw1E7Y4DlyvdQQrbgcFQkOpF1tp_EqeSU3Gk-ivubxMuKhGIk251u/s320/1.jpg" width="276" /></a></div><br />
<div align="center"><span style="background-color: #ea9999;">2. yasumi (rest)</span></div><div align="center"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkQAwI5DA5mWjl15vVwTnj8CUFShVHRYL3YrC91K947Mx0UZhmyo2vs9USobo0IEml_wy9Q8zHJ2RBwzLh8ho4QBCcz7inQLE1STc77WtPlLtSM67kS2bLI3PzNkQnSuBziDAuIJ_MXgke/s1600/2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" i8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkQAwI5DA5mWjl15vVwTnj8CUFShVHRYL3YrC91K947Mx0UZhmyo2vs9USobo0IEml_wy9Q8zHJ2RBwzLh8ho4QBCcz7inQLE1STc77WtPlLtSM67kS2bLI3PzNkQnSuBziDAuIJ_MXgke/s320/2.jpg" width="275" /></a></div><br />
<div align="center"><span style="background-color: #ea9999;">3. karada (body)</span></div><div align="center"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7fY1ffGqm6d2KvTThPwjQE8WQ-kW7dP2tZi8qKqBLxChIIeX7WVZrEVfPjzwQGLg3BNqVRRVM5nGakAYqAFTUns-hKZ5qIfi2cHelrrVtKFXCNtcfnput73-fhCZ2Xxb8hTYJ9yHXqQEe/s1600/3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" i8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7fY1ffGqm6d2KvTThPwjQE8WQ-kW7dP2tZi8qKqBLxChIIeX7WVZrEVfPjzwQGLg3BNqVRRVM5nGakAYqAFTUns-hKZ5qIfi2cHelrrVtKFXCNtcfnput73-fhCZ2Xxb8hTYJ9yHXqQEe/s320/3.jpg" width="275" /></a></div><br />
<div align="center"><span style="background-color: #ea9999;">4. suki (like)</span></div><div align="center"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHhVVknEWCj3ecnb0hAhJs3j8t2JfJJ3aH9T9gjwSwDtEZXqZONT9I0Iq9QVbV_ut9FONnR-Ngdq0nOPgge8BgD2gj3C6PhphGrPL6QZLs6X2-GTWNU_KOur81V76aH5Z-F-1LRdgApuug/s1600/4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" i8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHhVVknEWCj3ecnb0hAhJs3j8t2JfJJ3aH9T9gjwSwDtEZXqZONT9I0Iq9QVbV_ut9FONnR-Ngdq0nOPgge8BgD2gj3C6PhphGrPL6QZLs6X2-GTWNU_KOur81V76aH5Z-F-1LRdgApuug/s320/4.jpg" width="277" /></a></div><br />
<div align="center"><span style="background-color: #ea9999;">5. otoko (man)</span></div><div align="center"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-4xwS5MRAnfOFKcx8UIBhjZB0Du2LfPOiIeGbUa-XCFhspfJup-rs3uNfphMCvHMCMgF5qH99Rlh4ITDJAU4YtTvnd1BdDG_0XhTzPenq9lLjRVBTxgidDgFvvh7n7rLyGvtzNyksZIOx/s1600/5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" i8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-4xwS5MRAnfOFKcx8UIBhjZB0Du2LfPOiIeGbUa-XCFhspfJup-rs3uNfphMCvHMCMgF5qH99Rlh4ITDJAU4YtTvnd1BdDG_0XhTzPenq9lLjRVBTxgidDgFvvh7n7rLyGvtzNyksZIOx/s320/5.jpg" width="275" /></a></div><br />
<div align="center"><span style="background-color: #ea9999;">6. hayashi (wood)</span></div><div align="center"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4Y7VItgnsmwYczQlcFKhWG8cb9X_Ci6etoey3lcQlYNcHv46eortWzxDDZP3qP9TSJI1V61aed3VQugAC5ei2n35ayGV5n62daeSqHq0y6vn_xvcQBsdIIj0kTAx1QLznXThg4tH6FDLd/s1600/6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" i8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4Y7VItgnsmwYczQlcFKhWG8cb9X_Ci6etoey3lcQlYNcHv46eortWzxDDZP3qP9TSJI1V61aed3VQugAC5ei2n35ayGV5n62daeSqHq0y6vn_xvcQBsdIIj0kTAx1QLznXThg4tH6FDLd/s320/6.jpg" width="277" /></a></div><br />
<div align="center"><span style="background-color: #ea9999;">7. mori (forest)</span></div><div align="center"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2FUl48lStpPR2Ai15885CDAay9CWevaevvJ441d90SX3DgziXSiZR3XzuMagcLNWvObnwPD9idVttqJpBQEoZiiMY17ppJZdTiVgio4pfGXzsXUBgF8SnVUJCTgPqhoQ1gXZ00K2aJzOn/s1600/7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" i8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2FUl48lStpPR2Ai15885CDAay9CWevaevvJ441d90SX3DgziXSiZR3XzuMagcLNWvObnwPD9idVttqJpBQEoZiiMY17ppJZdTiVgio4pfGXzsXUBgF8SnVUJCTgPqhoQ1gXZ00K2aJzOn/s320/7.jpg" width="245" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #ea9999;"> 8. aida (between)</span></div><br />
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<div align="center"><span style="background-color: #ea9999;">9. hatake (field)</span></div><div align="center"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho8lotsXnJBdE4cQZvG0kKRzcJCKi50hKhTOoM2sT2p9Xx40ZM3TIi8jIhJWqfH3bTnl72DTsvx5N0ZJjCvDDK3E6iU4INSeHSlvfbLiZHPEKh0zz5ZmEevymJztWoKs8nWQSUDkSwneeR/s1600/9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" i8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho8lotsXnJBdE4cQZvG0kKRzcJCKi50hKhTOoM2sT2p9Xx40ZM3TIi8jIhJWqfH3bTnl72DTsvx5N0ZJjCvDDK3E6iU4INSeHSlvfbLiZHPEKh0zz5ZmEevymJztWoKs8nWQSUDkSwneeR/s320/9.jpg" width="275" /></a></div><br />
<div align="center"><span style="background-color: #ea9999;">10. ishi (rock)</span></div><div align="center"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw3eP4GplDC3s8d-59_m13fJCuY_AoT9TyW-IS9Ui7HgHCt7uK4M2NhSZCvgoczj3pUnwsf1ly0X798VELKLuj16iarbrLZhGZ_NiPgFhPUA0wgV6df1jFu4UqbdDgaIqfUoaKo4UleULn/s1600/10.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" i8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw3eP4GplDC3s8d-59_m13fJCuY_AoT9TyW-IS9Ui7HgHCt7uK4M2NhSZCvgoczj3pUnwsf1ly0X798VELKLuj16iarbrLZhGZ_NiPgFhPUA0wgV6df1jFu4UqbdDgaIqfUoaKo4UleULn/s320/10.jpg" width="276" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div>Blackrainbowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11343223944748295875noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2781638670036058303.post-53070272743436353742011-04-21T05:35:00.000+09:002011-04-21T05:35:58.005+09:00Learn 100 kanjis in 10 lessons: Lesson 4 記号 からできた漢字漢字は絵からできたものだけはありません。絵がないときには点や線をきみあわせた記号から漢字をつくりました。四課では記号からできた漢字を勉強します。<br />
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<div align="center"><span style="background-color: #ea9999;">1. ue (up)</span></div><div align="center"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL0hcUCcCbbouBx0qMLgoC2c3qNAmxXEOTy6Vvb_viF8XPu3Jkndd-EiHapFpBKG7BLnaxzYJAVyGBipYadxCnmtwYwkyWDasWd3-jwlu_Kw56ya2Be1DIVZn5NpGQNZUCgbxXbYKUeN4W/s1600/1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" i8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL0hcUCcCbbouBx0qMLgoC2c3qNAmxXEOTy6Vvb_viF8XPu3Jkndd-EiHapFpBKG7BLnaxzYJAVyGBipYadxCnmtwYwkyWDasWd3-jwlu_Kw56ya2Be1DIVZn5NpGQNZUCgbxXbYKUeN4W/s320/1.jpg" width="313" /></a></div><br />
<div align="center"><span style="background-color: #ea9999;">2. shita (down)</span></div><div align="center"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQk5g4Q_ht0T7o-zclLmsPYwDOu2t2KQtSb9FPcC8skWNk4BXGJg13mUKH_FRQ652dXPIg-NOJjm_GxOgyDIesH5oZDYQd06ZV3oxT-bCLnzSP2EctUqcYcYP5K7S6ioV7UgsKuP8y9B8E/s1600/2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" i8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQk5g4Q_ht0T7o-zclLmsPYwDOu2t2KQtSb9FPcC8skWNk4BXGJg13mUKH_FRQ652dXPIg-NOJjm_GxOgyDIesH5oZDYQd06ZV3oxT-bCLnzSP2EctUqcYcYP5K7S6ioV7UgsKuP8y9B8E/s320/2.jpg" width="313" /></a></div><br />
<div align="center"><span style="background-color: #ea9999;">3. naka (center)</span></div><div align="center"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbnp_0lPS2pP9Vb6zScUcpWUvrRQ8Mi7Q_0FXtVPqPOXcQLm0-4S7TL3ZiKWnTGXPOOLg48TE4hBfoPnNF33OW1F3wOUE3I4vB5aWPbThanM60FXIHtGNvRIysevJf8orbRM3k9N6nQXMY/s1600/3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" i8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbnp_0lPS2pP9Vb6zScUcpWUvrRQ8Mi7Q_0FXtVPqPOXcQLm0-4S7TL3ZiKWnTGXPOOLg48TE4hBfoPnNF33OW1F3wOUE3I4vB5aWPbThanM60FXIHtGNvRIysevJf8orbRM3k9N6nQXMY/s320/3.jpg" width="314" /></a></div><br />
<div align="center"><span style="background-color: #ea9999;">5. ooki (big)</span></div><div align="center"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6pdLA5V_fz7GprJVKBTDw64k7t4wRkdMpSeYczzM598C3Gy4gdq9gKwckqC4wmHkPj-mbTMHkr2nXQAwcxvpQk9tXvUoyBVWwSWiG57c0CkMDg8Zz9DLmJE993zdVrndIAuvv4BxRqdR9/s1600/4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" i8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6pdLA5V_fz7GprJVKBTDw64k7t4wRkdMpSeYczzM598C3Gy4gdq9gKwckqC4wmHkPj-mbTMHkr2nXQAwcxvpQk9tXvUoyBVWwSWiG57c0CkMDg8Zz9DLmJE993zdVrndIAuvv4BxRqdR9/s320/4.jpg" width="315" /></a></div><br />
<div align="center"><span style="background-color: #ea9999;">6. chiisai (small)</span></div><div align="center"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO8wuUx5CYNwX-q3xgs9GCOiKVhPpkgfHx52KEKwzkmBbJzH1ZTgO-piIJ2f9UImopH52YpVGSl4gbSQA82PurSGdU6FVZrfsjmyRxQxeBrdSibDpnaCmA89GGs53qgzePAWLL7KA7vRin/s1600/5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" i8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO8wuUx5CYNwX-q3xgs9GCOiKVhPpkgfHx52KEKwzkmBbJzH1ZTgO-piIJ2f9UImopH52YpVGSl4gbSQA82PurSGdU6FVZrfsjmyRxQxeBrdSibDpnaCmA89GGs53qgzePAWLL7KA7vRin/s320/5.jpg" width="313" /></a></div><br />
<div align="center"><span style="background-color: #ea9999;">7. hon (book)</span></div><div align="center"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJZZGrVx0E96U4zjaiDfU39fI_ZBE1_SWSKs699or7RtZoKL4lkwKNe0EUytuu39Ns3xFC0nNHpe6Lp6xD_N1Jg_u5bQJJytZrh86vD4qW4d3cD3A3TcRzOiSTFB5poavnokkczpxz9IMZ/s1600/6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" i8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJZZGrVx0E96U4zjaiDfU39fI_ZBE1_SWSKs699or7RtZoKL4lkwKNe0EUytuu39Ns3xFC0nNHpe6Lp6xD_N1Jg_u5bQJJytZrh86vD4qW4d3cD3A3TcRzOiSTFB5poavnokkczpxz9IMZ/s320/6.jpg" width="317" /></a></div><br />
<div align="center"><span style="background-color: #ea9999;">8. han (half)</span></div><div align="center"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<div align="center"><span style="background-color: #ea9999;">10. tatsu (stand up)</span></div><div align="center"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIyceSNuiNlfQ0O_qn2D-yZhTO5jEan2PUq6cpmz8IGs6xp1Xe2z7eVuinohny_5hklf5JUVc9Vc6eI36mxaGC9p2PNjn6W0CSICq9Xuohf1uxXwpGjeIr-HJRXaO4UAwUXdMSOp6Gb_oh/s1600/9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" i8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIyceSNuiNlfQ0O_qn2D-yZhTO5jEan2PUq6cpmz8IGs6xp1Xe2z7eVuinohny_5hklf5JUVc9Vc6eI36mxaGC9p2PNjn6W0CSICq9Xuohf1uxXwpGjeIr-HJRXaO4UAwUXdMSOp6Gb_oh/s320/9.jpg" width="316" /></a></div><br />
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<div align="center"><span style="background-color: #ea9999;">1. hi/ka (fire)</span></div><br />
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<div align="center"><span style="background-color: #ea9999;">2. mizu (water)</span></div><div align="center"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVmNokMHywz9fm7QzyPnivlUxG7jqN3pC7jBy50C5vjfRotnVvtBsbgRTIjlFNjIEx5LYCL7jNNvQLDodcrC0HTwT-auex6ur_1aBhd1DUckrAJoZKFq7R_bzlK2E3HOvOXU-lOeepXH5n/s1600/3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" i8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVmNokMHywz9fm7QzyPnivlUxG7jqN3pC7jBy50C5vjfRotnVvtBsbgRTIjlFNjIEx5LYCL7jNNvQLDodcrC0HTwT-auex6ur_1aBhd1DUckrAJoZKFq7R_bzlK2E3HOvOXU-lOeepXH5n/s320/3.jpg" width="314" /></a></div><br />
<div align="center"><span style="background-color: #ea9999;">4. kane (gold)</span></div><div align="center"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHhvDsFK12clvn3B_CFEMDtzpLg6ZhRkN_Y64tBPhbrONAXMY7CIf9eRwrPAKoNlYf2F-YYVQPycdM1CI-ihgqLxvma-WpCn9f6XVuaLQpM7D6BCfUx2HQZrzhUDwuYWVc2QG_roxXocc8/s1600/4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" i8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHhvDsFK12clvn3B_CFEMDtzpLg6ZhRkN_Y64tBPhbrONAXMY7CIf9eRwrPAKoNlYf2F-YYVQPycdM1CI-ihgqLxvma-WpCn9f6XVuaLQpM7D6BCfUx2HQZrzhUDwuYWVc2QG_roxXocc8/s320/4.jpg" width="275" /></a></div><br />
<div align="center"><span style="background-color: #ea9999;">4. tsuchi/do (soil)</span></div><div align="center"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKhmdxTzDMUov0NE2oWe3Ff70VfllPBBeMg_aAnplMbdqxepRTYgWN3YI8or-IOPYrq_z1GOlnRFdZqAqO8pp0DdCesQy0H_2u18kr9pH3HAIv8m8RyCMBZhZRJdaqQCwM1DVeI_t_WmoS/s1600/5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" i8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKhmdxTzDMUov0NE2oWe3Ff70VfllPBBeMg_aAnplMbdqxepRTYgWN3YI8or-IOPYrq_z1GOlnRFdZqAqO8pp0DdCesQy0H_2u18kr9pH3HAIv8m8RyCMBZhZRJdaqQCwM1DVeI_t_WmoS/s320/5.jpg" width="314" /></a></div><br />
<div align="center"><span style="background-color: #ea9999;">5. ko (child)</span></div><div align="center"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO0AgdJvcJVBJaGivU0lZ58n8Ks23u-0HxXuXvBVn__9dxzgSVwidX7RLczVGx741NlhrtqGW8WiyeFUVbyAAOBuH4sw7wk9LWwyi-djLFcZZhB0vTQhv6w4x3bnnfuoTbU5JCgSQvOGHH/s1600/6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" i8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO0AgdJvcJVBJaGivU0lZ58n8Ks23u-0HxXuXvBVn__9dxzgSVwidX7RLczVGx741NlhrtqGW8WiyeFUVbyAAOBuH4sw7wk9LWwyi-djLFcZZhB0vTQhv6w4x3bnnfuoTbU5JCgSQvOGHH/s320/6.jpg" width="312" /></a></div><br />
<div align="center"><span style="background-color: #ea9999;">6. onna (woman)</span></div><div align="center"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsypjWu3u8Rk8N_SLngmyIKAJ7ANL2nyrMjGSJ61tzf4kd0wPvwDRcD6_DhinvNh6T-E0l7Xy3OvK3CFw-wn_eWPR84GHoFNYJPxkRGiEExcqAksF6zaGB1WvxWsMV7UjKwLaKy9RPfQCS/s1600/7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" i8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsypjWu3u8Rk8N_SLngmyIKAJ7ANL2nyrMjGSJ61tzf4kd0wPvwDRcD6_DhinvNh6T-E0l7Xy3OvK3CFw-wn_eWPR84GHoFNYJPxkRGiEExcqAksF6zaGB1WvxWsMV7UjKwLaKy9RPfQCS/s320/7.jpg" width="314" /></a></div><br />
<div align="center"><span style="background-color: #ea9999;">7. mana/gaku (student)</span></div><div align="center"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJxfe-oIPYE0xipTf8etcVAulo5jjQWBV30klBxz02zg6_Sd2DNKWYmyQLbZEcc3jpBPHIi-7OYr_sbsR6q_MzYmbC5J-pctdsE2KFI_zmw8NfHDgGxvkfctITTMu31T65PDFEsy9dMkpf/s1600/8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" i8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJxfe-oIPYE0xipTf8etcVAulo5jjQWBV30klBxz02zg6_Sd2DNKWYmyQLbZEcc3jpBPHIi-7OYr_sbsR6q_MzYmbC5J-pctdsE2KFI_zmw8NfHDgGxvkfctITTMu31T65PDFEsy9dMkpf/s320/8.jpg" width="252" /></a></div><br />
<div align="center"><span style="background-color: #ea9999;">8. saki/sei (teacher)</span></div><div align="center"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFT14XfD_tg3wkSAbgm62uWN2tedMGOYrZCI99gFCvc8mGFGRQVoNu3o3eETs0FRcOcJJUDb0qSUN9ZKOgFLecPaCIf3wMXx00ZIb-tkbtQVHTb3nHA-oJaz1wlv3dHPraGW1Yyvwkls1w/s1600/9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" i8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFT14XfD_tg3wkSAbgm62uWN2tedMGOYrZCI99gFCvc8mGFGRQVoNu3o3eETs0FRcOcJJUDb0qSUN9ZKOgFLecPaCIf3wMXx00ZIb-tkbtQVHTb3nHA-oJaz1wlv3dHPraGW1Yyvwkls1w/s320/9.jpg" width="276" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #ea9999;">9. ikiru/umareru/sei (to be born)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div align="center"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #ea9999;">1. tsuki (moon)</span></div><br />
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<div align="center"><span style="background-color: #ea9999;">2. kuchi (mouth)</span></div><div align="center"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu_wNbIavMXEvNMZAKBhkJh3InnVn-l76Feov6bNZkqQGk59RZv2EHMl9XkOtGs1Q7Tk5ITk4xXCIU7eS9hzmDTWx3XO_t_E3Fq6BuM8nmNCzX4Gmpjt6YzddxNDzEs6pB2owgdd_alrgF/s1600/kod22_1%255B1%255D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" i8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu_wNbIavMXEvNMZAKBhkJh3InnVn-l76Feov6bNZkqQGk59RZv2EHMl9XkOtGs1Q7Tk5ITk4xXCIU7eS9hzmDTWx3XO_t_E3Fq6BuM8nmNCzX4Gmpjt6YzddxNDzEs6pB2owgdd_alrgF/s320/kod22_1%255B1%255D.jpg" width="314" /></a></div><br />
<div align="center"><span style="background-color: #ea9999;">3. yama (mountain)</span></div><div align="center"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYzIQziNob-GpY507kfs10DKPupWxfmbyTbWxxRW8BCmH8P8VALFX4Z5Z057t_WJRIJllFVBnJQysw2cOySx41M0RKCHDLC0QZnmSf8Ef2MybxbHiwV8x4_zFiuLy_P7hWHcaBo2ktXjy5/s1600/kod26_1%255B1%255D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" i8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYzIQziNob-GpY507kfs10DKPupWxfmbyTbWxxRW8BCmH8P8VALFX4Z5Z057t_WJRIJllFVBnJQysw2cOySx41M0RKCHDLC0QZnmSf8Ef2MybxbHiwV8x4_zFiuLy_P7hWHcaBo2ktXjy5/s320/kod26_1%255B1%255D.jpg" width="314" /></a></div><br />
<div align="center"><span style="background-color: #ea9999;">4. kuruma (car)</span></div><div align="center"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnyrB4_Co7hOaQSaycmgjp_k_V934aqClYIGt31ZaafJ477xF_87i3PIe3O372BPQFt0E_2R3LTwjAIxiJ3b18tSKJj4MTkUZTSnxVkTaj1WjFxP-8iTIkLbxAgiRFbCd9SbAfD4vyMQ6U/s1600/kod33_1%255B1%255D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" i8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnyrB4_Co7hOaQSaycmgjp_k_V934aqClYIGt31ZaafJ477xF_87i3PIe3O372BPQFt0E_2R3LTwjAIxiJ3b18tSKJj4MTkUZTSnxVkTaj1WjFxP-8iTIkLbxAgiRFbCd9SbAfD4vyMQ6U/s320/kod33_1%255B1%255D.jpg" width="275" /></a></div><br />
<div align="center"><span style="background-color: #ea9999;">5. hito (person)</span></div><div align="center"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi-CvCpPROXGMUJXnH413YXQfAh1So7KXXqXatAie8xPF8Hjh1I_Ea-k7lH3rMih1g75Lywuk6M-qDHmn_gQAxoty1_lbIFBXV48veQl75ce_ZQIRnUxp-fhLk86hcZfgEbaOOJOGsSh76/s1600/kod41_1%255B1%255D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" i8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi-CvCpPROXGMUJXnH413YXQfAh1So7KXXqXatAie8xPF8Hjh1I_Ea-k7lH3rMih1g75Lywuk6M-qDHmn_gQAxoty1_lbIFBXV48veQl75ce_ZQIRnUxp-fhLk86hcZfgEbaOOJOGsSh76/s320/kod41_1%255B1%255D.jpg" width="315" /></a></div><br />
<div align="center"><span style="background-color: #ea9999;">6. kawa (river)</span></div><div align="center"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhykTte7V4_XYNR7p1UpXkOJ0XXMnlkoZNmDd6mlJlhS-joDJKl5D_hr0FoADCa36zGchN9EzDfJvBY2o2qDHQhM5UD3-ublBtvFye3mCg4xQIwMbvJgq_OQHacZ9FvjPEYj33ioFM0pa29/s1600/kod50_1%255B1%255D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" i8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhykTte7V4_XYNR7p1UpXkOJ0XXMnlkoZNmDd6mlJlhS-joDJKl5D_hr0FoADCa36zGchN9EzDfJvBY2o2qDHQhM5UD3-ublBtvFye3mCg4xQIwMbvJgq_OQHacZ9FvjPEYj33ioFM0pa29/s320/kod50_1%255B1%255D.jpg" width="313" /></a></div><br />
<div align="center"><span style="background-color: #ea9999;">7. ta (rice field)</span></div><div align="center"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbLpKHcrCfXx55H0db99EBv8mhOWkv3RVO3icOdmBX1fdiPvuaSXacRRp7ahubGiTICMCR8fjF5SBOZGgEh69FxseaESzYI6dy7hURUIgJaJdMdjZs_oF2x-xZwc-2IsqjxGrJaw79YUSf/s1600/kod63_1%255B1%255D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" i8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbLpKHcrCfXx55H0db99EBv8mhOWkv3RVO3icOdmBX1fdiPvuaSXacRRp7ahubGiTICMCR8fjF5SBOZGgEh69FxseaESzYI6dy7hURUIgJaJdMdjZs_oF2x-xZwc-2IsqjxGrJaw79YUSf/s320/kod63_1%255B1%255D.jpg" width="313" /></a></div><br />
<div align="center"><span style="background-color: #ea9999;">8. hi </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZNNzKBJPJFSu-GCBnOD1rNmgqI-gcdh4N6VrMC3AC1nq9PFSDT1OQxJFa4fubjd_lZn40hj4PXmbJ81ZHAI6sdV-qMf3Tg7TN0Q30PSId3-n2uVqlvnHopcgF3xMZDQHyLX7voCX3DRT0/s1600/kod66_1%255B1%255D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" i8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZNNzKBJPJFSu-GCBnOD1rNmgqI-gcdh4N6VrMC3AC1nq9PFSDT1OQxJFa4fubjd_lZn40hj4PXmbJ81ZHAI6sdV-qMf3Tg7TN0Q30PSId3-n2uVqlvnHopcgF3xMZDQHyLX7voCX3DRT0/s320/kod66_1%255B1%255D.jpg" width="315" /></a></div><br />
<div align="center"><span style="background-color: #ea9999;">9. ki (tree)</span></div><div align="center"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbO_7AjJOInch5OMW6OSHVwBQI_7SdWr_m6B3Xero2qUUdXMfneT3cuBH0_hJsP7-UiHGo1hjVooEb4YxXx5JNgfJiD74lDrDNMgp81ETN451goSL2_i3vLiRlmuKspz_IReBDRrKERMqN/s1600/kod73_1%255B1%255D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" i8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbO_7AjJOInch5OMW6OSHVwBQI_7SdWr_m6B3Xero2qUUdXMfneT3cuBH0_hJsP7-UiHGo1hjVooEb4YxXx5JNgfJiD74lDrDNMgp81ETN451goSL2_i3vLiRlmuKspz_IReBDRrKERMqN/s320/kod73_1%255B1%255D.jpg" width="312" /></a></div><br />
<div align="center"><span style="background-color: #ea9999;">10. mon (gate)</span></div><div align="center"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgODQNqggkuAjWL58WwDUalmFKlJuiYdIJd8dnVlhaCXHbjN5ebWiPpkpToJ9bmrn00NFGZGQSWGIsksMfS3EhN9CVOwNB2JLjt8LiVuSTKMvpilGXZE4OvSoFOddOAJQ3m-u8y9xUzopb0/s1600/kod231_1%255B1%255D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" i8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgODQNqggkuAjWL58WwDUalmFKlJuiYdIJd8dnVlhaCXHbjN5ebWiPpkpToJ9bmrn00NFGZGQSWGIsksMfS3EhN9CVOwNB2JLjt8LiVuSTKMvpilGXZE4OvSoFOddOAJQ3m-u8y9xUzopb0/s320/kod231_1%255B1%255D.jpg" width="277" /></a></div>Blackrainbowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11343223944748295875noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2781638670036058303.post-75533240431700596962011-04-21T00:35:00.000+09:002011-04-21T00:36:33.235+09:00Learn 100 kanjis in 10 lessons: Lesson 1 一 課 数字一課では数字の漢字を勉強します。日本語にはいろいろなかぞえかたがあります。漢字の読み方もいろいろありますからおぼえましょう。<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #6fa8dc;">1. ichi (one)</span></div><br />
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<div align="center"><span style="background-color: #3d85c6;">2. Ni (two)</span></div><div align="center"><span style="background-color: #3d85c6;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhopLQOQCZi4l60J-Gn7fOfEFk0-UDhthUEt3rFcSvh9gjLqx08bID8q4s3p7L2w1TSXtmbh6zsQOlKJuctsZnnTgqT1TW0AxuQ96pk-laDSmxIYSNfO35QoTjuXe-shgdfPrO2WLCgSSO/s1600/kod65_1%255B1%255D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" i8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhopLQOQCZi4l60J-Gn7fOfEFk0-UDhthUEt3rFcSvh9gjLqx08bID8q4s3p7L2w1TSXtmbh6zsQOlKJuctsZnnTgqT1TW0AxuQ96pk-laDSmxIYSNfO35QoTjuXe-shgdfPrO2WLCgSSO/s320/kod65_1%255B1%255D.jpg" width="314" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #3d85c6;">3. san (three)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div align="center"><span style="background-color: #3d85c6;">4. yon (four)</span></div><div align="center"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic676OYd75z6pOHQFpoub5nt1fQUWki3vg-mL_TjCeaGJKeRKnfNZDStqknaiaeICcFqxA7MtGjGcfa_uMx6XUtLU_R7vqDOuSxgCFEojtwVcBJ_sWMw45HIN7UPx307dAlwCDHhk2sYSe/s1600/kod28_1%255B1%255D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" i8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic676OYd75z6pOHQFpoub5nt1fQUWki3vg-mL_TjCeaGJKeRKnfNZDStqknaiaeICcFqxA7MtGjGcfa_uMx6XUtLU_R7vqDOuSxgCFEojtwVcBJ_sWMw45HIN7UPx307dAlwCDHhk2sYSe/s320/kod28_1%255B1%255D.jpg" width="315" /></a></div><br />
<div align="center"><span style="background-color: #3d85c6;">5. go (five)</span></div><div align="center"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZBXoVKCXKxMTLQrOGQoWpfOg73JID6gq6qVo5aftrFJEX3vE_lPSobI5028x4p2xTg2nlMPTC4ViChebGEdGdj2v2RHrSOsu2l9KeeOhUGGc__i8lxeImIHAOIGMM-Dtmm-KVKsSdNkEY/s1600/kod21_1%255B1%255D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" i8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZBXoVKCXKxMTLQrOGQoWpfOg73JID6gq6qVo5aftrFJEX3vE_lPSobI5028x4p2xTg2nlMPTC4ViChebGEdGdj2v2RHrSOsu2l9KeeOhUGGc__i8lxeImIHAOIGMM-Dtmm-KVKsSdNkEY/s320/kod21_1%255B1%255D.jpg" width="314" /></a></div><br />
<div align="center"><span style="background-color: #0b5394;">6. roku (six)</span></div><div align="center"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb_NfuGSPjslAdmJsgOuq31i7cgKV92jToGwfDpIbuKkk3nGgq3Z2PtSu1F6wqKKrLA7WQ9CfcZdW8p3nL64pTTp1XEGNP6XyUMd-aFRZdAQxTWL3DmhclEgvclwRuiVnyZpZ5-G9nVMV8/s1600/kod80_1%255B1%255D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" i8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb_NfuGSPjslAdmJsgOuq31i7cgKV92jToGwfDpIbuKkk3nGgq3Z2PtSu1F6wqKKrLA7WQ9CfcZdW8p3nL64pTTp1XEGNP6XyUMd-aFRZdAQxTWL3DmhclEgvclwRuiVnyZpZ5-G9nVMV8/s320/kod80_1%255B1%255D.jpg" width="315" /></a></div><br />
<div align="center"><span style="background-color: #3d85c6;">7. nana, shichi (seven)</span></div><div align="center"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJLklCCW6E58qsrIWdgELcmgTIkvCRZRBL3m8G-aOF3f5ctw5zWoFK85976SzubHLUpEDA6ZOw0uuWl6mB-nsBpXxWetxepOKpRhYCRWfQ9xDBZajsemZSX1p3yF2rhfgYM0B41YvLc0dY/s1600/kod32_1%255B1%255D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" i8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJLklCCW6E58qsrIWdgELcmgTIkvCRZRBL3m8G-aOF3f5ctw5zWoFK85976SzubHLUpEDA6ZOw0uuWl6mB-nsBpXxWetxepOKpRhYCRWfQ9xDBZajsemZSX1p3yF2rhfgYM0B41YvLc0dY/s320/kod32_1%255B1%255D.jpg" width="314" /></a></div><br />
<div align="center"><span style="background-color: #3d85c6;">8. hachi (eight)</span></div><div align="center"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMlB29ukbd0b9eRgkik_nVOGjQ_yesDxa8thbQNWWjrkN8zO0iicz4JooPsV73N2lh4Oh_VTdNCgQOuq6USCZpbafdnBRLS-wyjggtkLkA5BluuCeNRrO7292CXe6Juf768JKOXdXFtXiB/s1600/kod70_1%255B1%255D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" i8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMlB29ukbd0b9eRgkik_nVOGjQ_yesDxa8thbQNWWjrkN8zO0iicz4JooPsV73N2lh4Oh_VTdNCgQOuq6USCZpbafdnBRLS-wyjggtkLkA5BluuCeNRrO7292CXe6Juf768JKOXdXFtXiB/s320/kod70_1%255B1%255D.jpg" width="314" /></a></div><br />
<div align="center"><span style="background-color: #3d85c6;">9. kyu, ku (nine)</span></div><div align="center"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgomBnMuJQfOqJ0eCROUEY8O4jWfYAL3NaDPxefBJc67iLf7vqu0U45zPGGih3rEQUW5AcSZns0jAZsBhGIYMnBrmMfApHK7viDjzQXFR5PWINZ-XqzSk7HqgKtMoG29Ylb7QbQFcyEWvOT/s1600/kod13_1%255B1%255D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" i8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgomBnMuJQfOqJ0eCROUEY8O4jWfYAL3NaDPxefBJc67iLf7vqu0U45zPGGih3rEQUW5AcSZns0jAZsBhGIYMnBrmMfApHK7viDjzQXFR5PWINZ-XqzSk7HqgKtMoG29Ylb7QbQFcyEWvOT/s320/kod13_1%255B1%255D.jpg" width="312" /></a></div><br />
<div align="center"><span style="background-color: #3d85c6;">10. juu (ten)</span></div><div align="center"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9vFKdowdGFIS2J7OCspvv-OJroXI-yKDenK69fV1eYWMJJefCwXfhRjyIFKuF60Q8krkEeqMuehQGD3cp73GnWtd6QnsTp1lamfoYDinKeY4UY4TKUB4pJWb7_Zy246J9luuGTV4Y1Ywp/s1600/kod35_1%255B1%255D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" i8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9vFKdowdGFIS2J7OCspvv-OJroXI-yKDenK69fV1eYWMJJefCwXfhRjyIFKuF60Q8krkEeqMuehQGD3cp73GnWtd6QnsTp1lamfoYDinKeY4UY4TKUB4pJWb7_Zy246J9luuGTV4Y1Ywp/s320/kod35_1%255B1%255D.jpg" width="314" /></a></div><br />
<div align="center"><span style="background-color: #3d85c6;">11. nen (year)</span></div><div align="center"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixH2Vf38RAvB3SmzrKFNvI_EUBQYLVhIU0ds4Q9H66EqpKrbxBfU01THSsfwYfHjVYwB8zBsP1aPLm6ollq-7RPdiQf2V_pg7-2US0c3_16i-mj-YwUeBOl3xipvOWvKHjN_je2dlwa5jJ/s1600/kod68_1%255B1%255D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" i8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixH2Vf38RAvB3SmzrKFNvI_EUBQYLVhIU0ds4Q9H66EqpKrbxBfU01THSsfwYfHjVYwB8zBsP1aPLm6ollq-7RPdiQf2V_pg7-2US0c3_16i-mj-YwUeBOl3xipvOWvKHjN_je2dlwa5jJ/s320/kod68_1%255B1%255D.jpg" width="276" /></a></div><br />
<div align="center"><span style="background-color: #3d85c6;">12. hyaku (hundred)</span></div><div align="center"><span style="background-color: #3d85c6;">13. sen (thousand)</span></div><div align="center"><span style="background-color: #3d85c6;">14. en (yen)</span></div><div align="center"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZqdJZibYrHle2qPaAnd1tjGlCAJYHy-etx6eNHglxmMMLiGXFEGH1Y4BBwwXqD5Z_3km2x0vlSYgf0MIKqEOXchyphenhyphen64H5UuqoPq_9xRXC4nIVs3vQ3vuOZS10V0iHLR2ukeNnBrjTxjr_3/s1600/kanji6%255B1%255D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" i8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZqdJZibYrHle2qPaAnd1tjGlCAJYHy-etx6eNHglxmMMLiGXFEGH1Y4BBwwXqD5Z_3km2x0vlSYgf0MIKqEOXchyphenhyphen64H5UuqoPq_9xRXC4nIVs3vQ3vuOZS10V0iHLR2ukeNnBrjTxjr_3/s320/kanji6%255B1%255D.jpg" width="264" /></a></div>Blackrainbowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11343223944748295875noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2781638670036058303.post-62116928846883674872011-04-20T12:04:00.000+09:002011-04-20T23:56:49.354+09:00Hiragana Exercises<u><span style="background-color: yellow;">Part I:</span></u><br />
Read the following conversations in hiragana and write them in romaji.<br />
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a: すみませんえいごがわかりませんか。<br />
b: いいえわたしはえいごわかりません。<br />
a: わたしはにほんごがすこしわかります。<br />
b: あなたはアメリカじんですか。<br />
a: はいわたしはアメリカじんです。<br />
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a: こんにちわさとさんいかがですか。<br />
b: げんきですおかげさまで。<br />
a: さとさんいまなにをしますか。<br />
b: わたし。わたしはいまひるごはんがたべたいです。<br />
a: すずきさんもたべませんか。レストランでたべたいですね。いいですか。<br />
b: いいですね。そしておさけものみたいです。いいですか。<br />
a: えいいです。いきましょう。<br />
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a: こどもがいますか。<br />
b: ええ。さんにんいます。すずきさんは。<br />
a: おとこのことおなのこがいます。<br />
b: こどもさんはおおきですか。<br />
a: おんなのこはおおきです。でもおとこのこはちいさいです。<br />
b: こどもさんはにほんにすんでいますか。<br />
a: いいえアメリカにすんでいます。<br />
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読んでください。あとでひらがなで書いてください:<br />
Read the following sentences and change them to hiragana.<br />
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1. Konnichiwa minna san. Watashi wa Keiko desu. Douso yoroshiku onegaishimasu.<br />
2. Nihon wa kireina kuni desu.<br />
3. Mainichi tomodachi to watashi no heya de benkyoushimasu.<br />
4. Sakana ga daisuki desuga sushi ga kirai desu.<br />
5. Ima watashi wa omoshiroi hon wo yonde imasu.<br />
6. Kyouto he ikimashita. Tanoshikatta desu.<br />
7. Takusan kudamono taberu kara honto genki desu ne.<br />
8. Watashi no sukina iro wa kuro desu.<br />
9. Ocha wo nonde kudasai.<br />
10. Rai nen nihon he ikimasu.<br />
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