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千葉県銚子の名勝、「東洋のドーバ」と謳われる屏風ヶ浦です(ちなみに「屏風浦駅」とは無関係です)。なかなかの景色ですが、近づくのが難しいので観光資源になりにくいのが惜しい。崖の上に突き出しているプロペラは...
2009年1月に撮影した犬吠埼灯台です。 Wikipediaによると、日本に6つしかない「第一等灯台」であるらしいです。 世界で一番早い(？)初日の出を見ることができる場所です。 灯台の上から見る眺めは...
View from the Inubosaki lighthouse gallery at 260 feet above the sea. Strong wind blew away the nadir...
Inubousaki, Choshi. The famous Toei logo was taken around here. They said "The rocks have eroded and ...
千葉県まで津波が襲った。旭市の沿岸部でも津波の被害を受けた。漁港近くには瓦礫が積まれており、他の被災地に比べると市街地は片付いていた。被災した自宅の2Fに魚がいたそうだ。北三陸と見た目の違いはあるものの...
A wind-power plant complex at Kamisu city, Ibaraki ward. (official site in Japanese)
A wind-power plant complex at Kamisu city, Ibaraki ward. (official site in Japanese)
A wind-power plant complex at Kamisu city, Ibaraki ward. (official site in Japanese)
Ikisu shrine is located directly south of Kashima shrine, and located directly east of Katori shrine....
Ikisu shrine is located directly south of Kashima shrine, and located directly east of Katori shrine....
The eight islands of Japan sprang into existence through Divine Intervention.
The first two gods who came into existence were Izanagi no Mikoto and Izanami no Mikoto, the Exalted Male and Exalted Female. It was their job to make the land for people to live on.
They went to the bridge between heaven and earth and, using a jewel-encrusted halberd, Izanagi and Izanami churned up the sea into a frothy foam. As salty drips of water fell from the tip of the halberd the first island was formed. Its name was Onogoro.
So far, so good. But when Izanagi and Izanami first met on their island, Izanami spoke to Isanagi without being spoken to first. Since she was the female, and this was improper, their first union created badly-formed offspring who were sent off into the sea in boats.
The next time they met, Izanagi was sure to speak first, ensuring the proper rules were followed, and this time they produced eight children, which became the islands of Japan.
I'm sure you did not fail to miss the significance of this myth for the establishment of Japanese formal society.
At present, Japan is the financial capital of Asia. It has the second largest economy in the world and the largest metropolitan area (Tokyo.)
Technically there are three thousand islands making up the Japanese archipelago. Izanagi and Izanami must have been busy little devils with their jewelled halberd...
Japan's culture is highly technical and organized. Everything sparkles and swooshes on silent, miniaturized mechanisms.
They're a world leader in robotics, and the Japanese have the longest life-expectancy on earth.
Text by Steve Smith.
