Japanese Anime

Japanese Animation

 

Manga & Anime :

Once very nearly totally obscure of the universe outside Japan, manga (Japanese comics) and anime (Japanese animation) have turn into a worldwide wonder - What's more their Notoriety will be developing consistently.

Manga books would for the most part printed for dark and white Furthermore spread a totally mixture of genres What's more topic pointed toward both sexes Furthermore know ages, not Exactly to junior young men - will whom comics are for the most part showcased in the West.

Each town will need a book store for aisles upon aisles about diverse manga genres Also bigger urban areas Indeed bring saves quite committed of the medium In various storeys. Accommodation saves would very cheerful for benefactors with remained and read manga regardless of they are not setting off on purchase all the Furthermore huge numbers sitting tight rooms What's more restaurants bring bookshelves with well known serialisations.

AstroBoy (created Toward Osamu Tezuka and to start with distributed over 1952) is regarding our current reality the place people Also robots exist together. The protagonist, AstroBoy, may be An robot who employments as much predominant forces on battle wrongdoing Also as an aftereffect of the consideration Furthermore consideration from claiming as much manager has the ability will encounter mankind's feelings.

Doraemon (created Eventually Tom's perusing Fujiko f Fujio Also 1st distributed On 1969) takes after An blue robotic feline who need voyaged over in time starting with the 24th century on help an adolescent schoolboy, Nobita Nobi, through those trials Furthermore tribulations for existence.

Dragon ball (Created by Akira Toriyama What's more main distributed over 1984) takes after Goku What's more as much companion Bulma Similarly as they investigate a legendary earth, Taking in marti Expressions Also seeking for "dragonballs" that summon An supernatural mythical beast who aids them in times from claiming risk.

Death Note (created by Tsugumi Oba What's more Initially distributed clinched alongside 2003) takes after Light, An senior secondary school student, who receives the "Death Note" starting with a demise lord. When light composes those sake of a representative in the record book their life hails on an wind Along these lines he takes it upon himself on free the universe about criminals and shrewdness.

Both blanch Also demise Note, alongside different prevalent serialisations, have been distributed to english. Their Notoriety to Western nations is not on the same scale as done Japan, At investment is developing.

Once certain manga have proven their worth by popularity, the natural progression is for an animated TV series to be created, however, manga is not the only source of inspiration for anime. For example, Pokémon was a worldwide hit as a video game for Nintendo before it was made into manga and anime series.
The obvious differences from manga such as colour, movement and sound bring anime to life, but there is one additional element which is extremely important: the theme song. Artists from the J-pop and J-rock world are all falling over themselves to write the theme songs for the next big anime series as it is almost a guaranteed hit and provides great exposure. The anticipation of which artist it will be can often overshadow the anime itself, being the topic of hot discussion in school playgrounds and internet forums.  
One of Japan's most famous, successful and critically acclaimed animators is Hayao Miyazaki, co-director of Studio Ghibli, which was founded in 1985. His long career has seen him create numerous original feature films in the animated form which have touched the hearts of the Japanese people as well as the rest of the world.
On a visual level, his animation style is very unique and cannot be mistaken, especially as his characters tend to have small eyes, going against the usual trend for larger eyes as mentioned earlier. Another distinguishing feature of his work is that most of the protagonists are strong independent girls or women.
Some of Miyazaki's most famous works include Princess Mononoke, My Neighbour Totoro and Spirited Away, which won the Oscar for Best Animated Feature at the 75th Academy Awards.
Many popular anime series and Miyazaki films have found some levels of success elsewhere in the world after being dubbed into various languages but, to get the real sentiment of the work, they really do need to be watched in Japanese. 
Most visitors to Japan simply skim the surface of manga and anime by visually appreciating the characters which pop up wherever you go with no real knowledge of who they are. However, a little research into this fantasy world can enrich your time in Japan as your knowledge of characters will create instant common ground with Japanese people you may meet and you will find yourself actively searching for and spotting the characters you know.
If you do decide to delve deeper into these vast worlds then be careful: once you are in it is very difficult to find your way out and before you know it, you may be considered (or even call yourself) an otaku.
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Once almost completely unknown to the world outside Japan, manga (Japanese comics) and anime (Japanese animation) have become a global phenomenon - and their popularity is growing every day. - See more at: https://www.insidejapantours.com/japanese-culture/manga-and-anime/#sthash.bg5sYHiC.dpuf

Manga & anime

Japanese rail services are among the finest in the world: they are fast, frequent, clean and comfortable. The 'national' railway is Japan Railways, commonly known as 'JR'.

The JR system covers the country from one end to the other and also provides local services around major cities such as Tokyo and Osaka. Japan Railway also operates buses and ferries, and convenient ticketing can combine more than one form of transport.

In addition to Japanese Railway services, there is a huge network of private railways. Each large city usually has at least one private train line that services that city and the surrounding area, or connects that city to nearby cities. These are often a bit cheaper than equivalent JR services.

Train travel in Japan can be costly, especially if one buys tickets individually. Fortunately, there are some really great rail passes on offer. These can save you a lot of money and anyone considering a touristic exploration of Japan should consider one of these passes. The Japan Rail Pass is the main pass that will be of most use to typical travellers to Japan. However, there are several other passes that might be cheaper and more suitable if you intend to explore only one specific region.

Many different sports are played in Japan. Traditional martial arts like judo are very popular, as well sports imported from overseas, such as baseball, soccer (football) and more recently rugby. Many Japanese go to the sea for surfing and scuba diving in the summer, while skiing and snowboarding are popular winter pursuits.

Sumo, Japan's national sport, has a history spanning more than 1,000 years. As it used to be held as a way of giving thanks for harvests, sumo still involves many rituals. Rikishi (sumo wrestlers), whose hair is styled like that of ancient warriors, wear only a special silk belt and fight using only their bare hands. Most weigh between 100 and 200 kilograms. They fight in the 4.5-meter wide dohyo (ring) until one either leaves the ring or touches the ground with any part of his body other than the soles of his feet.

Along with Sumo, Football is also a growing sport as many Japanese footballers are now in prestigious European football leagues in Japan and Italy, notably including Keisuke Honda who plays for AC Milan as a midfielder. Rugby is also on the rise with Japan more recently shining at the Rugby Union world cup with a very famous win over South Africa. 

Coming of age ceremony

 The coming of age ceremony is known as seijin shiki which means ‘new adult ceremony’, held by the local public entities that invited local people who has come of age to celebrate young boys and girls transition from being child to an being adult . The age that comes of age in Japan is 20 years old officially.  This ceremony is started in the Nara period that is Japan unique culture. The coming of age ceremony held on the second monday of January, even though most places hold the ceremony one day earlier on the sunday in Japan. In order to attend ceremony, the  female new adults wear furisode, setting special hair style and makeup at the coming of age ceremony. The furisode is very expensive which is  worth up to 1,000,000 yen (Ten thousand Australian dollars), as a result 2/3 female new adults will rent a furisode for coming of age day. On the other hand, the male new adults wear montsuki hoary hakama at the ceremony. Same as the female, many male new adults rent montsuki hoary hakama at the rental shop. Before attend the ceremony, the new adults will go to photo studio to take some photo with parents or alone and made album leave it for memory.

Cherry Blossom Festival

Hanami means Flower viewing in Japanese and is most popular and important festival in Spring held all over the Japan. When spring comes, Japanese likely to say it is Sakura(cherry blossom) season. It can be seen from this, cherry blossom held important position in Japan. Hanami custom dates back to the more than 1000 years ago is origin event of Aristocracy from Heian period.

The Sakura season period is a little bit different. It depends on place and type of cherry blossom. The season usually arrives in begging February near Tokyo, japanese call it Kanzakura (winter cherry blossom). Normal cherry blossom season is start from March after winter cherry blossom withered. During sakura season, all of the hotel in Tokyo are full due to lots of foreigners come to enjoying the festival for a wonderful experience. That can say increase the tourist traffic and also can promoting economic development.

Hanami has lots of way to enjoy in Japan. The housewife normally like prepared special handmade food like Tempura, Onigiri, Karaage in the bento box and enjoyed cherry blossom with family. In addition, with groups of friends or company’s colleagues playing games,  enjoy singing, dancing and drinking. In addition, Yorumi( cherry blossom viewing at night) can enjoy the romantic mood with lover.

 

Tokyo-German village illumination

Tokyo-German village illumination or (Tokyo Doitsu Mura 東京ドイツ村) is one of the gorgeous place that most of the tourists shouldn’t miss out. It is located in Sodeguara in Chiba prefecture. The size of the field is approximately 910,000 square meters. The village decorated with several kinds of lights especially in winter time the illumination festival turns the whole park into a wonderland. The festival lights and motive changed every year in order to encourage people to visit at least once a year. The festival is applicable when watching the illumination available from 4:00pm – 8:00pm.

All these photo were taken last year during winter
Souvenir shop
















Restaurant - enjoy German dishes such as: Baumtorte/Baumkuche or Eisbein

 

A (very crowded) light tunnel

Field areas

How to access?

Approximately 30 minutes from Chiba station and 1 hour by express bus to Tokyo-German village, it costs around 1000 yen in overall. The ticket costs 2000 yen per visitor and 500 yen for children (3 years old below).

There are 5 different areas:

1)      Pond – cost 300 yen per visitor, boat riding goes for 15 minutes

2)      Field area – A huge grassy field where it usually decorated with the lights, for relaxing and enjoying illuminations

3)      Souvenir shops – take some souvenirs as memento

4)      Restaurants – only German food available

5)      Facility for family – flower events for kids and adults

Greater Tokyo is the world's most populated metropolitan area and is the centre of Japanese culture, finance, and government. A busy cosmopolitan city, Tokyo is also a major transportation mecca and a worldwide economic and industrial centre. The city has a large number of world-class institutions of higher education, the highest concentration of universities in Japan to offer to the general public and visitors from overseas. Tokyo was known as Edo until 1868, when the Japanese imperial family was moved there from Kyoto. Metropolitan Tokyo is commonly portrayed as the four prefectures of Tokyo, Saitaima, Kanagawa, and Chiba, while the city of Tokyo proper usually refers to the 23 wards in Tokyo prefecture itself. The metropolitan area includes the major cities of Yokohama (which is the 2^nd largest city in Japan.

Japanese society is unusually consistent. Ethnic Japanese make up 98.5 percent of the country’s sizeable population. While different areas of Japan, particularly the central Kansai region encompassing Osaka, Kyoto and Kobe, are known for having distinctive, colourful local dialects, the whole country fundamentally speaks the same language.

Traditional Japanese society and culture stress the values of harmony, consensus decision-making and social conformity. “The nail that sticks out gets hammered down” is a common Japanese saying and guideline of social behaviour.