Geek in Japan: Discovering the Land of Manga, Anime, Zen, and the Tea Ceremony (Geek In...guides)

a gift must be no more nor less valuable than the relationship between the two people.

the Meiji Period (1868–1912),

These trees start generating pollen when they are 30 or 40 years old.

The Studio Alta screen has become one of the most famous rendezvous points in Tokyo. You see it as soon as you set foot outside the East Exit of Shinjuku (JR). If you get there by the subway, it’s Exit 13B.

Taro Okamoto Memorial Museum Aoyama.

THE TORA-SAN PHENOMENON The seventies marked the beginning of a series of films called Otoko wa tsurai yo (“It’s tough being a man”), which holds the Guinness record for the longest film series in history, with 48 feature films. The first episode in the series was released in 1969 and the last one in 1995. The hero in all of them is Torasan, a busi

One of the most accepted interpretations is that the main point when designing a dry garden is not the stones but the space between the stone. Zen emphasizes void, nothingness. “What makes dry gardens so special? The space between the rocks.” —Alan Booth

Hokusai Manga (1814),

Confucianism too came from China, in the twelfth century. According to Confucianism, relationships between human beings are the basis of society: we must respect our ancestors, our relatives, and our superiors. The values of loyalty, justice, and honor are also central. Today, the Japanese still bear Confucianism in their minds, for they highly res

What is expressed orally by the individual is tatemae, and what he really thinks is honne.