Photos from the Naked Man Festival
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Finally the holidays are here! Classes are drawing to a close, you have more free time than you can wave a stick at and the humidity has finally reached a level where you begin to wonder if jumping into the school pool would actually make any difference. It also means it’s summer festival season, so…
I’m not sure at what point the CIA just starts giving Tom Cruise the benefit of the doubt. We’re going on 3 movies now where agent Ethan Hunt has been framed for trying to destroy the Union, and 3 movies he’s not only proven himself innocent, but also saved the world. Anyway, in the future…
Greetings from National AJET! Put the kotatsu away, pack away your sweaters, and get ready for spring (well maybe not quite yet but soon)! Along with the longer days, and the wait for Hanami season, we also have a new year of National AJET approaching. Elections will be open from March 5th-21st for the new…
Photos from the 2012 New Year’s at Nishinomiya Shrine.
A delicious tomato flavoured fried rice wrapped in an omelette.
The Japanese deem the twentieth year of an individual’s life as the one which signifies the official “coming of age.” In all aspects of Japanese society, the twentieth year marks the age where teenagers are thrust into the world of adulthood, whereby they become morally, and often, economically responsible for their future. Every January, scores of teenagers experience a sudden revolution in their physical and social being, one which is marked by joyous celebrations – and in this case, long, beautifully carved wooden bows and exquisitely designed kimonos.