The City of Hobsons Bay and The city of Wyndham have strong multicultural roots and residents from all around the world. Some people may not know this, but both Hobson bay and Wyndham have sister cities from japan. These cities are known as Anjo and Chiryu and they have a very different culture from our own. Anjo and Chiryu are both cities located in the area know as the Aichi prefecture , the capital of which is called Nagoya. The city of Anjo The city of Anjo is located 30 kilometres from the Aichi's capital of Nagoya. It's also located next to the city of Toyota and is the home of the very successful power tool company Makita. Anjo is said to have been occupied since prehistoric times. Archaeologists have found remains from the Japanese Paleolithic period. Anjo was also the home to many samurai clans throughout …show more content…
Chiryu is famous for a special kind of iris known as the "Rabbit ear iris". One of the main attractions is the row of pine trees along the Tokaido, Chiryu became a popular rest area on the Tokaido, with over 170 pine trees, spanning over just 500 metres and is the 39th station out of 53 on the Tokaido. Another attraction is the Bunraku float puppet theater. Chiryu is the only place in Japan where you can see Joruri puppet theater Bunraku performed on parade floats. Chiryu is well known for its festivals and temples celebrating and commemorating ancient Japanese beliefs and customs From The Chinese juniper at manpuki-ji temple that is said to be over 500 years old to the Akiba festival that is held at the Akiba shrine every September, where during the day young people lift the treasure box onto their shoulders and walk around the city while singing a traditional song. Then during the evening the box is walked back to Chiryu shrine and a fireworks display is held afterwards for the
Coaldrake argues the Izumo Taisha was equally important as a centre of power as Ise Jingsu. Primarily, Izumo served as point of cultural and technological intercourse between Japan and the rest of mainland Asia. Similar to Ise Jingu, Coaldrake provides details of the layout of the Izumo Taisha. In this tour, Coalgate highlights the Honden with its unusual structure design.
“It’s not what you have it’s what you don’t have that counts” (Raskin pg.43), at least in The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin. The sixth grade students at GLMS have recently read the novel, and watched the movie The Westing Game. This is a novel and movie that has it all, mystery, murder, suicide, bombs, thievery, and yet a $200 million prize. The Westing Game novel and movie contains many similarities and differences that are worth your time.
The identity of the spirit is depicted not by the form of the doll, which is usually simple and flat, but primarily by the applied color and elaborate feather, leather, and, occasionally, fabric ornamentation of its mask. Also the identity of a true Kachina doll is depicted and then carved of cottonwood root. One of the purposes is to help bring the rain for the crops to grow and since the cottonwood is always found near water, the Kachinas are carved from it’s roots. The roots from which the dolls are carved are chosen with care, since they are seen to draw life and precious moisture from the earth.
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How come I have never seen the Inuit, Haida, and Iroquois in colorado? In Canada, they all have different ways of life, and many similar ways too! The 3 groups, all live in a region of Canada. They have similarities like their location, art, they many differences starting with their food!
Tragically, the Guildford Four and the Norfolk Four cases share many similarity despite the fact that they happened two decades. In both cases four innocent people found themselves incarcerated for falsely confessing to crimes they did commit due to cognitive error.
... The oil within the nut was highly valued because it burns extremely well and the nut itself would be used as candle. This is why the kukui tree is known as the candlenut tree (White). This plant has such an extensive range of uses that must have made it very valuable to the native Hawaiians.
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MSTT met with Quaiesha and Wilbur to discuss their recent verbal altercation which leads to Wilbur wanting to have Quaiesha placed outside the home. Wilbur stated he believes Quaiesha lack respect for him and the evidence he uses to describe this is her unwillingness to follow household rules, talking back to him, and comparing his home to her mother's home. Quaiesha explained she does not want to live with her father and she never did and feel forced to be there and want to go live with her mother. Wilbur explained to Quaiesha how that is not an option because the court placed her in his custody due to the physical abuse while she was with her mother. Wilbur explained he believes Quaiesha mother is behind this thinking because she continues
...ainment, Japanese culture, and shopping in the form of Japanese themed outdoor shopping malls, the Japanese American National museum, a handful of Buddhist temples, public murals that ooze culture and history, and an endless number of ramen establishments. Many experts talk about how contradictions bring about change and eventually reinvention, but the interesting thing about Little Tokyo is that the change is actually the source of new contradictions as the neighborhood struggles to maintain its cultural identity while also expanding and transforming to attract more leisure seekers. There is no question that change will occur in Little Tokyo, the question is, as F. Kaid Benfield puts it, “whether that change can be managed so that it inures to the benefit of Asian-American residents, institutions and businesses, and whether it will be environmentally sustainable.”
as, “The Bird.” Based out of Torrance, California, and an array of Japanese islands, this
Web. The Web. The Web. 6 May 2014. http://travel.cnn.com/tokyo/play/4-best-tokyo-arcades-424517> “Student Guide to Japan.”
Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice has emphases on how characters are perceived by the world they live in. Mr. Darcy is an unpopular and misunderstood character who is the symbol of pride throughout the novel. Mr. Wickham is a charismatic soldier who is perceptive of those around him and capitalizes on his knowledge. Throughout the novel similarities and differences between characters are highlighted. Mr. Wickham and Mr. Darcy grew up together, yet Mr. Darcy is known for having a disagreeable countenance and a large sense of pride and Mr. Wickham is more charming, charismatic, and socially well-versed. In the fourth chapter of Pride and Prejudice, Elizabeth says “It does not necessarily
On the morning of the wedding day, a procession of the groom and the relatives will bring the money, gifts, and food from the groom’s house to the bride's. They will play music and sing along though out the procession. Before the groom can get to the bride’s house, he has to cross two gates formed by the relatives of the bride called "Silver Gate" and "Gold Gate". The gates are on the way from the groom’s house to the bride’s. In order to open the gates, the groom mu...