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Cosplay sits as the best-known expressions of anime and manga fandom. Each year, fans spend countless hours designing and sewing their costumes and perfecting their impersonations. Many view cosplay, a contraction of costume play, as a Japanese import. However, like anime, cosplay comes from the...
Weddings are elaborately staged, and the bride and groom typically go through several changes of costume. Domestic Unit. Most families, especially in urban areas, are nuclear, consisting of the parents and their children. Slightly extended families, such as an elderly parent living with a ...
The three major festivals (matsuri)—Aoi in May,Gion in July, and Jidai in October—are almost national events. TheJidai-matsuri (“Festival of the Ages”) is a parade depicting, in period costume, Japan’s entire history. The Gion-matsuri (Gion Festival) dates from the 9th century and ...
The Raifuku (outer robe) of the ceremonial court costume of the Emperor Komei(r. 1846-1866). This ceremonial court costume originates in the Nara-period (710-784) Imperial Collections of Japan Source: Japanese Symbols of Government From a previous post “Ainu cloud motif and their creation ...
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In an attempt to verbally capture what he had witnessed, Takahashi took the two English words “costume” and “play” and amalgamated them to form a new Japanese word: “cosplay.” That unique term quickly caught on and is now commonly used for the act of dressing up to resemble famous ...
Zoom Through Osaka in a Go-kart (Costume Included) Feel like you are in a video game with this fun go-karting experience. Ideal for small groups, the tour allows you to explore Osaka in a unique and exciting way. Click here for details ...
'His nation had not changed its costume for over a thousand years', a Japanese official reportedly told a shipwrecked Spanish trader in 1609, going on to criticise the castaway's compatriots as, by contrast, 'so inconstant that they are ... P Francks - Palgrave Macmillan UK 被引量: 1发...
It was the second near the Japanese diplomatic mission sine the first bronze, life-size statue of a seated girl which is dressed in traditional Korean costume was put up in front of the Japanese embassy in Seoul in December 2011. The Busan statue was installed by South Korean civilians to ...