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the history of japan.

konnichiwa! its been almost 6 months since i didn't  post anything here! ^^ well now im back! in this entry i will be discussing about the history of japan! interested? keep reading! :D


The history of Japan encompasses the history of the islands of Japan and the Japanese people, spanning the ancient history of the region to the modern history of Japan as a nation state. Following the last ice age, around 12,000 BC, the rich ecosystem of the Japanese archipelago fostered human development. The earliest-known pottery found in Japan belongs to the ''Jomon Period''. The first known written reference to Japan is in the brief information given in Twenty-Four Histories in the 1st century AD. The main cultural and religious influences came from China.
The first permanent capital was founded at Nara in 710, which became a center of Buddhist art, religion and culture. The current imperial family emerged about 700, but until 1868 (with few exceptions) had high prestige but little power. By 1550 or so political power was subdivided into several hundred local units, or "domains" controlled by local "daimyō" (lords, Japanese: 大名), each with his own force of samurai (Japanese: 侍) warriors. Tokugawa Ieyasu came to power in 1600, gave land to his supporters, set up his "bakufu" ( feudal government) at Edo (modern Tokyo). The "Tokugawa period" was prosperous and peaceful and Japan terminated the Christian missions and cut off almost all contact with the outside world.
In the 1860s the Meiji period began, and the new national leadership systematically ended feudalism and transformed an isolated, underdeveloped island country into a world power that closely followed Western models. Democracy was problematic, because Japan's powerful military was semi-independent and overruled—or assassinated—civilians in the 1920s and 1930s. The military moved into China starting in 1931 and declared all-out war on China in 1937. Japan controlled the coast and major cities and set up puppet regimes, but was unable to defeat China. Its attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941 led to war with the United States and its allies. After a series of naval victories by mid-1942, Japan's military forces were overextended and its industrial base was unable to provide the needed ships, armaments and oil. Even with his navy sunk and his main cities destroyed by air, the Emperor Shōwa held out until August 1945 when two atomic bombs and a pending Soviet invasion forced a surrender.
The U.S. occupied Japan until 1952. After 1955 it enjoyed very high economic growth rates, and became a world economic powerhouse, especially in engineering, automobiles and electronics. Since the 1990s economic stagnation has been a major issue, with an earthquake and tsunami in 2011 causing massive economic dislocations and loss of nuclear power supply.

Where did the japanese flag come from?

The national flag of Japan is a white rectangular flag with a large red disk (representing the sun) in the center. This flag is officially called Nisshōki (日章旗, "sun-mark flag") in Japanese, but is more commonly known as Hinomaru (日の丸, "circle of the sun").The Nisshōki flag is designated as the national flag in Law Regarding the National Flag and National Anthem, which was promulgated and became effective on August 13, 1999. Although no earlier legislation had specified a national flag, the sun-disc flag had already become the de facto national flag of Japan. Two proclamations issued in 1870 by the Daijō-kan, the governmental body of the early Meiji Era, each had a provision for a design of the national flag. A sun-disc flag was adopted as the national flag for merchant ships under Proclamation No. 57 of Meiji 3 (issued on February 27, 1870), and as the national flag used by the Navy under Proclamation No. 651 of Meiji 3 (issued on October 27, 1870). Use of the Hinomaru was severely restricted during the early years of the American occupation after World War II; these restrictions were later relaxed.In early Japanese history, the Hinomaru motif was used on flags of daimyos and samurai. An old history Shoku Nihongi says that Emperor Mommu used a flag representing the sun in his court in 701, and this is the first recorded use of a sun-motif flag in Japan. The oldest existing flag is preserved in Unpō-ji temple, Kōshū, Yamanashi, which is older than 16th century, and an ancient legend says that the flag was given to the temple by Emperor Go-Reizei in the 11th century.During the Meiji Restoration, both the sun disc and the Rising Sun Ensign of the Imperial Japanese Navy became major symbols in the emerging Japanese empire. Propaganda posters, textbooks, and films depicted the flag as a source of pride and patriotism. In Japanese homes, citizens were required to display the flag during national holidays, celebrations and other occasions as decreed by the government. Different tokens of devotion to Japan and its emperor featuring the Hinomaru motif became popular during the Second Sino-Japanese War and other conflicts. These tokens ranged from slogans written on the flag to clothing items and dishes that resembled the flag.Public perception of the national flag varies. To some Japanese, the flag represents Japan, and no other flag could take its place. However, the flag is not frequently displayed in Japan due to its association with ultranationalism. The use of the flag and the national anthem Kimigayo have been a contentious issue for Japan's public schools since the end of World War II (the Pacific War). Disputes about their use have led to protests and lawsuits. To Okinawans, the flag represents the events of World War II and the subsequent U.S. military presence there. For some nations that had been occupied by Japan, the flag is a symbol of aggression and imperialism. The Hinomaru was used as a tool against occupied nations for purposes of intimidation, asserting Japan's dominance, or subjugation. Despite the negative connotations, Western and Japanese sources claim the flag is a powerful and enduring symbol to the Japanese. Several military banners of Japan are based on the Hinomaru, including the sunrayed Naval Ensign. The Hinomaru also serves as a template for other Japanese flags in public and private use.

Name : Hishioki or Himamoru
Use : Civil and state flag and ensign
Adopted : February 27, 1870.

Use : Naval Design
Adopted : Originally introduced on October 7 1889.
Design : The Rising sun flkag as 8used by the JMSDF.

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Anime Spotlight 2013 - Love Live! School project.

konnichiwa minna. ogenki desuka? lama nih ga posting. udh february nih, bentar lagi imlek~ terus valentine deh. hoyeee :b kcian yang mblooo~ #eh
btw minna, hari ini aku mau bahas ttg anime yg judulnya ''Love Live! School project''
semoga kalian suka ya (; enjoy!!


PENGANTAR
Membuat Mimpi Kita Terwujudkan!


CERITA
Kisah diatur di Tokyo, di mana sekolah tua tepat di antara lingkungan dari Akihabara, Kanda dan Jinbocho dalam bahaya konsolidasi dan penutupan.

Sembilan gadis, Honoka Kosaka, telah melangkah untuk menentang bahaya yang dihadapi sekolah mereka.

"Jika kita ingin melindungi sekolah kita tercinta, kita perlu melakukan apa yang kita bisa - kita perlu menjadi seorang Bintang!"
Berharap melawan berharap ada sesuatu yang bisa mereka lakukan tentang hal ini, gadis-gadis berusaha untuk menjadi terkenal, menyebarkan berita tentang sekolah mereka, menarik lebih banyak siswa, dan menyelamatkan hari.

Sekarang "Proyek Idola Sekolah" mereka mulai membuat impian mereka datang mendatang! "Membuat impian kita terwujudkan!"

KARAKTER


Honoka Kosaka
VA: Emi Nitta
Usia: 16
Ulang Tahun: Agustus 3 (Leo)
Golongan Darah: O
Tinggi: 157cm
Tiga Ukuran: B 78, W 58, H 82
Makanan Favorit: Stroberi
Membenci Makanan: Lada Hijau

Eri Ayase

VA: Yoshino Nanjo

Usia: 17

Ulang Tahun: Oktober 21 (Libra)

Golongan Darah: B

Tinggi: 162cm

Tiga Ukuran: B 88, W 60, H 84

Makanan Favorit: Coklat

Membenci Makanan: plum acar, Nori

Kotori Minami

VA: Aya Uchida

Usia: 16

Ulang Tahun: September 12 (Virgo)

Golongan Darah: O

Tinggi: 159cm

Tiga Ukuran: B 80, W 58, H 80

Makanan Favorit: Cheesecake

Makanan yang tidak disukai: Bawang putih

Umi Sonoda

VA: Suzuko Mimori

Usia: 16

Ulang Tahun: Maret 15 (Pisces)

Golongan Darah: A

Tinggi: 159cm

Tiga Ukuran: B 76, W 58, H 80

Makanan Favorit: The Family Honoka itu Manjuu

Membenci Makanan: Minuman berkarbonasi

Rin hoshiZora

VA: Riho Iida

Usia: 15

Ulang Tahun: 1 November (Kanker)

Golongan Darah: A

Tinggi: 155cm

Tiga Ukuran: B 75, W 59, H 80

Makanan Favorit: Ramen!

Makanan yang tidak disukai: Ikan

maki Nishikino

VA: Pile

Usia: 15

Ulang Tahun: April 19 (Aries)

Golongan Darah: AB

Tinggi: 161cm

Tiga Ukuran: B 78, W 56, H 83

Makanan Favorit: Tomat

Membenci Makanan: Mikan

Nozomi Tojo

VA: Aina Kusuda

Usia: 17

Ulang Tahun: 9 Juni (Gemini)

Golongan Darah: O

Tinggi: 159cm

Tiga Ukuran: B 90, W 60, H 82

Makanan Favorit: Yakiniku

Membenci Makanan: Caramel

Hanayo Koizumi

VA: Yurika Kubo

Usia: 15

Ulang tahun: January 17 (Capricorn)

Golongan Darah: B

Tinggi: 156cm

Tiga Ukuran: B 82, W 60, H 83

Makanan Favorit: Nasi Putih

Membenci Makanan: Tidak ada

Niko Yazawa

VA: Sora Tokui

Usia: 17

Ulang Tahun: Juli 22 (Kanker)

Golongan Darah: A

Tinggi: 154cm

Tiga Ukuran: B 74, W 57, H 79

Makanan Favorit: Sweets

Membenci Makanan: Makanan Pedas

translation : google translate + dictionary
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HAPPY NEW YEAR

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2013 EVERYONE

新年あけましておめでとうございます2013年みなさん！

Shin'nen akemashite omedetōgozaimasu 2013-nen 

minnasan!

31/12/2012

SAYONARA 2012 

- japanimeLS -

Japanese NEW YEAR

Konnichiwa minna! Gak kerasa ya Tahun 2012 akan pergi :( huft. Semoga di tahun 2013 besok pita bias memulai hid up baru yg lebih bank ya :D amen! skrg aku mau bahas tentang Japanese New year!! Silahkan ;)

The Japanese New Year (正月 shōgatsu) is an annual festival with its own customs. The preceding days are quite busy, particularly the day before, known as Ōmisoka.
The Japanese New Year has been celebrated since 1873 according to the Gregorian calendar, on January 1 of each year (New Year's Day where the Gregorian calendar is used). In Okinawa, the cultural New Year is still celebrated as the contemporary Chinese, Korean, and Vietnamese New Years.

HISTORY

Prior to the Meiji period, the date of the Japanese New Year was based on the Chinese lunar calendar, as are the contemporary Chinese,Korean, and Vietnamese New Years.
 However, in 1873, five years after the Meiji Restoration, Japan adopted the Gregorian calendar and the first day of January became the official and cultural New Year's Day.
 In the Ryukyu Islands, a separate cultural New Year is still celebrated based on the Chinese lunar calendar.

BELL RINGING

At midnight on December 31, Buddhist temples all over Japan ring their bells a total of 108 times (除夜の鐘 joyanokane) to symbolize the 108 human sins in Buddhist belief, and to get rid of the 108 worldly desires regarding sense and feeling in every Japanese citizen. A major attraction is The Watched Night bell, in Tokyo. Japanese believe that the ringing of bells can rid off their sins during the previous year. After they are done ringing the bells, they celebrate and feast on soba noodles.

TRADITIONAL FOOD

Japanese people eat a special selection of dishes during the New Year celebration called osechi-ryōri (御節料理 or お節料理), typically shortened to osechi. This consists of boiled seaweed (昆布 konbu), fish cakes (蒲鉾 kamaboko), mashed sweet potato with chestnut(栗きんとん kurikinton), simmered burdock root (金平牛蒡 kinpira gobō), and sweetened black soybeans (黒豆 kuromame). Many of these dishes are sweet, sour, or dried, so they can keep without refrigeration—the culinary traditions date to a time before households had refrigerators, when most stores closed for the holidays. There are many variations of osechi, and some foods eaten in one region are not eaten in other places (or are considered unfortunate or even banned) on New Year's Day. Another popular dish is ozōni (お雑煮), a soup with mochi rice cake and other ingredients that differ based on various regions of Japan. Today, sashimi and sushi are often eaten, as well as non-Japanese foods. To let the overworked stomach rest, seven-herb rice soup (七草粥 nanakusa-gayu) is prepared on the seventh day of January, a day known as jinjitsu (人日).

POST CARDS

The end of December and the beginning of January are the busiest times for the Japanese post offices. The Japanese have a custom of sending New Year's Day postcards (年賀状 nengajō) to their friends and relatives, similar to the Western custom of sending Christmas cards. Their original purpose was to give your faraway friends and relatives tidings of yourself and your immediate family. In other words, this custom existed for people to tell others whom they did not often meet that they were alive and well.

Japanese people send these postcards so that they arrive on 1 January. The post office guarantees to deliver the greeting postcards on 1 January if they are posted within a time limit, from mid-December to near the end of the month and are marked with the word nengajō. To deliver these cards on time, the post office usually hires students part-time to help deliver the letters.

It is customary not to send these postcards when one has had a death in the family during the year. In this case, a family member sends a simple postcard called mochū hagaki (喪中葉書, mourning postcards) to inform friends and relatives they should not send New Year's cards, out of respect for the deceased.

People get their nengajō from many sources. Stationers sell preprinted cards. Most of these have the Chinese zodiac sign of the New Year as their design, or conventional greetings, or both. The Chinese zodiac has a cycle of 12 years. Each year is represented by an animal. The animals are, in order: rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, sheep, monkey, rooster, dog, and boar. 2008 was the year of the rat, 2009 ox, 2010 tiger, 2011 rabbit and 2012 is the year of the dragon. Famous characters like Snoopy, (2006) and other cartoon characters like Mickey and Minnie Mouse, (2008) have been especially popular in their celebrated years.

Addressing is generally done by hand, and is an opportunity to demonstrate one's handwriting (see shodō). The postcards may have spaces for the sender to write a personal message. Blank cards are available, so people can hand-write or draw their own. Rubber stamps with conventional messages and with the annual animal are on sale at department stores and other outlets, and many people buy ink brushes for personal greetings. Special printing devices are popular, especially among people who practice crafts. Software also lets artists create their own designs and output them using their computer's color printer. Because a gregarious individual might have hundreds to write, print shops offer a wide variety of sample postcards with short messages so that the sender has only to write addresses. Even with the rise in popularity of email, the nengajō remains very popular in Japan.

Conventional nengajō greetings include:

- kotoshi mo yoroshiku o-negai-shimasu (今年もよろしくお願いします) (I hope for your favour again in the coming year)

- (shinnen) akemashite o-medetō-gozaimasu ((新年)あけましておめでとうございます) (Happiness to you on the dawn [of a New Year]

- kinga shinnen (謹賀新年) (Happy New Year)

- gashō (賀正) (to celebrate January)

- shoshun/hatsuharu (初春) (literally "early spring", in traditional lunar calendar a year begin in early spring)

- geishun (迎春) (to welcome spring)

Materials for making nengajō

GAMES

It was also customary to play many New Year's games. These include hanetsuki, takoage (kite flying), koma (top), sugoroku, fukuwarai (whereby a blindfolded person places paper parts of a face, such as eyes, eyebrows, a nose and a mouth, on a paper face), and karuta.

HATSUMODE, HATSUHINODE, THE ''FIRSTS'' OF THE YEAR

Celebrating the new year in Japan also means paying special attention to the first time something is done in the new year.

Hatsuhinode (初日の出) is the first sunrise of the year. Before sunrise on January 1, people often drive to the coast or climb a mountain so that they can see the first sunrise of the new year.

Hatsumōde is the first trip to a shrine or temple. Many people visit a shrine after midnight on December 31 or sometime during the day on January 1. If the weather is good, people often dress up or wear kimono.

In addition to the other firsts mentioned above ("first sun" (hatsuhi) or "first sunrise", "first laughter" (waraizome—starting the New Year with a smile is considered a good sign), firstdream (初夢, hatsuyume), and "first letter" (hatsudayori—meaning the first exchange of letters) – in addition to haiku-specific ones), other "firsts" that are marked as special events include shigoto-hajime (仕事始め, the first work of the new year), keiko-hajime (稽古始め, the first practice of the new year), hatsugama (the first tea ceremony of the new year), and the hatsu-uri (the first shopping sale of the new year).

MINNA! THANK YOU FOR READING! ;)

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2013 !

GOD BLESS YOU 

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Anime K Project

Ohayou gozaimasu minna san! hari yg cerah ya ^^ happy saturday all :)
Liburan pd kmana nih??? ke Hongkong? Europe? Brazil? Korea ? Bali ? Hehehe...kepo deh :p
btw!
Hari ini ak mau bahas ttg Anime ''K'' project yg baru baru ini keluar dan ngetrend banget loh ;)
START!!

Rating : 17+
Genre : Action,Adventure,Fantasy,Science Fiction.
Format : TV
Director : Hiromitsu Kanazwa, Susumu Kudo
Theme song : 'KINGS'' by angela [OP], ''Tsumetai Heya,Hitori'' by Mikako Komatsu [ED],''Itsuka no zero kara'' by angela [Insert song]
Vintage : October 2012

Anime ini mengambil latar di Jepang Modern, Tempay 7 orang ''Raja'' saling berseteru. Kisah untuk anime ini sendiri dibuat oleh 7 orang penulis misterius yang menyebut diri mereka GoRa, dengan masing-masing karakter tercermin dalam karya ini. Sementara, yang memproduksi animenya adalah GoHands, yang pernah berkarya dengan trilogi film layar lebar Mardock Scramble. 
Serial anime ini dikerjakan oleh para staf yang kaya pengalaman seperti Shingo Suzuki yang menangani penyutradaraan dan desain karakter, Mikio Endo yang mengurusi bagian Musik, serta Makoto Furuta yang menjadi Chief animation director. K juga di dukung oleh para Seiyuu senior seperti Daisuke Namikawa,Daisuke Ono,Mikako Komatsu,Kenjiro Tsuda serta Tomokazi Sugita.
Opening theme anime ini menggunakan lagu KINGS milik angela, sementara ending theme-nya dinyanyikan diproduseri sendiri oleh Mikako. Untuk menunjang cerita dalam anime ini, Sejak bulan Mei lalu telah diserialisasikan pula sebuah manga berjudul K: Memory of Left yang isinya adalah perkuel kisah animenya. Manga ini diilustrasikan oleh Yui Kuroe dan diserialisasikan dalam majalah bulanan Aria terbitan Kondansha.

Kisah dalam anime K dibuka dengan penyerangan sebuah hotel milik gangster oleh Klan Homura yang dipimpin Raja Merah, Mikoto Suou [seiyuu ; Kenjiro Tsuda]. Serangan hari itu diganggu dengan kedatangan Scepter 4 dari Klan Biru yang dipimpin oleh Reishi Munakata [seiyuu; Tomokazu Sugita].
Sementara itu, di SMA Ashinaka, tersebutlah seorang siswa bernama Yashiro Isana alias Shiro yang memiliki kepribadian unik. Setelah pulang sekolah dia diminta oleh teman Sekelasnya Kukuri Yukizome [seiyuu; Satomi Satou] untuk membeli barang-barang keperluan OSIS, namun di tengah tengah perjalanan dirinya diincar oleh beberapa anggota Klan Homura yang menyadari Keberadaannya. Jiwa Shiro selamat berkat pertolongan Kurou Yatogami yang membawanya ke atap sebuah gedung. Akan tetapi, tak ubahnya orang-orang Klan Homura, ternyata Kurou juga mengincar jiwa Shirou, Siapakah Shiro sebenarnya?

Characters :
- Kurou Yatogami
- Yashiro Isana
- Klan Homura
- Mikoyo Suou
- Klan Biru
- Reishi Munakata
- Kukuri Yukizome
- Kushina Anna
- Neko
- etc.

source : Animonstar November 2012 p.016 - 017 (with changes)

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Jinrui wa Suitaishimashita

- Man must kill to live. That hasn't changed, even with mankind's decline. -

Rating : 15+
Genre : comedy, science fiction, Fairies, Food, Future.
Format : TV
Director : Seiji Kishi
Theme song : Real world - nano. RIPE[OP], Yume no naka no watashi no yume - Masumi itou [ED]
Vintage : July 2012
Episodes : 12+1 bonus episode [end]

Characters :
-Aku [watashi]
-Kakek [sofu]
-Joshu san
-Yousei san
-Y
-pion
-Oyage
-Makige
-Hana senpai
-Majo senpai
-RYOBO230r

- Once i wake up and return to the real world, everything will slip away from me like dreams always do. -

Anime Jinrui wa Suitaishimashita berawal dari light novel karangan Romeo Tanaka yang terbit sejak tahun 2007 melalui penerbit Shogakukan. Hingga saat ini novelnya sudah terbit sebanyak tuju jilid.
Semula ilustrasi untuk novel nya dikerjakan oleh Toru Yamasaki, namun pada tahun 2011 digantikan oleh Sunaho Tobe. Untuk animenya, studio yang menangani pengerjaannya adalah AIC A.S.T.A dengan arahan sutradara Seiji Kishi. Selain anime, Jinrui wa Suitaishimashita juga telah di adaptasi ke dalam bentuk manga sebanyak tiga seri yang berbeda beda. Manga pertamanya berjudul Jinrui wa Suitaishimashita : NON BIRISHITA HOU KOKU. Sepanjang satu jilid Tankoubon, kemudian manga keduanya berjudul Jinrui wa Suitaishimashita :  YOUSHI, SHIMASUKA? yang diterbitkan melalui majalah Monthly Comic alive dari SHOGAKUKAN sejak maret 2012 lalu hingga sekarang. Dan manga  ketiga nya berjudul Jinrui wa Suitaishimashita: NON BIRISHITA HOU KOKU 4-KOMA yang terbit melalui majalah Monthly Ikki sejak agustus 2012 hingga saat ini.

sumber : Animonstar November 2012 p.26-27

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