The purpose of this presentation is to understand Japanese religious culture and to know about the spiritual island of “Miyajima”. Miyajima plays an important role by showing Japanese religious history. Temples and shrines are built in the same area, so this island symbolizes the fusion of Shintoism and Buddhism. Moreover, Miyajima has been regarded as a sacred island by people since ancient times. In 1996, Miyajima was chosen as a World Cultural Heritage site. Therefore, Miyajima is a very famous tourist spot. Each year, over 3,500,000 people visit Miyajima. After you have listened to this presentation, you’ll be interested in Japanese religious culture and you surely will want to visit Miyajima.
The Southwest trip was absolutely amazing because I leaned the culture of the area a lot. I spent 7 days in the southwest and I impressed by people who live there and by their culture. These things were totally different from Japan and the people there preserved their traditions carefully. I talk to a lot of Americans and I saw wonderful nature during the trip. There are three absolutely wonderfu and amazing places that I enjoyed. First, I went to a lot of museums and all of them were very interesting. I especially liked The Museum of International Folk Art. The museum has more than 130,000 objects from more than 100 countries! My favorite object was a smiling skeleton doll. This object’s theme was Day of The Dead. When I saw it, I remembered COCO which is a Pixar movie. I also liked The Georgia O’Keeffe Museum. Georgia O’Keeffe was an American artist and she painted a lot of flowers and nature. I think her paintings are brimming with kindness ...