Through this presentation, you will learn how Japanese people feel and
taste Wabi Sabi from three examples; Japanese Garden, Tea Ceremony and Japanese
Flower Arrangement. Wabi Sabi is a peculiar Japanese aesthetic sense. It's a
kind of feeling, an awareness, an appreciation of aspects of Japanese culture.
However nobody can see it because it's your reaction of feeling to traditional
Japanese culture, but you can see thing related to Wabi Sabi. You will exactly
learn about three such examples in this presentation. How are these
examples connected with Wabi Sabi? Why do Japanese feel it is beautiful? Why
is this aspect of Japanese culture a little peculiar and simple? After
listening to this presentation, your point of view and sensitivity may change.
I had a good time visiting the Southwest USA with Extension students from 15 to 21, October. It was an education trip and I experienced new things and there was a lot of nature which is comfortable for me. I was looking forward to going on the Southwest trip for a long time. I have image that the Southwest is very hot but this place was cold than Spokane. It was interesting that the temperature was totally different in the same place. There were three emotions that I experienced on this trip. First, I was moved by the beautiful landscape of the Grand Canyon. It is absolutely enormous. When I look down the cliff, I remembered the teacher's caution for us that there are lots of people who die and I scared. I and my roommate wanted to see the sunrise so we tried to got up at 4:00 a.m. and then we could see the sunrise which was really fabulous. After that, we decided to rent a bicycle but we changed our mind and because we had lots of time. Surprisingly, we walked 10 miles aro...