Do you know about Japanese animal gods? Japanese animal gods are messengers of the Japanese gods. Animal gods originated in the Ancient Orient and through China to Japan. Why are they important to Japanese culture? In Shintoism, Japanese gods do not show their appearance in front of humans. Because of this, animal gods tell us the message instead of Japanese gods because they are believed to have close relationship with the gods. At first, the animal gods were placed at the Imperial Court in Heian period, around 800 A.D. After that, they began to protect Japanese shrines. Today, they are still placed at Japanese Shrines. There are many kinds of animal gods in Japan. This presentation will explain their history and about two fascinating animal gods.
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...