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.
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 ...