The bamboo dragonfly is a traditional Japanese toy.
It is made of bamboo of course, and has a propeller and a stem.
When we play with it, we rub our hands together and fly it.
It is a little difficult for beginners to fly it.
If you want to know more about bamboo dragonflies, please click below.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bamboo-copter
http://www.boston.us.emb-japan.go.jp/eng/teaching/trad_toys.html
If you want to know how to play with it, please click below.
I’ll introduce Japanese food, Sushi.
Sushi is very famous all over the world.
It is made of vinegared rice and raw fish, and it is very delicious.
There are a lot of ingredients for Sushi.
Recently in Japan we can have Sushi delivered to our home like pizza.
If you want to know more about Sushi, please click this site.
Posted in Food
I introduce a Japanese toy, Kendama.
This is a Japanese traditional toy.
It is made of wood and thread.
When we play this, we grasp the stick and throw the ball into the top of stick.
We also play to throw the ball on the side of the stick.
I think it is a bit more difficult to throw the ball into the top.
Kenadama is the traditional toy, so at th epresent days, children don’t play it so often.
However we have contests.
In the contest, we compete a lot of skills.
If you want to know more about this, please click below.
Posted in Toys
I’ll show you about Origami.
Origami is a kind of traditional play in Japan.
We make a lot of things like animals and plants by a square piece of paper.
I think what is most popular is crane.
If someone suffered hurt or got sickness, we sometimes make one thousand paper cranes to wish to get better.
Crane is a symbol for health and pease.
If you want to know about origami more, please click below.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Origami
If you want to know how to make something, please click below.
Posted in Toys
Chopsticks are a pair of small even-length tapered sticks, used when we eat something, and are commonly made of wood, bamboo, metal, bone, ivory.
The pair of sticks is used in one hand – between the thumb and fingers – and used to pick up pieces of food.
I think chopsticks are important for Japanese culture.
When we are small, we are taught how to use chopsticks correctly.
Recently there has been a reformation how to use chopsticks.
link:http://www.feetoh.co.jp/hasi/
If you want to know more about chopsticks, please click below.
link:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chopsticks
Posted in General
