The Ancient Japanese Medicinal Mixture R...

The Japanese believe that this magic means gives a long and healthy life. For years, many people suffer from the pain of bones and joints. The drugs are expensive, especially the anesthetics and besides they are harmful for the whole body. This old natural receipt, which the Japanese use until the present day, will relieve your joint and bone pains. The samurais thought that the combination of vinegar and egg is the guarantee for strength and health. It contributes to the assimilation of proteins, calcium and vitamins. The peel of an egg contains 1800 mg calcium and human...

Japanese Theater Noh (video)

The borderline of the Japanese theater, which goes to extremes, begins with the tragic plays and ends with the performances of the colorful world of puppet, that have theatrical shading. The oldest one from the local theaters is the theater Noh. It has originated in the 14th century. It is a musical-dancing drama, which has originated with the help of men’s choir, pipe and two-three drums. Performances mainly consist of three plays, each of them lasts for thirty minutes. They are mainly dramatic shadings of phenomena concerning the Japanese, legends based on the history...

Hanami (Video)

The blossoming of sakura is the most important event in Japan, which symbolizes the coming of spring. In the beginning sakura–the flower of cherry, here had the idea of life being delicate and ephemeral: like sakura life is short and not stable. The Japanese appreciate this little performance staged by the nature, where the heroines are the cherry-trees crowned with flowers so much, that they treat this phenomenon as a national holiday and call it Hanami (O-Hanami). On these days all the parks, squares and Buddhist shrines are more crowded than ever. The opportunity to...

Five Japanese sweets

The Western sweets- candies, cookies and so on are widely spread and loved in Japan, but in traditional Japanese cuisine there are their own sweets too. In the article we will tell about five of them. Yokan is one of the oldest Japanese sweets, it can be of several types. In its basics lies agar-agar (a jelly-type mass) made with tengusa seaweed. The simplicity and universality make yokan one of the most favourite sweets. It is made with sweet beans of anko, fried chestnuts and sweet potatoes. Manju can be found in numerous confectioneries and souvenir shops in Japan....

Drink 4 Cups of Water after Awakening

The Japanese are considered one of the long-lived nations of the world. It appears that they have their very simple and available for all formulae or means. The only thing that you need for increasing your wellness and preventing some diseases is drinking water every day. Japan Medical Association has approved the curing influence of drinking water in the morning in case of headache, problems with heart, stomach disorders and other diseases. 1. Drink four cups of water on an empty stomach. This is necessary for clearing the whole body. 2. After drinking water in the...

Japanese culture (Video)

Japan Exceeds in Speed Again

Japan intends to create the fastest train in the world, which will have 480 km/h speed. Its designers intend to use the Maglev　technology, which is a special magnetic energy. Due to them, it will be possible to be several inches above the concrete surface. By means of this magnetic energy, the train “Tokai” will transport the passengers from Tokyo to Nagoya. The project was approved in Japan on October 17 in 2014. The following variant of transportation allows to pass 290 km way in 40 minutes, which is an hour faster than the world-famous Shinkansen (320 km/h). The...

A Bus-Electric Power Station Was Created...

18/01/2014 The Japanese Hino Motors Ltd car concern together with the manufacturer of electronics Hitachi Ltd has created a new bus model, which is able to become a mobile electric power station and provide electricity to the population in case of natural disasters. It has a saving and ecologically safe hybrid engine. The whole energy, which the ion-lithium battery produces in a special regimen, will be provided to the subscribers. According to the assessments of the developers, the bus-electric power station can provide the buildings of schools with electricity for 10...

Japan-Armenia Music

Karen Israelyan Was born on 15th of November 1979, in Yerevan, capital of Armenia, in medical doctors family. Started to play violin from 9 years old. After graduation in Special Music School by Tchaikovsky ,entered in Yerevan State Conservatory on 1997 witch was graduated with honour on 2002. As a exchange prodram student, from 2000 to 2001, studied in ,,Ino Mirkovich,, Music Academy in Lovran,Croatia. From 2003 to 2005 studied in Austria,Vienna Konservatorim .During studying was participated in the competition ,,Giovani Talenti,, and won second prise and silver medal in...

On 15.03.2015 Japanese Tea Ceremony and ...

On 15.03.2015 at 10:00-12:00, inthe building of Artists’ Union of Armenia there took place the continuation of the interesting Japanese event organized by the Embassy of Japan in RA and  “Hikari” Armenian-Japanese scientific-cultural center. At 10:00-12:00, there was the master class of Sumi-e painting, during which the tutor showed the audience a picture. Then she approached the people, who had instruments for painting beforehand. She estimated the works done and gave pieces of advice. At 14:00-16:00 there took place the exhibition of tea ceremony, during which...

Anime

«Romance in pictures»-maybe this is the most typical translation of Japanese word «manga». This is form of descriptive art and literature. Manga readers are of different agd having different interests. Manga is a creation of the most different genres. Manga can be adventurous, romantic, sport, historical, humorous, scientific-fantastic, horror, erotic or so on. The word «manga» was used by famous Japanese painter Katsusiki Khakusaem in 1814. At that time his created book was description of white and black eskizes. He titled the book «Manga» (automatic eskizes)....

On 14.03.2015 the Opening Ceremony of In...

On 14.03.2015 at 18:00, in the building of Artists’ Union of Armenia there took place the opening ceremony of interesting Japanese event organized by the Embassy of Japan in RAand “Hikari” Armenian-Japanese Scientific, Educational and Cultural Center. First spoke the president of “Hikari” Armenian-Japanese Scientific, Educational and Cultural Center Karine Piliposyan presenting the event and its participants. Particularly she mentioned that on March 14 after the opening ceremony there would be a lesson of ikebana. She presented the woman, who would conduct the...

The Culture of Ikebana

November 5, 2009 According to the Japanese painters, the infinite beauty of the figures of flora finds its expression in the art of ikebana. It is the art of flower decoration or making bouquets, but not in an ordinary concept, it has a philosophy in itself. Ikebana has 800 years’ history. It was created in the Temple of Buddha by the clergymen. It is said that the Japanese women cannot marry unless they know the art of sewing, cooking and ikebana. Still at the age of 7 the Japanese girls are taught the art of making compositions. Simultaneously, in children they bring...

Golden Rain with Clock Mechanisms (video...

In 2014, DGT Architects company together with the Japanese CITIZEN Company producing watches has organized a unique installation, which brings to life the watches that are used in everyday life. During the installation titled “Light is Time” there were used the mechanisms of 65.000 clocks, which were hung in a dark room from black threads and were like the sparkling golden drops of rain. The installation was firstly exhibited in Milan with 80 000 mechanisms, but now it has been transported to Tokyo and will be continued until November 28.  It’s worth seeing with...

The History of Japanese Clothing

Clothing (ifuku) in Japan is divided into two types: wafuku (clothing in Japanese style) and yofuku (clothing in the Western style). Nowadays “kimono” is called the type of dressing gown, which is fastened on the body with a belt. However, in the centuries past this type of clothing was called “kosode” (kimono can also mean the Japanese clothing in general). The history of Japanese traditional clothing is somehow the history of the development of kosode. In the result of the penetration of Buddhism and the system of Chinese government into Japan, there were adopted...

Ju-յutsu: the Secrets of the “Soft Marti...

Ju-Jutsu is a kind of Japanese hand-to-hand fighting, the main principle of which is the following: not to go to direct confrontation but by yielding the attacks of the opponent direct his actions until the latter is at last entrapped. Ju-յutsu is translated from Japanese as “soft techniques” (in Japanese “ju” means soft and “jutsu” means technique, tools). This naming should be perceived figuratively, as the attacks of jujutsu can be hardly called soft. Besides “ju-jutsu” formerly other names were also used, such as “taitsuju”, “kogusoku”,...

What Is The Bonsai?

Bonsai (盆栽) are potted miniature trees which are carefully styled to achieve an aesthetic effect. The concept was first imported into Japan from China more than a thousand years ago. Since then, a distinctive style of this art form has been developed in Japan. Various techniques such as the trimming of roots and wiring are used to keep the trees small but in proportion to how they might have looked if grown in nature. This achieves the effect of condensing the appearance of a natural tree or forest within the pot, leaving room for artistic imagination. Typical...

The beauty of Japan

Mister Hayato Imanishi Exhibition – Arme...

28 year-old Japanese photographer mister Hayato Imanishi visited Armenia and Artsakh in 2010 and photographed children and adults in prayer, in a number of Armenian churches and monasteries throughout the countryside. the material is taken from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5I5kR5BqjP8  translated from Armenian into English by Tatev...

About Armenian Genocide survivors who en...