Rice And Sake As Cultural Heritage For Humanity

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Since ancient times, rice cultivation has been considered a special blessing bestowed by the gods, and it is an essential element in Japanese culture, not only as a source of food, but also for nurturing and maintaining health, life, and…

Live Like A Ninja To Survive In Modern Times

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Ninjas (忍者) were known as shadow warriors with special skills, equivalent to modern-day spies, agents or special forces, and were said to have carried out covert missions such as espionage, sabotage, and assassinations. Ninja groups are said to have existed…

Tracing The Path That Tea Has Taken

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Tenshin Okakura (岡倉天心, 1863-1913) a Meiji era thinker, introduced in “The Book of Tea (茶の本, 1906)” that the tea ceremony embodies the deep spiritual culture of Japan, and is not simply the act of drinking tea or a ceremonial procedure.…

Wine In Logistics And Cultural Exchange Since Ancient Times

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Wine is an alcoholic beverage made by fermenting grape juice, and the elements that determine a wine brand include geographical classification such as producing country, region, and vineyard, the winery, the type of grape variety used (there are said to…

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