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Produced by NIHON UNIVERSITY HIGH SCHOOL, GEIC and The Japan News NICHIDAI SG TIMES STUDENT EDITION, SEPTEMBER 2018 Yokohama, A Global City Yamashita Park has several of the world ended and Nagasaki in 1848. Foreigners monuments as a reminder of the Yokohama opened it doors to moved to Yokohama because it Great Kanto Earthquake of foreign trade. Yokohama was was open to foreign trade and September 1st 1923. A statue of the first to experience new had cameras and accessories as Mizuno-shugoshin, the god of technology like sending well as new information about water, also came from San messages through Morse code. photography. In addition to new Diego. The statue from the song When the telegraph was first technology, Yokohama was also of the seagull, Kamome – no – introduced to Japan, the words the starting ground for foreign Suihei San is also in Yamashita “YEDO” and “YOKOHAMA” sports. Tennis games were Park. They are all symbols of were used. The telegraph started regularly held at Yamashita park reconstruction after a natural being used between Yokohama starting June 1876. In 1920, a disaster. and Tokyo in 1880 and spread Japanese tennis team first around Japan in 1890. participated in the Antwerp There is also another bronze Olympics leading to the Japan statue, Akai-kutsu haiteta Though Japan already had its Tennis Association being The Little Girl with Red Shoes is a onnanoko. It could also be own older forms of newspaper formally established in 1922. popular statue in Yamashita Park. found in Yokohama’s sister city, like yomiuri and kawaraban and Photo by Miu Kaneko San Diego in the United States the word Shinbun was coined in Yokohama is a beautiful city of America. According to the the Edo period, the first with a fantastic history and great Have you ever been to song of the same name, a young Japanese daily newspaper that international relations. Because Yamashita Park? It’s one of the girl with red shoes sailed away had both foreign and domestic of this, technology and culture most famous parks in Yokohama. from Yokohama and was news was the Yokohama will always flourish in the city A lot of people visit it because brought to another land. This Mainichi Shinbun that was of Yokohama. the view that is seen from reflects the presence of foreign published in 1871. Yamashita Park is very beautiful. influence in the city of We can find a lot of beautiful Yokohama’s history. Photography was invented in --------------------------------------- flowers in Yamashita Park but Europe in the early 19th century By: Miu Kaneko, Saki Sato, and did you know that it also has a At the end of 1870, the and the first camera in Japan Wakaba Sakamoto long and wonderful history? isolation of Japan from the rest came into the country through --------------------------------------- Discovering What Makes Nihonshoku Special Japan values tradition and has Osechi ryori is eaten on New period. A long time ago, around the world love Japanese a great love of food. Japanese Years Day. It is traditional food Japanese people ate partly food. Nihonshoku is truly cuisine is very famous for that is served during this very fermented fish wrapped in rice. special! special traditional food like important event in Japan. Many This was the earlier form of Osechi ryori and extremely kinds of food in Osechi ryori sushi and would have to be popular food like sushi. have special meanings. eaten before the flavor changed. Kamaboko is made by boiled Washoku is Japanese fish paste. The red color means Throughout the centuries, traditional food and many you will be protected by evil sushi has continuously evolved Japanese people say it is very while the white color is a and has grown in popularity. difficult to make them because symbol of purity. Japanese food is not only preparing it requires a lot of delicious but also it’s also Some of the most popular sushi in the time. But since Washoku is very Sushi is so popular that there healthy. It also looks beautiful world: egg, shrimp, salmon, and tuna. delicious, it is still popular are sushi restaurants around the because Japan has a lot of Sushi is known around the world as a among Japanese people despite world. Though people eat sushi skilled chefs who can make Japanese specialty. the difficulty to prepare it. Some daily, it is also eaten during days such delicately designed and Photo by Akari Hata examples of popular Washoku of celebration. uniquely flavored food. are dango, a famous dumpling --------------------------------------- dessert with different flavors, Japanese sushi was first Not only is Nihonshoku By: Manami Tanaka and Akari and oden, a traditional fish cake recorded in the Yōrō Code delicious, but it also has a great Hata dish. (Yōrō-ritsuryō) during the Nara history. It’s no wonder people --------------------------------------- 2 NICHIDAI SG TIMES STUDENT EDITION, SEPTEMBER 2018 Culture / Sports Japanese Traditional Crafts, A Cultural Symbol of Japan There are more than 1,000 and kettles. Wajima-nuri was known abroad. Boxes called Japanese people should learn traditional crafts in Japan. They typically crafted as dishes "Himitsu bako" are also famous. about traditional crafts to not are wonderful goods that during the Heian era. It is These are boxes that are difficult only preserve it but to continue craftsmen made by hand. There covered with lacquer, which to open because of the sliding to create and develop it as well. is also a rich history behind made it looks polished. There mechanism inside made from Japanese traditional crafts have been discoveries of new wooden pieces. reflected in the many varieties products, such as violins, that around the country. Here are were made with the Wajima-nuri Even today, Japanese art and some examples. method. The museums with traditional crafts continues to be Wajima-nuri artifacts are a famous in many countries Arita-Yaki is a type of popular spot for tourists. abroad. Currently, there is an porcelain that looks like pottery. exhibition of Kutani-Yaki in the However, the raw materials used Nishijin-ori is a general term British Museum, one of the are different. The sound pottery for yam-dyed fabrics made in largest museums in the world. makes when you tap it is a dull Kyoto. It has been passed down The craft of creating kutani-Yaki thud whereas porcelain is light several generations since the is based on the method used to and makes a metallic sound. It late 5th century. It’s is a general create Arita-Yaki. Just like has many designs and many term for yam-dyed fabrics made Arita-Yaki, it is beautifully colors. in Kyoto. The designs are painted porcelain. Arita-yaki, a kind of Japanese gorgeous and people find the porcelain, has many beautiful Nanbu-Tekki is made of iron. fabric beautiful to look at. Japanese traditional crafts are colors and designs. In order to make sure it’s of certainly among the most good quality, there is a special There are around 20 admired in the world, regardless Photo by Masayuki Hisatomi way of making it. It has always traditional crafts in Kanagawa. of design, performance and been made in the form of a The most famous traditional technology. Future generations --------------------------------------- kettle but now it is also made in craft is Hakone Yosegi-zaiku. It should continue to enjoy By: Yasuhiro Chin, Tsubasa Ishii, other forms. It used to be made is a woodworking technique that Japanese traditional crafts and Masayuki Hisatomi into weapons during World War uses several combinations of despite its current problems like II but now most of it is made different kinds of wood. Hakone international competition and a --------------------------------------- into daily necessities like pots Yosegi-zaiku is also very well shortage of successors. More Yokohama Stadium and the DeNA BayStars been renamed several times, captain of the team this year. He BayStars. even being called Yokohama plays outfielder and every Peace Stadium and Lou Gehrig DeNA fan knows him because Yokohama has a lot of Stadium after the stadium was of his great batting skills. Fans talented athletes that play and used for the All Star Game in also say he is a very kind do well here in Japan as well as 1934 with Gehrig and Babe person. overseas. Cities like Yokohama Ruth, two baseball legends. that support their teams Among the DeNA Baystars, certainly prove that Japan has a Not only is Yokohama there are a lot of players who lot to be proud of! Stadium used as a baseball have tried to break into the Yokohama Stadium is even more stadium, but it’s also used as a major league. Sasaki Kazuhiro famous because of the DeNa BayStars. concert hall and venue for other is a Japanese pitcher whose “55 sports like soccer and American wins, 1 loss” reputation is Photo by Ryunosuke Takagi football. Yokohama stadium is extremely popular. In 1994, he often used for concerts because was nicknamed Daimajin (big Baseball is very popular in of its great size. Artists like demon) because his fans said his Japan and even more so in TUBE and Kim Jae Joong have face can look very scary. Yokohama. Two of the most performed there. Yokohama popular symbols of baseball’s Stadium has also had Last year, the DeNA BayStars popularity are Yokohama collaborations with popular were up against Hiroshima Carp Stadium and the DeNA animation like ONE PIECE and 3 times. At the beginning of BayStars. The stadium, like the Attack on Titan. those three games, BayStars had BayStars, has a very interesting fewer points but during the 9th Baseball has a long history in history.

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