Intro The word Ainu means human being in the Ainu language. Over the last 120 years the traditions of the Ainu people has changed with the times. Nevertheless the culture has been painstakingly past down onto the younger generation from their grandparents. It is estimated that there are somewhere near 50,000 to 100,000 ainu people living in japan. The Ainu culture originates in the northern island of japan called Hokkaido. Currently everything about the Ainu people is the same as all the other Japanese
It seems that today people without tattoos are becoming the unique ones. Tattoos now have become part of a mainstream culture that attracts and entices many. Research shows that 45 million Americans have some sort of tattoo, and out of those people 27 percent regret getting it. In my opinion, I think tattoos are important because it allows people to express themselves. It allows people to remember their deceased loved ones. It can give someone confidence or let them feel a bit rebellious. Thousands
Ainu is spoken in the far northern islands of Japan in Hokkaidô. This is an island about 83,530 square feet, which is about one fifth the size of Japan. It is surrounded by coasts and has mountains, lakes, and rivers. Speakers of Ainu live on southern Sakhalin. Earlier, but they used to live in Kuril Islands and Kamchatka. They even lived in the northeast region of Honshű. Ainu is believed to have origins in Siberia and the southern Pacific (Gall & Hobby, 2009). This non-Japanese language means
Indonesian mask Description This mask is from Indonesia. It is a squashed-circle shaped animal mask, that has many different shapes combined into it. As you can see in the drawing, the expression in this mask looks very joyful and happy. But it depends what role it has, and how you interpret it. This mask could be angry, sad, surprised, or even frightened. There are many different shapes used in this mask, for example, the eyes are very circular, the teeth are pointed, and the rest is very swirled
It was amazing to experience the excitement of ceramics art at Los Angeles County Museum of Art and seeing the eyes of people who were staring at the ergonomically well designed Jomon pot that looked very difficult to design by hand. The size of the Jomon pottery was 22 inches in height and is nearly equivalent to a fish bucket and the shape of the Jomon was a wide cylinder that looked like it could store lots of amount of water and fish. The Jomon had a combination with variety types of clay that
Uncontacted tribes and small-scale societies are becoming a thing of the past. The world is rapidly growing and small-societies going against the grain are being pushed aside by people, claiming their presence inhibits progress. With more than seven billion people inhabiting this planet, space is becoming more valuable and the outsiders are being forced to endure the regions that no one else desires. Eventually, societies mix, borders are blurred, and another unique society/culture is lost within
The Ainu people, primarily inhabiting the country of Japan, are a key component to anthropology for the sole reason that they are just one of many indigenous peoples who anthropologists’ study and analyze in order to learn more about the diversity and variation around the world. Only being recently recognized, anthropologists study the Ainu, specifically located in both the islands of Hokkaido and Sakhalin by traveling to various regions of Japan where they are primarily living and first-handedly
Ethnography: Ainu Worldview The Ainu, Japan’s native aboriginal people, are very much an isolated people, living now only in the northern island of Japan, Hokkaido. They number, as of a 1984 survey, 24,381, continuing a rise from a low point in the mid nineteenth century due to forced labor and disease, and have largely left their old ways and integrated into standard Japanese society, though even the majority of those still reside in Hokkaido. The animistic religion of the Ainu is firmly enmeshed
fully Japanese because I did not have all of the same beliefs and traditions as other Japanese people. Nor did I feel fully American because I fully do not believe in all of the American beliefs. I saw myself relating more to the Japanese culture because it taught me to be more respectful to my elders and other people in the community. Growing up I had to assimilate to the prevailing culture because people were bantering me because I had unusual views than they did. It was hard for me growing up; I
Communication December 22, 2014 Japanese Culture and Society A study of “uchi-soto, Harmony (wa), Face (losing face), Non-verbal Communication” for effective Intercultural Communication Japanese society is mostly homogenous with a very small of people from other parts of the world. Japan was closed to rest of the world for many years and created its own customs and traditions, though enormously copied from east and west. Because traditions were developed selectively, Japanese culture became a
and marriage, we are free to do whatever we please, anytime. Many people enjoy the feeling of spontaneity and randomness because of pure excitement. Newer and better things excite the folks these times and many times if you can kiss the mind, the heart will follow. However, in Japan, things can be very different. In Japanese culture, there is a “certain way” you must act, rules of society that can’t be broken. Otherwise, many people will think of you in a wrong way. To the Japanese, following tradition
These two journals or kiko have basically the same ideology of telling the readers of their journey from one place to the other. The details within every stop they made, every scenery that they come across and the literature that were involved through their experiences. Both encountered ups and downs during their journey and saw much beautiful scenery as well. However, the key difference in the two journeys is that, in Oku no Hosomichi, seemed to have no particular destination of where to go, where
Japanese prefer to eat potato chips instead of Japanese rice crackers, soda drinks pushing aside Japanese tea, and hamburgers sweeping away bowls of rice. In fact, fast foods are high in cholesterol and may influence physical well-being, but the Japanese people still consume fast foods. Hence, why fast food is popular in Japan? The Japanese perspective of being taller and a bit fatter is supporting the popularity of fast food. As a result of consuming fast foods, the average weight and height of Japanese
except from yearly holidays. However, regarding some of the attitudes and personalities of the way business is done plays a major role. Japanese often hold more than one religion at a time. This is completely different form the approach taken by people of the U.S. The U.S. takes the approach toward religions as being absolute. For example, in the U.S. being Christian, Jewish, and Catholic all at the same time is not a normal thing. To a certain degree, this has helped establish the Japanese business
was the best choice I have ever made. I would recommend anyone to go on an exchange program, even if it is a quick one. Going to Japan and visiting a foreign country was an incredible educational experience and it has broadened my understanding of people from another culture. I wouldn’t leave for Japan until noon but I still woke up early so that I could double-check my packed bags and be certain everything I needed was accounted for. A few hours later we boarded the plane and I could quickly feel
and several higher up Japanese workers are having dinner at Takahara’s house. An low context situation is when Hunt and Takahara go to get drinks, what matters is what they are talking about and not what is going on around them, even if a lot of people are looking at
Globalisation. As I write this speech my mac is constantly underlining the word with a red squiggle insisting that the s is a z. These small grammatical differences see people like myself wondering which the correct spelling is. This in itself is a direct example of the effects of globalisation. Where through the union of the continents, the process of becoming a single global body, has allowed a multitude of languages to meet one. Although, this connection has allowed whole continents to inadvertently
business. During a meeting with U.S. business people, it is allowable for any in attendance to speak. This contrasts with the Japanese way. An employee puts their own interests above that of the company. Also, employees are much more likely to change jobs several times throughout life. Which leads to
Tesco spokesperson states, “We very much go for the model that people [in Japan] shop two or three times a week, and tend to go to quiet neighborhood supermarkets” (McCurry, 2004, para. 11). Justin McCurry reporter for The Guardian in Tokyo attested to the fact that indeed Mr. Trenchard could be correct in the shopping habits of the Japanese population due to the fact of aging. He states, “By 2020, 34 million of its 127 million people will be age 65 and older…” (McCurry, 2004, para. 15). Tesco takes
you’re dealing with, and how familiar with the West you counterpart is. Japanese people are deeply proud of traveling. Get them to tell you about their trips. Then you can start to gauge their familiarity [with the West] and get a good sense of how good they are at telling you what they’re thinking, directly, as opposed to the indirection that the Japanese are famous for. The Japanese are like emotional bonds with people.” When doing business in Japan, they are very formal. Yet there are some aspects