英語版のウェブログを書いているblogspot(http://goo.gl/J3DhM)がなぜか新しい記事をアップロードできない状態になっているので、久しぶりにこちらに英語で書こうと思う。 I wrote the journal "My Religion Is Animism" on my weblog. (http://goo.gl/BnBl5…

I wrote "Modern Japanese is mixture of the traditional Japanese "やまとことば", classical Chinese, and European languages." in a previous journal.(id:yagian:20110409:1302298443) Soseki Natsume "夏目漱石"(http://goo.gl/V9n1Y), who is though…

I talked with an Australian and a Chinese about multiculturalism and nationalism on lang-8 (http://lang-8.com/). The Australian wrote as follows. (http://goo.gl/lzlrw) Don't call us "foreigners". Since they are in Australia, maybe you thin…

I went to a Buddhist memorial service today for the first death anniversary of my late uncle. It's been a long time since my relatives met each other. I might disrespect my uncle, but it was a good opportunity. He brought us together. We h…

I am reading Ernest Satow's book "A Diplomat in Japan". It is very interesting. Ernest Satow was the first interpreter between English and Japanese. When he became an interpreter, there wasn't anyone who could speak both English and Japane…

Some people are criticizing the history, which is taught in Japanese schools now, because they think that it is based on the view of U.S. occupation army in Japan after the Pacific War. They call this view "the historical view of Tokyo war…

I read Toshio Takashima's book "Big Bandits in China, the Complete Version" again. Inamoto recommended this book (id:yinamoto:20100302:p1), and it is really an interesting book. You should not miss it when you want to understand China. Mos…

I read Mayuko Sano's book "Alcock in Edo". In this book she wrote about Sir Rutherford Alcock who was the UK's first minister in Japan, and arrived in Edo at the end of the Edo Era. I found a person in this book who appeared in Ryutaro Iwa…

I read Ryutaro Iwase's “Robinson of the End of Edo Era; Drafts in Pacific Oceans Before and After Opening Japan”. This book is continuation of the same author's "Robinson in Edo Era; Stories of Seven Drafts". He wrote about drifters in the…