Feeling about the land of cherry blossoms - Japan

 In 1970, I came to Japan for the first time in a delegation of the National Front for Liberation of South Vietnam, Japan is the country that day but not yet developed a great mark. 2nd 30 years later, I returned to Japan, this time I have come to Japan on the type of industry leading. Japan in the 20th century was the economic powerhouse of Asia and countries with economies in developed markets ranked 2nd in the world after the United States. Land myth of modern times, more and learn more about it see it as miraculous. 

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Before this place is the ocean, the sea of the Bay of Osaka, there is no land. The Japanese decided to make reclamation artificial island. First they closed the plant to 60m deep piles into the seabed to build 11 kilometers of dikes to the area of ​​511 ha. Then they poured sand reclamation, 180 million cubic meters of sand poured into the giant mold, and a 33m high sand island compared with seabed have been springing up by the great power of the human physique. They took 2,200 days, 6 years to create a gateway to the island before Osaka. Crossing the bridge connecting the island to the mainland was built, nearly 4 km long bridge has 12 lanes Car, bottom rail, 108m high bridge across the Strait, which connects the mainland Osaka. An airport was built on the basis of the design of Italian architect Gio Jealousy Piano. The construction of an airport with the Japanese company is not difficult, but the difficulty is built on an island where the ground is unstable, deep pile must penetrate the seabed near the 100m. They play each patient poles with high compression techniques and takes fifth century, 20 years apart with 1.500 billion yen net new built. 4 storey high station 2 km in length with an area of ​​300.000m2, but absolutely no side concrete piles, bracing whole are stainless steel to glass color. An airport with long runways 3,500, for a large class aircraft landing. It is a modern airport and the world's loss.

Today The Japanese government also advocated more investment 2500 billion yen (approx. $ 25 billion ) to expand the airport 2 times more broad and open a new runway, there will be a special runway used exclusively upon winds up to level 13 because in the middle of an empty ocean and Japan is the land of frequent storms, tsunamis. It is the myth of the 20th century, this 21.

Kansai Airport is a clearly demonstrated for the mutant magic of Japan. A country with a population of 10 th in the world ( 128 million people ), poor in natural resources, minerals and always be natural disasters, earthquakes, floods, tsunamis and volcanoes, is the most disaster-prone countries world. On average, each year about 7,500 small and large earthquakes. Yet, after the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, Japan twenty years has looked proud of overcoming poverty, overcoming difficulties and bring the country up today Japan is a leading nation in Science and Technology, is one of the major economic powers, the country with the highest life expectancy in the world.

Mount Fuji

Talking to people in Japan often referred to Mount Fuji, won the title was a UNESCO world heritage site. And Mount Fuji is the focal point, the center of the park Fufi Takona Iza world famous.

Mount Fuji is the name by word Fi sound from Ji Han Shan, Han Shan music is Son ( mountain ). There is another way to call Fuyoho, meaning flower top line capacity. Mount Fuji which is the result of volcanic eruptions formed after a tectonic over 100,000 years ago, a new sedimentary deposits covering ancient mountains of creating a Fuji paint.

Mount Fuji is around five freshwater lakes : Kawaguchi, Yamanaki, Motosuu, Shoji, and Sai. Fuji Japanese call is 1 in 3 holy mountain ( Sanreizan ), there are two holy mountain and Ha Ku Tate. Cherries are high in the Mount Fuji, Fuji people say is the embodiment of the goddess of beauty, spring to get dressed up her pink chiffon panels lovely cherry. As she leaves fall instead to don the brilliant red robes. Green water around the foot of the mountain is the giant mirror reflecting her. It is charming.

At the foot of Mount Fuji also has a forest named Aokigahara with iridescent cave stalactites and waterfalls just beautiful, mysterious medium. The region has many sedimentary iron and metal should compass and GPS devices do not work, shady forest trees, many people in the woods and get lost Aokigahara area becomes sacred, they told the priest here lãng soul still...

Japan generally around Mount Fuji and there are many mineral springs. So Fuji's winter service in snow and soaking in the hot mineral springs are more popular. Mount Fuji is a tourist attraction each year about 300,000 people climb Mount Fuji exploring, climbing best weather is in July, August.

In ancient times, from the year 663 a monk discovered and conquered the peak of Mount Fuji, he climbed the mountain at night by kerosene lamp, an oil pipe just burned his base, after 10 absences for such oil change he reached the top of the mountain. On top of the table Fuji has recorded the area and each spot the monks stop pouring oil base, who made ​​stops. However, today's road cars have up to 5 stations halfway visitors to explore the mountain and we just have to climb five stations. The station motels, eat, but simple is not the hotel. Each station has carpet, guests eat at the restaurant if they stay for free, if you do not eat the carpet and each gender pay any placement hundreds of people sleeping overnight. Therefore, the climber must backpacks, blankets, winter 3000m in altitude, the temperature there today down to -40 o C.

Tourists are often trying to mountaintop or at an altitude of 3000m, still dark at dawn to pick up. Here dense clouds looking down as marine snow and the red sun on the horizon at an angle photography queer people, when they choose birthday or wedding anniversary to catch the sun rises, as Japan pick up where the sun and the Earth early here, this place is top of Mount Fuji where the sun rises earliest pick Japan. They drink a cup of hot sake with dried fish or sip cups of hot coffee in a thermos to carry it around the crater and down the mountain to the delight of the sun to welcome the country's earliest sunrise. Look on the map as a Japanese archipelago is located in the easternmost arc earth, where the sun rises earliest in the world.

Japanese flag is a red sun glares, they still say this is where reigns the sun goddess. Standing on Mount Fuji to watch the sun is up selecting one of a kind. Looking from the Fuji is still a virgin majestic appearance. The snow cover on the tip as it increases virginity. If spring lake stood at the foot of Mount Fuji looked up at the white clouds floating halfway up the mountain, the sun blue, purple cherry blossoms brightly, it was the first scene yet people rejoiced.

Cherry blossoms

Japan also has a beautiful name that I want to mention is the land of cherry blossoms. Cherry blossoms have become the country's national flower of Japan. Spring comes, rather, from January to mid- May, the cherry blossoms bloom. Due to weather, the south as Okinawa, Osaka, sunny day, the cherry blossom front. And someone from Okinawa in the south to the north gradually blooming in the sunny island of Hokkaido under each different latitudes.







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Japanese cherry blossoms called Sakura, of plums and apricots but their origins are roses, with white, pink and red. There are types of white when it turns red, pink and also kind of switch to red fade. There are new types of deciduous trees, the flowers then came crashing buds, flowers and buds have emerged at the same time. There are 6 types of cherry blossoms, but most cherry types Someiyoshino, it is grown mostly in the capital, in the villa, in the park. This type hatch no leaves, so even a colorful flower plants flower and flower. On flowering plants, flowers under a tree falls in the snow covered as a pale pink. Spring pilgrimage to the country. The Kings and the Japanese Prime Minister lives often entertaining foreign delegations under the cherry blossom garden full of blooming flowers. Yesterday we brought you visit the office of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in the parliament building of the Liberal Democrats, from the window overlooking Downing Street, the yard is the original cherry blossom brilliant high. Seasonal flowering young men and women camping and play under the canopy of cherry, the elderly, the drooping soul mate drink sake under the flower. If a wing cherry falling into the cup, it was luck. Loc, both joyful and groups that usually come to people when there is a breeze, the romantic petal fall clear and always try alcohol is a petal... According to legend, " There is a Name " of water Japan, the Sakura ( cherry blossom ) is invoking the goddess drive from Sakuya Hime Konohara Kakuya called Sa Sakuya, she tilted into the water catching beauty, she was the first to hit on the flower seeds on Mount Fuji. When the first flowers bloom, she is also under the original incarnation, so people named the immortal flower that is Sakura.






From mid- March to early April 10 date is open flower festival month, the Japanese called the meeting Mankai ( bloom ). In the capital Tokyo, cherry blossom in the villa, on the streets, temples, cherry reflected the rivers, swamps, lakes and brilliant in the park. If sitting on a helicopter tour glide around Tokyo will see the city awash in pastel pink. This type of flower for a soothing aroma, soothing romantic guidance, it raised up human hearts, making someone feel free to enjoy the serenity Mankai saw and lightheadedness. In the park was famous as Ueno in Tokyo, Kitanomanra, Maruyama Sumida or as close to Yasaka Shrine ancient cherry stem to make the very core spread their way tomorrow - training. The girls in colorful traditional kimonos go under the train as giving Japan a distinct shades. I had the opportunity to stand under the shade of the cherry hear her sing Japanese folk song called " Cherry " - this folksong from ancient times, it becomes the beginning of the many music festivals, convergence, folksong reads :

"...

On grass hills, mountains

In places that have flavor and cloudy

The aroma of the morning sun shine,

Cherry Blossoms, Cherry Blossom

The petals are showing brightly colored...

...

The music at high nor low, the supply bottle, it gently, like an immense expansion of the human soul after the development songwriter Reed Afred Symphony No. 5, Cherry.

Blossoms, sharp flavor and folk songs in cherry to the tourists. To me that is a hallmark. We have a time please take a cherry stem plant in Vietnam resort in Phu Yen Sao my hometown. We got it out, like this easy to grow, cut down will plug up the tree. Today has covered cherries some road sections and front villas and villa has a covered cherry mansion named cherry blossoms. The road before the entrance to the Spa of Sao Vietnam cherry branches draped cool delivery. Ecoregions Spring cherry blossom Sao Vietnam, on branches, in a purple downy light, the foot is a smooth carpet by falling cherry petals covered. Suddenly lost in another world. A friend asked me, "Why Vietnam welcome opportunity to have cherry blossoms instead." Made of cherry trees sunrise has very pervasive, so that inspiring, true cherry flower of friendship.

We have friends, he Simamura, agriculture, forestry and fisheries minister under 3 lives of Japanese Prime Minister, he invited my wife and I went to eat at a restaurant Shushi heirloom. Only a few dozen small restaurant on an aisle seat close to the processor. Very simple but Shushi is the oldest restaurant in Japan, want to eat set. They let us eat several types of fish to squid, to shrimp, snails... All fresh, shows absolutely no fishy taste and no sense of life, whether it is food to live. All are juicy and aromatic crispy, very interesting.

Did the Japanese life expectancy highest in the world because they know what to take the virginity of the blessed. Which is pure natural, human only when the mind runs after money, then evil will come. Only people making bad go natural and make delicious food from places, things become toxic supplements murder. A message from Japan that I read it is : O kind man, keep your hands clean the virginal purity of nature and bringing it to serve humans.

Spiritual Culture

Three times to Japan, I always get the Japanese put you visit the temple, ancient temple which you say is sacred. In Japanese, though they dress and modern living to where on the face and the way they thie very evident they believe in the invisible spiritual beings. I went to any temple or shrine, no matter how remote in place or that the capital city is still solemn. Children's uniforms, the girls wearing beautiful kimono neatly lined up in the temple shrine. Perhaps the hectic, messy and not seriously dressed only a handful of tourists from the.

In Tokyo where most spacious, splendid and most solemn place of worship shrine Meiji emperor who greatly Mutshuhito revolutionary Meiji Restoration of 1868 changed the shape and stature of Japan, bringing Japan Japan from a feudal state into a water access documents of human civilization, set the stage for the development of Japan today. Meiji Shrine is located in the heart of Tokyo campus, over 70 hectares wide. With 365 plants in your garden, with nearly 200,000 high shade trees lush, neatly tender, beautiful and perhaps most impressive is the smooth color of green pine forest in the heart of Tokyo.

During this time back to Japan, you Oki and Watanabe took us to visit Tokyo 's oldest temple, Asakura named Temple, also known as Sensoji. Asakura Temple located in Sumida Taito City beside the gentle and romantic, the city called Taito, Taito but rather County. Asakura was named the Northeast Tokyo, Sensoji also means that the Senso Temple, " Ji " is ancient. This is one of Tokyo 's oldest temple was built in 628. Legend has it that two brothers as they Hinokuma fishing in the Sumida River. One day they drag nets that have wooden statues, they quietly drop the object into the river, but the last two times and the third time still have wooden statues. HinoKuma cousin brought the audience said to the elders of the village. He said it was the elders sacred omen. He then edited to form part of the altar. Then the monk, he visited the monks, the Buddha said that she should give up epiphany temple and gradually it became the largest and oldest temple, has a history of over 1300 years in Tokyo.

Today we see the temple Asakura like a small city. Surrounded by shopping streets, cuisine and dozens of hotels from 2 to 5 stars.

Temple called Kaminarimon port means the source, which generates thunder. Both sides have 2 ports worship the god of thunder ( Rai Jin ) and the wind gods ( Jin Fu ), between the red lanterns hanging gates weighing up to 670kg, on clearly marked " Sam ". From Sam a straight path to the temple gate called Hozomon ( Hozomon treasure ). In addition to classical 5-storey tower named Dempoin. In the power of the sound and the statue every year only December 13th is open to devotees on Tour. Daily arrivals in just burned incense burners great deal in the lobby and put forward seriously thrown into a barrel slotted zinc pennies and stood begging. Very demure, Japanese idol standing before applying water to wash their hands and then pray. Every year at the temple to 5-6 festival. Buddhist holy days are st April 8, people dressed up, a hundred babies 4-5 years old uniforms, mounted on the first two purple flowers cherry sides and a big flower in the middle of the forehead, vertical fencing honor. Looking down from a tall purple flower cherry brilliant. Buddha statues are seated in golden palanquin, put on his white elephant ( assumed to equal true ), object given between each pitch and respectfully to draw a water shell with gold plated polished shells, pouring himself buddha lightly. Hundreds of thousands of people do this quietly. Buddha bathing ceremony is finished, put the Buddha on offer, all washed with a water bath and then happy buddha eat cakes, drink tea and satisfaction out of.

I want to talk about how to manipulate and exploit spiritual travel to Japan. From port to port temple thunder long and 300 m high pylons paint them red road sides and flanked by two rows of 90 kiosks selling souvenirs of time and consumers. A real mall but still sedate, orderly and clean. Around the mall, this is the cross street, along the streets selling all sorts of items and then store food are clean. Old town, old but clean. A fleet of trucks like the old days, the " lady " Towing is the youth athletic enough English ( in Japan who do not speak English much ) fun presentable offerings. They always smile. They pulled the car to visitors glide around town and 30 minutes. A car carrying two people, sit on legs covered with a red cloth. English " lady " has included traveling, just introduced, beautiful place he stopped taking pictures for household customers with professional style, guests feel soft and comfortable. Lesson spiritual tourism, religious tourism is here. The Japanese have the right to use the advantages of the temple tourism business, they have created a wonderful tourism product. Just send a message of the cross in the nation's history, both commercial business very efficiently.

Next to the temple is just a few minutes Hanayshiki park full of flowers and the game. Nearby is a park on the banks of the Sumida River mellow, Sumida park spring cherry blossom floral swan, between the park we go to breathe fresh air, to the perception of Japan deposition in the heart.

The Japanese love flowers, love red leaf, nature lover, nature has created affordable for the Japanese love of country, faith in the premise. Ancestors, spiritual experience, has given them the confidence and strength. I feel that derived for creativity, breakthrough brought Japan into the power and strength of this belief.

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