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#Japanese ( language | culture )
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🇩🇪 -> 🇯🇵: Born in East Germany, living in Japan
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| Life in Japan | https://fluxcoil.net/jplife |
I asked the guide why swords were much longer used in Japan, compared to other countries.
According to him, it's because swords are so deeply embedded in the Japanese culture.
I had expected "because Japan isolated itself for hundreds of years, not participating in the military developments of the world around them", but indeed that also just covers a small piece of the long timespan of sword usage.
I went to the sword museum here in Tokyo as part of a group guidance, it was super interesting:
- forging a sword takes 6-10 days
- these are not stainless. When signs of rust appear, grindstones are used. Not regularly, just needed - as it wears down the blade
- brides in samurai families got a small sword as gift when entering the marriage, to kill them self if needed
- swords had tools attached like picks to clean ears or scratch the head
- swords often got reworked to fit new fashion/style
We’re wasting the remaining carbon budget on war and AI.
It's up to 35°C these days in Tokyo, workers wear jackets with builtin fans.
This scenario has #staplerfahrerklaus vibes.. the smell of fermented food from Sweden got sucked in, two workers lost consciousness. Surstroeming is not directly mentioned, but maybe it was that - the picture shows it.
Via: https://x.com/ishiimark_sign/status/1935323012032774457
I love how they fused Kanji and Romaji here:
美 is a glyph which means "beauty", mostly spelled "bi". For example used in 美容院/Biyouin, beauty salon.
The super market around the corner here uses "美stro bread" for "bistro bread" to hint how beautiful it is.
Kanjidamage on 美: https://www.kanjidamage.com/kanji/965-beauty-%E7%BE%8E
TIL: the reason that Tamagoyaki (Japanese omuelette) is in Tokyo/Kantou area sweeter than in Japans west areas: In the past, sugar was expensive and in Eido (nowadays Tokyo) as wealthy city it was used extensively to show off.
This influences the taste in the regions even now.
So many folks using the weather to climb Mnt. Tounodake - the summit was quite full.
Everybody using their chance before it's getting hotter.
Trip: https://fluxcoil.net/wiki/japan/tokyo_hiking/tanzawa_tounodake
The Nintendo #switch2 is sold in Germany since yesterday, for 469.99€.
With inflation/prices drifting off in Japan since years, I was curious on the price here.
Amazon-Japan is greeting with a warning that the Switch2 sold here is usable only with Japanese language setting, and just in Japan.. and it's sold for ¥49,980 (303€).
That's 65% of the price in Germany.. quite a difference!
We are still in the world of DVD region codes..
My income here is ~82% of someone doing the same work in .de .
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