Tag: Japan
8 Festivals Celebrating Nature
Unfortunately, people destroy nature. Pollution, global warming and animals extinction are issues that we face everyday. However, nature lovers can escape to their own Wonderland visiting some of the nature festivals. Here are some of those places where you have to go. 1. Hanami image credits Hanami is Japanese traditional festival that celebrates the beauty [...]
So How Bad is it in Japan? The Aftermath.
When the word ‘disaster’ strikes our ears, we immediately know that something bad has happened. But in some cases like the Japanese tsunami, the word disaster doesn’t quiet cut it. Across the currently shattered land are anxious footsteps of dedicated rescue teams, troops, medical staff and public members uniting from Britain, China and New Zealand [...]
The Mysterious and Exotic World of Geishas
Stories of Geishas should never be told, as their lives are forbidden and fragile – without their mystery it can not survive. Welcome to a foreign culture, one capturing and moving but still misunderstood. This was a culture where seduction was the key – a time when just a glimpse of the wrist was sexual [...]
Japanese giant spider crab ‘Crab Kong’ arrives in Weymouth
Although he hasn’t stopped growing yet, the enormous crab has already been dubbed Crab Kong. Image credits 40-years-old Crab Kong, who measures 3m across and weighs 15kg, was caught by a fisherman in Heda in Suraga Bay, Tokyo, was originally intended to be sold for supper. Fortunately, the fishermen called Weymouth Sea Life biologist Robin [...]
Monkey Who Bit 120 People in Japan Escaped Captivity !!!
A Japanese macaque who bit about 120 people last year has escaped captivity. Image credits The monkey known as Lucky slipped out of the government-run nature park in Mishima City, where it had been kept since its capture last October. Lucky took its chance to escape while a keeper was cleaning its cage. The city [...]
Japanese Scientists Plan to Bring Wooly Mammoth Back to Life !!!
According to The Daily Yomiuri, a team of Japanese scientists plans to clone a wooly mammoth in the next four of five years, resurrecting the hairiest beast from 10,000 years of extinction. “Preparations to realize this goal have been made,” said the head of the team and professor emeritus of Kyoto University, Akira Iritani. It [...]
The dreadful memory of Pearl Harbor on December 7th 1941
image credits 69 years ago now, on December 7th 1941, the Japanese carried out the most ferocious attack on US naval vessels in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, one of the most infamous incidents in US military history. Meticulously thought out and perfectly carried through, this despicable raid had the sole aim of disabling US Naval forces [...]
