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Friday, May 22, 2009
Japanese Sports and Garden
Hello readers, guess what I have found out today! I have found out another two more cultures about Japan! They are Japanese sports and Japanese garden. Firstly, I will tell you more about Japanese sports. Do you know what is the most common sports played in Japan? The answer is: association football and other ball sports! People like me will think it will be judo as this martial arts is from Japan. But sadly, the answer is not. Martial arts and Karate are also practiced by many people as well but not so common and baseball is the most popular spectator sports of the country. There are three periods for sports. Firstly is Pre-Edo period. In this period, Sumo is introduced and is a traditional sports, followed by martial arts and hunting. Secondly is Edo period(1603-1868). In this period, sports became a popular way to spend time but they were often accompanied by gambling. Martial arts like jujutsu were popular but school avoided inter-school matches and only internal matches were held. Lastly is After Meiji Restoration. In this period, various kinds of Western sports were introduced into Japan. During 1870s, track & field events, baseball, football, rugby union, cricket and ice skating were introduced. Hey do you all know what is motorsports? It is something that I have never hear before! Motorsport is the collection of sports which primarily involve the use of motorized vehicles. It became popular in Japan especially during the latter third of the 20th century. The next culture is Japanese garden. To me, I find that Japanese garden are normally filled with small bushes and short trees and they also like to put sculptures and a small lake in their garden. Sometimes, this enables me to identify an unknown garden because of the style they use. Japanese garden were developed under the influences of the distinctive and stylized Chinese gardens. Hmm... how do we identify a Japanese garden? We can identify them through their typical features which are water, rocks or stone arrangement, a lantern, teahouse, etc... There are three traditional garden styles which are Karesansui Gardens (the use of raked gravel or sand that simulates the feeling of water), Tsukiyama Gardens (commonly strive to make a smaller garden appear more spacious) and Chaniwa Gardens (built for holding tea ceremonies). Some history: Garden were built at first to express Buddhism and Taoism through replicating the mountainous regions in China then it shifted from solely representing religious beliefs to becoming. Later on many gardens were created due to improved garden techniques and the development of Syoinzukuri style. Famous traditional gardens were owned by businessmen and politicians and some of them are open to public viewing.
With these, I will end my post here today! I hope from these, your have known a bit more about Japan just like me! I hope I can find more cultures next week as I am interested to know more!:) So... Bye! See you next week :)
shalalalala' 11:46 PM