https://padlet.com/beatricechen0058/h178mpjr8o3x "Kaleidoscope"- Cultural Preservation Museum Project en-us 2019-11-15 02:18:10 UTC 2026-01-29 07:43:56 UTC hello@padlet.com beatricechen0058 https://padlet.com/beatricechen0058/h178mpjr8o3x/wish/421374723 The main language spoken and written is Japanese. Old Japanese are originated from China, "Kojiki" the earliest Japanese text was written during the 8th century  for Ancient Chinese Characters. 
During Edo period from 1603- 1868 modern Japanese was developed.  ]]> 2019-12-08 21:24:32 UTC https://padlet.com/beatricechen0058/h178mpjr8o3x/wish/421374723 beatricechen0058 https://padlet.com/beatricechen0058/h178mpjr8o3x/wish/421377866 Logographic Chinese characters that used in the Japanese system. ]]> 2019-12-08 21:42:53 UTC https://padlet.com/beatricechen0058/h178mpjr8o3x/wish/421377866 beatricechen0058 https://padlet.com/beatricechen0058/h178mpjr8o3x/wish/421378463 A phonetic lettering system.  (Japanese alphabet)]]> 2019-12-08 21:47:02 UTC https://padlet.com/beatricechen0058/h178mpjr8o3x/wish/421378463 beatricechen0058 https://padlet.com/beatricechen0058/h178mpjr8o3x/wish/421417475 A phonetic lettering system used for foreign words. ]]> 2019-12-09 01:59:30 UTC https://padlet.com/beatricechen0058/h178mpjr8o3x/wish/421417475 beatricechen0058 https://padlet.com/beatricechen0058/h178mpjr8o3x/wish/421421496 The 2 major religions are Shinto and Buddhism in Japan. In the 6th century, Buddhism was imported from China. 
The recent poll find that 39% of Japanese beliefs in Buddhism, and 3.9% of Japanese beliefs in Shinto. ]]> 2019-12-09 02:22:01 UTC https://padlet.com/beatricechen0058/h178mpjr8o3x/wish/421421496 beatricechen0058 https://padlet.com/beatricechen0058/h178mpjr8o3x/wish/421898336 It's unknown when human first settled at the island in Japan. It had been believed that there was no variant of Paleolithic in Japan. ]]> 2019-12-09 22:20:09 UTC https://padlet.com/beatricechen0058/h178mpjr8o3x/wish/421898336 beatricechen0058 https://padlet.com/beatricechen0058/h178mpjr8o3x/wish/423636412 2019-12-13 02:13:16 UTC https://padlet.com/beatricechen0058/h178mpjr8o3x/wish/423636412 beatricechen0058 https://padlet.com/beatricechen0058/h178mpjr8o3x/wish/423637240 2019-12-13 02:16:57 UTC https://padlet.com/beatricechen0058/h178mpjr8o3x/wish/423637240 beatricechen0058 https://padlet.com/beatricechen0058/h178mpjr8o3x/wish/423638712 2019-12-13 02:23:38 UTC https://padlet.com/beatricechen0058/h178mpjr8o3x/wish/423638712 beatricechen0058 https://padlet.com/beatricechen0058/h178mpjr8o3x/wish/426918895 2019-12-28 02:13:35 UTC https://padlet.com/beatricechen0058/h178mpjr8o3x/wish/426918895 beatricechen0058 https://padlet.com/beatricechen0058/h178mpjr8o3x/wish/426919586 2019-12-28 02:28:29 UTC https://padlet.com/beatricechen0058/h178mpjr8o3x/wish/426919586 beatricechen0058 https://padlet.com/beatricechen0058/h178mpjr8o3x/wish/426939227 Japanese are the major fish eaters in the world, it is the first fish importer which consume 12% of world's caught fish. 
Japanese also eats pork and beef as part of their daily diets.]]> 2019-12-28 11:49:22 UTC https://padlet.com/beatricechen0058/h178mpjr8o3x/wish/426939227 beatricechen0058 https://padlet.com/beatricechen0058/h178mpjr8o3x/wish/427421145 2020-01-03 02:04:58 UTC https://padlet.com/beatricechen0058/h178mpjr8o3x/wish/427421145 beatricechen0058 https://padlet.com/beatricechen0058/h178mpjr8o3x/wish/427560690 2020-01-03 21:35:31 UTC https://padlet.com/beatricechen0058/h178mpjr8o3x/wish/427560690 beatricechen0058 https://padlet.com/beatricechen0058/h178mpjr8o3x/wish/427561139 2020-01-03 21:40:11 UTC https://padlet.com/beatricechen0058/h178mpjr8o3x/wish/427561139 beatricechen0058 https://padlet.com/beatricechen0058/h178mpjr8o3x/wish/427595580 2020-01-04 08:57:38 UTC https://padlet.com/beatricechen0058/h178mpjr8o3x/wish/427595580 beatricechen0058 https://padlet.com/beatricechen0058/h178mpjr8o3x/wish/427604521 2020-01-04 11:30:16 UTC https://padlet.com/beatricechen0058/h178mpjr8o3x/wish/427604521 beatricechen0058 https://padlet.com/beatricechen0058/h178mpjr8o3x/wish/427605966 I am a volunteer author for the online community supporting Japan as my Kaleidoscope project. This Kaleidoscope project hopes to preserve the national cultures worldwide. My contribution to this project will be trying to preserve some lesser known and unknown culture in Japan. This project here are also going to offset the negative effects of globalization, (cultural imperialism and homogenization) on some weaker cultures, for the preservation of uniqueness. The platform I am using is the Padlet online, the structure of this project is going to be a campus, where the things that are similar can be connected, it is viewable for online audiences, and I would encourage them for sharing and let more people know the situation, and have action to preserve the national cultures worldwide in Japan. ]]> 2020-01-04 11:59:23 UTC https://padlet.com/beatricechen0058/h178mpjr8o3x/wish/427605966 beatricechen0058 https://padlet.com/beatricechen0058/h178mpjr8o3x/wish/427643525 Japan is an island surrounded by sea. Having a lot of sea food and fresh fish lead people to collect these using their own way. As the technology is developing, these life are either risking humans or animals, an ineffective fishing is eliminated. ]]> 2020-01-04 20:39:21 UTC https://padlet.com/beatricechen0058/h178mpjr8o3x/wish/427643525 beatricechen0058 https://padlet.com/beatricechen0058/h178mpjr8o3x/wish/427748990 Ukai is a traditional fishing method, that uses trained cormorants to catch the river fish like ayu. This kind of fishing has been around for over 1300 years. It now is most prominently along Naraganawa River in Gifu City , where the fisherman have official support by the emperor. ]]> 2020-01-05 19:39:18 UTC https://padlet.com/beatricechen0058/h178mpjr8o3x/wish/427748990 beatricechen0058 https://padlet.com/beatricechen0058/h178mpjr8o3x/wish/427751889 Fisherwomen like Ama risk their lives diving into the sea to collect oysters and other sea foods, this is an actual job before 3000 years ago. Now this culture is disappeared for long year. ]]> 2020-01-05 20:00:32 UTC https://padlet.com/beatricechen0058/h178mpjr8o3x/wish/427751889 beatricechen0058 https://padlet.com/beatricechen0058/h178mpjr8o3x/wish/427753862 Whales are the biggest resource of meat in Japan after World War II when people is starving. Nowadays Japanese people rarely eat meat of whale, which is according to Asahi Newspaper, whales meat only made up 0.1% of all meat sold in Japan. ]]> 2020-01-05 20:16:56 UTC https://padlet.com/beatricechen0058/h178mpjr8o3x/wish/427753862 beatricechen0058 https://padlet.com/beatricechen0058/h178mpjr8o3x/wish/428147243 Japan leave the International Whaling Commission (IWC),  and start the commercial hunting, this action is to show that the government in Japan is trying to save the endangered whaling culture, and change to do sightseeing industry. Japanese aren't having whales meat. ]]> 2020-01-06 20:29:59 UTC https://padlet.com/beatricechen0058/h178mpjr8o3x/wish/428147243 beatricechen0058 https://padlet.com/beatricechen0058/h178mpjr8o3x/wish/428151601 The largest holidays in Japan is the New Year's Celebration. During Spring and Summer Period it is the celebration for god of the land or sea take place. Matsuri will also takes place in different places. ]]> 2020-01-06 20:40:03 UTC https://padlet.com/beatricechen0058/h178mpjr8o3x/wish/428151601 beatricechen0058 https://padlet.com/beatricechen0058/h178mpjr8o3x/wish/428154075 2020-01-06 20:46:19 UTC https://padlet.com/beatricechen0058/h178mpjr8o3x/wish/428154075 beatricechen0058 https://padlet.com/beatricechen0058/h178mpjr8o3x/wish/428155639 Japanese traditional custom of enjoying the beauty of flowers ex: Sakura and plum trees. They will also have Hanami Parties, which they will eat, drink, sing and dance together while enjoying the beauty of flowers. ]]> 2020-01-06 20:50:25 UTC https://padlet.com/beatricechen0058/h178mpjr8o3x/wish/428155639 beatricechen0058 https://padlet.com/beatricechen0058/h178mpjr8o3x/wish/428156047 A Japanese national holidays. They celebrate it on the 5th of May. The purpose of setting this is to respect children's personalities and also to celebrate the happiness they have. ]]> 2020-01-06 20:51:12 UTC https://padlet.com/beatricechen0058/h178mpjr8o3x/wish/428156047 beatricechen0058 https://padlet.com/beatricechen0058/h178mpjr8o3x/wish/428156369 The largest traditional dance in Japan. This holidays celebrate during the middle year of August. Men, Women and children dance on the street in Tokushima City, their dressing is traditional uniform, Happi and Yukata.  ]]> 2020-01-06 20:51:58 UTC https://padlet.com/beatricechen0058/h178mpjr8o3x/wish/428156369 beatricechen0058 https://padlet.com/beatricechen0058/h178mpjr8o3x/wish/429113382 2020-01-08 18:46:26 UTC https://padlet.com/beatricechen0058/h178mpjr8o3x/wish/429113382 beatricechen0058 https://padlet.com/beatricechen0058/h178mpjr8o3x/wish/429126239 2020-01-08 19:03:28 UTC https://padlet.com/beatricechen0058/h178mpjr8o3x/wish/429126239 beatricechen0058 https://padlet.com/beatricechen0058/h178mpjr8o3x/wish/429135884 2020-01-08 19:16:16 UTC https://padlet.com/beatricechen0058/h178mpjr8o3x/wish/429135884 beatricechen0058 https://padlet.com/beatricechen0058/h178mpjr8o3x/wish/429142154 2020-01-08 19:24:24 UTC https://padlet.com/beatricechen0058/h178mpjr8o3x/wish/429142154 beatricechen0058 https://padlet.com/beatricechen0058/h178mpjr8o3x/wish/429154625 2020-01-08 19:39:57 UTC https://padlet.com/beatricechen0058/h178mpjr8o3x/wish/429154625 beatricechen0058 https://padlet.com/beatricechen0058/h178mpjr8o3x/wish/429155717 This play a significant role play in the Japanese culture. Sumo, Judo, Karate are traditional Japanese sports. Basketball, baseball and other kinds of sports are comes from other foreign countries. ]]> 2020-01-08 19:41:40 UTC https://padlet.com/beatricechen0058/h178mpjr8o3x/wish/429155717 beatricechen0058 https://padlet.com/beatricechen0058/h178mpjr8o3x/wish/429160389 It is a sport that places great importance on etiquette. The contest begins with the competitor exchanging formal bows and ends with another polite postures. ]]> 2020-01-08 19:48:45 UTC https://padlet.com/beatricechen0058/h178mpjr8o3x/wish/429160389 beatricechen0058 https://padlet.com/beatricechen0058/h178mpjr8o3x/wish/429164076 A kind of Japanese national sports. It orgininated in the ancient times as the performance to entertain Shinto. ]]> 2020-01-08 19:54:39 UTC https://padlet.com/beatricechen0058/h178mpjr8o3x/wish/429164076 beatricechen0058 https://padlet.com/beatricechen0058/h178mpjr8o3x/wish/430377875 A football game that is populat during the Heian period. People playing this sports are going to wear like an emperor and kick the ball. ]]> 2020-01-11 19:41:49 UTC https://padlet.com/beatricechen0058/h178mpjr8o3x/wish/430377875 beatricechen0058 https://padlet.com/beatricechen0058/h178mpjr8o3x/wish/430378242 It is known as the snowball fighting in Japan. ]]> 2020-01-11 19:46:16 UTC https://padlet.com/beatricechen0058/h178mpjr8o3x/wish/430378242