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Indians usually
speak English better than us. But they have gotten our Japrish in Tokyo!
Weird
Japan section © 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 Hasegawa
'Pinky' Tomoko
Pictures & texts © 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 Hasegawa
'Pinky' Tomoko
- History
of Japan
- Family
Crests of Samurai Clans
- Samurai
is identical with swords, right? WRONG.
- Japanese
Swords, Swordsmaking & Swordsplay
- Historically-Correct
Samurai Armors
- Authentic
Swords of Japanese Warlords
- Samurai
Weapons
- Historically-Correct Samurai Armors
- History
& Pictures of Japanese Christian Samurai & Warlords
- How a Japanese
Warlord Got His Army
- Spaces, Interior
Design & Architecture
- Japanese
Warlords' Money
- Japanese
16th century Warlords
- Management
of a Warlord's Household
- Japanese
Samurai Wars
- Origins
of Samurai Habits
- Bushido
- Yamabushi, the
Japanese Demon-Slayers (For Real)
- History of Japanese
Portrait Paintings
- Maps of All
Japanese Provinces, Warlords & Battles
- Premodern
Japan: Real-Life in Emperor Meiji's World
- Japanese
Warrior Codes & Samurai Beliefs
- Real
Samurai Legends
- Origins
of Japanese Music, Songs, Dramas & Dance
- Many traditions
that we assume to be Japanese are actually imported from China: kanji,
Buddhism, ikebana, bonsai, tea ceremony, and so on -- even sushi and
Shinto. No kidding.
- Things that
are 100% Japanese
- Incidents
of Real Samurai Lives
- Yakuza &
the Underground Samuraihood
- Kamikaze,
the Flying Samurai
- Ainu, the Forgotten
Natives of Japan
- The Shield
Society
- The Japanese
Self-Defense Forces
- Ukiyo:
the Fleeting World, the Floating World, the Samurai's view of Life
(Death)
- Meanings
of the Japanese Flowers & the Samurai Flowers
- Incidents
of Real Samurai Lives
- Shinto,
the Essence of Japan
- Yakuza & the Underground Samuraihood
- Kamikaze, the Flying Samurai
- Zen, Samurai's
Buddhism
- Meanings
of Japanese Names, Nicknames & Titles
- How the
Japanese Name Themselves
- History of
Japanese Clothes
- Kimono Culture
- Samurai
LEGENDS: since 660 BCE until 1868
- History
of Japanese Dolls & Origami
- Structure
of Japanese Feudal Society
- Rulers of
Japan since 660 B.C. until today
- Shoguns
for Dummies
- The
Japanese Greatest Warrior Clans
- Cities of
Japanese Warlords
- Weird snapshots,
strange truths, odd realities & wacky info about Japan
- Samurai
ANIME: Watsuki Nobuhiro's
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- Samurai
WEAPONS: Katana, Naginata, Yari, Yumi, Teppo, etc.; Kendo, Kyudo,
and Yabusame Archery Contest
- Samurai ARMORS:
History & Pictures since 660 BCE until 1912
- Samurai
AMULETS: the Curious History & Pictures
- Samurai
DRESS: Since 500 until 1945
- Samurai
RELIGION & How They Synthesized Everything
- Samurai
HISTORY: since 660 BCE until 21st Century
- Samurai
GANGS: White Hilts, Otokodate, Yakko, Kabukimono
- Samurai
HEROES: the Truest Heroes According to Bushido
- Samurai
ACES: Arima Masabumi, Saito Saburo, etc.
- Samurai
RANKS: Divisions of Status Within the Warrior Class of Japan since
1185 until 1868
- Samurai
CITIES: 16th Century Warlords' City Planning & Architectural
Styles
- Samurai FLOWERS:
Fujiwara Teika, Sugawara Michizane, the Taira Clan
- Samurai
SWORDS: Swordsmaking, Etiquette, Swordsplay
- Samurai
WARS: How to Be a Warlord & How to Do War in Medieval Japan
- Samurai
SHAMAN: the Real-Life Onmyoji (Yin & Yang Master)
- Samurai
DANCE: "Atsumori", History, Song Lyrics, Step-By-Step
Dance
- Samurai
SUICIDE: the Variety of Samurai 'Seppuku'
- Samurai
CRESTS: Warrior Clan's Coat of Arms since 500 until 1868
- Samurai
BUDDHA: the Warrior Zen
- Samurai
HOUSES: Authentic Samurai Dwellings
- Samurai
PERSPECTIVE: How the Warriors of Japan Saw Life (Death)
- Samurai
LOSERS
- MODERN
Samurai: Not the Japanese Armed Forces
- FEMALE
Samurai: Tomoe, Concubine of Kiso Yoshinaka
- CHRISTIAN
Samurai: Otomo Sorin, Arima Harunobu, Konishi Yukinaga, Takayama
Ukon, Omura Sumitada, etc.
- Samurai
'Sengoku' WAR movie of Nagashino Battle: Kurosawa Akira's SHADOW
WARRIOR
- Kurosawa
Akira's & Mifune Toshiro's SEVEN Samurai
- Sanada
Hiroyuki's TWILIGHT Samurai
- Zatoichi,
the Most Beloved BLIND Samurai
- Nakai
Kiichi's Samurai in CHINA
- Tom
Cruise's FAKE Last Samurai
- REAL
Last Samurai 1: the Wolves of Mibu
- REAL
Last Samurai 2: Saigo & Shimazu of Satsuma
- Ueto
Aya's NINJA movie
- Real NINJA
Today: Whatever Happened to the Famous Iga Clan
- Minamoto,
Abe, Fujiwara, Taira Clans movie
- Sato
Koichi's SHINSENGUMI movie
- Oda,
Takeda, Tokugawa Clans movie
- Samurai
ARMY & NAVY
- Real
Samurai Household Management: How Oda Nobunaga Managed His Retainers,
Castle & People
- Complete
History of Japanese Geisha
- Big Pictures
of Shinto
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