J-Day 2009
Von -angela-, 18:09

it´s the rheinpromenade. directly at the bank of the rhein. here you see the place where the stage was and the most of programme was shown.  in the back is the schifffartsmuseum. the museum of shipping history. people could get traditional japanese food and drinks by the three marqueses in the back. sushi, fresh made by a japanese cook.  very tasty!  you could also get sake ( rice spirit ), green tea ice and hattori ( chickenpieces on a skewer with sauce ) and other tasty things to eat. at the other side of the place were another three marqueses, offering the same stuff with little differences. in the mittle of the place, where the stage was, was a stage tower you´ll see in the following photographies as well.

 

 

thre cosplay girls :3

this picture associates america and frensh.

...because the two guys looking into the camera are "together" barack hussein obama ( headform from the left one, hair, height  from the right one.  then, the afro from the girl together became a psychological president ) but that´s not the only seeable proof.  in the back of the picture you can see a streched out fist. now look at the girls again. they all do have cans in their hand, making a circle. one visible sign is the circle itself, "reflecting"  the tower in the back. and if you look closer and the same way i already explained, you can see the statue of liberty. (girls hair, closes, shape and color of the clothes and the cans)  the chain of the girl with the blond hair shows the form of the dress of the liberty statue. there are also signs for its motherland french to find. ( the stripes on the guys shirt, ....)

:)

fresh made sushi. it´s totally easy to make it  at home and it´s very tasty, if one gives it a shot. for maki suhi rolles you only need salmon and cucumber, rice, a sea seaweed sheet, ( nori ),sweet soja sauce and maybe wasabi as dips. ( wasabi is the green, VERY sharp cream you can see at the photographie. ) cut the maki role in to pieces as big as a thumb length. if you never have tried wasabi, try it out by dipping only a litlle bit of sushi in it or your mouth will start to burn badly. if it is too sharp drink milk, no water. here is a some recipes: http://sushiday.com

 

 

these ladies are showing the o-bon dance. it´s similiar to halloween or the german allerseelenfest.

the ancestors are allowed to come back to the upper world, for one day in a year, the o bon dance is celebrated in order save the souls. it based on the light celebration day, and the alavambana ( that word means to hang head over in hell ) also named as pretafeeding, feeding of hungry ghosts. through the symbolistically feeding, ( the o bon dance ) the souls should be freed from their sins.

actually it was pretty nice how the ladies explained the o-bon dance, to the japanese day visitors. because yes, everybody should do with. they took the moon as example to show every move of the o-bon.

clap two times one one, than clap one time on two

(clap,clap ___clap)

and than this:

1. :  where´s the moon? ( right arm above the head, left leg back )

2.: where´s the moon? ( left arm the same, right leg back, left leg forth )

3.: there´s the moon! ( both arms infront of the face, as one wants to sheeld the eyes from the light of the moon, legs together )

to feed the hungry ancestors souls with the moonlight, stright the light you´ve gotten from the moon from your halfarm to the souls. right, and left arm.

there´s the moon! :)

feed the souls

where´s the moon?

there´s the moon.

 

 

 

 

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Japantag 2009
Von badmanvegeta, 22:20

 the japanese day is an event with more or less over two thousend people celebrating it every year. i visited the japanese day in düsseldorf on saturday the 13th.

manga means " moving picture" and it has a long history. anime is - like the name sais- the animated version of manga. ( no comic, like batman, spiderman, silver surfer ...) people used to mix that up. mangaka in japanese are very famous people, very high aprecciated. akira toriyama, who i do very much admire, and who created dragonball, is one of them.  you´ll see photographies here, where people are "cosplaying" their favourite anime characters, by slipping into mostly selfmade costumes.

very creative and some with much fanlove seeable. 

 cosplayer and anime fans aren´t automatically japanese fans but it is a not bad effect, that people want to know more about the birthplace of the country of anime and manga.there are huge platforms in the internet and since the internet exist, a big wave started, pointing to europe. just google "anime manga or cosplay" and you´ll see what i mean with that.

i do love at japan the two different faces, as the quite religious side with a lot of wisdom, philosophy, history, religion and tradition behind it; the wonderful painting alike landscapes, and than, on the other side is the the rushing, pulsing town full of people and high technology. the food is artistically and very tasty if one likes that direction of food. the tea ceremony is a good example, too. it´s an almost shizophrenically island with it´s karaoke bars, sexualy exspecialtilities ( hentai, yaoi, yuri, shota and lollicon ) and the whole culture and everything what japanese is about, is very interesting.

the nature mights, like taifunes and earthquakes, are very intensive there. if one knows that, it´s incredible to find connections to the japanese live and kulture, their polution and surroundings.  a very proud, beautiful, interesting land.

the japanese day was great and the programme very nice. the people were involved in the programme and it doesn´t rain at all. really very good, and i am looking forward next year with pleasure. here are the photographies, i´ve made. they´re showing cosplayers, programmepoints, and the düsseldorfer town.

here is also the official link to the already past japanese day.

 http://www.japantag-duesseldorf-nrw.de/index.php?id=305&305L=1

 

 

soon, here will follow a little shortmovie and pictures :)

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