Japan

Japan

Thursday 14 May 2015

Kamakura(鎌倉)

We will go to Kamakura on Saturday, May 16.  I heard that there would be fourty-five CAs (Campus Assistans) to assist you to go around the Kamakura area. You will go with a small group, it means that you can choose places to visit.

I hope that you had sometime to research about Kamakura (maybe not), but for people (maybe many of you!) who have no idea where you will go and what you will do on Saturday, I would like to give you some links for the last minutes information before Saturday -  tomorrow.

Most of Japanese know "Kamakura" as a capital of "Kamakura period" (1185-1333).  Before the Kamakura period, the centre of the Japanese politics was mainly "Western " part of Japan (Kyoto).  The "Heian period" (794-1185) - just before the Kamakura period -  was ruled by Emperor but after Kamakura, the military government ruled the Japanese politics.

At the beginning, please click the following links provided by the Kamakura city tourist association.
http://en.kamakura-info.jp (English)
http://www.kamakura-info.jp/about/(Japanese)

There are rather too much information on this website, but I advice you to spend at least one hour to research about Kamakura before 9am tomorrow (this is your meeting time).

Then you might think that you need to see the Great Buddha (Kamakura no Daibutsu).  - this is the most famous sight seeing spot in Kamakura. Click the following link to learn about it.
http://www.kotoku-in.jp


Friday 1 May 2015

AKASAKA NINJA




We will go to Ninja Restaurant on Wednesday, June 3. (Remember that you will have a term end examination in the morning!)  This one is very different from "Ninja Turtles."