Author: Tate | TATE: The Diary of a Japanese Man

2023-04-09

The cherry blossoms are beautiful, but that isn’t all

The Imperial Moat named Chidori-ga-fuchi is famous for its cherry blossoms (many of them are a popular type named, “Somei-yoshino”). One day, I took a walk around the moat. The cherry blossoms were starting to fall, and a flurry of cherry blossoms poured down like snow. I found a small information board in some bushes near the British Embassy in...

Nature

2023-04-01

For me, a calendar isn’t just a tool for managing my schedule

I use two kinds of calendars. One is a typical Gregorian calendar, and the other is a lunisolar calendar. Today, the Gregorian calendar is the standard global calendar. Of course, Japan has also been using it since 1873. The lunisolar calendar is recognized as an old calendar in today’s Japan. So, it isn’t practical in modern society. I live in...

Culture

2023-03-26

This is the record of my fifth private Noh flute lesson

This is the record of my fifth private Noh flute lesson. On that day, I practiced a piece of Noh music named, “Chu-no-mai” with my teacher. Compared to before, I was able to make a sound more clearly, and my fingers were able to react according to the musical score spontaneously. My teacher said that I could memorize the Shoga...

Culture

2023-03-19

Good old Japanese period dramas teach us what is important as humans

Many Japanese people think that Jidaigeki (Japanese period drama) is so outdated. Actually, Jidaigeki is really not popular. So, program production companies hardly ever produce Jidaigeki. However, I believe that now is the time to pay attention to Jidaigeki. Though our country has become rich materially, there are many Japanese people who feel insecure about their futures. This is because...

Culture

2023-03-12

My personal opinion about entomophagy

Food containing “cricket powder” was offered as a school lunch at a high school in Japan. It wasn’t mandatory, so only the students who were interested in it ate it. However, now, this topic has become controversial in Japan. The high school and an entomophagy startup have been criticized for various reasons. In particular, many critics, including specialists and celebrities,...

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