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get in?! I put Japanese holly on the door lintel!!!
Oh well, so long as you're here, you might as well
catch up on anything you've missed. Click on the meeting subject
to read up on it!
1997
- Ama-terasu, the Goddess of the Sun.
- Oni/"Meet Your Mascot", plus other supernatural critters.
- The Seven Gods of Luck, and stories relating to.
- Life in Japan, a mandatory and general overview, with a few gory details.
- Festival of the Dead, ghost stories and festival beliefs.
- Bishounen, are you man enough to take the Bishounen Challenge?!
- "Seven Samurai," classic film by director Kurosawa Akira.
- "Fushigi Yuugi," similarities to "Seven Samurai."
- The Impetuous Male, Susanoo, or Susa-no-o, or Susano-o -- the stuff you haven't already heard about in the other meetings.
- Three Sacred Treasures / 108, also the stuff you haven't already heard about previously.
- Japanese Theater, encompassing Kabuki, No, Bunraku, Rakugo, and Kyogen.
- Three Unifiers of Japan, (during the "Civil War Era") Oda Nobunaga, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, and Tokugawa Ieyasu.
- Tea Ceremony, origins and modern practice.
- History of the Sword, it was an excuse to watch "Rurouni Kenshin." ^_^
- Ninjutsu, the Art of Stealth.
- Sumo Wrestling, origins, pre-modern, and modern.
- 1997 Schedule Come back in '98!
- Links, see other members' pages.
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