A full day of a common tradition in Japanese villages has been squeezed into eight minutes. If you don’t have time for 8 minutes, then you don’t have time for tradition!
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A full day of a common tradition in Japanese villages has been squeezed into eight minutes. If you don’t have time for 8 minutes, then you don’t have time for tradition!
Duration : 0:7:59
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song: love is blue
song: love is blue
lmao
lmao
Its rather sad. Its …
Its rather sad. Its seems in all cultures that the more centralized/urbanized/ “educated” one becomes, the more culture is lost.
The closer you move to big cities, people seem to be less kind as well. People get bunched up together, competing against eachother, they forget how to relax and just enjoy the chimes of life.
Ok, comparison was cheesy, but the point still remains. Thanks for posting the vid. It helps me understand a little more about rural modern Japan.
I really enjoyed …
I really enjoyed watching your video. You are funny, and those bells, my, my, MY! How big IS this village you live in? Why are the bells so loud? Well, at least they don’t go all night. My!! LOL I’ve gotta go see if you’ve got more videos. I’m very interested in Japan!
I am at that! The …
I am at that! The PA system is basically one house away on the top of a hydro pole. Thanks for visiting; I really appreciate it.
When I was growing …
When I was growing up on the south side of Chicago there were church bells which sounded on the hour every hour. But man, you are CLOSE to the chimes near you.
Thank you very much …
Thank you very much. All in a day’s work… all in a day’s work… *wink*
That was …
That was interesting!! Thank you!
But – you scared the *…* out of me when you turned around in the bathroom!
Now I LIKE this …
Now I LIKE this retort! Very good, very good! Although, I must admit I never learned how to call people “self indulgent ass” in Japanese. So if you find someone who has some slang that can help you out, by all means, please DO let me know. And thanks for coming back to comment. You got a laugh out of me.
Is a little …
Is a little Japanese vocabulary too much to ask for?
It’s not nice to …
It’s not nice to talk about yourself like that.
Does anyone know …
Does anyone know how to say “self indulgent ass” in Japanese?
ok, I uploaded the …
ok, I uploaded the 5:00 Bell for Koenji ^^
Very cool! I love …
Very cool! I love my chimes, I really do. I think that once we move away I will miss them. The other thing I love about Japan, and many friends who have visited have said, is that there always seems to be water flowing somewhere…. And out here, it is soo true (same in Kyoto, as well).
I live in Koenji …
I live in Koenji Tokyo, at 5pm we have chimes as well. I should record them and let you hear them
This is an …
This is an excellent comment, thank you! It gives us all a slice of YOUR life. I highly recommend you do the very same thing I am doing over here… only your way!
Wow.
We don`t have …
Wow.
We don`t have bells in Niihama but in the winter a group of walks around Showa Dori chanting and hitting sticks together during the winter. A long term resident told me that it is to say `beware of fire`. Then in Sept the Taikos started. The first evening I had visions of LOTR goblins but after a week the sound became comforting. Sadly, when Taiko festival ended so did the drums…still miss it a little.
Thank-you for sharing your experiences with us.
（≧∇≦）ぶぁっはっはっ！！
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（≧∇≦）ぶぁっはっはっ！！
This is surprising as Japanese ppl.(驚)
The boondocks！
wow how nice! I can …
wow how nice! I can just picture it!
Tokyo and the busy life are awsome to see! but its nice to see the rural areas too!
I am in another …
I am in another part of the country. Look at a map. Look across the mountains to the Japan Sea side. See halfway along the coast (across from tokyo) there is a peninsula that looks like a bent thumb sticking out? Then look down from there and see a big lake? (biggest lake in Japan, and 3rd oldest freshwater lake in the world). I’m right between those two places. Very very rural. Very.
thanks for the …
thanks for the quick reply!
wow almost 20 years!!! I wish one day I can move there permanently.
ya im staying in Tokyo, but since im going with a Language school, ill be visiting other cities as well.
are u near Tokyo? I can see ur out of the city more, which area of Japan?
Thanks for the …
Thanks for the compliment. I used to teach English on the JET Programme (you can google that). Then I worked privately for a language school, then I worked in the eyeglass manufacturing industry here, and for the past five years I’ve been doing import/export related work out of my SOHO for myself!
I’ve been here sinc 1989, with one year 1990-1991 back in Canada. Have a great time this summer! It is so much more tourist friendly these days and there are a TON of things you can do in Tokyo now
if i may ask, do …
if i may ask, do you work there? english teacher maybe?
also, your japanese ive seen is AMAZING! how lon g have u been in japan for? you always wanted to live in japan?
its my wish too. im going there this summer for 2 months
I don’t know, im …
I don’t know, im just curious.:P
Right where the …
Right where the video takes place. Why?