There are actually quite a number of japanese papercrafts but this time, I will talk and cover on kirigami or kirigami pepakura. The word ‘pepakura’ is a japanese translation of papercrafts written in katakana, while ‘kirigami’ literally means ‘cutting papers’ (‘kiri’ means to cut and ‘kami’ means paper. It is a type of Japanese art that involves a lot of cutting and also folding paper into certain shapes, ornamental objects and designs.
Kirigami is different from origami because it involves cutting to get a certain shape, though it also initially involves …

Japan is one nation that can never be separated from nature. As a matter of fact, they take pride in nature. They see and define the natural environment around them as holy beings. To the Japanese, all of the elements of nature possess spirits and emotions, aligning some the similarity to that of a human attributes. One that had been taken into deep particular interest by the Japanese is the bonsai plants.
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Bonsai is a type of small plant (any kind of small trees!) that is nurtured in a small pot …

Summer in Japan is pretty much an anticipated season in Japan, next to Spring where they can see the blossoming of the beautiful Sakura trees. In Japan, summer can mean hot weather, lots of matsuri or festivals, cold drinks, beaches, open space concerts, fireworks! Holidays and vacations, and a whole lot of fun! Especially for teenagers and children. Summer holidays for school and university students can last up to more than a month. It’ll be less for the working class people which is only for about a week or so.
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For all the years that I’ve studied and through all the leisure reading on the facts of Japan, one thing stays in my mind as some sort of general knowledge; is how high is the population of Japan. More to say, is how packed the main cities could be. But I should also not to forget commenting about the post-mortem of a developed or near-developed countries, is the increasing number of people who are living life in small towns and village to pursue their dreams and a much modernized lifestyle …

You know… one thing about oriental countries is how they integrated flora and fauna into their cultural lifestyle – making their culture one of its own kinds. Flower viewing is not only famous in Japan, but China and Korea as well. The concept doesn’t differ much from one another too. Well, in all countries stated above, flower viewing is a leisure event where they watch and cherish the eternal beauty of natural surrounding especially blooming flowers while sitting down listening to music and sipping authentic tea.
I’m quite sure I saw …