Corn for Livestock
It is said the main ideal feed for livestock is based on corn, and historically, 60% of the U.S. corn crop is consumed by the livestock industry. [1] Today, the circumstances have changed. Some researchers found corn has potential as an alternative energy source and biodegradable plastic. People have set their mind out reconsidering the value of corn, it could be no longer feed to livestock…Read the rest of this article
Sealing as Worthwhile
Black lovely eyes and a white furry body. Seals on the land of ice look so pure and innocent and bring out people’s motherly instinct. Who wants them to be covered with blood? Such a sentimental argument has been hiding the truth. First, people around Newfoundland or the Magdalen Islands in Canada mainly hunted the newborn babies of Harp Seals because they had beautiful yellowish-white…Read the rest of this article
New Wave vs. New Rave
A movement is always happening. Today, it is called a “New Rave” movement. The term New Rave is heavily inspired by the old 80’s movement known as New Wave, so the two movements are often compared. The New Wave movement occurred in England, the United States, Germany, and also in Japan, and it affected many other countries. Both of the movement s– New Wave and New Rave – first described…Read the rest of this article
Design for Smoking
Designing a package or a product related to smoking is getting more difficult and important especially today.
Governments in many countries manage to reduce the number of smokers by restricting a visual advertisement of tobacco. For example, a tobacco package should have “Health Warning” by words or pictures. For example, the package in EU countries must be labeled with both…Read the rest of this article
The Effects of Eating McDonald's In Japan
Obesity, poor diet and poor eating habits are problems that result from eating at McDonald’s in Japan.
Imagine the menu that is displayed in a McDonald’s store. There are pictures of hamburgers, French fries, drinks and desserts and they look good. However, customers can’t find any calories of them in the menu. They always eat McDonald’s without knowledge of their calories. If one…Read the rest of this article
Character Design in Japan
Ayuko Watanabe
Design can tell us a lot about the country of their origin. You can learn especially from elements such as colour, shape and material because these elements are so fundamental and tend to show the source of inspiration. Even if you observe just one particular category of design you can see elements of the country’s characteristic. Character design with its huge market in…Read the rest of this article
Can We Get New Color in Japan?
Recently I chose a table cloth for my room, and I picked up one made in Sweden. Its beautiful color attracted me, and I thought, “Why don’t we make this color in Japan?” I discovered although color is defined by the geography and culture, it is also defined industry. Color is strongly affected by light including sunlight and doesn’t exist by itself without light. Countries located…Read the rest of this article
Summer City Chigasaki
posterChigasaki city is located on the south coast of Kanagawa prefecture. From Tokyo, it is about 60 kilometers. Shonan area in the city is touching to Sagami bay. And this coastline ranges about 20 kilometers from east to west. There is Route 134 along the sea. On a clear day, you can see Mt. Fuji driving along the route.
into seaChigasaki has a beach called ‘’Southern Beach’’…Read the rest of this article
Hot Springs in Kanazawa
Hot springs, it gives contentment for Japanese people. There are about 2700 hot springs in Japan. In Europe, hot springs are used as medical care, but in Japan, they are enjoyed from children to old people as pleasure. Hot springs water has different kinds of color, for example, white, red, and yellow, but generally it’s transparent. Also, it has some good effects, for neuralgia, twist…Read the rest of this article
Samurai
Samurai was Japanese traditional warriors who lived from the 10th century to the 19th century. Samurai were famous for their proud attitude and their high sense of responsibility. The basic word means people who always carry a sword had high technique in using sword and serve lord. The origin of the word samurai came from the Japanese word, meaning ‘serve’. At first, their status was really…Read the rest of this article
Viking
When Viking first appeared on a stage of history, Europe trembled with fear. However when these fighters of the sea disappeared, suddenly their story became a legend. Even people who were plagued by Viking started to make poems about them and told their story to the next generation. A possible reason is the contrast between their bad and beneficial behavior for although Vikings plundered and…Read the rest of this article
Mass or Small
1950’s people were tired because the war had just recently finished. At the same time, a lot of products started to appear be imported such as a television, a refrigerator and a car. Those products are pop icon for the people. But almost all people were poor, and didn’t have enough money to pay their hobby and things other than in living, so they had no extra money. A few rich people could…Read the rest of this article
A Traditional Game
Many games exist from antiquity for enjoyment, relaxation, and stress reduction. Japan has a game of its own that has been passed down from generation to generation using Beanbags. It is a Japanese representative and international game using small cloth bags. Japanese Beanbag contain rice or Adzuki bean. People play games using any numbers of Beanbags like singing a song and throwing the bag…Read the rest of this article
Fairtrade
The Fair trade label is used in 20 countries.Fairtrade is a trade system whose purpose is to create a fairer economy. This results in better work opportunities for people who are living in slums or rural areas in developing countries. The world economy trade system at present is unbalanced. The position of the producer is weaker than the trader especially for local traders in developing…Read the rest of this article
Jyosanshi
[ESL presentation project] My topic is JYOSANSHI!! Let’s get going!! Introduction; Name of hygienic lady midwife nurse law was modified by the legislation of house members of end of the last year, was enforced in 2002 March. Attendant upon this, name of qualification, the hygienic lady hygienic loyal retainer the hygienic teacher and the midwife in the midwifery teacher, the nurse nursing…Read the rest of this article
The Power of Utopian Imagination
What is the utopia? The answer will depend on personal opinions. In 1960s, one architecture group introduced their ideas for the ideal city in very strong and effective way. The name of group is Archigram. Who is Archigram? Archigram was a British architectural group that was composed 6 members mainly, Peter Cook, Warren Chalk, Ron Herron, Dennis Crompton, Michael Webb and David Greene. What…Read the rest of this article
A Developing Utopia
Harima Chemical-park Town is a quite new town that was established in 1997. The concept of the town is that to create a city that is rich in nature and technology sources. It is located in Hyogo-prefecture, Japan. The population of the town is about 5100. Urban Design Plan Harima chemical park town has been designed under the project, called Urban Design plan. It involves 3 Japanese…Read the rest of this article
What is a Job?
People have to work for making their lives. I think almost people do that so now here is a question.What is job? How do you decide border line between job and not job? I’ll give you an example. What is pro-musician? I think about street musicians. They play songs on the street and sometimes they get some money. Of course they play songs they like but sometimes they receive requests from people…Read the rest of this article
"There's No Place Like Home!"
Over the rainbow…
Dorothy lives in Kansas where things look in all gray. Aunt and uncle who she lives with are so tired of their lives as they almost forget the way to laugh. So in a little uneasy situation, Dorothy wonders “Is there any place where isn’t any trouble.” The story of Oz starts with just about the reality. When a real tornado hits the land of Kansas, her…Read the rest of this article
Journey to a Secondhand Clothing Store
•WHAT’S SECOND HAND CLOTHING STORE? Second hand clothing store mean “Furugiya” in Japanese. Customer from all over the world imports old clothes. Japan imports almost all old clothes from the United States. Most popular old clothes are jeans. Jeans have big difference in prices. For example, the cheapest jeans are a hundred yen. But, most expensive jeans are more than one million…Read the rest of this article