In addition, it was a kind of stereotype about Japan.
Considering Japanese culture, I had come up with Sakura, Samurai and so on before I had taken Visual Anthropology of Japan.
Of course, these things represent Japan, but as end of semester approached, my idea about Japanese culture is changing a little through the class and my friends’ blogs and mine.
Recently, I have doubts about even what I have is Japanese culture.
A lot of Japanese cultures are buried in our daily life in Japan, so I pick up keitai, it represents some Japanese culture.
A lot of Japanese cultures are buried in our daily life in Japan, so I pick up keitai, it represents some Japanese culture.
This is decoration mail, we call it "dekome", some people, especially young girls use it.
Decoration mail express senders' feeling more understandably for receivers by using familiar picture or manga character, in this case Doraemon.
We make ordinary mail with decoration, but we frequently use it on special day such as friend's birthday or New Year's day.
This is decoration mail of New Year's day version.
This type of decoration mail is like New Years's postcard.
There are not only decoration picture but moving picture, too.
E-mail is one of our communication tools and it e-mail express only letters. However it is difficult to convey senders' feelings sometimes. So, these days it is not just any communication tools. How receivers feel decoration mail using visual effect.
Through the class, I can find out Japanese culture in my daily life little by little. This class was very beneficial for me and it will help to describe Japan in my study abroad.
