How much do you know Japan?

I went to KOYASAN which is the world's cultural and natural heritage.When we went there, it was rain. We were very very cold!

At first, we went to the temple,and then the monk who is a swiss welcomed us.He guided us around the temple and told much imformation about Ko-yasan.

There are a few foreighner monk there. And then he took us to look around near the temple.

He knows the Japanese culture and history much more than us.

It looks strange because we are taught Japanese history by foreghners.

Nowadays Japanese are not interested in Japanse culture,and there are many people who don't know Japan for sure. Is it OK for Japanese future?? It tends to wether our cultures.

Actually.,when I went to Australia, my teacher often asked me about Japan, but I couldn't anser easily.Compare with other countries classmates, they do know their own country and answer easily.I ashamed about that.

It is the cultural difference, isn't it??

I felt many differences in Australia. It is a good experience for me.

◎Iran culture ◎

Now, you know that I studied abroad to Manly,right?? I made a friend who came from Iran. She is one of my classmates.

What do you think about Iran? I associated Iran with a civil war.I don't have much good idea about Iran.However she told me that there was no war in Iran, and Iran is safe now.

I didn't know about that before she told me.

Do you know Iran??

Most of the Iranian are Islam. They have a lot of the religious customs.

For example,they don't have to eat the pork,and women don't show their skin to other people.

Iran is quite different from Japan.

One day, we had the class about the comparative. And then, we joined our hands to practice making the comparative "whose hands are bigger."

Suddenly she, Iranian, said that she couldn't touch boy's hand because she had a husband.

In Iran, the woman who has a husband don't touch other mans.I was surprised!

We don't have the custom like that,so it is difficult for me to understand.

There are a sort of religious customs in the world, so that we should know the manner before you go abroad.Otherwise you might be rude.

◎Korean army system◎

I studied abroad to Manly, Australia in this summer. It is near sydney. I had a very very good time there, and I could make a lot of other countries friends. One of my friends whose name was chun-soo came from Korea. He was so kind. I hard that most of Korean boys are gentleman.
He told me about Korea.Do you know that Korea has the conscription system??
That is the system for all over -twenty mans to serve in the army. They have to stay in the army for 2 years. He said the life in the army was so hard and very strict. He never want to go army any more.

Do you image about the army? We can enter the Ground ,Maritime, Air self-defense force.However it is not complusion. We can decide up on our own minds.When we hear the conscription system, we might image the war period.

Now, we have the right of free, and we can decide anything up on our own minds.
Korea and Japan are much the same, but it is the one of differences between two countries.