More New New years celebrations

continuing from more new year traditions

Shuri Castle in Okinawa japan just had thier new year celebration as well

        it’s basicaly like a party at Shuri Castle Park, a three-day event daily 8:30 a.m. ~ 5 p.m.  Celebrating the new year.
     
      The ceremony brings the New Year’s greetings to the Emperor who incorporated the essence of the Ryukyu Dynasty, a flashback to history.  Ryukyu dancing suitable for a king and queen is presented in a ceremony called “Chouhaiokishiki”(really long word)
The ceremony runs in three parts.

                  

     The Ninufanuunufee is a ceremony to the God of heavens to worship, and is the ceremony during which the upper and lower sides set the heart to one, also while it was solemn, and celebrated the new year praying for peace.  The second element, the Chounuunufee, looks at the beginning of the year, when people celebrate the king in a ceremony with prayers for prosperity of the Ryukyu Kingdom.

   Shishimai lion brings good harvest for the coming year.

this is scene from a part of a dance with a shishimai lion which is in many other rituals across japan like this one . it is similar to the one used in shinese new accept that i dragon and this is a lion

to further understand how they are similar lets recall snoop dog change to snoop lion as china is dog and japan is lion

The final ceremony, Ohtohri, invites subordinates and the king to drink a cup of awamori together in celebration completing the unity of all people don't you think.  The ceremony includes prayers for the prosperity of a king, a prince and a grandchild.  Throughout the ceremonies, performances of musical instruments and Ryukyu traditional dance takes place.

       as you can see these dancers who are all female (i hope not very sure. you really can never tell. but that is a story for another post) and they dance with theses gigantic head pieces and pretty kimonos

in atempt not to be sexxist there re guy dancer too who do many warior dances 

but girls can be many as well as you can see to the left

MONSTERS BABY

i am really excited to preasent probably on of the reasons why i love japan the most

Japanese
Monster
Wresling

it's probably the coolest thing ever since the invention of underwear

Kaiju Big Battle

it's like a mixture of cosplay and those really bad pro wrestlers with the actors on it and godzilla

most of the monsters mention in the video have died and usually they give birth or fuel revenge for a character like them or their children and or pets and or loved ones 

An example of this is that silver potato he died recently acourding to the kaiju facebook page and they have now revealed that he has two cats: Sinister and Dexter.

his signature was break dancing before his apponents 

my personal favorite is DOCTOR CUBE probably the oldest living monster besides kung pow chicken noddle soup can

DOCTOR WHO?

YES DoCTOR CUBE!!!

he is responsible for making many of the monsters in Japanese monster fighting

he loves knives and disecting live humans 

i just adore him

he also enjoys comming in the middle of the fight and just going crazy 

his overall goal is too take over the world 

• Finishing and Signature Moves

• Iconoclism (Front Flipping Slam)

• Bad Medicine (Fireman's Carry into an Elevated Powerslam)

• Scalpel Kick (540 Degree Kick)

• Jumping Knee to an opponent on the apron

• Theme Music

• Requiem for a Dream
• Cube Means Business

Holidays and eating Sushi

i would like in our nest meeting to watch this short video and compare it to other new years around the world  if you would like to tell me what you thing ahead of time that is also okay.

Another important holiday is children's day it's oh so very fun often you learn little about this holiday in elementary school but you often don't understand that it origins in Japanese culture. but it originally started for boys because the male had stronger authority in ancient japan it was also common for girls not to have  any school to go to or for it to be illegal for girls to participate in education.

children's day is celebrated in many parts of Asia and now includes girls in this holiday

also for anyone who want to do the presentation on Japanese food here ids a funny but very informative video on how to eat sushi. there is a very formal way to eat sushi and in many variations you use your hands and not chop sticks.

the text bellow is an exert from another cite http://sushi-master.com/usa/whatis/history.html

The History of SUSHI

We can trace sushi's origin back to the 4th century BC in Southeast Asia. As a preserved food, the salted fish, fermented with rice, was an important source of protein. The cleaned and gutted fish were kept in rice so that the natural fermentation of the rice helped preserve the fish. This type of sushi is called nare-zushi, and was taken out of storage after a couple of months of fermentation, and then only the fish was consumed while the rice was discarded.
Over time, it spread throughout China, and later, around the 8th century AD, in the Heian period, it was introduced into Japan. Since Japanese preferred to eat rice together with fish, the sushi, called seisei-zushi, became popular at the end of Muromachi period. This type of sushi was consumed while the fish was still partly raw and the rice had not lost its flavor. In this way, sushi became more of a cuisine rather than a way to preserve food.
Later in Edo era, Japanese began making haya-zushi, which was created as a way to eat both rice and fish; this dish was unique to Japanese culture. Instead of being only used for fermentation, rice was mixed with vinegar and combined not only with fish but also with various vegetables and dried preserved foods. Today, each region of Japan still preserves its own unique taste by utilizing local products in making different kinds of sushi that have been passed on for generations.
At the beginning of the19th century, when Tokyo was still called Edo, the food service industry was mostly dominated by mobile food stalls, from which nigiri-zushi originated. Edomae, which literally means "in front of Tokyo bay," was where the fresh fish and tasty seaweed for the nigiri-zushi were obtained. As a result, it was also called edomae-zushi, and it became popular among the people in Edo after Yohei Hanaya, a creative sushi chief, improved it to a simple but delicious food. Then, after the Great Kanto earthquake in 1923, nigiri sushi spread throughout Japan as the skilled edomae-zushi chefs from Edo, who had lost their jobs, were diffused all over Japan.
In the 1980s, in the wake of increased health consciousness, sushi, one of the healthiest meals around, has gotten much more attention; consequently, sushi bars have increased in the United States. With the introduction of sushi machines, which combines the mass production of sushi with the delicate skills used by sushi chefs, making and selling sushi has become more accessible to countries all over the world.

 there is also a link bellw the page on this cite that has the recipe for making some sushi personaly i learned how to cook sushi from cooking mama.

http://sushi-master.com/usa/whatis/recipes.html

that's probably all we will have time for in the meeting so that's that

THE VIG Is It?

i back people after a long time i am now posting again now more than ever so here is some update on the website that i hope that you guys will enjoy.

THE VIG is desired venue for our event. but because of the pricing we will only be using part of the vig which is the outside section of THE VIG

not bad if i do say so myself. will be contacting them soon through letter phone or in person if i am feeling gutsy enough that day.

we are specifically going to the one in Arcadia

ARCADIA

4041 N. 40th St, Phoenix, AZ 85018
602.553.7227

Hours

Mon-Fri 11am-1am
Sat-Sun 10am-1am
(bar always closes @ 2am)

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What is Cosplay

         Cosplay, is the contraption of the words “Costume” and “play” (So It's not a shocker that our event that we are having in March is going to be called "Costume Art Play"). Those who casplay are known as “cosplayers” or in Japan simply reyazu for “players.”

         So, what is cosplay exactly? It is the act of dressing up as a character from animes, comics, videogames, manga, movies, books, and even Visual-Kei rock bands in Japan. Also lets not forget about Lolita (goth and sweet), Decor and Kawaii. Don't confuse what is the art of cosplay for a Halloween costume, because they're not the same. You may get many arguments on this subject for the 

         The term “cosplay” was coined by Nov Takahashi in 1984, while attending a sci-fi convention in LosAngles. He was so impressed by the costume masquerade that he wrote about it in Japanese sci-fi magazines. Word spread quickly through Japan of this new  proformance art. And the rest is history. Many people believe cosplay originated in Japan, but that’s not necessarily true. Forrest J. Ackerman inspired fan-costuming worldwide when he wore the first futuristic costume, made by Myrtle R. Douglas, to the 1st World Science Fiction Convention in 1939 in Caravan Hall in New York. Don't get it twisted thought Cosplaying is a great part of modern Japanese culture.

now that that you all just got educated in in the art lets go over what we have established for the 

Costume Art Play Event

• probably going to be in early march but this will change according to how the plan plays out.
• there is going to be a cosplay fashion show (depeanding on the number of people who sign up this will be split into a various number of fashion shows.
• we do plan to have a couple of panel speakers
• also a cosplay ball 

we need as many supporters as we can get to make this happen people!!!

lets talk about more cosplay

i know i have been missing something and it has been nagging at my brain for a very long time now. i forgot one of the best cosplay categories of them all 

STEAM PUNK

one of the more westernized cosplay but it is still great. it sort of combines future with the past. like picture the wizard of OZ tin man but in brass with a lot of chains and especially clocks. when i say clocks i don't not only mean pocket watches but the actual gears of the watch are very important. the most dominant colors in steam punk are black, brown and red but their are many other colors that people fantastically pull off. 

i believe that they call it steam punk because i sort 

of goes to the time

 where the steam engine was invented

for reference i would watch the movie "Steam Boy" probubly the coolest steam punk anime i have ever seen.

here are some cool pictures

 

52nd All Japan Plamodel Hobby Show

to the left is a case of white out

      From October 8 to October 11 is the hobby product focused 52nd annual All-Japan Plamodel Hobby Show. Some companies attending include Kotobukiya, WAVE and Bandai. Its basically Dolls for really crazy fanatic people. this is the one event where you'll find that the majority of the population are fanboys.

      Lots of new releases of models where there including releases of anime models of course ,but i personally love the robots it's like transformers are 2003 Word compared to 2010 Word of Japan!! There's these two big companies that goes to the event practically every year. their names are Gundam and Gunjap. they rock!!

i wish i could buy this but in reality this rare beauty is around 1,000 dollars or even more