＜英語＞
Coming to Japan and willing to have a special ninja experience?
Come to Ise Azuchi Momoyama Bunkamura Theme Park, one old theme park in Japan, located in Ise City, Mie Prefecture.
In this theme park, we can play and learn about Japanese culture, especially Ninja. It will be awesome that we can take a walk around the park using Yukata or other traditional Japanese clothes which we can choose on the spot. Besides being a good place taking pictures, the park is also equipped by some shows and attractions, restaurants, shops, and also onsen, a typical Japanese hot spring. We can enjoy all of them in one park.
＜インドネシア語＞
Ke Jepang? Mampir ke Ise Azuchi Momoyama atau theme park bernuasan Jepang zaman dulu. Di sini, bisa bermain sambil mengenal budaya Jepang lho.
Serunya, kamu bisa jalan-jalan sambil pakai Yukata atau baju tradisional Jepang, biar makin kece gitu jalan-jalannya. Dari kampung ninja hingga pemandian air panas khas Jepang bisa kamu nikmati di sini.
＜英語＞
Last weekend, I went to Ue Tsuyama Hōshuin, a temple located in Kitayama, Iga City Mie Prefecture Iga City to try writing Sutras or写経 in Japanese.
That was my first experience writing Sutras by copying the letters. In my country we use the usual romanji for writing Indonesian language. So we don’t use Kanji or any special characters in common.
In Mie University, I have joined a small calligraphy class. That time I felt fun writing Kanji characters. That’s why I was looking forward to do Sutras.
Writing Kanji characters has always been challenging for me. It is not only about writing by copying the letters, but we have to pay attention to the steps of writing.
I was told that for one character, it must be started from top to bottom and from left to right. By then, we then can determine where the smooth and emphasis in writing a character.
While writing Sutras, there were quite lot of kanji characters I had to write. The manuscript was called Sutras of the Heart Sutra or 般若心経の写経 in Japanese.
I honestly don’t understand the meaning of the words. I was told that prayers in Buddhist were written there. I believe it is a beautiful prayer. It was challenging too, because it needed patience to finish all the characters in one paper.
At last I wrote the date of Sutras, my name, and my wish. Because I was still not able to write my wishes in Japanese, so I wrote it in Indonesian language. I wrote, “Damailah negeriku” means “Peace be with my country”. Recently a lot of things have been happened in my country while I am in Japan. I hope all be well.
For me, writing Sutras was another good thing to learn Japanese culture and Buddhist culture. It was a precious experience for me.
It is quite cold recently in Japan. I felt glad looking at some grandmothers participated in writing Sutras. It was so cold, but they looked so enthusiastic.
Writing Sutras activity in this temple is being held in every third Saturday.
自分がいなくなった後も、その先の家族までずっと残るものならば、薮さんの終活写真のように、自分らしさが伝わるものがいいなと思いました。
写メで楽しめるグッズもあったり。
今オシャレな女性の間ど人気急上昇のふんパン。
売っているふんどしパンツを取り寄せて研究したり、
