Tuesday, November 25, 2008

5; note card

Website; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_religion

- not many people believe the religion
- Shinto is the most famous religion in Japan

They use light rattan ball. Each country has different rules, but sometimes, the competition has held all over the world. Other minor sports in Thailand are Swan boat which held between the villages and compete to decide which village is the strongest. In addition, Egg rolling is one of the minor sports in Thailand. It would not hold in the cities today, but some rural villages still play this sport and have a fun.

4; note card

Website; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thai_culture

- Theravada Buddhist; 95%
- Muslims; 4.6%
- Christians; 0.7%
- Mahayana Buddhist and other

- Theravada Buddhist is protected by government
- Free transportation
- Buddhism is the strongest religion in Thailand. Many people believed in Buddhism.
- Thai people make small sprit house next to the building because they believed that spirit
is going to help them and protect them, so they build small house for spirit.

3; note card

website; http://web-japan.org/kidsweb/explore/sports/q1.html
- Sumo: This is the traditional sports in Japan. The two wrestlers face each other in the ring and tried to down opponent from the ring. Each wrestler can push each other and if their hand touches the ring, the person loses and if the person out from the ring, then the person is lost. The woman cannot play this sport even women can’t walk into the ring. It is the traditional rule from the long time ago.

- Kendo: In kendo, two people wear the protectors which are included mask and chest guard. Then use the weapon which is the sword mad in wood to strike the opponent.

- Judo: It became the official sports in the Olympic. It is the sports that throwing and grabbing each other and make fall opponent by many techniques.

2; note card

website; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_culture#Sports
http://web-japan.org/kidsweb/explore/sports/q1.html
The most of famous sports came from the past time in Japan. Ath that time, samurai used to practice their skill by playing Koryu which is very important for samurai to know have to use a sword. Moreover, as a time have past, Jujuthu have improved, so still today people used Samurai styles to follow the tradition. The famous sports in Japan are Sumo and Judo. Sumo has deep and long history. The men who are very fat people fight each other. Judo also has long history. People use many skills to fight each other. It became very popular sport all over the world, so it is one of the sports in Olympic. During Meiji period, Football and baseball is expanded in Japan. Therefore, Base ball and Soccer became the most famous sports in Japan today. There are many pro teams to compete in the league, so people entertain the sports every time. Japanese sports had traditional sports from long time ago and also, they have the influencing sports from Western.

1; note card

website;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thai_culture#Sport

In Thailand, football is the most popular sports. There are many football teams of pro and Thai league in Thailand. Thai people love to watch pro soccer in England and it was called Premiership league. One of the famous traditional Thai sports is called Muay Thai. It is Thai boxing and kind of the style of the boxing. It is very famous in Thailand and it became one of the businesses to earn money. Another famous sport is takraw. It is very famous in South East Asia. It is kind of similar with volleyball, but people have to play with their feet. People never play with their hands, but people can use other all part of the body.

what I want to find out

II. What I want to find out
When teacher told me to do blog project, I thought that I want to learn many things because as I said I came to Thailand for three years. In these three years, I used to study in international school, so I am always using English to study and learn many cultures in Europe and America. However, we didn’t have much time to study about Asian culture especially, studying Thai culture. I will go back to Japan in a year, but if I go back to Japan, I think I feel regret because three years in Thailand, I didn’t learn any of Thai culture, so in this project, I want to learn about more Thai culture. If I go back to Japan in a year, I hope that I can tell my friends about Thai culture.

My topic is similarities and contrast between Japanese and Thai culture. I lived in Japan for 13 years, so I think I know about Japanese culture. In my opinion, Japanese culture and Thai culture are totally different. Therefore, I thought that I want to compare both of cultures to know how two of cultures are different. I love to play sports and love to watch the sports, so I wanted to find out what are the famous sports in Thailand and how are they different from Japanese culture. Moreover, I am also interesting in the religion in Thailand. I didn’t believe in any religion, but when I stay in Japan, I learn that Thailand has unique and many kinds of religions, so I want to find to out what kind of religion does Thailand has. In Japan, many people don’t believe in the religion, so I wanted to know why, too. In addition, I want to find out anything that can relate to the Thai and Japanese culture.