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A guest room designed to look like a house with a roof to cover the entrance,and a decorative window which is designed using various shapes on the passage side of the wooden floor.The intricate skills of the carpenters of the day can be seen here.
Tokaikan began as a casual hotel at hot spring resort in 1928 and was loved by many people.It was built with pride by master Japanese carpenters of the time. It is built in the beautiful Japanese style,using high class lumber such as "hinoki",Japanese cypress,and an unusually shaped wood called "henboku".The carpenters' elaborate work can be found everywhere in the building,such as passageways,stairwells,the entrance of the drawing room and so on.You can watch this treasured traditional Japanese architectural style.
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The eight islands of Japan sprang into existence through Divine Intervention.The first two gods who came into existence were Izanagi no Mikoto and Izanami no Mikoto, the Exalted Male and Exalted Female. It was their job to make the land for people to live on.They went to the bridge between heaven and earth and, using a jewel-encrusted halberd, Izanagi and Izanami churned up the sea into a frothy foam. As salty drips of water fell from the tip of the halberd the first island was formed. Its name was Onogoro.So far, so good. But when Izanagi and Izanami first met on their island, Izanami spoke to Isanagi without being spoken to first. Since she was the female, and this was improper, their first union created badly-formed offspring who were sent off into the sea in boats.The next time they met, Izanagi was sure to speak first, ensuring the proper rules were followed, and this time they produced eight children, which became the islands of Japan.I'm sure you did not fail to miss the significance of this myth for the establishment of Japanese formal society.At present, Japan is the financial capital of Asia. It has the second largest economy in the world and the largest metropolitan area (Tokyo.)Technically there are three thousand islands making up the Japanese archipelago. Izanagi and Izanami must have been busy little devils with their jewelled halberd...Japan's culture is highly technical and organized. Everything sparkles and swooshes on silent, miniaturized mechanisms.They're a world leader in robotics, and the Japanese have the longest life-expectancy on earth.Text by Steve Smith.
