508 Quotes About Japan

So it is that in our worldhopes are thwarted at every turnand the people's lot is always pain.

Riding a motorcycle has to be one of the best ways to view, experience and discover what Japan has to offer. On a motorcycle, you have the freedom to ride where and when you want.

Soused se vrátil k prázdné stodole a napsal na zeď: "Kdyby jen nebyly jaderné elektrárny! Chci umřít." Pak se oběsil na stropním trámu.Otrávili nás! Okradli nás! Podvedli nás!Můj dům měl sto šedesát mikrosievertů!Moje záclony měly sedmdesát mikrosievertů!Moje postel měla padesát mikrosievertů!Moje zahrada měla sto osmdesát mikrosievertů!

Lacy little green fronds waved up through clear liquid; it reminded me of a forest stream in early spring, just after the ice has melted. I picked up a frond, and as I put it in my mouth, I experienced a moment of cool, pure freshness."What is it?" I asked Jake, enchanted."Mozuku, a special kind of seaweed from Okinawa. You don't think it's slimy?""Slippery, but I love the way it feels in my mouth.

The sky too is deep, the water immeasurably deep. Of heaven and earth we know nothing[unnamed poet]

Matansa. It means massacre in the Chamorro language, and is a nickname for the village of San Roque in the northern part of the island of Saipan that endured the most brutal slaughtering as a punishment for Chamorro resistance by Imperial Japan in WWII, which was part of an ongoing ethnic cleansing campaign that almost completely wiped out the Chamorro population from the face of the earth. San Roque is my family’s village.

E wabi‑sabi, frumusețea lucrurilor trecătoare, a spus Sensei. Florile de cireș sunt frumoase, dar în același timp sunt trecătoare. Suntem fericiți că le vedem, dar în același timp e o fericire puțintristă pentru că suntem conștienți că ele vor dispărea în curând.

Но той се боеше да вдигне глава и да погледне истинската луна на небето. И гледаше онази, която като златна раковина потъваше все по-надълбоко в неговото вътрешно аз, приело формата на очертан от ръба на ведрото воден диск. Защото съкровеното му аз бе най-сетне уловило небесното светило. И то проблясваше като златна пеперуда в мрежата на душата му.Запита се обаче дали мрежата е достатъчно ситна, за да я задържи. Дали веднъж заловена, пеперудата няма да се измъкне от едрите й дупки и да литне.

Confounding though it seems, to acknowledge our dilemma, that we are no different from any animal coexisting on this planet, ironic really when through the ages, we have struggled with such pretense of something greater.