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"Gataine Odori" is a dance that depicts exhausting land reclamation work carried out in Omuta during the 19th century. A group of elderly women teach the dance to schoolchildren and keep the story alive.
The host examines "Yoroi Ferry at Koami-cho," a woodblock print by Japanese artist Utagawa Hiroshige that features a ferry transporting people across the Nihonbashi River.
The host examines "The Garden of the Shika Chaya," a woodblock print by Japanese artist Utagawa Toyokuni that features townspeople in an open-air teahouse.
An insight into various facets of provincial Japanese lifestyle, culture, industries, cuisine, and way of life. In addition, understand Japanese life outside major metropolitan areas.
To ask someone if a person can do something, say the verb to indicate the desired action, followed by koto ga and dekimasu, meaning something is possible; then add ka.
Experts examine social programs in Indonesia aimed at rehabilitating incarcerated former terrorists, with the goal of facilitating their societal reintegration.