As I mentioned in previous posts, including yesterday's - The pink color of parties table paper cover - my grandparents immigrated from what is now Okinawa Prefecture in Japan, a place with a very distinct

Shortly after starting this Challenge: Drawing (almost) every day on iPad, I commented on the tools I was using in the post My 3 favorite drawing apps for iPad. One of these apps, which was second on the

Hola Hivers, ustedes saben que amo las actividades culturales y en esta oportunidad pude pasar por la actividad del fin de semana organizado por la Embajada de Japón por celebrar su semana cultural, debo

New fruit words in Hiragana. The style is Gyosho.

Lately, a lot of things have been reminding me of shodo, so I'll write here for you too. It has appeared in my Japanese classes as a teacher, in exibitions I went at Japan House in São Paulo and every

Character THREE (三) is a basic example of brush stroke balance. Relationship between lines length, width, orientation and spacing is what brings beauty to any work, regardless of kanji complexity. Straight

Sumi is created by burning oils of various kinds, and the soot is collected and mixed with animal glue. Because the soot is basically carbon molecules, when a stick of sumi is ground on the Suzuri (grinding

SHODÔ - 書道 Is the art of japanese calligraphy. Is considered a cultural tradition of Japan, even though children in Japan learn shodô at school, there are many people that keep practicing and cultivating

December 28, I wrote "silver octopus”. 12月28日 銀だこと書きました。 Please follow and upvote @yasu24.

December 13, I wrote "Hand wash, gargle". 12月13日 手洗い、うがいと書きました。 Please follow and upvote @yasu24.

November 4, I wrote "Nagasaki Champon". 11月4日 長崎ちゃんぽんと書きました。 Please follow and upvote @yasu24.

November 3, I wrote "saga". 11月3日 佐賀と書きました。 Please follow and upvote @yasu24.

December 11, I wrote "catapult". 12月11日 カタパルトと書きました。 Please follow and upvote @yasu24.

November 4, I wrote "hikawa". 11月4日 氷川と書きました。 Please follow and upvote @yasu24.

November 2, I wrote "ishinomaki". 11月2日 石巻と書きました。 Please follow and upvote @yasu24.

November 1, I wrote "kamakura". 11月1日 鎌倉と書きました。 Please gollow and upvote @yasu24.

October 31, I wrote "narita". 10月31日 成田と書きました。 Please follow and upvote @yasu24.

October 30, I wrote "urawa". 10月30日 浦和と書きました。 Please follow and upvote @yasu24.

October 29, I wrote "lost". 10月29日 負けましたと書きました。 Please follow and upvote @yasu24.

October 28, I wrote "Fight Youth". 10月28日 戦え若者と書きました。 Please follow and upvote @yasu24.