* nama B1A4 karena membernya yang satu bergolongan darah B dan keempat member lain bergolongan darah A
* Jinyoung yang pertama kali direkut menjadi member B1A4 lalu Baro, Gongchan, Sandeul dan terakhir CNU
* agensi B1A4 adalah WM Entertaiment
* Jinyoung suka menggigit bibirnya sendiri
* Baro member paling pendek
* CNU member tertinggi sekaligus member tertua
* Walaupun Gongchan adalah maknae, tapi dia tertinggi kedua di grup
* Baro yang menulis bagian rap-nya sendiri di lagu-lagu yang berada di album B1A4
* B1A4 adalah grup baru yang sudah memiliki banyak fans sebelum mereka debut.
* Setelah debut kemarin, tiba-tiba situs resmi B1A4 penuh dan susah diakses karena banyak orang yang mengaksesnya
* B1A4 juga berarti Be The One, All For One
* di thanks to-nya B1A4, ada nama B2ST’s Hyunseung
Biodata dan Foto Profil B1A4
Biodata dan Foto Profil Jung Jin Young B1A4
* Nama Lengkap: Jung Jin Young (정진영)
* Posisi: Vocals, Leader
* Tanggal Lahir : 18 November 1991
* Tinggi badan : 178 cm
* Berat badan : 59 kg (tentatif)
* Skills: Song writing, singing, acting
* Account Twitter : http://twitter.com/#!/B1A4_JINYOUNG
Jung Jin Young member boyband B1A4 kelahiran 18 November 1991
Biodata Shin Dong Woo alias CNU B1A4
* Nama Lengkap : Shin Dong Woo (신동우)
* Posisi : Vocals, Rap
* Golongan darah : A
* Tanggal lahir : 16 Juni 1991
* Tinggi badan : 182 cm
* Berat badan : 64 kg
* http://twitter.com/#!/B1A4_CNU
Shin Dong Woo alias CNU B1A4
Biodata Cha Sun Woo alias Baro B1A4
* Nama lengkap : Cha Sun Woo (차선우)
* Posisi : Rapper
* Golongan darah : B
* Tanggal lahir : 05 September 1992
* http://twitter.com/#!/BARO920905
Cha Sun Woo alias Baro B1A4
Foto Baro B1A4 di Acara Inkigayo 1 Mei 2011
Biodata Lee Jung Hwan alias Sandeul B1A4
* Nama lengkap : Lee Jung Hwan (이정환)
* Posisi : Main Vocal
* Tanggal lahir : 20 Maret 1992
* Golongan darah : A
* Tinggi badan : 178 cm
* Berat badan : 62 kg
* http://twitter.com/#!/SANDEUL920320
Sandeul B1A4 : Be The One All For One
Lee Jung Hwan alias Sandeul B1A4
Biodata Gong Chan Shik alias Gongchan B1A4
* Nama lengkap : Gong Chan Shik (공찬식)
* Posisi : Vocals, Magnae (Youngest)
* Tanggal lahir : 14 Agustus 1993
* Golongan darah : A
* Tinggi badan : 181 cm
* Berat badan : 60 kg
* http://twitter.com/#!/B1A4_gongchan
b1a4
shinkansen ^^
SHINKANSEN
Shinkansen - High Speed inter-city passenger train in Japan. The Shinkansen is known in the West as the "Bullet Train". Details on Shinkansen network, history, models, pictures and video.
The first line, the Tōkaidō Shinkansen, was opened in 1964. The network has since expanded to link most major cities on the islands of Honshu and Kyushu with running speeds of up to 300 km/h (186mph).
Shinkansen
Shinkansen
Picture: 700 Series Shinkansen at Shin-Osaka Station
Shinkansen Services
On the most-travelled Tokaido route is Tokyo Osaka, there are three types of Shinkansen, reflecting the number of stops that the train makes:
* Nozomi - the fastest type of Shinkansen. Japan Rail Pass holders cannot travel on these. All reserved seating.
* Hikari - the next fastest, still pretty fast.
* Kodama - makes more stops, and generally only cover small stretches of the Shinkansen lines.
Tokaido Route Shinkansen Timetable
Shinkansen
Shinkansen
Picture: Interior of 700 Series Shinkansen. Note the aircraft style seats, but with more leg room. Overhead shelves hold carryon style luggage.
Shinkansen Models
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Shinkansen 0 Series
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Shinkansen 100 Series
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Shinkansen 300 Series
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Shinkansen 500 Series
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Shinkansen 700 Series
Making a reservation for Shinkansen
On Tokkyu and Shinkansen, some of the carriages require passengers to have reserved their seats in advance. For example, on a typical 16-carriage Shinkansen, only five of the carriages permit non-reserved seating, and only two of those are non-smoking. On a busy train, making a reservation in advance can ensure a comfortable journey.
Boarding Shinkansen
Boarding Shinkansen
Picture: Boarding the 700 Series Shinkansen. Note the safety railing with the carriage doors lining up.
Making a reservation is surprisingly easy, and is strongly advised for popular journeys (such as travelling from Tokyo to Kyoto on a Friday evening, or taking a train from Nagoya to Takayama). Look out for the JR Office at the train station, which bears a little green logo of a figure relaxing in a chair - and ask to make a reservation when you buy your ticket. The reservation can be made anywhere from a month in advance to literally minutes before the train leaves.
If you are a Japan Rail Pass holder, simply go to the JR Office, and present your Rail Pass when requesting a reservation for your journey. The ticket that you are given will not allow you to pass through the automated barriers though - you'll still need to present your Japan Rail Pass at the manned barrier to get to the train.
kombanwa ^^
kombanwa minna~san,,,,after upload some pics and culture of cool country,,that's japan XD ,,,
cherry blossom (sakura)
Cherry Blossom - Japan is famous for its cherry blossom. Japan has many fantastic places immersed in cherry blossom including castles, temples, shrines and formal gardens.
The cherry blossom (Sakura) is a well-known and ubiquitous symbol of Japan and are frequently depicted on traditional Japanese goods and art. The cherry blossom is particularly important in Japanese culture as it represents the end of the winter and the being of new life and growing season of spring.
Sakura (桜 or 櫻) is the Japanese name for ornamental cherry trees, Prunus serrulata, and their cherry blossoms. Cherry fruit (known as sakuranbo) come from a different species of tree.
Cherry Blossom
Cherry Blossom
The most popular cherry blossom in Japan is the Somei Yoshino, which has nearly pure white petals, with a hint of pink close to the stem. This variety of cherry blossom takes its name from the village of Somei (now part of Toshima in Tokyo). It was developed in the mid- to late-19th century at the end of the Edo period and the beginning of the Meiji period. The Somei Yoshino is so widely associated with cherry blossoms that jidaigeki and other works of fiction often depict the variety in the Edo period or earlier; such depictions are anachronismsEach flower has a short life which may last a week, but that short life can be cut short by strong winds or rain which can cause the petals to fall or scatter in the wind. It is this short dramatic and potentially fickle life of the cherry blossom that also influences their role in traditional Japanese culture.
The cherry blossom appear on the trees before the green of the leaves, this makes their sight even more dramatic as the trees in full bloom look almost white from top to bottom. .
Other categories of cherry blossom include yamazakura, yaezakura, and shidarezakura. The yaezakura have large flowers, thick with rich pink petals. The shidarezakura, or weeping cherry, has branches that fall like those of a weeping willow, bearing cascades of pink flowers.
CHERRY BLOSSOM FRONT
Annually, the Japanese track the sakura zensen, or Cherry-Blossom Front. Nightly forecasts follow the weather segment of news programs. The blossoming begins in Okinawa in February, and typically reaches Kyoto and Tokyo at the end of March or the beginning of April. Then it proceeds north, arriving in Hokkaido a few weeks later. Japanese pay close attention to these cherry blossom forecasts. They will go to parks, shrines and temples with family and friends and hold a "flower viewing party" known as hanami (花見). Hanami festivals celebrate the beauty of sakura, and for many, it is a chance to relax and enjoy the beautiful view.
Most Japanese schools and public buildings have cherry blossom (sakura) trees outside of them. Since the fiscal and school year both begin in April, in many parts of Honshu, the first day of work or school will coincide with the cherry blossom season.
Japan gave 3,000 sakura as a gift to the United States in 1912 to celebrate the nations' then-growing friendship. These trees have since lined the shore of the Tidal Basin in Washington, DC (see West Potomac Park), and the gift was renewed with another 3,800 trees in 1956. The sakura trees continue to be a popular tourist attraction (and the subject of the annual National Cherry Blossom Festival) when they reach full bloom in early spring.
harajuku
Harajuku Fashion - Harajuku fashion pictures, Harajuku fashion shopping, Harajuku fashion styles and Harajuku Girls fashion.
Harajuku Fashion is a sub set of Tokyo Fashion.
Takeshita-dori - Harajuku Fashion
A narrow street packed with young fashionable people and lined with fashion boutiques and cafes. This is definitely the place to be seen if you are young Tokyoite, but well worth visiting as a tourist. Takeshita-dori represents the cutting edge of fashion in Tokyo where you can see all the latest in Japanese street fashion and then buy in the boutiques. Takeshita-dori is opposite the exit to Harajuku station. You can see over 40 photographs of Takeshita-dori in our picture gallery.
Harajuku Fashion
Harajuku Fashion
Harajuku Fashion - Youth Culture
If it's Harajuku's youth culture you want to see, don't even bother unless it's the weekend and preferably a Sunday. The bridge across the train tracks from Harajuku station to Yoyogi Park is full of Gothic Lolita or GothLoli. The costumes are very outstanding and you can't miss them. It is funny to see the surprise of the western tourists heading to Yoyogi Park and Meiji Jingu who clearly had not read their guide books fully on Harajuku. You can hear their comments that make it very clear they just don't understand what is going on. Essentially the youth who have dressed up are just hanging out with friends, many of them come with the hope of being snapped by one of the many magazine photographers who mingle in the crowd. Failing that there are lots of western tourist happy to take their pictures. See nearly 50 exclusive pictures of GothLoli in Harajuku.
Gothloli Harajuku
Harajuku Fashion
Harajuku Fashion Omote-sando
The broad, tree-lined avenue leading downhill from the southern end of the JR Harajuku station is Omote-sandō (表参道). This is the other side to Harajuku fashion and its challenge to Shibuya and Ginza. Not only is the street full of cafes and clothing boutiques, but now features the very up market Omote-sando Hills. This very stylish centre is full of the who's who of the world fashion brands.
yukata
Yukata (浴衣?, baju sesudah mandi) adalah jenis kimono yang dibuat dari bahan kain katun tipis tanpa pelapis. Dibuat dari kain yang mudah dilewati angin, yukata dipakai agar badan menjadi sejuk di sore hari atau sesudah mandi malam berendam dengan air panas.
Menurut urutan tingkat formalitas, yukata adalah kimono nonformal yang dipakai pria dan wanita pada kesempatan santai di musim panas, misalnya sewaktu melihat pesta kembang api, matsuri (ennichi), atau menari pada perayaan obon. Yukata dapat dipakai siapa saja tanpa mengenal status, wanita sudah menikah atau belum menikah.
Gerakan dasar yang harus dikuasai dalam nihon buyo selalu berkaitan dengan kimono. Ketika berlatih tari, penari mengenakan yukata sebagai pengganti kimono agar kimono berharga mahal tidak rusak karena keringat. Aktor kabuki mengenakan yukata ketika berdandan atau memerankan tokoh yang memakai yukata. Pegulat sumo memakai yukata sebelum dan sesudah bertanding.
Musim panas berarti musim pesta kembang api dan matsuri di Jepang. Jika terlihat orang memakai yukata, berarti tidak jauh dari tempat itu ada matsuri atau pesta kembang api.
Warna dan corak
Wanita mengenakan yukata
Bahan yukata pria umumnya berwarna dasar gelap (hitam, biru tua, ungu tua) dengan corak garis-garis warna gelap. Wanita biasanya mengenakan yukata dari bahan berwarna dasar cerah atau warna pastel dengan corak aneka warna yang terang.
Walaupun umumnya dibuat dari kain katun, yukata zaman sekarang juga dibuat dari tekstil campuran, seperti katun bercampur poliester. Berbeda dengan kimono jadi yang hampir-hampir tidak ada toko yang menjualnya, yukata siap pakai dalam berbagai ukuran dijual toko dengan harga terjangkau.
Corak kain yang populer untuk yukata wanita, misalnya bunga sakura, seruni, poppy, bunga-bunga musim panas. atau ikan mas koki. Karakter anime seperti Hamtaro, Pokemon, dan Hello Kitty populer sebagai corak yukata untuk anak-anak.
Hotel atau ryokan di Jepang menyediakan yukata untuk dipakai tamu sebagai pakaian tidur. Sebagai pakaian tidur, yukata bisa dikenakan begitu saja tanpa mengenakan pakaian dalam. Ketika dipakai pria untuk keluar rumah, yukata biasanya dikenakan tanpa kaus dalam, dan cukup memakai celana dalam atau celana pendek. Berbeda dengan kimono yang dikenakan dengan dua lapis pakaian dalam (hadajuban dan juban), sewaktu mengenakan yukata, wanita hanya perlu hadajuban (pakaian dalam lapis pertama). Alas kaki sewaktu memakai yukata adalah geta.
Yukata dikencangkan ke tubuh pemakai dengan obi yang lebarnya setengah dari lebar obi untuk kimono jenis lain. Di antara berbagai jenis simpul obi untuk yukata, bentuk simpul yang paling populer adalah simpul bunko yang berbentuk kupu-kupu. Bila tidak bisa membuat simpul, toko kimono menjual simpul obi yang sudah jadi dan tinggal disisipkan pada obi.
Wanita mengenakan yukata yang pas dengan ukuran tubuh pemakai agar terlihat bagus sewaktu dipakai. Seperti halnya kimono, panjang yukata selalu melebihi tinggi badan pemakai. Perlengkapan memakai yukata wanita:
* rok panjang (susoyoke) sebagai pakaian dalam, berwarna putih polos.
* pakaian dalam (hadajuban)
* tali pinggang (koshihimo) untuk mengencangkan kain berlebih di bagian pinggang yang berasal dari kelebihan panjang kain pada bagian bawah
* kain sabuk pengikat (datejime) untuk mengencangkan kain yang longgar di bagian perut
* Obi untuk mengencangkan yukata ke badan.
SEJARAH
Istilah yukata berasal dari kata yukatabira (浴衣帷子?). Mulanya katabira dipakai untuk menyebut sehelai kimono dari kain rami. Walaupun tidak lagi dibuat dari kain rami, pakaian seperti itu tetap disebut katabira.[1] Kimono kain rami dipakai sebagai pakaian sewaktu mandi berendam, namun akhirnya berubah fungsi sebagai pakaian sesudah mandi. Ketika rumah-rumah di Jepang belum memiliki kamar mandi, yukata dipakai orang untuk pergi ke pemandian umum.
Dalam kamus Wamyō Ruijushō dari pertengahan zaman Heian, yukatabira (湯帷子?) dijelaskan sebagai pakaian yang dikenakan sewaktu mandi berendam. Ketika itu, orang mandi sambil memakai yukatabira di pemandian umum, dan dipakai untuk mengelap keringat, sekaligus menutupi ketelanjangan dari orang lain. Bahan yukatabira adalah kain rami yang cepat kering kalau diperas.
Sejak sekitar zaman Azuchi-Momoyama, yukatabira dipakai orang sebagai pakaian sesudah mandi, untuk menyerap basah seusai mandi. Kalangan rakyat zaman Edo sangat menyenangi yukatabira hingga disingkat sebagai yukata. Ketika itu, yukata bukanlah pakaian sopan yang dipakai untuk bertemu dengan orang lain, melainkan hanya pakaian tidur.
Berbeda dari kimono jenis lainnya, menjahit yukata sangat mudah. Yukata memiliki pola yang sangat sederhana, dan dijahit tanpa kain pelapis di bagian pinggul atau pundak. Hingga seusai Perang Dunia II, cara menjahit yukata diajarkan kepada murid perempuan sekolah menengah umum di Jepang.
bon odori
JAPAN CLUB OF VICTORIA MARCH 2003
“Bon-odori” is a Japanese traditional summer dance festival. The dance is very simple, you can learn within a few minutes practice! It’s absolutely fun! ”Yukata is a Japanese informal summer kimono. You can see many beautiful competitors from the Yukata competition!
Click on the images to see a larger version.
During summer evenings everywhere in Japan, the local community enjoys Bon-Odori (dance) in the near-by park or playground. This tradition was originated when the farmers thanked the Rice Paddock God for the good summer crop. The Dance movement is simple and repetitive. Of course you can learn these dances at any age!
Taiko Drums
Taiko drums will inspire your movement.
Mikoshi
This year there was a Mikoshi (portable Shinto shrine) on display and carried as part of the festival. This was clearly very popular with the children.
Stalls
This year for first time the JCV Bon Odori festival included food and retail stalls. People attending the festival could enjoy a traditional Japanese lunch or buy traditional Japanese merchandise from retailers.
(Left) Oriental Artifacts
Modern Japanese Music
This year there was even some modern Japanese music from a local Japanese band.
REPORT: 2003 YUKATA COMPETITION
The Yukata competition is part of the Bon Odori festival. With more Japanese girls entering the traditional Japanese fashion competition this year the competition was always going to be hot! See the results and many high resolution pictures of Yukata. More.
See also the 2002 JCV Bon Odori Festival
tea ceremony
Japanese Tea Ceremony - Japanese Tea Ceremony History - Japanese Tea Ceremony Pictures - Japanese Tea Ceremony Types
The Japanese tea ceremony (cha-no-yu, chado, or sado) is a traditional ritual influenced by Zen Buddhism in which powdered green tea, or matcha (抹茶), is ceremonially prepared by a skilled practitioner and served to a small group of guests in a tranquil setting.
Japanese Tea Ceremony
Cha-no-yu (茶の湯, literally "hot water for tea"), usually refers to a single ceremony or ritual, while sado or chado (茶道, or "the way of tea") refer to the study or doctrine of tea ceremony.
Since a tea practitioner must be familiar with the production and types of tea, with kimono, calligraphy, flower arranging, ceramics, incense and a wide range of other disciplines and traditional arts in addition to his or her school's tea practices, the study of tea ceremony takes many years and often lasts a lifetime. Even to participate as a guest in a formal tea ceremony requires knowledge of sado, including the prescribed gestures and phrases expected of guests, and the proper way to take tea and sweets, and general deportment in the tea room. Pictures are from the Japan Festival where a tea ceremony was conducted.
geta
The original Japanese platform shoes
Picture of GetaLong before the 1970's and the platform shoes, Japanese women had been wearing Geta sandals or clogs.
The reason for wear these very high platform shoes was not for fashion, but for very practical reasons. If you are wearing a very expensive kimono that hangs all the way to your feet, you do not want to get mud on it when you walk outside. (A larger version of the picture can be seen by clicking on it).
Are Geta difficult to walk in?
Yes! Significant practice is required before someone can walk safely and elegantly in Geta.
Geta are made of one piece of solid wood forming the sole and two wooden blocks underneath. These block may have a metal plate on the section that touches the ground in order to lengthen the life span of the Geta. A V-shaped thong of cloth forms the upper part of the sandal.
japan culture~kimono
The kimono is a traditional form of clothing worn by Japanese women and men. There are many different kimono styles. We detail all the different forms of Japanese kimonos here.
