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March 22, 2005
A Little Bit Of Fame
My website got me into an article in the Hokkoku Shimbun.
Translation (courtesy of Yasuko Aizawa):
Hokkoku Newspaper
March 20, 2005
“Want to convey Ishikawa’s traditions and people’s warm heart”
American students made websites
Kanazawa Castle, Omicho Market, festivals...
Detailed information based on their own experience
(Photo) Eurocentres staff enjoying the websites that their former students created; Rifare, block 1, Honmachi, Kanazawa
Two American students who studied Japanese in Kanazawa made websites that introduce Ishikawa’s traditional culture and people’s life. The history of Kanazawa Castle and Omicho Market, traditional festivals in Ishikawa and the like are edited in the websites accompanied by photos and illustrations. The personnel concerned are welcoming their contribution because the websites written in English can promote the charm of Ishikawa to the world as well as helping people in Ishikawa to discover the new charms about our home prefecture through the eyes of foreigners.
Two students who made the websites are Leo Hourvitz, a computer animator from California and Matt Meyer, a college student from Florida. They took a Japanese course at Eurocentres Kanazawa for two to three weeks and experienced Japanese culture including tea ceremony while doing the homestay.
After they returned home, they created websites which link each other in order to introduce the charm of Ishikawa to the world. Hourvitz introduces people’s everyday life in Kanazawa using a lot of photos including the structure and history of Hishiyagura that was reconstructed on the Kanazawa Castle Park, tea ceremony manners that he learned during his stay, the lively Omicho Market, and life with his host family. Meyer introduces Children's Kabuki from the Otabi Matsuri in Komatsu, the landscape of Nata-dera temple and such, using a lot of illustrations.
They comment on the charm of Ishikawa, “Ishikawa is full of Japan’s traditional culture, which is hard to find in big cities, and people’s warm heart.” Yasuko Aizawa, Program Director of Eurocentres Kanazawa says, “We can see through their websites how foreigners look at Ishikawa. We hope a lot of people both in Japan and around the world will look at these sites.” The websites:
http://www.stoneschool.com/Japan/Kanazawa/
http://webspace.ringling.edu/~mmeyer/Japan.html
Posted by dminky at March 22, 2005 08:19 PM
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