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| March 3rd is called HINA-MATSURI or Girls’ Festival. Families with girls display
ohinasama or hina-dolls in their homes and wish for the girls to grow up healthy. Shizuoka has many factories for making hina-dolls. Each doll part is made individually in different areas. Heads are not made in Shizuoka but in another prefecture. However, body parts and miniature furniture are mainly made in Shizuoka. On the Izu Peninsula, hanging hina-dolls are traditional. These hanging hina-dolls are now getting popular in other places too. It is not difficult to make them. Please try to make them if you like. Every year new hina-dolls called kawari-bina dolls are made. These dolls are connected with that year’s big news event or highlights. |
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| individually | (副詞) 個々で、独自に | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| miniature | (形容詞) 小型の、ミニチュアの | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Which do you like better for travelling, planes or ships? Planes are
faster than ships. Ships are cheaper
than planes. Each vehicle has its own
characteristics. Many of you ride on bikes at home. Riding on bikes is very healthy. We can enjoy fresh air and watch many things around us. Honda, Suzuki, and Yamaha are famous motor bike companies around the Enshu area. After World War II, they added engines to the bikes, and increased their sales. The bikes made by these companies had high-performance engines and good design. Now, they are building new factories in other Asian countries. They are selling many motor bikes to people all over Asia. |
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| Do you have a personal computer?
Some students have them, but others don’t. However, we usually have notebooks,
and often we write something in them everyday. These notebooks are made
of paper. Fuji City is the main place famous for making paper. Factories in Fuji City make many types of paper, including tissue, rolled paper, toilet paper, and many other types. A long time ago, Heizaemon Watanabe discovered mitsumata, a type of plant at the foot of Mt. Fuji. To make paper, mitsumata plants are cut into small pieces. Then they are put into pure water, mixed with paste and pressed into thin sheets. A lot of fresh spring water flows from Mt. Fuji down into Fuji City. There are also many forests in the area to grow plants. This helps to make Fuji City a great place for making paper. So, next time you are using any kind of paper, please think of Fuji City! |
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| 富士市は、紙づくりの町です。渡辺兵左衛門が、三椏を紙の原材料として発見しました。この三椏の木を富士山麓で栽培しました。紙を作るために必要な水は富士山からのわき水を利用します。 現在は、工業用の紙以外だと、テッシュペーパーやトイレットペーパーが富士市で多く生産されています。 |
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| Do you know Dr. Philipp Franz von Siebold? In 19th century, he studied not
only medicine but also zoology, ethnology, and botany. He visited Japan, and traveled from Dejima, Nagasaki to Edo (Tokyo). On his way to Edo, he wrote a diary. He thought that the bamboo arts and
wood crafts in Shizuoka had high quality, and were skillful and elegant. Now, we often use bamboo arts in our daily lives. For example, as an insect cage, a vase, or even a t-shaped flying toy. We also use wooden crafts that are made in Shizuoka. Some of them are made with no nails, and painted with lacquer. These wooden crafts include desks, cases for ink stones, drawers, tables, and geta. These traditions of bamboo arts and wooden crafts have developed into the industries of making sandals and plastic models in Shizuoka Prefecture. |
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| Have you ever visited Hamamatsu City? When you visit Hamamatsu JR station, you can see a tall building called
Act City.
Its shape is very unique. It is similar to an instrument called a harmonica. Do you know the famous instrument factory, Yamaha? Yamaha was founded in 1887. It is the oldest musical instrument maker in Japan. It has grown into an international company, which makes many kinds of instruments. For example, pianos, harmonicas, recorders, and electric organs. You can enjoy various kinds of pianos and other instruments at the Hamamatsu City Musical Instrument Museum. Check it out! |
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