I have spent almost three weeks now in Japan Osaka, Hirakata. My Visual Anthropology course’s blog, which I will update at least for the next four months, will be my tool for describing my observations and the new environment I live now.
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| A view over the Hirakata, Osaka. |
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| Street beauty in my new hometown. |
In this first post I introduce my new home town and some basic needs for living (Maslow’s hierarchy of needs first step; food, sleep, shelter). Things that are obvious at your home, but in a different environment basic needs to be filled in a kind of new way of thinking. For example sleeping on a futon takes some time to adjust and because of my limited Japanese language skills, buying food can be tricky also.
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| My room with eight tatami mats. |
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| Definately rich and delicious dinner after all. |
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| Japan, truly a land of the rising sun. |
I believe that during my journey here in Japan I slowly but surely claim the steps all way to the top of Maslow’s hierarchy of needs and will be able to self actualization, noticing how much I have learned about Japanese ways of life and how much creativity and new kind of problem solving have I managed to achieve.
http://www.astd2007.ast.org/publications/Journal%20Archive/2009/8_August_2009/CE.pdf
A nice beginning - and interesting photos. I look forward to your further explorations (I am sure you will satisfy your basic needs quickly...).
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