November 19, 2010 in All about Japan, Sekaione Press by adminsekaione

All about Japan: Sushi

Sushi (??) is a Japanese dish consisting of cooked vinegared rice which is commonly topped with other ingredients, such as fish or other seafood, or put into rolls.

The traditional form of sushi is fermented fish and rice, preserved with salt in a process that has been traced to Southeast Asia, where it remains popular today. The term sushi comes from an archaic grammatical form no longer used in other contexts; literally, “sushi” means “it’s sour”, a reflection of its historic fermented roots. The science behind the fermentation of fish packed in rice is that the vinegar produced from fermenting rice breaks Read more »

November 17, 2010 in Sekaione Press, Your opinion by adminsekaione

Your opinion: Working in Japan

Many people among foreign worker wonder what’s on at the Japanese or Japanese affiliated companies. Some people perhaps are thinking at the future to work in Japan. If so, let me tell you that there is a lot of tips you should know for better integrate in Japanese society or company.
I will do my best to give you some points which help you to avoid misunderstanding, bad manners that can turn your experience very hard. You will find some explanations about Japanese business manner, conventional social protocol and others very keys indispensable in Japan. Read more »

November 17, 2010 in Sekaione Press, Your opinion by adminsekaione

Your opinion : Introduction

My name is Amadou Cissoko, a Senegalese resident in Japan for more than ten years. I am the president of AMCIS Corporation (SekaiOne Multimedia, WOSPRO JAPAN and AMCIS Network) and at the same time, I’m responsible for Africa and the EU area in a language school in Yokohama.

We create this section OPINION in SekaiOne Multimedia to enable the many foreigners living in Japan or others who think to live one day in Japan, and the Japanese nationals to exchange, to exprime freely in the respect of each other about life in Japan(Society, Culture, Labour, Politics, Economy …). Read more »

November 16, 2010 in All about Japan, Sekaione Press by adminsekaione

All about Japan: Kendo

Kendo (??,??- literally “the way of the sword” in Japanese) is the modern version of kenjutsu (??- “techniques of the sword”), a traditional swordsmanship formerly practiced by Japanese samurai. Nowadays, Kendo is not only a martial art but also a competitive sport, widely practiced around the world. However, Kendo is more than a simple set of saber techniques and tactics. It also includes a spiritual component. Through kendo its practitioners discipline their character and determination. Read more »

November 16, 2010 in All about Japan, Sekaione Press by adminsekaione

All about Japan: Sado

THE CHA-NO-YU: TEA CEREMONY(???)

“When the tea is done with the water taken from the depths of the endless spirit, we have what we call chanoyu …for real” -Toyotomi Hideyoshi-

The first tea trees were brought from China to Japan in the 6th century. For long time exclusive pleasure of the elites, appreciated for its healing power,?tea will spread everywhere thanks to monk Eisai during the 12th century and in general thanks to Zen monasteries. Tea was used to help the monks not to fall asleep during the long meditation hours. Read more »