Renewing A Driving License in Japan

運転免許

Holders of a Japanese drivers' license will have to renew their license every five years.



Renewing A Driving License in Japan

You will be sent a form 30 days before your birthday and will have 60 days to visit your local driving license center and renew your license. If you fail to attend you will be required to take a Japanese driving test.

To renew your license you will need to present your old license and undertake a perfunctory eye test, be photographed and attend a road safety video lecture.

Renewing A Driving License in Japan

Hundreds of people will be processed on the day you attend and a fee of 3,250 yen will be levied. Expect to stand in long lines.

After attending the road safety video/lecture, your name will be called and your new license will be handed out.

Renewing A Driving License in Japan

It is debateable whether the cost of the new license covers the administration and loss of productivity incurred as a result of people taking time off work to attend the renewal process.

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Japan This Week 9 May 2010

今週の日本

Japan News.Canada’s Doubts on Toyota

New York Times

危机!我们离大衰退前的日本只差半步

Caijing

Japan PM backtracks on Okinawa military base pledge

Guardian

Una inmersión en el negocio de matar delfines

El Pais

Monju's restart hit by faulty gas detector

Japan Times

A Okinawa, les habitants profitent des bases militaires américaines tout en souhaitant leur départ

Le Monde

Japan drops bid to host 2018 World Cup to aim for 2022

BBC

As Kyoto Attractions, Wave Pools vs. Temples

New York Times

Veteran Ono makes case for World Cup team

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Last week's Japan news


Japan Statistics

The population of Japanese children decreased for the 29th year in a row. The number of children under the age of 15 declined by 190,000 last year, falling to 16.94 million as of April 1.

Source: Kyodo News

65% of Japanese men are in favor of making paternal leave obligatory.

Source: Asahi Shinbun

Membership in the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) fell below one million at the end of 2009. That is the first time since 1977 - the year records first started being kept - that it has dropped below a million.

Source: Yomiuri Shinbun


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Votive Tablets Kamigamo Shrine

Good Luck tablets Kamigamo Shrine絵馬上賀茂神社

At Japanese shrines and temples, you may come across a frame on which wooden tablets have been strung in lines.

These colorful painted tablets are known as "ema" and can be bought at the shrine. They are supposed to bring one luck.

The tablets pictured here are hanging at Kyoto's Kamigamo Shrine.

They cost 500 yen.

After purchasing one, you write your wish or hope on the tablet and hang it with the others.

These "ema" are quite elaborate and beautifully drawn. Also, note the bells.

At this time of year, nearby Ota Shrine is also worth a visit to see its irises.

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Nagoya Friends at Harry's Diner in Sakae 5/15





87th party in Nagoya!

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featuring food from Charlie’s

  • Date: Saturday May 15th, 2010
  • Time: 7pm-9:30pm
  • Bar is open till 2am and party guests can stay on for the live set at no extra charge!!!
  • Drinks will be served between 7:00pm-9:15pm.
  • Place: Harry’s Diner (very close to Sakae Station)
  • Fee: 3000 Yen
  • Dress code: Anything (Casual, etc)
  • Reservations: Not necessary but recommended and appreciated. Just show up to the party!

There will be free food along with free drinks (beers, wine, cocktail drinks and juices). Our party is not a dinner party, but we will have light food & snacks. Quantities are limited, so please come early! Please free to come alone or bring your friends. EVERYBODY is welcome to join regardless of nationality/gender. Reservation is greatly appreciated. About 125-150+ people are expected to attend. Approximately 55% female and 45% male, 70% Japanese and 30% non-Japanese. Pictures from previous Nagoya Friends Parties.


Map & Directions

Contact: 080-3648-1666(Japanese) 080-5469-6317(English)


Get off at Sakae Station [Exit #12 or 13]

Harry’s Diner (M-COT (エムコット) Sakae B1
4-4-17 Sakae, Nagoya (very close to Sakae Station)

Harry’s Diner is located in the Sakae business/shopping district.

Subway access from Sakae Station (serving the yellow and purple lines) Exit 12 or 13. It’s a big station connected to a huge underground shopping mall so you’ll need to do a little underground walking.

We’re also just a couple of minutes’ walk from the Tokyu and Precede hotels, and a 10 minute walk up Hirokoji Street from the Hilton Hotel in Fushimi.


Train Directions
  • From Nagoya Stn. take the Higashiyama Subway line to Sakae Station (GET OFF at Sakae Station!!) Take exit #13 and then walk straight AWAY from Hirokoji-Dori for about 3/4 of a block. TURN LEFT Harry’s diner is three and a half blocks down on the left side of the street in the middle of the block.

Sakae Station
Higashiyama Line


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Ota Shrine Iris

Iris at Ota Shrine大田神社アヤメ

A 15-minute walk from Kitayama, in north Kyoto, is Ota Shrine.

It is part of the Kamigamo Shrine "family," and is about 10 minutes on foot from the much larger and better known shrine.

Ota Shrine is flush against the mountains that ring the city.

The shrine is best known for its irises. They are located in a small pond that is barely visible under a sea of green - and then in early May purple.

The shrine is free to visit, except for during iris season. At that time, a donation of 300 yen is requested.

From Kitayama Station, walk up any of the north-south streets across Kitayama Dori heading north. After 10 minutes or so, ask directions. You'll get there.


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Yasukuni Shrine Tour

靖国神社

Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo is without doubt Japan's most controversial shrine and previous visits to the shrine by Japanese Prime Ministers and government officials have enraged public opinion in South Korea and China.



However, the controversy surrounding Yasukuni is fairly recent, stemming from the decision in 1979 to enshrine Japan's wartime leader General Hideki Tojo and 13 other Class-A war criminals (found guilty by the victorious allied forces after World War II at the The International Military Tribunal for the Far East).

Up until that point, Yasukuni had not featured on the political radar at all.

JapanVisitor visits Yasukuni Shrine in a series of two YouTube videos. Click Part 1 above, then Part 2 below, for a virtual tour.



 

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Kevin Turner Shamanism Workshop

The Foundation for Shamanic Studies
シャーマニズム研究財団

"Shamanism is a path of knowledge, not of faith, and that knowledge cannot come from me or anyone else in this reality. To acquire that knowledge, including the knowledge of the reality of the spirits, it is necessary to step through the shaman's doorway and acquire empirical evidence."

Michael Harner, Ph.D.
FSS Founder and President
Author of The Way of the Shaman

The Basic Workshop in Core Shamanism

Kyoto: May 15 - 16, 2010
Tokyo: May 27 - 28, 2010

Core Shamanism

Core shamanism is the universal or near-universal principles and practices of shamanism not bound to any specific cultural group or perspective, as originated, researched, and developed by Michael Harner. Since the modern world overwhelmingly lost its shamanic knowledge centuries ago due to political and religious oppression, the Foundation’s programs in core shamanism are particularly intended for modern peoples to reacquire access to their rightful spiritual heritage through quality workshops and training courses. Training in core shamanism includes teaching students to alter their consciousness through classic shamanic non-drug techniques such as repetitive drumming so that they can discover their own hidden spiritual resources, transform their lives, and learn how to help others. Core shamanism does not focus on ceremonies, such as those of Native Americans, which are part of the work of medicine men and women, persons who do both shamanism and ceremonial work.

Michael Harner's
The Way of the Shaman: Shamanic Journeying, Power, and Healing

The Basic Workshop in Core Shamanism (Weekend)

Kyoto: May 15 - 16, 2010
Tokyo: May 27 - 28, 2010

During the Basic experiential workshop, participants are introduced to core shamanism, the universal and near-universal basic methods of the shaman to enter non-ordinary reality for problem solving and healing.

Particular emphasis is on the classic shamanic journey, one of the most remarkable visionary methods used by humankind to explore the hidden universe otherwise known mainly through myth and dream. Participants are initiated into shamanic journeying, aided by drumming and other techniques for experiencing the shamanic state of consciousness and for awakening dormant spiritual abilities, including connections with Nature. Practice includes comparisons by participants of their discoveries in shamanic journeys as well as being introduced to shamanic
divination and healing. They are also provided with methods for journeying to meet and study with their own individual spirit helpers in nonordinary reality, a classic step in shamanic practice. Participants learn how the journey is utilized to restore spiritual power and health, and how shamanism can be applied in contemporary daily life to help heal oneself, others, and the Planet. Basic and Advanced courses to be continuously offered in Japan and Asia.

The Foundation for Shamanic Studies Faculty for Asia: Kevin Turner
shamanismjapan@yahoo.co.jp
Tel/fax: 075-723-4379

English website: www.shamanism.org
Japanese website: www.shamanism.org/workshops/japanese.html

Kevin Turner’s English bio: www.shamanism.org/fssinfo/turnerbio.html

Kevin Turner's site: www.shamanism-asia.com

シャーマニズム研究財団

The Foundation for Shamanic Studies

「シャー マニズムとは、知識の道であって信仰の道ではない。そしてその知識は、私や或はこのリアリティ(現実)における他の誰からも得ることは出来ない。精霊達の 現実に関する知識を含むこの知識を身につけるには、シャーマンの門戸をくぐり、自らの経験を通して証拠を掴んでいかねばならない。」

マイケル・ハーナー Michael Harner, Ph.D
シャーマニズム研究財団創設者及び財団長
『シャーマンへの道』著者


コア・シャーマニズム
Core Shamanism

コア・シャーマニズム(核心のシャーマニズム)とは、マイケル・ハーナーが考案、研究、発展させた、シャーマニズムにおけるほぼ普遍的と言える原理とその 実践のことであり、いかなる特定の文化組織や観点とも結びつくものではない。シャーマニックな知識の大方は、政治的/宗教的弾圧が原因で、何世紀も前に甚 だしく失われてしまった。その様な背景から当財団のコア・シャーマニズムのプログラムは、現代人が良質のワークショップやトレーニングを通して、正当な精 神的文化遺産との繋がりを取り戻せるようにすることを意図している。コア・シャーマニズムのトレーニングでは、参加者が意識を変性させていく際に、繰り返 されるドラムの音の様な伝統的シャーマニズムの非薬物的手法を使い、参加者がどのように自らの隠された精神的源泉を発見し、人生を変容させ、また他者の助 けとなっていけるか、ということも教えられる。コア・シャーマニズムは、例えばネイティブアメリカン達が行う様なセレモニー(儀式)には主眼を置かない。 これらは、シャーマニズムと儀式行為の両方を行うメディスンマンやメディスンウーマン達の仕事の一部である。

シャーマンへの道:シャーマンの旅、パワーとヒーリング

コア・シャーマニズム公式ベーシックワークショップ

The Way of the Shaman workshop

ベーシックの体験的ワークショップでは、参加者はシャーマンのほぼ普遍的基本体系であるコア(核心の)・シャーマニズムに触れ、問題解決やヒーリングの為 に非日常的リアリティへと入っていく。 ここで特に重要視されるのが古典的なシャーマンの旅である。これは、人類が隠された宇宙を探究する為に使った、最も注目に値する先見的な手法であり、この 手法無しには、隠された宇宙は主に神話や夢を通してのみしか知り得ないものであった。 参加者はシャーマンの旅をする手ほどきを受け、ドラムの音やその他のテクニックの助けを得ながらシャーマン的意識状態を体験し、大自然と繋がることを含む 眠っているスピリチュアルな能力を目覚めさせていく。 またシャーマンの旅の中での発見について、参加者同士で話し合ったり、シャーマンの直感的予見やヒーリングにも実習の中で触れていく。 更に、旅をする中での非日常的リアリティにて自らのスピリットヘルパーと出会い、そこから学んでいくというシャーマンの実践に於ける古典的ステップの方法 も伝授される。 このように参加者達は、この旅が如何にして自らのスピリチュアルなパワーや健康を回復させるのに役立つのか、また如何にしてシャーマニズムが現代の日常生 活の中で自分や他人を癒したり、この惑星を癒すことに適用できるのかを学ぶ。

マイケル・ハーナーによるコースデザイン講師:ケヴィン・ターナー

■京都市:4月3日(土)〜4日(日)
モンロー研究所公式コース(通訳あり)
ゲートウェイ・エクスカージョン 33,000円

■ 京都市:5月15日(土)〜16日(日)
シャーマニズム研究財団公式コース
シャーマンへの道 (通訳あり)33,000円

■ 京都市:5月22日(土)〜23日(日)定員10名( 通訳あり)
レベル1:コーディネート・リモートヴューイング(CRV)37,000 円

■ 東京都世田谷区:5月29日(土)〜30日(日)
シャーマニズム研究財団公式ワークショップ
シャーマンへの道 (通訳あり)33,000円


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