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The 《Orient Travelogue》, namely the 《The Travels of Marco Polo》, was a literary work composed in 1298 detailing what the well-known Venetian merchant and adventurer Marco Polo saw and heard along his orient travels. 《The Travels of Marco Polo》was the world’s first literary work of abundant information about China reported by the Europeans. It detailed the situation of many countries in the areas of Central Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia, and so on as well as had an important section pertaining to information about China.
Bunkobon: In Japan, these are small portable paperback books
Japanese Railway
The yuzu bath, known commonly as yuzuyu, but also as yuzuburo, is said to guard against colds, treat the roughness of skin, warm the body, and relax the mind. Consuming pumpkins during the Winter Solstice supposedly helps prevent sicknesses as well.
Guanyin is the bodhisattva associated with compassion as venerated by East Asian Buddhists, usually as a female. The name Guanyin is short for Guanshiyin, which means "Observing the Sounds (or Cries) of the World".
Acala (literally "immovable" one.) is one of fierce, angry-faced guardian deities of Vajrayana Buddhism, otherwise known as esoteric Buddhism, and is particularly revered by Buddhists in Japan.
Nattō is a traditional Japanese food made from fermented soybeans. It is popular especially as a breakfast food.
In Roman Mythology, Saturn is the "God of Time". Saturn is Cronus from Greek Mythology, who escaped the wrath of Zeus. Then within Greek mythology is Chronos who is the Greek God of Time. Long story short, Cronus=Saturn
Freyr is one of the most important gods of Norse paganism. He was a god of the sun and rain, and the patron of bountiful harvests.
Dagda is an important god of Irish mythology. His attributes are a cauldron with an inexhaustible supply of food, a magical harp with which he summons the seasons, and an enormous club, with one end of which he could kill nine men, but with the other restore them to life. He also possessed two marvelous swine---one always roasting, the other always growing---and ever-laden fruit trees.
The Water Margin, a story set in the Song Dynasty, tells of how a group of 108 outlaws gathered at Mount Liang to form a sizable army before they are eventually granted amnesty by the government and sent on campaigns to resist foreign invaders and suppress rebel forces.
Style name: a Chinese style name, also known as a courtesy name, was a given name generally used after the age of twenty as a sign of adulthood and respect. The use of style names have fallen out of tradition since the early twentieth century.[1]
Friendship between gentlemen...(君子の交): a saying that originates from the Daoist philosophical classic, Zhuangzi(莊 子). The full saying is "Friendship between gentlemen, they say, is insipid as water; that of petty men, sweet as rich wine. But the insipidity of the gentleman leads to affection, while the sweetness of the petty man leads to revulsion. Those with no particular reason for joining together will for no particular reason part."[2]
Kabukichou(歌舞伎町): an entertainment and red-light district in Shinjuku, Tokyo.[3]
Seven Sages: the Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove were a group of Daoist scholars, artists and musicians in the 3rd century China.[4]
Moon guitar(月琴): a stringed traditional Chinese instrument that resembles a lute with a round body.[5]
Qin(琴), by Chinese poet Bai Juyi(白居易) from the Tang dynasty. The qin is a classic Chinese musical instrument.[6]
Saturnus: the Latin name of the Roman god Saturn who was identified with the Greek god Cronus.[7]
Yakushima(屋久島): an island covered in dense forest, located south of Kyushu and designated as a UNESCO Man and the Biosphere Reserve.[8]
Shirakami-Sanchi(白神山地): a mountainous area of unspoiled forest located in northern Honshu, and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.[9]
Anatolia: Denotes the westernmost protrusion of Asia, comprising the majority of the Republic of Turkey
Orochi is a legendary 8-headed and 8-tailed Japanese dragon that was slain by the Shinto storm-god Susanoo.
Minamoto no Yoshitsune (1159 – June 15, 1189) was a general of the Minamoto clan of Japan in the late Heian and early Kamakura period. He is considered one of the greatest and the most popular warriors of his era, and one of the most famous samurai fighters in the history of Japan.
In Medieval Jewish, Christian and Islamic legends, the Seal of Solomon was a magical signet ring said to have been possessed by King Solomon, which variously gave him the power to command demons, genies, or to speak with animals.
Ahura Mazda is described as the highest deity of worship in Zoroastrianism, along with being the first and most frequently invoked deity in the Yasna. The word Ahura means light and Mazda means wisdom. Thus Ahura Mazda is the lord of light and wisdom.
Mithra is the Zoroastrian divinity (yazata) of covenant and oath. In addition to being the divinity of contracts, Mithra is also a judicial figure, an all-seeing protector of Truth, and the guardian of cattle, the harvest and of The Waters.
Zeus is the child of Cronus and Rhea, and the youngest of his siblings. In most traditions he is married to Hera. He is the god of sky and thunder in Greek mythology. His Roman counterpart is Jupiter, Hindu counterpart is Indra and Etruscan counterpart is Tinia.
"Fun'ya no Yasuhide"(文屋康秀) from the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu(小倉百人一首), a classical Japanese anthology of one hundred Japanese waka poems by one hundred poets.[10]
Sól is the Sun personified in Germanic mythology. In both the Poetic Edda and the Prose Edda she is described as the sister of the personified moon, Máni, is the daughter of Mundilfari, is at times referred to as Álfröðull, and is foretold to be killed by a monstrous wolf during the events of Ragnarök, though beforehand she will have given birth to a daughter who continues her mother's course through the heavens. In the Prose Edda, she is additionally described as the wife of Glenr. As a proper noun, Sól appears throughout Old Norse literature.
The 117-metre (384 ft) tall Diamond and Flower Ferris Wheel opened at the park in 2001. On a clear day, it affords views of Tokyo Bay, Chiba, Edogawa, Tokyo Disneyland, and Mount Fuji.