新しい始まり

Over the past two weeks, we’ve covered a lot of ground in Japanese Culture. We’ve explored, extensively, what culture is and isn’t, how culture is studied, and how all of this applies to Japan. We’ve seen pieces of the established culture of Japan – from modern martial arts to tea ceremonies and histories – and we’ve seen how the Japanese people, and historians abroad, view the uniqueness (or lack of uniqueness) in Japan; from arguments that Japan has a clear, homogeneous culture to claims that traditions and behavior have been segmented and separated from generations.