I am feeling nostalgic and watching old eps of one my favourite series in the world.. apart from Japanology, Begin Japanology, What Is It (old 5 minute show on australian abc where they guess the purpose and name of an antique item)
Bloody hell they make it sound as if Japanese invented the concept of veranda . The nihonjinron is so fucking antiquated, at this point this is ridiculous . I am married to a Japanese and used to live in this country for 25 years . Yes this is a beautiful country with gorgeous architecture exquisite arts and refined traditions and culture . But for fuck's sake , Japanese are NOT special they didn't invented everything in Japan . Veranda and engawa exist in MANY cultures, they are just called differently . The typical Japanese habit of saying we are special and we are different because we are an island nation, as if the rest of the world was a big landmass is so silly , it is truly just laughable . My husband's 280 years old house in Kyoto has an engawa . My 500 years old house in Zurich has one too, and my parent's house in Iceland has one as well . But then again Iceland is also an island country that might be why . But if everything is based on insularity , how are Japanese going to explain engawa in Switzerland then, or in spain, and portugal , and don't even get me started on the middle east engawa , and then if we study the engawa in India and China we can go back thousands of years . No , Japan did not invent the engawa, and there is nothing special about it . Any country with either a warm weather or the need to have an open space in a house like Icelandic harbor houses , has one . Some are made to relax , some are made for functional reason , call it whatever you want to call it thoughout space and time , but though the word engawa is definitely Japanese, the concept itself predate even Japan.
oh my.. love your response. for real not satirically. We have porches in australia too. Have to admit, getting design inspiration looking at the gardens one thing that rubbed off me in my truly brief time in Japan was the gardens in the Geisha house in Sakata , got a train from Niigata Everywhere you looked, it was a fricken portrait. Didnt matter which angle. The silly thing is, Ive tried to incorporate that concept in my new pad and its tricky!
as an architect i can tell you that the reason why japanese veranda is "special" its because it has a deeper purpose than just an "outside corridor", for them, its a meaninful space that connects and separates what is sacred nature and the phisical constructed space
@@MjolnirMarks nope, your nature is not as sacred as Japan's. haha, just joking. Some people I swear just too dramatic. There are beauty in cultural differences, sure, but their words of praises are just lack substance ended up sounding sycophantic.
I am feeling nostalgic and watching old eps of one my favourite series in the world.. apart from Japanology, Begin Japanology, What Is It (old 5 minute show on australian abc where they guess the purpose and name of an antique item)
your a star in my book for sharing this
with all of us!
Oh..Thanks for your appreciation (°V°)
thank you so much for this series. it is amazing, how the history and traditions of japan have survived.
Indeed, let's hope they keep it going...
’m glad you enjoyed it..(°V°)..
Sit down...+ Relax...
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I often give flowers to my invisible engawa girlfriend too.
Engawa look so comfy~
Thank you Again for all the Art doc you post :-) you are a STAR
*****(°V°)*****
Absolutely amazing.
Beautiful film n all
Remember: If your engawa is haunted, do magic tricks to appease the restless spirits
what bookstore is that?
Bloody hell they make it sound as if Japanese invented the concept of veranda .
The nihonjinron is so fucking antiquated, at this point this is ridiculous .
I am married to a Japanese and used to live in this country for 25 years . Yes this is a beautiful country with gorgeous architecture exquisite arts and refined traditions and culture . But for fuck's sake , Japanese are NOT special they didn't invented everything in Japan . Veranda and engawa exist in MANY cultures, they are just called differently . The typical Japanese habit of saying we are special and we are different because we are an island nation, as if the rest of the world was a big landmass is so silly , it is truly just laughable .
My husband's 280 years old house in Kyoto has an engawa . My 500 years old house in Zurich has one too, and my parent's house in Iceland has one as well . But then again Iceland is also an island country that might be why . But if everything is based on insularity , how are Japanese going to explain engawa in Switzerland then, or in spain, and portugal , and don't even get me started on the middle east engawa , and then if we study the engawa in India and China we can go back thousands of years .
No , Japan did not invent the engawa, and there is nothing special about it .
Any country with either a warm weather or the need to have an open space in a house like Icelandic harbor houses , has one . Some are made to relax , some are made for functional reason , call it whatever you want to call it thoughout space and time , but though the word engawa is definitely Japanese, the concept itself predate even Japan.
oh my.. love your response. for real not satirically.
We have porches in australia too. Have to admit, getting design inspiration looking at the gardens
one thing that rubbed off me in my truly brief time in Japan was the gardens in the Geisha house in Sakata , got a train from Niigata
Everywhere you looked, it was a fricken portrait. Didnt matter which angle. The silly thing is, Ive tried to incorporate that concept in my new pad and its tricky!
as an architect i can tell you that the reason why japanese veranda is "special" its because it has a deeper purpose than just an "outside corridor", for them, its a meaninful space that connects and separates what is sacred nature and the phisical constructed space
@@shintaroariyama8965 As an architect, I ask you: Does a veranda or porch in other countries not connect nature from the constructed space too?
@@MjolnirMarks nope, your nature is not as sacred as Japan's. haha, just joking. Some people I swear just too dramatic. There are beauty in cultural differences, sure, but their words of praises are just lack substance ended up sounding sycophantic.