Writing Practice
See if you can identify these body parts. Please write a phrase in Japanese about the body part. Click on image to see the correct answer.
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Practice Listening Activity
In this activity, please look at the images of the person. Click play and listen. Put numbers on the pictures in the order you hear their descriptions. Click on the picture to see if you have the correct.
ききましょう
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Buddhist Monuments in the Horyu-ji Area
Horyu-ji Temple was the first Japanese world heritage site registered back in 1993. Hoki-ji Temple is also registered as a world heritage site. The core temple, Horyu-ji, was built in the year 607 by Shotoku Taishi (574-622), a politician of that time. Thirty-eight national treasures and 151 important cultural assets are preserved on the temple's vast premises, and it is a treasure house of Japanese art. It is also known as the oldest wooden structure in the world.
Horyuj Buddhist Temple, Ikaruga, Japan by Jean-Pierre Dalbéra, no changes. cc2.0. World Heritage Site Japan,
This complex is divided into the Western Precinct centering on the Kondo (main building) and Goju-no-tou (five-story pagoda) and the Eastern Precinct centering on the Yumedono (dream pavilion). The remarkable feature of this temple is that you can see patterns everywhere in which the Silk Road culture and unique Japanese culture are subtly and perfectly blended. The Kondo houses precious sculptures including the "Shaka sanzon-zo" statue designated as a national treasure. The Goju-no-tou standing to the west of the Kondo at 32.6 m high is the oldest wooden tower in the world. It has a Japanese tile roof with a beautifully curved shallow slope. The term "Tou" indicates a tomb in which a relic of Buddha is placed, and a container for a relic rests in this Goju-no-tou as well. On the wall of the first floor there is a realistic, expressively drawn scene of Buddha on his deathbed. The Yumedono, the central building in the Eastern Precinct, is an octagonal building constructed in 739 for the purpose of holding a memorial service for Shotoku Taishi.
Graded Assignments
Please return to the Section 1 Tasks & Assignments folder to complete the graded assignments for Section 1, Part B.
