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When it comes to understanding the culture, the first important step is to reali

atsushijp, 2024年7月11日

When it comes to understanding the culture, the first important step is to realize it is almost impossible to understand other cultures fully. The only way to understand it “fully” is to be a part of culture (to live in the culture), yet it will require many (decades) of years of experience. Interestingly, for those who live in the other culture very rarely say that they do understand it. I have met many non-Japanese who have a very good understanding of Sashiko – yet, they always tell me how little they know about it. I wouldn’t trust non-Japanese who say they know all about Sashiko – especially when they do not live in Japan, or worse do not communicate in Japanese. How do they completely understand the culture without language?
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When one says they fully understand Sashiko in their small group, or within leisure, I can smile. I have met many who say they know about Japan by saying “Sushi, Ninja, Harakiri…” It can be a joke, and it can even “facilitate” cross cultural communication. When it comes to “teaching”, though, it is a different story. When they teach on How Japanese is by just knowing only 3 words… Who would believe what they understand is sufficient? Interestingly, in Sashiko, we can find many “Sashiko Masters/Teachers” who claim they know about Sashiko with only limited “effort” to learn the culture. This is the trend that I cannot smile at, and the reason I try to be as difficult as possible on the Internet.
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I offer opportunities to deepen the understanding such as Sashiko Classes. One is “Live Streaming” where anyone can join for free of charge. What they need is just a willingness to learn, but they do not admit the fact they don’t know. The Live is on (almost) every Thursday at 9 pm EST. I do not answer any “technical” questions, but any Cultural Questions are welcome. Now, it is a matter of “willingness to learn”, not “lack of opportunity”.
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刺し子の配信は木曜日に行っております。日本時間では夜の9時半から配信しています。あまりにも英語圏で「禅」と刺し子が結びつけられるので、鈴木大拙師の著書に目を通しています。毎回読む度に発見があるのですが「今の刺し子ブームに乗っかっている自称先生は、こういう王道すら読まずにZENを語ってるなぁ」と思うのです。ちなみに鈴木師の本は英語で書かれているものが多数あります。だから学ばない言い訳はできないはず。教える側が努力しない社会は相当マズイと思うのですが…要は学ぶ側が誰を選ぶかなんですよね。だから難しい。
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2024-07-11 00:52:59




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Comments (4)

  1. HSH says:
    2024年7月11日 at 12:23 AM

    🙏🏼🪷🧵🪡

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  2. Romeo Cappry says:
    2024年7月11日 at 2:41 PM

    ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

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  3. Faith | Wildcrafting Herbalist says:
    2024年7月11日 at 8:42 PM

    Very good point. I think even if I lived here till I’m 100 there will always be nuances to the culture that I still have to learn 🙌

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  4. Faith | Wildcrafting Herbalist says:
    2024年7月11日 at 8:46 PM

    I’m from New Zealand but it doesn’t give me a right to teach Māori culture. I totally understand your viewpoint.
    I also see in Japan, a rise of shaman and spiritual healer teaching classes. It’s very perplexing to me. If everyone becomes a shaman then who will do the actual work. Like in a traditional village there would only be one healer. Others would work the fields, be the one who makes clothes, the one who does leather work etc. unfortunately in recent years I’ve seen an increase of appropriation of Native American ideals in Japan ,,, it’s a shame those doing that can’t appreciate their own culture and wisdom. It’s like this in every country unfortunately, teaching something not inherently ones one cultural asset or treasure but to make a quick buck

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