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枯山水(Karesansui) Related to country: Japan
(TIG初？日本語でブログ) 写真は京都、南禅寺の枯山水（如心庭）です。この前、京都に行きました。とてもきれいな街です。日本人の僕にとっても、新鮮な体験でした。外国人の方（最近はアジアの方が多いらしい）も多く訪れていました。（これだけ多く外国の方を見かけるのは、日本では他に秋葉原くらいかなぁ？）間違いなく日本の貴重な資源で、もっと活かされるべきですよね。アカウント取ったはいいんですが、何しようかな···？ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- you can read Sean's translation.

June 29, 2007 | 10:39 AM

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	Sean Fogarty August 6, 2007 \| 9:06 PM

Another English translation (The first ever at TIG? Japanese-language blog) The photograph is of Kyoto's garden of Karesansui (nyoshintei, the heart as a garden) at the temple of Nanzenji (Southern Zen Temple). I recently visited Kyoto. It's a very beautiful town. Even being Japanese, I learned many new things. Many people from foreign countries (lately most are Asian, it seems) were visiting! (The only other places in Japan where so many foreigners can be seen must be Akihabara in Tokyo, and maybe nowhere else?) It (the beach sand? -- too bad 90% of the coastline is paved in Japan!) is unmistakeably a precious resource of Japan, so it should be better brought to life, don't you say? It's fine that I got an account, but whatever should I do now? [It is very revealing that there is no distinction in Japanese common usage between a natural resource and a historical site. Natural in Japanese can for example be applied to minerals refined from a mine or produce from a farm.]

	Akihiko KITADA August 17, 2007 \| 7:11 AM

thank you thank you for translation, i could learn much. >It (the beach sand? -- too bad 90% of the coastline is paved in Japan!) it meant Karesansui was a great resource for tourism but we Japanese didnt know how worthy, i thought. "no distinction," thank you for teaching me. i think we Japanese have lost lots of natural or tourism resources without knowing their value, for example the coastline paved. in the long term, how much marine resources we have lost by paving i cant imagine, futhermore that is not sustainable.

	Sean Fogarty August 18, 2007 \| 5:20 AM

To me natural resources and historic sites are very different, but in Japanese people usually use your words for historic sites. Japan has a rich history, distinct culture, and distinct island ecosystem which is precious where it remains. I hope you can raise awareness of it. I will continue to study while I face new challenges in life in my fourth decade.

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