{"id":375,"date":"2016-05-29T12:26:51","date_gmt":"2016-05-29T12:26:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/adventures-abroad\/?p=375"},"modified":"2016-06-16T17:17:03","modified_gmt":"2016-06-16T17:17:03","slug":"blog-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/adventures-abroad\/2016\/05\/29\/blog-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Nara and Kyoto and their differences"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-383 size-medium alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/adventures-abroad\/files\/2016\/05\/20160527_103119-e1466097036680-169x300.jpg\" alt=\"20160527_103119\" width=\"169\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p>To me the big difference between Nara and Kyoto was that Nara was more of what I expected it to be. And I thought that Nara was this small little town that is only known for its deer. But I was wrong, Nara is actually a pretty nice size, maybe like Akron. It&#8217;s a very touristy city too, everywhere you go you can see deer merchandise, signs, or cartoons. With Kyoto, I thought that it was going to be a really old city where the buildings aren&#8217;t really that modern. But Kyoto is a busy bustling city. And they are very modern, with so many shops.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-387 size-medium alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/adventures-abroad\/files\/2016\/05\/20160527_130021-e1466097070126-169x300.jpg\" alt=\"20160527_130021\" width=\"169\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p>One thing that I found interesting was, of course, the deer. It was so odd to see the deer just roaming around, being very friendly and calm with people. It was like a fairy tale to me. What I can tell so far is that Japanese culture is very in tune to nature, so I was thinking maybe that&#8217;s a reason why they let the deer roam around. I just wonder, how did this all start? It must have took awhile for the deer to get used to people. And do deer have any cultural significance?<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-379 size-medium alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/adventures-abroad\/files\/2016\/05\/20160527_160133-e1466097132187-169x300.jpg\" alt=\"20160527_160133\" width=\"169\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A key concept that I found interesting in Japan is\u00a0that the Japanese take bits of different cultures or ideologies and then make them their own.<br \/>\nFor example, in Kyoto there was a Buddhist shrine within a Shinto shrine\/temple. This really proves the point that many Japanese don&#8217;t follow just one religion. Which makes sense\u00a0\u2014\u00a0both reglions have greatly influnced Japanese culture \u2014 it would be hard to just choose one. And I think that this helps people have more of an open mind when it comes to learning about different ideas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To me the big difference between Nara and Kyoto was that Nara was more of what I expected it to be. And I thought that Nara was this small little town that is only known for its deer. But I was wrong, Nara is actually a pretty nice size, maybe like Akron. 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