Fun of Good Old Japanese - 江戸・明治に学ぶ　楽しむ生き方

  Contents 1．Fun of working、働く楽しみ （ Part1 ） 2 ． Various funs in leisure hours 、余暇の楽しみいろいろ（ Part2 ） 3 ． Fun of Gathering 、集まる楽しみ（ Part2 ） 4 ． Fun of Traveling 、旅の楽しみ（ Part3 ） … this article/ 本記事 5 ． Fun of eros (loving) 、性愛の楽しみ（ Part3 ）… this article/ 本記事 6 ． Fun of Reading 、知る楽しみ（ Part4 ） 7 ． Fun of Owning 、持つ楽しみ（ Part4 ） 8 ． Sustainable life 、サステイナブルな暮らし（ Part4 ） 9 ． Conclusion 、まとめ（ Part4 ）   4 ． Fun of Traveling   People enjoyed not only gathering but also traveling which was the most joyful thing in their lives . Btw, Japanese people began traveling in the 6 th century; they had to bring rice, fabrics and so on to the capital (Nara, Kyoto) as a tax. Men went to Kyushu (near Korean peninsula) for serving in the army. In medieval era, ordinary people began pilgrim 1).  In the peaceful  Edo period (1603 ～ 1868), people traveled a lot. They made a group to travel because for safety reasons. They traveled with villagers, however, after leaving th...

Contents 1 ． Fun of working （ Part1 ） 2 ． Various funs in leisure hours （ Part2 ） … this article 3 ． Fun of Gathering （ Part2 ）… this article 4 ． Fun of Traveling （ Part3 ） 5 ． Fun of eros (loving) （ Part3 ） 6 ． Fun of Reading （ Part4 ） 7 ． Fun of Owning （ Part4 ） 8 ． Sustainable life （ Part4 ） 9 ． Conclusion （ Part4 ） （日本語文は後半に纏めて記載しました） 2 ． Various funs in leisure hours I have already known five elements of “Fun of Old Japanese” after working.   (1) Gathering in the village (2) Traveling (3) Loving (Eros) (4) Reading (5) Owning favorite goods    The most different behavior from the modern lives, is “gathering” . While gathering, they ate, drank and chatted, thereafter, sang and danced. We tend to avoid gathering and we are not good with gatherings, I think. However,  it was impossible not to gather in the Edo period  (1603 — 1868). Because, - The average population of a village was only four hundred 1), and t...