The Samurai, Veterans of Japan

The samurai (or bushi) are Japan's pre-modern warriors. They later became the ruling military class that eventually became the highest social classes of the Edo period (1603-1867). The samurai uses a range of weapons such as arches, arrows, spears, and rifles, but their main weapon and symbol was the sword.

The Samurai lives according to the Bushido law of Ethics ("Warrior Road"), Such as discipline, self-respect, moral conduct, and loyalty to his master. The samurai origin back to the Heian period and campaigns to subjugate the original Emishi people in the Tohoku region, At the same time, warriors have increasingly been recruited by clans and wealthy landowners and built armies to protect themselves, leading to the growth of groups independent of the central government. Minamoto and Taira, the strongest clans, eventually challenged the central government and fought each other for control of the whole country. In the latter, Minamoto won and formed a new military government in 1192, led by Shogun or the supreme military commander. Where the Samurai ruled by Japan during most of the next 700 years.

In the 15th and 16th centuries, Japan split into dozens of independent states and entered into war with each other. Thus, the warriors were in increasing demand. It was also the ninja era, and many famous films were quoted from this particular period. In the end, the country was unified, and the social strata system was created during the Edo period which put the samurai at the top. During this time, the samurai was forced to live inside palaces, and they were the only ones allowed to own and carry swords.

The relative calm of nearly 250 years of Edo has been relatively quiet. As a result, the importance of self-defense and combat skills declined, and many samurais became bureaucrats, teachers or artists. until the feudal era in Japan ended in 1868, and the beginning of the Meiji period, which was known for many reforms such as class abolition, especially the samurai class.

Samurai is today one of the most important tourist attractions in Japan to see the form of castles, palaces, historic dwellings, museums, parks, samurai clothes and learn from his experience, culture, and lifestyle.

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Amezaiku, the sculpture on the dessert

Amezaiku is the traditional Japanese art of carving hot candy, which has taken on various colors and shapes for nearly 1,000 years.

 Artists work with their hands and tools where they cut the dough hot and formed before cool.

The hot dessert used in Amezaiku is very tricky to work because of the very high temperature that must be used to melt the candy to become hot making it stretchable and massage by hand like dough, there is a lot of pressure in working quickly to carve candy in its shape before it gets cold and harden.

In Tokyo, Amezaiku is prepared directly front customers, prices start from about 300 yen and may reach more than 8000 yen for private business, as a dessert in the shape of your face, for example.

At present there are not a lot of candy artists in Japan, according to some estimates, there are less than 50 professional artists in Japan.

Here are pictures of different designs of Amezaiku stores in Tokyo

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Visit Akihabara In Japan

Electric city or town anime or city dream are all the names of calling Akihabara area electronics in Tokyo, regarded in the world today a place to see the latest developments in digital culture and technology to contain hundreds of bigger and better shops and centers of electronic products in the world and is considered of millions of visitors and foreigners various countries around the world.

The typical shopper in the Akihabara electronics enthusiasts, such as those on whom collecting their computers themselves, where the stores are filled Akihabara off with countless of the latest parts and components, electronics and digital products cheaper prices.

Other category of Akihabara shops that serve those lovers of anime and manga, is wonderful sanctuary 

There is a lot of fun things inexpensive, suitable wonderful gifts

Where you can find everything there from the DVD and video games, magazines, books and manga physes and gatherings Cosplay

In the end, if you're "obsessed" is interested in electronic devices and the latest technology or you "otaku" who follow the anime and manga, or you "Gamers" lovers of video games 

The area is considered Akihabara Commission and the dream you had enjoyed it

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