It's my life in Japan ! ⇒ in Thailand now!

I'll try to write down " what I think " , " what I feel" and " what I did " on my days in  both English and Jpanese! 日々私の思うこと、感じたこと、したことを、英語と日本語の両方で綴ってみます!

Monday, July 31, 2006

Guardian angel - 守り神

Do you know a difference of a newt and a gecko?   
It is a newt that a stomach looks red color and it is a gecko that a stomach looks gray.  
A newt eats a harmful insect in a well. A newt is a meaning to "protect a well".  
A gecko eats a mosquito and a moth in a house. A gecko is a meaning to "protect a house".    That's why both a gecko and a newt are called guardian angels.  

I like a gecko more..........IT's SO CUTE! 

It is said that a Japanese does not strongly believe much religion.I think that it's true.However Japanese love to believe many traditions♪
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イモリとヤモリの違いってご存知ですか?
お腹が赤色をしている方がイモリで、グレー色をしている方がヤモリです。
イモリは井戸で害虫を食べるので、「井戸を守る」という意味でイモリと名づけられ、ヤモリは家で蚊や蛾を食べるので、「家を守る」という意味でヤモリと名づけられているようです。両方とも守り神と言われてるんですよね。

私はヤモリ派なのですが、じーっと見ると、かなり可愛いです。

日本人はあまり強く宗教を信じないと言われますがちっちゃな言い伝えは大切にしているようですね。

1 Comments:

At 6:52 PM, August 07, 2006, Blogger Jim said...

You are right, many traditions for beliefs with the Japanese. A lady lives across the street from me, she is very nice, her name is Kim, she is Japanese and her family have many continuous traditions even here in Texas. And they have the yard with plants and shrubbery and trees and things, very beautiful. She is the nicest person on the street.

 

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