I can’t explain in details of its history although I am Japanese. That’s because I would have napped during history class.
Now getting older, regretful past of my lazy educational record took me there the famous castle, Himeji-castle.
It was quite a fine day. Kamisama (Japanese ancient God) might have given it to me for I myself are raising awareness of respecting the history of own country.
Anyway, I will never forget how sleepy that history classes were. (Oh sorry Kamisama)
As one of many pretending amateur scientists, let me say that the technology applied for building such an incredible castle in the era of Samurai warrier with certain logic yet without any modern science, is beautiful.
As a World Cultural Heritage, so many foreign tourists are visiting there. The Himeji City, where the castle locates, is also a good place. So, if you have a plan to go to Japan, Himeji Castle should be one of the options.
The last picture is flower that I found there in the garden in the castle.
Several months ago, it was perhaps, I wrote something about it. The above eye catch picture is of flower I have recently found. Whenever I see that beautiful color regardless of on pictures or real ones in wilderness, a question always comes to my mind. How is that color created from brown soil? Anyway, it is obvious that the color is the result of chemical reaction among soil, the plant, sun light, air, water and so on.
Then, we see it beautiful.
Beautiful?
What is “Beautiful”?
How are human sharing that feeling with all the people. Imagine!
So, this time, the story here is not on science or the sort.
I just visited there, IKEA in Japan.
It was more than 20 years ago when I made business trip to Denmark. There I had lunch, which then has just come up on my mind now. At IKEA, yes, its origin is Sweden and there found is buffet stile food court. Most of the menu are Swedish which somehow resembles to the food in Denmark, in my memory.
On that day, a week earlier, I visited IKEA with my wife because I was able to take a few days holiday on weekdays because I was to be transferred to one of factories run by a company by which I have long been employed. Since the factory is located in a remote area from my home, I have to be there leaving family members.
So, my wife said, “OK, while you are up here, please help me with bringing some used furniture in IKEA. IKEA would buy them.” “May be, IKEA on weekday is somewhat comfortable for window shopping because not overwhelming and exodus-scale of furniture seekers are expected.” (IKEA on weekend! it’s like Lemmings!)
Then, we had lunch there.
Having seen my choice of food, my wife said, “How big your meal is! Why you take such an amount. Are you intending to build an accumulation of fat around your belly as kind of survival resource for you are in remote area?” I answered, “No problem.”
While eating that big meal, weak and slight memory of dating my wife before I married her came on my mind. (After the marriage, typical and global standard reality of wife-husband quickly ruled over.)
That eye catch picture is the one taken where I was moved in presently. While working hard in the new place, I am now seeking another opportunity for my career so that I can return. Nevertheless, it is quite hard to seek career change in my age in Japan though.
I think so, because DNA which is said to have tendency of selfishness did not opt for something uniform. Of course, cyanobacteria once established quite a uniform world. (Just in my understanding though) However, presently, cyanobacteria are not the majority. And diverse state of hundreds or thousands or billions of species exist on the Earth now. (In my personal opinion though.) DNA did opt for Diversity. And Equity and Inclusion are nested in the very system of lifeform. They all can share somehow their life in a way, for instance, food chain.
Entropy is another element. Because of Entropy, everything will never be stay still forever and any uniformity will continuously propagate into diversity. Opps! Does that sound opposite? Entropy, makes things uniform, isn’t it? OK! but then consider what uniform is all about. uniform means complete order. Quite a static state and just a beginning. It does not necessary means “NOTHING”. As long as, consciousness, mind or spirits, whatsoever exists, maybe, yes maybe, battle of diversity against entropy may continue???? (Oh, don’t put such a silly!)
Matters, Ones, something, whatever anyhow, that are attempting to give up the concept will be the modern parallel to the mass extinction of dinosaurs.
Around there another species, mammals, survived and therefore DNA.
Mammals at that time were not majority. Taking the position of majority does not necessary mean thriving or superior.
Oh, the first issue of my blog this year 2025 has started with such an exaggerated way of speaking that is usual in my case though. L.O.L. Well, there are many people around the world who are studying this kind of thing in more detail and accuracy, and there are many books by them.
I see on the petals of a tiny flower the color of blue, indigo blue or simply deep blue.
Wondering how the color be created, surely the origin is the soil, I conclude, where the flower penetrates into with its powerful roots. Roots often means origine, I think as well.
Flower is said to be evolved from leaves, green leaves then it gives a sensation in human mind thereby triggers the evolution of consciousness.
Tiny little flower at my daily commute.
Creation should be of the nature of our universe.
We can explain the blue which comes from soil with scientific manner by referring to some chemical substances and reactions, bio-mechanism of flower. But nevertheless, so far nobody could give us no clear view of the relation between our consciousness and the color.
Someone said it evokes a feeling of survival due to its association with fruit. But I don’t think so because feeling of beauty often experienced with another thing as well, like geometry.
See, the geometry!
Anyway, the person who insist on the association with survival would raise a theory that makes proof that geometry as well should be of the sort.
People who have near-death experiences often describe flowers flourishing around but rarely say something of green leaves or lashing fresh greenery like seen in late spring or early summer. (I know only one example: beautiful butterflies flying on the canopy of woods.)
Here I do not intend to talk about near-death experiences. Instead, I am just focusing on the human consciousness.
Colors of flesh green is, at which I often feel beauty, probably a symbol of “life”; stronger than that of flowers, I think.
If a feeling of beauty should be associated with survival, why human find a feeling of beauty with fractal geometry?