Traditional Kindergarten Graduation
Highlights from the 2007 graduation ceremony at Udo kindergarten in Shizuoka City, Japan. This particular kindergarten is very old fashioned and adheres to some interesting Japanese traditions. For example the children are encouraged to go barefoot at school and wear traditional geta wooden clogs every day in or out of school. Also, in accordance with an old Japanese believe that outdoor exposure will make children strong and healthy, this school therefore operates with all of its doors and windows open every day of the year, even in the heart of winter. This school’s uniform is very distinct and in our community it is a common sight to spot kids from Udo kindergarten running about in the dead of winter wearing just a light shirt, short pants and clomping along on their wooden shoes. The belief about cold air and healthy kids seems to hold water in this regard as the kids from Udo kindergarten appear perennially healthy and happy.
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April 9th, 2008 at 10:41 am
If freezing their ass in the snow allow them to think they are ubermensch, why not… It’s not like if there was anything being taught in japanese schools anyway (but as a daycare, they seems to be top notch).
Do they follow all japanese other tradition, like chinese comfort women or medical training on live prisonner ?
Japan… such a nice country… for me to poop on…
(sorry, as a froggy the only thing I learned to fear as much a the combination of ‘german’ and ‘tradition’ is ‘japanese’ and ‘tradition’… in both case, nothing really good came out of it… and everything bad seems to come back again)(week end… still so far…)
April 10th, 2008 at 2:52 am
You’re perhaps the narrowest of minds I have ever come across in the internet. What do you get pooping on other culture except for your own personal thrill. Everyone else seems to think you’re an idiot. Now get back to work.
April 10th, 2008 at 10:56 am
Dude… if you think i’m the narrowest on the intarweb you’re clearly new to the whole ‘online experience’. I’m working my way to the top, but i’m still light years away from the bests.
And don’t be so precious with your wording. Calling “culture” the social sado masochism of anal retentive people expelling their frustration through nationalism and xenophobia is a misuse of the word.
Sooo back to business…
want fries wif’ dat’ ?
April 10th, 2008 at 11:32 am
“Calling “culture” the social sado masochism of anal retentive people expelling their frustration through nationalism and xenophobia is a misuse of the word.”
And saying that makes you, what? Sink lower, much?
April 10th, 2008 at 11:59 pm
Actually no… you should know that you can’t go lower than the bottom.
But I think I should have let the part about massive inbreeding who was patronisingly (this word… maybe don’t exist…) trying to provide an explanation for the current state of rotteness of the japanese society. I’m really not good at self censorship…
April 11th, 2008 at 12:21 am
Well, I can help censor you if you’d like. Just one more strike and I’ll take that as a green light :)
April 11th, 2008 at 4:31 pm
There is an s-m innuendo on this whole conversation, great time :-)
Must go now, I saw on the internet another a web site where someone was wrong…
(Sounds like an xkcd plug…)