Cherry blossoms, cranes and the language of Japanese symbols

Nagoya – Whether or not you’re paying consideration or not, you’re surrounded by symbols.

Birds like 鳩 (hato, doves/pigeons) and 鶴 (tsuru, cranes), flowers like バラ (bara, roses) and 桜 (sakura, cherry blossoms), animals like 狐 (kitsune, foxes) and 猫 (neko, cats) — they seem in every single place in materials, visible and linguistic tradition all over the world. Naturally, in addition they seem in Japan, however not at all times in the identical approach or with the identical common that means.