Tsunami Warning Hamaguchi

By Raditya Djati, executive summary by darmansjah

Traveling to the village Hiromura in Wakayama, Japan's western coast as well as bringing knowledge and awareness about natural disaster response. Visitors can experience the lives of the fisherfolk. 

Moreover, we can observe the advanced technology in early warning for natural disasters. I observed a hill dam has steel doors that can be closed when the tsunami arrives. To be more friendly to nature, the area along the hillside dams and planted with grass. Once a year to commemorate the spirit of the Japanese tsunami inventor character, Hamaguchi Goryou walking while carrying the torch along the dam.

Hamaguchi Goryou Hiromura born in the village in 1820. He is good at reading the signs of the natural coastal areas. He has saved so many lives when the tsunami hit the region, by getting people fled into the hills. A few moments later, He made a fire of rice bonds, known as Inamura-no-Hi-no-Yakata evacuation routes as a guide for people who are still in the coastal. The term tsunami is known throughout the world, popularized first by National Geographic in 1896 without converting it into English.

The government has made hiromura village as a center of learning of the first tsunami in Japan. Tsunami Educational Center presents historical documents, space simulation, relics spirit of Hamaguchi, three-dimensional theater, the stage of prevention to recovery after the tsunami disaster that is packaged in a traditional Japanese house. Really, it's a humane approach, how visitors brought to the past when she felt the spirit of Hamaguchi save lives and open a discourse of how to deal tsunami. On the ground floor, visitors can enjoy a folklore story teller brought Questioning tsunami, as a part of Japanese society today.

OSAKA Castle

OSAKA Castle

By Renny Yaniar, executive summar by darmansjah

Osaka Castle was founded by Toyotomi Hideyoshi, the Japanese military authorities the 16th century. He built the castle became the headquarters for unifying Japan, as well as proof of his power as the leader of the region. Castles were built is different from other baseball-castle in Japan. Decorated with golden color, making the luxury and unparalleled glory across the country. A majestic castle stands majestically in front of me. To get inside, visitors paying 600 yen (around USD6.5). From floor 1 F, I rode the elevator up to the floor 5F. On the second floor there is a war picture of summer in Osaka on screen. There is a diorama in the window. Visitors can learn how the soldiers uniform in the past, weapons, and battle formation.

Next I climbed the stairs to the second floor 8F, the observation room. From here I look at all sides of the city. The castle was destroyed during the war several times and rebuilt.

When viewed from the air, castle shaped like a square of eight. The building is surrounded by a wide moat. First, the activities in and out of the castle is connected to the bridge leading to main gate (Otemon).

Gate after a fire in 1783 it was rebuilt in the year 148. From there, there's more gates (sengan Yagura) as the holder of an enemy attack. After passing through the gate, the wall around the big and tall. Today, most of the existing buildings have been converted into schools, venues, and shops.

Search WORLD HERITAGE

By Hendra N.S. executive summary by darmansjah

I and my entourage arrived about four in the afternoon. At that time one of tour buses leaving the village Shirakawa-go, located in Gifu Prefecture. I joined with a team of Toyota Astra Motor, amounting to 12 people, the cold-weather greeted approximately five degrees Celsius. I also pressed a thick jacket and gloves.

Officially named shirakawa-mura, village history has gained worldwide recognition. Unesco has established the village as a historical world heritage site since December 9, 1995. What makes it chosen? I'm not hard to get an answer. The view is dominated by rural farm houses, built in a unique architectural style known as Gassho-zukuri. Citizens and governments have agreed to maintain the originality of village life, particularly the lives of mulberry cultivation and silkworm.

I had entered one of the greatest Gassho. After getting an explanation from the tour guide, I rushed to the attic Gassho. Arriving at the top of the building I saw the cultivation of silkworms. Incredible.

Shirakawa-go is in the valley is flanked by Mount Ryohaku and Ningyo. With a landscape like this, always in the village temperature cool. In fact, the more cool when winter arrives.

Moreover, more than half of the area covered by forest - but its total area is only half the land area of ​​Jakarta. The numbers inhabitants, about 2,000 souls.

Besides GasshoWada we entered, recorded to this day there are 111 other Gassho. A small portion into a museum, tourist information center and the most doubles on the front as atalase to sell souvenirs and accessories typical of Shirakawa-go.

According to the saga, there is a castle called Gassho long Kerikumo. However, the building was lost in the earth along with the surrounding city. This incident took place when a large earthquake struck the village in 1586. A gold mine co-ingested into the bowels of the earth. Currently, the value of the mine about one billion usd. Next time, I'll try to find out his whereabouts.