THE JAPANESE GARDEN The fluidity yet

THE JAPANESE GARDEN

The fluidity yet essentially unchanging nature of the water in the pond’s garden illustrates how the Japanese perceive their culture’s change over time.

1. THE JAPANESE GARDEN CONSISTS OF THREE BASIC ELEMENTS: WATER (USUALLY A POND WITH WATER), STONES AND PLANTS.

2. OBJECTS FOR THE GARDEN ARE CHOSEN BASED ON THEIR UNIQUE CHARACTERISTICS

3. THE GARDEN IS CAREFULLY DESIGNED TO LOOK NATURAL AND ARTLESS

4. THE JAPANESE SPEND A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF LEISURE TIME MEDITATING IN THEIR GARDENS AND CONTEMPLATING THE QUIET EVENTS OF NATURE

THE JAPANESE ARE A FAIRY ANCIENT PEOPLE WHO HAVE BECOME VERY HOMOGENEOUS BECAUSE OF GEOGRAPHIC ISOLATION.

THE JAPANESE ARE AGRICULTURAL NATION.

LIKE FLOWING WATER THAT IS CONSTANTLY MOVING AND CHANGING ITS SHAPE, JAPAN HAS WEATHERED ENORMOUS POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC CHANGE IN THE PAST 125 YEARS

THE JAPANESE CONCEPT OF HARMONY AND THE VALUE OF THE GROUP WERE FIRST INCLUDED IN JAPANESE POLITICAL VALUES IN A 7 TH-CENTURY CONSTITUTION

The Japanese appreciation of beauty led them to study and integrate the foreign artistic, technological and linguistic accomplishments of the Chinese into their culture as early as the 6 th century.

JAPAN AND BELARUS ARE HIGH CONTEXT CULTURES

COLLECTIVISTIC BY WESTERN STANDARDS INDIVIDUALISTIC BY ASIAN STANDARDS COLLECTIVISTIC

SPACE PERCEPTION WORK SPACE IS MORE COMMUNAL

POLYCRONIC TIME MONOCRONIC TIME

POWER DISTANCE Japan Belarus

MASCULINITY JAPAN BELARUS

LONG TERM ORIENTATION JAPAN BELARUS

THANK YOU!