日本の生活文化を探訪
世界の様々な枠組みが音を立てて崩れていく中で、
これで良いのか、これからどうなるのか、
といった不安の日々を送られていることと思います。
私たちの日本においても、3.11を機に、
見つめ直すべき本質が何か問われていると思います。
夏のビジネススタイルや昨今のマナーなど、
多くの方々が訝しげに感じ、
日本男児これでいいのかを強く感じています。
私たち日本人は、
武士道の精神・義理と人情を忘れない国民であるハズです。
世界に向けて門戸を開いた明治期、
西洋文明の紳士道と武士道との融合を試み、
和魂洋才という文化を生み出しました。
私たちジャパン・ジェントルマンズ・ラウンジは、
皆さんと共に日本人の持つ美学を「進化する和魂洋才」と位置づけ、
再度あるべき原点に立ち戻り、学ぶ会として立ち上げたウエブサイトです。
As institutions all over the world come crashing down, you must find yourself wondering
anxiously whether things are as they should be and what the future holds.
Here in Japan, in the aftermath of the earthquake and tsunami of March 11 you cannot
help but ask yourself what the really important things are in life.
You have to wonder whether all is well with the Japanese male — just look at his summer
business fashion, or his manners of late.
We Japanese are supposed to be a people in whom the spirit of bushido is ingrained,
who combine a strong sense of duty with a deep compassion for others.
When Japan opened its doors to the world in the Meiji Period, in the latter half of the
nineteenth century, the Japanese attempted to combine the ideal of the Western gentleman
with that of bushido, in the process creating a cultural amalgam known as Wakon-yosai
— Japanese spirit, Western learning.
We have established the Japan Gentleman’s Lounge as an association committed to the
notion that the evolving ideal of Wakon-yosai is the true Japanese aesthetic, and dedicated
to returning to its roots.
We certainly hope that you and many others will join us.