Photo collection1 from the opening party. 02.09.2010

I decided to pick the word which is simple and deep - one of my favorite Japanese words:

Arigatou / Thank you / Danke

The word quell of Arigatou is from ARIGATASHI- is composed of two words:
the verb ari "to be" and the adjective katashi "difficult".
The original meaning was "difficult to be, or difficult to exist",
and then developed into the meaning of "rare" and thus "special",
- -* worthy of being thankful for.*

Buddhistically saying , Arigatou is being thankful for being given life and love.
Only later the use of Arigato as we know *Thank you * spreaded.
The adjective form appears in the oldest literature of the 10th century
* MAKURANOSOUSHI- The Pillow Book *.

Some believes that it is most positive and most therapeutic word to say for both mind and body.

You'd be amazed how many things that are worth of being thankful for!

 

Photos from Juli Richter