Help For Thesis

[victor]

Hi, Im a mexican university student, I am working on my thesis about the interest of japanese people on the northern lights or aurora borealis, I have been twice in Fairbanks, Ak, US. in order to watch them, but I really need to know whay hundreds or thousands of japaneses go ever year to watch the lights ?????? I need an as possible complete answer. Thanks

[nice gaijin]

I wasn't aware of this, but perhaps it's something similar to the tradition of hanami. You could probably draw parallels between the two.

[Uncle Frank]

if you can read/translate Japanese. Some of the websites with info on that topic maybe in Japanese(would that help?).

Uncle Frank

:?

[Astroboy]

Hi, Im a mexican university student, I am working on my thesis about the interest of japanese people on the northern lights or aurora borealis, I have been twice in Fairbanks, Ak, US. in order to watch them, but I really need to know whay hundreds or thousands of japaneses go ever year to watch the lights ?????? I need an as possible complete answer. Thanks

I am not interested, but it's true that many Japanese tend to go to Norway or Alaska to view aurora.

I assume ... one of the reasons will be that Japanese like something mysterious of nature. Unlike Westerners/Islam/Jewish, Japanese don't have specific religion, but we often feel mysteriousness of nature or something religious from Tree, Water Fall, Mountain, Stone, River, etc. The same as Native Indians or Aborigines or Polynesians, etc. Aurora may be one of them.

[Emoni]

I am not interested, but it's true that many Japanese tend to go to Norway or Alaska to view aurora.
I assume ... one of the reasons will be that Japanese like something mysterious of nature. Unlike Westerners/Islam/Jewish, Japanese don't have specific religion, but we often feel mysteriousness of nature or something religious from Tree, Water Fall, Mountain, Stone, River, etc. The same as Native Indians or Aborigines or Polynesians, etc. Aurora may be one of them.

I'd say this is the best guess I could come up with as well on the topic. I know another Japanese friend who has this as one of her life GOALS. That and going to space... but that is another story.