The Weekend
A Failed ApologyHey everyone, we’re proud to reveal our song “The Weekend,” which is the title track for our album, The Weekend, set to be released later this summer! We’re also looking for artists and designers to come up with some album art, t-shirt designs, sticker designs, etc., so get in touch with us here, on Facebook, or through email (afailedapologyband@gmail.com) if you have any ideas! AND we have shows coming up on June 17th, July 14th, July 28th, and August 2nd, so let us know if we’ll see you there!
Oldest human-shaped 'haniwa' in Japan found in Shimane Prefecture
MATSUE — Fragments of fifth-century clay figures shaped in human form have been found at a burial mound here — the oldest such figures ever discovered in Japan, according to local officials.
The terra-cotta “haniwa” figures are presumed to have been made for ritual use and buried with the dead in ancient Japan. The six figures were unearthed from the Ishiya burial mound in the Shimane Prefecture capital of Matsue, local board of education officials said on March 8.
Two of the six figures depict sumo wrestlers, two are in the form of warriors, and one depicts the chair portion of a seated human. Archeologists believe the remaining one may depict an aristocrat. Read more.
