Abstract
A consideration into a view of safety on natural disaster reduction in Japan as we see proverbs such as traditions, historica l events in China, folklores and folk beliefs Fumio YOSHIMOTO and Satoshi MINAMI Proverbs such as traditions, historical events in China, folklores and folk beliefs on“Rain”“The Wind”“A Thunderbolt”and“An Earthquake”are classified into“regions”“The Four Seasons”“Plants and Animals”and“Each of Era”for basic safety education and promotion on mitigating against natural disasters in Japan stretches to the winds. These types of proverbs are precious in that they represent the longstanding deep bound between the Japanese people and their tradition of agriculture and fisheries etc. Special observations about the great Kanto earthquake of Sept.1,1923and the great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake of Jan.17,1995are thrown into this consideration.
This original articles suggest important basic actions to take in a natural disaster and also include basic information about preparing for and mitigating against natural disasters with keeping“Regions”“The Four Seasons”“Plants and Animals”and“Each of era”under observations. Especially proverbs including“Mammals”“Birds”“Reptiles”“Amphibians”“Fishes”“Insects”and“Crops”etc are useful for us to take responsibility for making. our wise communities safer.
