this post is cool. I want a kanji for my name! Anyone who comes up with a cool one will have his name written in ARABIC! deal?
my name is ニ探ニ辰ツーニ檀
If you're living in Saitama, 窶慊ケ窶歪窶忱, saido, may be your choice, but it is hard to read except people living in the place, and I guess it might have something to do with a local religion here.
So ツ催岩?忱, beautifully colored soil, may be better, I suppose.
Nihon Shoki describes a few Persians came here in as early as 7th centry to help early Nara culture. Every autumn, Nara National Museum holds Shosoin tresure exhibition.
Common Furoshiki cloth design was a cultural stuff from the Silk Road, China to Japan.