Happoizu (Position chart of eight corners)
Happoizu is a chart that has been used in Japan since ancient times for fortune-telling. By looking at it, trained practitioners can tell things such as direction, time, and the luckiness/unluckiness of events. The system of happoizu is based on ancient Chinese philosophy more than 5,000 years old, and combines techniques in astronomy, astrology, and yin-yang philosophy. The belief that heavenly phenomena have the power to create and change things is at the core of happoizu.. To be more specific, happoizu was conceived of as a visual tool for divining the fortunes and futures of people, to be used in conjunction with divining rods. In other words, happoizu is a tool for navigating through the vagaries of human life.
Here at KIKKOU, we have converted the happoizu into a user-interface tool for helping our customers navigate through our services. A single glance at the happoizu will enable the user, no matter what site he/she is at, to grasp exactly where part of our system he/she is using. Clicking the text within each of the boxes within the happoizu will allow the user to rapidly access that site. An explanation of each of the positions on the happoizu follows.
Goou (Five yellow)
On a traditional happoizu diagram, this represents the planet Saturn, and position-wise, it represents the middle. On KIKKOU, this position is located at the middle of our site and is used for accessing the contents page.
Shiroku (Four green)
On a traditional happoizu diagram, this represents the planet Jupiter, and direction-wise, it represents the southeast. On KIKKOU, it represents the "Tokyo Bondage Report" Corner.
Kyushi (Nine purple)
On a traditional happoizu diagram, this represents the planet Mars, and direction-wise, it represents the south. On KIKKOU, it represents the "JPG Gallery".
Jikoku (Two black)
On a traditional happoizu diagram, this represents the planet Saturn, and direction-wise, it represents the southwest. On KIKKOU, it represents the "Art Gallery".
Shichiseki (Seven red)
On a traditional happoizu diagram, this represents the planet Venus, and direction-wise, it represents the west. On KIKKOU, it represents the corner entitled "Learning the techniques of Japanese bondage & SM".
Roppaku (Six white)
On a traditional happoizu diagram, this represents the planet Venus, and direction-wise, it represents the northwest. On KIKKOU, it represents the "BD-BBS" corner.
Ippaku (One white)
On a traditional happoizu diagram, this represents the planet Mercury, and direction-wise, it represents the north. On KIKKOU, it represents the "BD-CHAT" corner.
Happaku (Eight white)
On a traditional happoizu diagram, this represents the planet Saturn, and direction-wise, it represents the northeast. On KIKKOU, it represents the "BD-CONNECTIONS" corner.
Sanppeki (Three blue)
On a traditional happoizu diagram, this represents the planet Jupiter, and direction-wise, it represents the east. On KIKKOU, it represents the "BD-INFORMATION" corner.
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