‘AUTUMN FESTIVAL’ The most of autumn festivals were canceled this year due to corona.It’s a really pity because there are tons of autumn festivals all over Japan this harvest period . I put the video of last year.This is my home town harvest festival at USUKI shrine of HIMEJI city […]
‘KATORI shrine’ I visited KATORI shrine in Chiba prefecture next to Tokyo. It is the main shrine of 400 KATORI shrines all over Japan. It’s said that founded 2600 years ago when the first emperor JINMU was enthroned and still one of the most important shrines which the imperial court […]
‘SMALL TRADITIONAL AREA’I came across the SAWARA traditional area in Chiba prefecture next to Tokyo. There are traditional over 100 years old houses along the small river and registered as one of ‘Japan heritage’ which is approved by Agency of cultural affairs of Japan. The atmosphere is very calm and […]
‘PUBLIC TOILET ’When you go in the public toilets in Japan, you often notice that there are the toilet posters. They ask you to use the toilet clean and make toilet comfortable for next person. There are several different versions. One thing I like is that there are posters which […]
‘CAFE NEXT TO TOKYO TOWER’I love cafe Le Pain Quotidien next to Tokyo tower. They offer organic bread and low calorie foods and drinks. The inside is made by wood , atmosphere is cozy and relaxing. We can see Tokyo tower from the window of the back seats . You […]
‘PHOENIX’I came across the gold and silver phoenixes in MEIJI shrine gate. These are designed by contemporary artist KOHEI NAWA who is famous for 3D art and curved by traditional techniques scalper in Kyoto. It’s because these designs are very complicated by 3D machine to form the shapes. I think […]
‘LOCAL TOURIST SPOT’ ‘OOARAI-ISOSAKI shrine.’I visited OOARAI-ISOSAKI shrine in Ibaraki prefecture. It’s founded AD 856 , God appeared this seashore which is written in the imperial book of that century . The main shrine is huge and located on the top of the hill near the seashore. But the TORII […]
‘NATIONAL FLOWER’There are 2 national flowers in Japan. One is SAKURA( cherry blossom) the other is KIKU( chrysanthemum). Cherry blossom is very popular not only for Japanese but also foreign people as a symbol of spring in Japan. KIKU( chrysanthemum) is a family crest of the imperial family and symbol […]
‘HIDDEN ZEN GARDEN’ I came across the hidden ZEN garden KOMYO-IN in Kyoto. It’s founded 1391 walking distance from TOFUKUJI temple , famous for its colorful leaves in autumn. Many famous ZEN gardens of Kyoto like RYOANJI , TOFUKUJI, NANZENJI are very crowded by tourists, often lack of ZEN feeling.But […]
‘ONIGIRI ( rice ball) ‘ONIGIRI is the handy portable food very popular for Japanese people.ONIGIRI literally means’ grabbed rice’ by hands . We can find the vestiges of ONIGIRI 2000 years ago in old remains. On AD 721 there is a word ‘ ONIGIRI’ in old book.Now we can find […]
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