‘SAITO GOMA, extinguish our lust ‘I attended SAITO GOMA ritual at TAKAOSAN-YAKUOUIN temple in Tokyo. It’s the ritual of esoteric Buddhism only in Japan. The original history could be the long time ago when human kind firstly found out the fire. The similar ritual is in the Hindu religion as […]
‘SHUNKA-EN BONSAI MUSEUM ‘I visited SHUNKAEN BONSAI MUSEUM in Tokyo. It’s founded 2002 by KUNIO KOBAYASHI , the famous Bonsai artist who won the prime minister’s prize 4 times . How to care Bonsai? He made the over 100 million yen ( 1 million dollars) Bonsai often.The museum has Japanese […]
‘OTAFUKU, is she beautiful?’This is MIZONOKUCHI shrine in KAWASAKI city next to Tokyo. These 2 faces are ‘ OTAFUKU’ which is the lucky symbol of Japan. OTAFUKU( お多福)literary means ‘ many lucks’.( It sometimes means the uglywoman too…)It represents the women’s lucky face. The shape is round , big cheek […]
‘INFORMATION’ 15th March‘CHERRY BLOSSOM FLOWERING ‘Japan Meteorological Agency announced the cherry blossom flowering has started yesterday ( 14th March). It’s 12 days earlier than the ordinary year. The 5 buds of the standard cherry tree of YASUKINI shrine began to burst . Tokyo Tower was illuminated by pink and white […]
‘TOFU( soybean curd )’Tofu is commonly eaten in daily basis in Japan. It’s made from soybean, yes vegetable food . It’s thought originally from ancient China, now it’s common ingredient in Eastern Asia , China, Korea, Vietnamese, etc…The calorie is very low compare to the meat foods . So now […]
‘EGARA SHRINE in KAMAKURA’This shrine was founded 1104 dedicated for aristocrat SUGAWARA MICHIZANE known as the deity of learning. Many students come here to pray for success of the examinations.Also many manga artists offer gratitude for their pen which they used to draw manga. This tower is presented by 154 […]
‘BONSAI FLOWER’ Bonsai is a Japanese art form of the living potted miniature tree. It reminds us the big tree in the nature.I like the flowering Bonsai a lot.Bonsai is basically green color from its green leaves of Pine , Juniperus , Rockspray cotoneaster , quiet atmosphere. But following Bonsais […]
‘CAFE with patio’This is the SETABI CAFE next to the SETAGAYA museum in the KINUTA park of Tokyo. It has a big quiet patio with a small waterfall.People often come here and relax without buying anything. The menu are very reasonable coffee is 340yen ( 3.4 dollars) and lunch is […]
‘SHIBA PARK next to Tokyo tower’SHIBA park is the city park next to TOKYO TOWER and ZOJOJI temple in the center of Tokyo. It is a precinct of ZOJOJI temple but due to the separation of the politics and religion policy,the surrounding area has converted as a city park 1873 […]
‘100 Stairs ( 百段階段)’The ‘100 stairs ( 百段階段) ‘is the cultural heritage of Hotel GAJOEN in Tokyo, the old 3rd building. It’s basically the beautiful 7 traditional Japanese rooms connected by 99 stairs. ( not 100 stairs ) It’s built in 1935 as restaurants and reception rooms. Each room is […]
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