‘WOOD CULTURE in NIHON MINKAEN ( Japan folklore houses museum ) ’ If you say western civilization as a ‘ stone culture’ , Japanese culture would refer as a’ wood culture’. Our traditional houses , daily necessities are made from wood ,bamboo and plants.This is NIHON-MINKAEN, Japanese folklore houses museum […]
I uploaded ‘TOKYO CAMP ‘ video ,it’s an urban solo camping at MEIJI SHRINE . I speak in Japanese but put subtitles in Japanese, English and by automatic translation subtitles French, German ,Spanish ,Italian ,Chinese( Taiwan ,mainland China),Thai.You click the gear wheel mark below and look for your language.I don’t […]
‘BE NAKED ‘If you come to Japan you will have a chance to take traditional Japanese Onsen ( natural hot spa) or bath . You should be naked in the Onsen and bath, the swimsuit is not allowed. Because clean hot water gets dirty by your swimsuit’s dirt, pees and […]
‘ASAKUSA SENSOJI temple, 2 more things to see’ If you visit SENSOJI temple in ASAKUSA, you will enjoy1: Thunder gate( 雷門)2: NAKAMISE shopping street3: Smoke purification4: Cleans hands5: Prayer in main hall6: Ceiling pictures I recommend 2 more things to see.7: Small stream and KOI fish8: ASAKUSA shrine If you […]
‘FIRST VISIT TO OFFER NEW YEAR’S PRAYER-2’The beginning of new year SHOGATSU ( 正月)starts from the first visit to the shrines and the temples to pray new year resolution.I’m at MEIJI shrine in HARAJUKU, the biggest Shinto shrine in Tokyo. It’s the number one popular first visit place to offer […]
‘FIRST VISIT TO OFFER NEW YEAR PRAYER’The beginning of new year SHOGATSU ( 正月)starts from the first visit to the shrines and the temples to pray new year resolution. I’m in SENSOJI temple in ASAKUSA, one of the most popular first visit places in Tokyo moreover Japan. There are less […]
‘SOBA NOODLE in New Year’s Eve’We eat SOBA noodle in New Year’s Eve. It’s a common event for us from feudal age. It’s said that SOBA noodle is easy to cut off than other noodles like ramen and udon , we hope cut off this year and start new year […]
‘XMAS in Japan’We celebrate Xmas too , not for religious reason but it’s a present season for children by Santa Claus! Of course it’s a big merchandising chance for department stores , shopping center and every stores.We don’t have Turkey in Japan, only in COSTCO if you need it. So […]
‘OCEAN VIEW MUSEUM’I visited MOA( Mokichi Okada association) museum in ATAMI 40 minutes bullet train from Tokyo. It’s a private museum of huge scale located on the hill top of ATAMI ,Shizuoka prefecture.You go up 60m on the hill by long 7 tunnel escalators to the museum hall . You […]
‘KATANA blacksmith’I visited KATANA ( Japanese sword)blacksmith to OME city west part of Tokyo. KATANA is famous as a weapon of SAMURAI until medieval age .Today it’s also popular as an art form from it’s mysterious beauty. There are 300 sword masters in Japan now , they still do the […]
‘How to enjoy SHOWA KINEN PARK-5’ SHOWA KINEN PARK is built 1983 as a 50years anniversary of emperor SHOWA’s rein at TACHIKAWA city in west part of Tokyo.The area is huge because it was an airport before, 5 train stations can access this park .My fifth recommendation here is BONSAI, […]
‘How to enjoy SHOWA KINEN PARK-4’ SHOWA KINEN PARK is built 1983 as a 50years anniversary of emperor SHOWA’s rein at TACHIKAWA city in west part of Tokyo.The area is huge because it was a airport before, 5 train stations can access this park .This park is also planned as […]
‘KOBUDO( ancient martial arts)’BUDO is a name of martial arts of today like JUDO, KENDO, KARATEDO, AIKIDO, KYUDO,SUMOUDO, SHORINJI, NAGINATADO,JUKENDO. These are called modern BUDO after 19th century.These BUDO’s main purpose is to improve and develop our personality , enhance the sportsperson ship .But KOBUDO literally means’ ancient martial arts’ […]
‘DORAEMON station’ I changed the train at NOBORITO station of ODAKYU line .I found that this station is themed by DORAEMON, Japanese famous Manga and animation. There is a FUJIKO- F•FUJIO museum near this station who is the creator of DORAEMON. That is why every station name sign board , […]
‘OLD AND NEW’ I pass through ZOJOJI temple to Tokyo Tower .ZOJOJI temple area has a very traditional atmosphere and greenery area . Also there is a JIZO Buddha statues along the side wall. JIZO Buddha statue offers the prayer for miscarriages , abortions and passed away babies, that is […]
‘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 […]
‘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 […]
‘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 […]
‘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 […]
‘YABUSAME ( horse back archery)’YABUSAME ( horse back archery) is a popular exhibition of Japanese festivals. There are 116 YABUSAME festivals in Japan all year around. Some of them perform in autumn festival . This is the one of MEIJI shrine in center of Tokyo last year 3rd November. Unfortunately […]
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