Culture and tradition from Japan

2011年6月15日水曜日

能面 - Nohmen, noh masks

能-Noh is one of the Japanese traditional arts.
It's a lyric dance drama, performance by donning 能面.

孫次郎 - Magojiro, young woman

young woman

翁 - Okina,old man

猩々- Shojo, liquorish fairy

般若 - Hannya, devil

童子 - Doji, child

中将 - Chujo, lieutenant general

小面 - Koomote, young woman

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2011年5月28日土曜日

We live with 富士山 - Mt.Fuji

We live with Mt.Fuji in all our life.

with snow

This symmetrical coned mountain has been inspiring
many artists such as the legendary ukiyo-e painter
and printmaker 葛飾北斎 - Katsusika Hokusai.

Yamanaka lake where is nearby Mt.Fuji is one of Fuji five lakes.

from 山中湖-Yamanaka lake

morinig

evening

It is considered particularly lucky
to dream of Mount Fuji, a hawk and an eggplant.

from Tokyo day

from Tokyo night

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2011年5月16日月曜日

華厳の滝 - Kegon no taki in Nikko

滝 -taki means waterfall.
華厳の滝 is the three best waterfall in Japan.
With a drop of 97m "just sprectacular".　

華厳の滝 - Kegon no taki

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2011年5月7日土曜日

UFO catcher - crane game

You can pick up objects from a pile of goods in a transparent box.
Try it !

Teddy bears in a crane machine

Crane machine

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2011年4月21日木曜日

枯山水-karesansui at 龍安寺-Ryoanji

枯山水 means Japanese dry garden style.
Stones and sand are used to represent nature.
龍安寺 in Kyoto is famous for dry garden.

Stones look like mountain

layers of white sand symbolize sea and flow of water

龍安寺
http://www.ryoanji.jp/

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2011年4月8日金曜日

金閣寺 - Kinkakuji is a famous temple in Kyoto.
First built in 1397 by 足利義満 - Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, the Shogun
of the Muromachi Shogunate and then restored in 1955.
金 means gold in Japanese.
This temple is put sparkling gold coat.

金閣寺　-　Kinkakuji

Declared a World Heritage site in 1994.

金閣寺
http://www.shokoku-ji.or.jp/kinkakuji/index.html

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2011年4月4日月曜日

祇園 - Gion at night

Gion is the traditional downtown area in Kyoto.
We can often see 芸妓-geiko and 舞妓-maiko in this area.
Gion is conserved as a cultural heritage.
In summer the annual Gion Festival is held
and thronged with tourists, local people.