Thursday, April 24, 2014

Japanese lifestyle Gogatsu Ningyou 五月人形(ごがつにんぎょう)

  I haven't written articles recently.
  Today, I will write about the Gogatsu Ningyou.
May 5 is Children's day in Japan.
Some people adorn a doll, called Gogatsu Ningyou.
It is like this...
  The children's day is also the day for boys.
People celebrate the birth of boys in the hope of
the boy's good health.
 We haven't adorned this Gogatsu Ningyou for
long years. My father told me we haven't adorned this one
since I was a child.
  The reason why we adorned this doll in this year is that
I needed to introduce this on this blog.
I decided to focus on the traditional events in each season.

  This doll is wearing a warrior's helmet. How do you like it?

  And, I just almost finished making my picture book.
The name of the title is かえるくんのねがい(Kaeru-kun no Negai)
which means "The hope of Kaeru-kun"
 Kaeru means a"frog". Kun is the honorific title in Japanese.
 I want to keep my life creative! I don't feel get bored at my daily life.
In this story, violinist Kaeru-kun play the violin, hoping that
his dead friend Yagi-kun would listen to his performance.



Sunday, April 13, 2014

Short trip in Gunma ~Kanra 2~

  I attach some photos I took in Kanra which is located south west of Gunma prefecture.
There was a water well. I don't know what the other countries's style like.
This is typical style of Japanese wa

After visiting area, I visited a temple, called Houshaku-ji temple.
This temple was famous for the Shidare Zakura. (Drooping cherry tree)




There is a legend on this big stone.
  It is said that  a very tall samurai (more than 2 meters) cut his stomach by himself on the
stone. As you may know, this is called "Seppuku (Harakiri)".

  My father was complaining about the entrance fee.
We needed to pay 200 yen (1.97 US dollars 1.42 Euro)just to see the Shidare Zakura. ^ ^;
My father said that he knew more greater cherry tree near my house.

Saturday, April 12, 2014

Short trip in Gunma ~Kanra 1 ~

  Today, I will introduce a nice site, called Kanra.
Kanra is located in an area for one hour by car from my hometown.
I think this place is not visited by tourist from abroad because
it is a small site. So I believe it is worth of introducing on this blog.
Probably you won't see this area on the guide book.
(Actually I hadn't known this site very well until I visited there.)


  Kanra is the place where descendants of the famous shougun(the chief of samurai)
called, Oda Nobunaga inhabited for long time ago.






  The beautiful river is designated as 100 best rivers of Japan.
And you can see Japanese stylish garden.




 This is the small house for having tea time.



To be continued.

Friday, April 4, 2014

Japanese lifestyle The photos of cherry blossoms


I went to a temple, called Dai kou in だいこういん 大光院
Petals of cherry blossoms will scatter soon. Maybe it will be in a week...



This is a stature of Buddha.
 A festival called "Ya se gawa Sakura Matsuri"will be held on weekend.

I could see a lot of carps in this small river.



 This is normal street of this city.

 呑龍様 どんりゅうさま Don ryuu sama
Don ryuu sama is another name of the temple.



  Here is a community center. A festival is held at this ground in a season.
I could see a lot of nice cherry blossoms.





 This is chouchin. (lantern)

Japanese lifestyle The cherry blossoms.

I will go out and take a lot of phots of cherry blossoms!!
It's the best season of SAKURA now in Japan!!


See you soon.