Sunday, August 31, 2008
Kinkaku-ji
Friday, June 6, 2008
A face of statue of Buddah
A face?! Big face?!
I am in Ueno park. At the side of the big face, it is written "Passing exam statue of Buddah".
OK. I prayed anyways.
He lost his body and only the big face is left in Ueno park.
I imagine how big he was.
The symbols this time pronounce "daibutsu-no-ganmen", means a face of statue of Buddah!
Saturday, May 31, 2008
Wisteria blossoms
The wisteria blossoms bring me a real feeling of May.
This humble purple color has been one of the elegant colors in Japan.
They are usually hung over the wisteria trellis. The scene is awesome...
In this video, I took the sound of zephyr of the very season, please take a look.
The symbols this time pronounce fuji-no-hana, means wisteria blossoms!
Monday, May 26, 2008
Tengu
Today, there was a festival near Akihabara. When I was watching through, I saw tengu. He is not a pinokio in real version but a monster who is said to live in deep woods. He is also said to fly and deal psychokinesis.
The symbols this time pronounce ten-gu, which means long-nosed goblin!
Wednesday, May 21, 2008
Saisen
Saisen is a Japanese traditional action to pray for gods. We make money offering in front of the shrine/temple and pray in accordance with the god's property. In this case, the god has academic feature. So the guy who made money offering may pray his son could manage to pass famous primary school or something. :)
The symbol this time pronounces sai-sen, means money offering!
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Tuesday, May 20, 2008
kintarou candy
The traditional candy was sold in a stall.
A kintarou candy is a long rod-like candy.
the candy is funny because the face of the slices is always same :D
It is a pity that I didnt buy one of the candies to show you.
The taste? hmm.. I dare to say it is traditional taste.
The symbols this time pronounces kintarou-ame, means kintarou candy!
Sunday, May 18, 2008
plum blossoms in a shrine
Nice plum blossoms in a shrine near my house.
Most of the blossoms in famous shrines & temples were well cared about.
These blossoms were strongly appealing to my heart.
Symbols this time pronounce ume- no-hana, means plum blossoms!