Ninja Town with Private Guide

02/05/2016

One scene of Aburahi Shrine's festival
Aburahi Shirine"油日神社" is located at Koka-shi, Shiga pref.
Festival itself is held every year, but this special procession paying homage to shrine is carried out once in 5 years. The scene is a folkloric song for wishing health, prosperous future and safety for the family.
This procession called Yakkofuri "奴振" is designated as an intangible cultural asset of Shiga.

17/02/2016

Omotesando "表参道" is a good place for anyone interested in architecture. I happened to find amazing building using cantilever. This method of construction is well-known by Fallingwater house, by Frank Lloyd Wright.

16/02/2016

Some scenic spots at Ueno Park "上野公園".

15/02/2016

Hie Shrine "日枝神社"
The main deity of this shrine is Ōyamakui-no-kami. The 'kui' of his name means pile, indicating that he is a deity who drives a pile of heavy timber into Oyama ("Big Mountain"), and the mountain's owner.
According to "Onmyōdō", which is a traditional Japanese esoteric cosmology, a mixture of natural science and occultism, southwest is the direction where the second demon gate stands while first one is at the northeast.
This shrine is situated at the southwest of Edo castle, protecting Sh**un from evil spirits.
The picture is series of Torii Gate, quite similar to that famous Fushimi-inari shrine in Kyoto.

02/02/2016

Anyone at Phoenix, check it out!

Our company will participate in Asizona Matsuri at the end of February. Uploaded is the article about our show which appeared in the latest issue of Cultural News in Los Angeles.This year's theme of the festival is Momotaro or Peach Boy; I'm going to tell the rakgo version of the story.

30/01/2016

Eighty Four Thousand Images of Jizo (Guardian Deity of Children)
At Jyomyo-in temple (浄名院), located between Ueno Park and Yanaka Cemetery
There are about 20,000 images at this temple.
84,000 indicates infinite number in Buddhism.

26/01/2016

Tokyo Station (東京駅) was opened in 1914.
Restauration to pre-war condition was completed in 2012.
I took this image from the roof garden of the building called KITTE, used to be the Tokyo Central Post Office.

25/01/2016

Takemura 竹むら
Japanese tea house. Deep fried buns with sweetened sesame paste are their specialties. In the walking distance from famous Akihabara area.