The rice planting song was fun to sing during our planting. Back in the old days, people sang it to boost motivation against hard work and to pray good harvest.
Here are the words and translations:
こめというじを ほどいてみたれば はちじゅうはちと よめまする よめまする
こめをつくるにゃ はる、なつ、あき、ふゆ、はちじゅうはちの てまかかる てまかかる
When you disassemble the Kanji "rice" 米, you'll find that it is formed with three different kanji: "eighty-eight" 八十八.
Rice making goes through spring, summer, fall, and winter, and it requires time and effort with eighty-eight procedures.
Beautiful gingko trees at Gaien✨️
On the way back from Wakayama. My favorite train & the view😍
(日本語は下に) We had an amazing experience with a swordsmith the other day.
My guests got so excited when the swordsmith showed us the row material of sword "Tamahagane", and also by the fact that he could tell the temperature of the frame by only seeing the shape of it!
先日刀匠のところでお客様に楽しんでいただきました。
こちらのご家族のお父様はエンジニア。刀の原材料である玉鋼の作り方や、刀匠が火の状態をみただけで温度も分かってしまうことが驚きだったようです。
Getting more and more colorful around Kajikaen in Mitake, the west of Tokyo. It will be the best color in about a week🍁 御嶽の河鹿園のあたりはどんどん紅葉が美しくなってきました。今年は早く、あと1週間でピークを迎えるかと思われます。
Beautiful Mitake. It will be even more gorgeous with colors at the end of November🍁
Thank you At home with Nahoko for this wondetful clip capturing my tour at Kajikaen & Mitake are!!
Thank you very muc for Hino Ohayash grop - the traditiona festival music band (@_hinobayashi_) for coming to celebrate our harvest!
稲刈りを盛り上げに来てくださった日野囃子保存会のみなさま(@_hinobayashi_)、素晴らしいパフォーマンスをありがとうございました!
Baba san's rice field the other day! The rice seedlings we planted in June got so big with lots of rice. It will be ready for our harvest on Oct 15!
Almost full, but few more families can still join for the event.
Let me know if you are interested!
Sakura Sakura
Beautiful music of Koto, the traditional Japanese stringed musical instrument. The song is “Sakura sakura”.
Eriko san played Koto for us in Kimono with my friend Yuko san when we did the group tour at Kiyosumi garden in 2018. They played some traditional songs and the National anthems of each participant from different countries! Do you remember?
I'd love to invite them to play in my tour again!
お琴での独奏 「さくら さくら」です。日本人でなくてもきっと心に響く音色ですよね。
この演奏をされているのは2018年9月に行った清澄庭園庭園でのツアーで、私たちにお琴を披露してくださったえりこさんです。ゆうこさんとお二人で、伝統的な曲や、参加者の方それぞれ全員の国歌をお琴で演奏してくださいました。
またぜひお二人の演奏をゆっくり楽しめるツアーも企画したいです!