Kobe

March 12, 2007 - 11:19 pm by Yuk in Culture, Food, Travel  

Kobe is a good place where I who live in Kyoto can go by the day trip. That day was Chinese New Year. So I went to Kobe by the Hankyu train. It took 2 hours from Karasuma (Kyoto) to Sannomiya (Kobe), fare was 600 yen (if you buy a ticket in Kinken shop [...]

Hinamatsuri (Hina Doll Festival) in Hita, where Edo merchants’ life still exist

March 2, 2007 - 9:08 am by akko@hakata in Travel  

Hita is a place which flourished in Edo period (Samurai Time), about 200-300 years ago.
It was actually the center of Kyushu, culturally, economically and politically,
and still protects and cherishes its tradition, just the way it was.

Hinamatsuri (Hina Doll Festival) i(Feb.15-Mar.31) is the event you can enjoy the most beautiful season of Hita, by [...]

Feel to become Kyoto people because of the Daiko-daki?

December 10, 2006 - 9:59 pm by Yuk in Culture, Food, Travel  

Because the article on Daiko-daki (Daikon (Japanese radish) Memorial Service) of Senbon shaka-do Temple is found in the newspaper, it is just Kyoto people to think “This season has rolled around again”.
Daiko-daki which is fragrant with Japanese soup stock and steamy is a poetic event at the early winter. It is one of the annual [...]

Tomioka Hachimangu

August 13, 2006 - 10:18 am by ValEagle in Travel  

I have gone to the festival of Tomioka Hachimangu.

In this festival, Omikoshi is a famous festival. Omikoshi is the one for a lot of people to succeed the box beautifully decorated.

Precincts were crowded with the great number of people.