Kinwashi Tour Japan Thread

• kinwashi

  23 Jan 12, 11:54

  2012....Lunar New Year.

   

  http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/video/video-china-japan-celebrate-lunar-new-year/article2310905/

• kinwashi

  23 Jan 12, 12:51

  Tokyo 2012...what you can see.

   

  http://www.japantimes.co.jp/entertainment/festivals.html

• kinwashi

  24 Jan 12, 10:15

  So this is Tengu Matsuri.

   

  http://youtu.be/_Mgi1DjODd4

   

  Tengu Matsuri  Jan. 27 to Jan. 29

  Shimokita Tengu Matsuri or Long Red-nosed Goblins Festival is held at Shinryuji Temple and on the shopping streets of Shimokitazawa, Setagaya-ku. On the 28th, a parade of Tengu (men with long red-nosed masks) is held from 2 pm, and then Mamemaki (a bean-throwing ceremony) is held at Shinryuji Temple from 4 pm.  Access: The Odakyu Line or the Keio Inokashira Line to Shimokitazawa Sta.

• kinwashi

  24 Jan 12, 10:19

  So.... Shimokita Tengu Matsuri.

   

   

  http://youtu.be/BwVIhzWVpZw

• kinwashi

  24 Jan 12, 10:22

   

  

   

  http://bartman905.wordpress.com/2009/02/01/shimokita-tengu-matsuri/

• kinwashi

  24 Jan 12, 10:24

  Chingay.

   

  http://youtu.be/3_3kDkZrg2M

• kinwashi

  24 Jan 12, 10:27

  Free Goodies.

   

  http://youtu.be/YP7wjw5HYzE

• kinwashi

  24 Jan 12, 10:29

  Tengu Matsuri in Tokyo

  Jan 15th, 2009 | By Shane Sakata | Category: Festivals

  Tengu is the Japanese god of mischief and patron saint of the martial arts and is sometimes referred to as “The Slayer of Vanity”.  Attend the annual Tengu Matsuri (festival), held in honor of this mythical creature from January 30th to February 1st, 2009.

  

  “…the bird-like Tengu is a skilled warrior and mischief maker, especially prone to playing tricks on arrogant and vainglorious Buddhist priests, and to punishing those who willfully misuse knowledge and authority to gain fame or position. In bygone days, they also inflicted their punishments on vain and arrogant samurai warriors. They dislike braggarts, and those who corrupt the Dharma (law). ” Source: A to Z Photo Dictionary – Japanese Buddhist Statuary

  The Shimokita Tengu Matsuri, or Long Red-nosed Goblins Festival, is held in the trendy Shimokitazawa area of Tokyo that is located just minutes from Shibuya Station.  The festivities include bean throwing, a parade and drumming.  To get to Shimokitazawa, take the Odakyu Line or Keio Inokashira Line to Shimokitazawa Station (Shimokitazawa Area Map)

  Mamemaki – Bean Throwing

  On January 30th, from 5:30Pm to 7PM, head to the grounds of the Shinryji Temple in Shimokitazawa to witness a mamemaki, a bean throwing ceremony.  The festival is sometimes know as setsubune and is usually held in early February around the new year (based upon the Chinese lunar calendar).  Beans are thrown at those wearing oni, or demon, costumes to ceremonially “toss aside” any evil, ill health or misfortune from the previous year and ensure the opposite for the upcoming year.

  Mamemake by approximately 200 children will also take place on February 1st from Noon until 2PM near the North Exit of Shimokitazawa Station.

  Tengu Parade

  On January 31st head out to Shimokitazawa to witness a parade of tengu parade from the Shinryji Temple which is sure to delight those of all ages from 2PM to 4PM.

  Wadaiko Drum Performance

  Wadaiko is a form of Taiko drumming and will be performed from Noon to 3PM, also near the North Exit of Shimokitazawa Station.

  The image of the tengu mask (above) is from my personal collection and is the image for September in the The Nihon Sun Free 2009 Japan Calendar.

• kinwashi

  24 Jan 12, 10:31

  Tasubaki Matsuri another to come.

   

   

  http://youtu.be/W05NxRMfbM0

• kinwashi

  24 Jan 12, 10:43

  Simmered - fish...from Japan.

  

  what HongKong style, what Teochew style.

   

  http://www.wattention.com/regular/home-treats-japanese-recipes/simmered-fish

• kinwashi

  24 Jan 12, 11:02

  Many ways of doing with fishes in Japan.

   

   

  http://youtu.be/czt8EG6NGE4

• kinwashi

  24 Jan 12, 15:49

  source

   

   

  What is this? from Japan.

• kinwashi

  24 Jan 12, 16:47

  Have you ever seen this from Japan?

   

  http://youtu.be/_d_TENp5qCE

• kinwashi

  24 Jan 12, 16:49

  Japan.

   

  http://youtu.be/DzMbLlIBw4I

• kinwashi

  24 Jan 12, 16:52

  Hanzaki Matsuri Dakara

  

  In the land of the amphibian, a fifty-pound salamander is king.

  Many hundreds of kilometers west of Tokyo, in the mountains of Okayama prefecture, lies a tiny river valley where the Japanese giant salamander is venerated as a god. Every year for close to half a century now, the village of Yubara Onsen has held the Hanzaki Festival to honor this most local of deities. 

  

  Watching a gentle mist roll over the river that runs through the valley, it's easy to understand how villagers came to deify the reclusive amphibians that populate its waters. But the creatures known as oo-sanshouo (大山椒魚 ・オオサンショウウオ) aren't mythical beings or yokai. They're real animals that live in alpine rivers and streams in Western Japan, where under ideal conditions they can grow to five feet in length and live for well over a hundred years. These are seriously large salamanders. In the regional dialect of Okayama, they are called "hanzaki" (å�Šè£‚・ã�¯ã‚“ã�–ã��), the relic of an old (and obviously mistaken) belief that the creatures could survive, planarian-like, after being sliced into two halves. Given the isolated setting and the strange appearance of these reclusive creatures, it's easy to understand their becoming entwined with local mythology.

  

  The procession begins at three P.M. every August 8th, when a pair of parade floats festooned with enormous representations of the giant salamanders are hauled through the streets of the village, followed by singers and dancers. There are two salamander floats: the "male," dark in color, above; and a reddish-hued "female."

   

  

   

  Over the course of an hour or so, the floats wend their way from the local Hanzaki Center down the town's lone main street, where the tekiya peddlers have set up stalls selling kakigori shave-ice, yakisoba, "marine soda," and games of chance for the kiddies. 

  

  Finally, later that evening, after the sun goes down, comes the grand finale: the Hanzaki Song! Time to crack a Sapporo tall-boy with the locals and soak up the enka-inflected refrain echoing through the valley. Shiawase wa, hanzaki matsuri dakara... ("Happiness is the giant salamander festival!")

  Watch a video we filmed about the giant salamander here!

  August 12, 2008 | Permalink

• kinwashi

  24 Jan 12, 16:55

  Seeing is Beliving.

   

  Say no use ones.

   

  http://en.gigazine.net/news/20100811_upa_fry/

• kinwashi

  24 Jan 12, 23:49

  See.

   

  http://youtu.be/iR7hBks_X7A

• kinwashi

  25 Jan 12, 09:59

  Haha...coming to town 27 jan to 28 feb, if you love this,

  here they come to Sinagapore at Isetan.

   

  Buta Man (homemade).

   

  no inflation, few years back tasted this in  Yokohama Chinatown  Japan still $5.00 good buy over here.

   

  KOBE CHINA TOWN

  I went to Kobe China Town with some friends recently. Kobe is a really cool city. I wouldn't mind living there at all. Japanese people often say that Kobe is similar to Yokohama in many ways. It's gotta port. They have a ferris wheel. There are a lot of foreigners, and they also have a China Town.

  Kobe is only about 30 minutes from Osaka and easy to get to. Some of my friends tell me that Kobe is a little too posh, and they like the down and dirty, "�ん�も�り" feeling of Osaka more. I haven't been in either long enough to judge.

  

  We went to this famous Buta-man place in ChinaTown. To say the line was out the door is an understatement. The line was out the door, across the street, between the statues, and into the square. This restaurant is a chain that is also apparently extremely famous in Shanghai. It's called Roushouki.

  

  We got in line to get our buta-man, it actually only took about 20 min to get to the front door and out. It then took us about 5 min to eat the buta-man. The stuff was cheap, I think 80 yen for one buta-man. Not bad. My friends said that it was good... but not good enough to line up 20 minutes for. I think this just goes to prove the theory that Japanese people like to be in a line. Seriously though, before I came to Japan I don't think I ever lined up to get into a restaurant... Then again... I lived in Iowa and Indiana so...

  I like the word, "buta-man". I wonder how many times I can say it in this entry... If you look closely, you'll notice that everyone, I mean everyone in the picture below is making buta-man. That's cool. I wanna make buta-man.

  

  Buta-man is like Niku-man, but instead of niku inside the bread, there is buta. Which is pig. Hence, buta-man. Kinda like An-man, without the anko... buta instead. Umm... Buta-man. Do you guys know An-pan Man? Why isn't there a buta-man man? Actaually "man" and "pan" are fundamentally different foods really. You've got Niku-man, Buta-man, Pizza-man, and then there's An-pan and Kuri-pan and Creme-pan and what not. They're both bread based, but they're really different. Apa-man is something completely different.

  Ah yes. The buta. I don't have so much to say about this event actually. But, doesn't it look good?

  Mmmm.... Buta-man.

  -Harvey

  

  Posted by Harvey at April 18, 2004 01:36 AM

   

   

   

   

   

• kinwashi

  25 Jan 12, 10:02

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• kinwashi

  25 Jan 12, 10:06

  Coming here remember in Singapore.

  Kansai Fair at Isetan.

  http://youtu.be/I4Pn2zVT9yc

• WizQ

  25 Jan 12, 10:24

  Snowing in Tokyo.....

• kinwashi

  25 Jan 12, 12:08

  Tua Lobang - Singapore.

   

  http://tualobang.blogspot.com/2012/01/kansai-fairisetan-scotts-supermarket.html

• kinwashi

  25 Jan 12, 12:08

  

• kinwashi

  25 Jan 12, 12:17

  Originally posted by WizQ:

  Snowing in Tokyo.....

  

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  Tokyo snow causes injuries, disrupts traffic

  

  The Tokyo Sky Tree and the neighborhoods around are seen dusted in snow on the morning of Jan. 24, 2011, with the white-capped Mt. Fuji visible in the distance. (Mainichi)

  TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Snow fell in Tokyo and its vicinity from Monday night through early Tuesday morning and covered the capital for the first time this season, causing people to slip and suffer injuries and disrupting rail and road traffic services.

  The Japan Meteorological Agency warns of more snow in coastal areas near the Sea of Japan through Thursday due to a persisting cold air mass, while lifting warning of snowfall for downtown areas in the Kanto region including the Tokyo metropolitan area.

  By 5 p.m. Tuesday, the number of people injured in slippery conditions came to at least 209 in Tokyo, the Tokyo Fire Department said. The tally came to 117 in Kanagawa, 197 in Saitama and 175 in Chiba prefectures, bringing the metropolitan area's total injuries to 698, according to the local authorities.

  East Japan Railway Co. suspended services on the Musashino Line for about four hours as trees along the rail track nearly fell onto wires due to the weight of snow. Other rail services were also briefly suspended in and around Tokyo, affecting about 240,000 people in total.

  Road traffic was suspended temporarily in some parts of the capital's Metropolitan Expressway network and on a section between Kanagawa Prefecture and the Hachioji junction on the Chuo Expressway which links Tokyo with Nagoya via Nagano Prefecture.

  As of 1 p.m., 1 centimeter of snow accumulated in central Tokyo, down from 4 cm recorded late Monday, the weather agency said.

  The snowfall topped 2 meters at some locations on the Sea of Japan coast, such as in Daisen, Tottori Prefecture, in western Japan, where it briefly exceeded 2.5 meters, more than twice the 30-year average through 2010.

  By Wednesday evening, snowfall is expected to reach up to 80 cm in Hokuriku, 50 cm in Hokkaido and Tokai, 40 cm in Tohoku, Kinki and Chugoku, 30 cm in Kanto and Koshin, and 20 cm in Shikoku and northern Kyushu regions.

  (Mainichi Japan) January 25, 2012

• kinwashi

  25 Jan 12, 12:22

  Yes.... Snowing in Tokyo, you are right.

  24.1.2012.

   

  Tokyo Snow.

  http://youtu.be/5ZxXfJboGzE