Kinwashi Tour Japan Thread
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UiroRice flour, sugar and water are kneaded into a paste, and then steamed. Uiro are light and sweet, and have a gooey texture something like mochi rice cake. Made throughout Japan, uiro from the Nagoya area are especially famous. They are ideal as a refined sweet for the tea ceremony, so it is natural that Nagoya, where the ceremony was widely practiced after the 16th century, has many traditional confectionary stores. The white kind is flavored with sugar only, the pink with a hint of cherry blossom, and the green with green tea powder.Nipponia thanks the following for their collaboration: Aoyagi Souhonke -
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Claypot?
What is this.
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http://thejapanesefood.com/noodle-recipes
Japanese Noodles Recipes have 6 main typles
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Japanese kway teow prawn soup.
No not kway teow.
Kishimen flat noodle.
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this is kway teow.
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http://www.ncvb.or.jp/en/contents/sightseeing/gourmet/
What to eat in Nagoya
Nagoya's specialty foods are introduced, including hitsumabushi eel dish, misonikomi udon noodle, kishimennoodle, miso-katsu cutlet, tebasaki fried chicken wingtips, and tenmusu rice balls.
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Kasadera-Kannon
Ryufuku-ji (temple)
In January 1814, a statue of Juichimen-Kannon (Eleven-faced Goddess of Mercy)
was found from the ground of Kasadera-Kannon precincts. It became a big news and people came to pray or just to have a look at it. It was a kind of turmoll and
the temple had been crowded day after day like festivals.Kasadera Kannon in the late Edo Period
Picture from Owari-Meisho-zue
Kasadera West Gate Main gate In front of the main building 
Image of Mizukake-Jizo Two-story pagoda Temizuya (Place to purify by yourself by water) 
Three monkeys
Mizaru Kikazaru IwazaruGoma Buddhist service Omokaru-Jizo
Fair/Ennichi
6th, 16th and 26th of each month
and
18th (temple fair of Kannon) & 28th (Fudoson temple fair) of each month
open
8:00 - 16:00
access
Take Meitetsu Nagoya-honsen Line. Get off at Moto-Kasadera. 3-min. walk.
or
Get off at Aratamabashi Sta. on the Meijo or Tsurumai Subway Line.
Take exit 5.
Take City Bus "Aratama 13"or "Aratama 14" from #2 stop..
Get off at Kasadera-Nishimon stop. 1-min. walk.
Monthly Info.
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Arako Kannon (temple)official name is "Johkai-san Enryuu-in Kannon-ji "
Tendai School
main temple
Arako Kannon is known as one of four major Kannon temples in Owari region (East part of Aichi Pref.)
with Kasadera-Kannon (Minami-ku, Nagoya), Ryuusen-ji (Moriyama-ku, Nagoya) and and Jimoku-ji (Jimokuji-cho).
It was established by a monk, Taichou-Taishi. in 729.
The main temple had destroyed by a fire many times and rebuilt again of each time.
The latest fire broke out in 1994 and rebuilt 1997.
But the two story pagoda called Tahouto has been kept since the last construction in 1536.
This is the oldest wooden structure in Nagoya City.
In Arako Kannon, they have approximately 1240 images of Budda carved by Enkuu (1632-1696).
We can view them in the afternoon of the 2nd Saturday every month.
Enkuu is a very famous monk who traveled many places in Japan, from Hokkaido to Shikoku and Kyushuu,
and carved so many images of Buddha so called Enku-butsu.
He was close to the 10th monk of Arako-Kannon, Ensei.
Maybe, that is why he left such number of the images of Buddha there.
Now 4562 Enku-butsu were found in Japan.
Aichi Pref. 3,116 (include 1240 images in Arako-Kannon)
Gifu Pref. 1,103, Saitama Pref. 113, Hokkaido 44
Toyama Pref. 30, others 156
The pagoda which keeps typical style of
the later Muromachi period
was rebuilt in 1536 and the oldest wooden
building in Nagoya.
It was designated as Japan's
important cultural property.image of Seikanzeon-bosatsu memorial statures for
abortioned baby
or
very short life babys
fee
basically free
If you would like to have a look at the images of Buddha carved by Enkuu, it costs 500yen
(They are opened only on the 2nd Saturday of each month.)
open
8:00a.m.-4:00p.m.
access
Get off at Takabata sta. on the Hiigashiyama subway line.
Take exit 2. Turn to left and turn to left again at the first traffic signal.
Walk 10 min.
138 Miyamado, Arako-cho, Nakagawa-ku, Nagoya
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good lobang.
car video recorder, from fairprice.
below S$100.
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See this solid image recorded.
Check the wide angle .
That’s what this digital HD recorder can do inside the car .
Thanks providing us this video clip .
on Nagoya.
sample pls click...http://youtu.be/m6405_TiTco
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O....not the above.
Below is the real car camera which i got.
below S$100 gadget as the same.
You know where i buy...ha.
sample pls click...http://youtu.be/9NrNCrfgCXA
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Kenchu-ji (temple)
建ä¸å¯ºJodo School
This photo was taken during the Bon period, so lanterns were decorated.
Kenchu-ji was built in 1651 by the second lord of the Owari clan, Tokugawa Mitsutomo (1625-1700)
to grieve for his father Tokugawa Yoshinao (1600-1650), the founder of Owari clan.
Since then, it has become a mausoleum for the Owari Tokugawa family.
Kenchu-ji main gate
The main temple was rebuilt in 1787.
Now, this is the largest main temple in Nagoya made of wood.
The main gate called Sammon was built in 1651and has been kept it..
It was designated as a tangible cultural asset in 1985 by Nagoya city.
Main hall Fudo-Myoou 
Outdoor corridor 
Mitsuba-Aoi, Crest of Tokugawa Family 
These are inlay work of the Edo period to recover knothole.
You can see them on the pillars of cloisters of the main temple.
Bat/è�™è� Cherry blossom/æ¡œ Weight/分銅 
Fan/扇 Cast-off skin of cicada/空� Leaf of Asarum caulescens/�葉葵 
Piece of Shogi (Japanese chess) Hoju/å®�ç� 
HiganTaimaMandara Setsubun Tsuina-shiki
節分追儺�Feb. 3 12:00- / Buddhist ceremony
12:30-, 13:30-, 14:30-/ Bean-throwing (豆��mamemaki)
Access
Get off at Kurumamichi sta. on the Sakuradori subway line.
Walk 10 minutes to the North-West.
Address
1-7-57 Tsutsui, Higashi-ku, Nagoya
TEL
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Kakuozan Nittaiji
覚王山　日泰寺
Kakuo (覚王）means Buddha, zan (山）means mountain,
Nit (日）means Japan,tai (泰）means Thailand, ji (寺）means temple
Nittaiji was constructed in l904 as a repository for the true thumb bone of Buddha Sakyamuni,
which was a gift from King Chulalongkorn, then a King of Siam (present Thailand).
The story is as follows.
BRIEF HISTORY of NITTAIJI TEMPLE
In 1898, while working on an excavation of an old mound at Piprahwa located
in the border area of northern India near Nepal, an Englishman, William C. Peppe found a pot containing human bones.
On the side of the pot was inscribed an ancient Indian script from the third century B.C.
When deciphering of the script was successfully completed, it was confirmed
that the human bones contained therein were those of Buddha Sakyamuni.
It was claimed that the discovery was the greatest one ever made in Oriental history
as it provided evidence that Buddha was a person who existed in history.
As a result, the popular theory among Oriental schools
which claimed the non-existence of Buddha was discredited.
Realizing that the holy bones were so sacred for Buddhists that it was impossible for them
to substitute the holy bones for anything else, the Indian Government took the step to donate them to Thailand,
the only independent Buddhist country existing at that time in the world.
King Chulalongkorn of Thailand, deeply moved by the donation, enshrined the holy bones in a temple in Bangkok.
Later in 1900, in compliance with an enthusiastic request from the Japanese Government, the King issued an imperial edict agreeing to donate a portion of the Buddha's holy bones to Japan as a gift to Japanese Buddhists.
To comply with the edict, the Japanese Buddhist community sent to Thailand a mission comprises of representatives of all Buddhist schools. The King handed the holy bones over to the mission in person
at the Imperial Palace in Bangkok on June 15, 1900.
In return, the mission informed the King of their plan to enshrine the holy bones in a temple
to be built by supra Buddhist schools in Japan.
So delighted with the news, the King gave the mission an additional donation of the principal
Buddhist image to the new temple.
It was a gift bronze statue in pure Thai style, more than one thousand years old.
Furthermore, it was a national treasure and considered a very precious treasure in light of the fact
that the casting technique of the statue had already disappeared in Thailand.
Upon their return from Thailand, the mission of supra Buddhist schools held conferences to implement the plan to build the temple to enshrine the holy bones and the image. After considerable debates, they finally approved the scheme shown by enthusiastic Nagoya citizens to locate the temple in Nagoya.
The temple was thus founded in 1904 at its present site in Nagoya and is named Nittaiji Temple.
The holy bones are enshrined in a 15 meters tall stone stupa "Hoanto" in its compound. This stupa, designed by Chuta Ito, professor of Tokyo University, was completed in 1918. The granite stone structure is renowned as his masterpiece and is considered one of the most important works done by a Japanese.
The present main temple which enshrines the Buddhist image as mentioned above was rebuilt in 1984.
In commemoration of the completion of the main temple, King Bhumibol Adulyadej (a grandson of king Chulalongkorn) of Thailand kindly donated an additioal Buddhist image and a tablet inscribed in gold leaf in the Thai script written by the King himself. The tablet hangs inside the main temple and the letters carved on it read "Buddha Sakyamuni".
Both sides of the writting are decorated with crests of King Bhumibol and King Chulalongkorn.
The Nittaiji Temple, which literally means the Japan Thailand Temple, is an international temple as its name implies and a symbol of the friendly relations between the two countries. For the Japanese Buddhist community, the temple, being the only one which enshrine the holy bones of Buddha, the founder of Buddhism,
is considered to be an especially important sacred place of worship.
copy from a leaflet of Nittai-ji temple
supplementary explanation:
When Mr. Inagaki Manjiro, the Japanese Minister to Thailand, got information that the Thai King had presented
bones of Buddha to Buddhist countries: Burma ( present Myammar) and Ceylon (present Sri Lanka),
he was eager to be shared them to Japan for Japanese Buddhists.
The bone was enshrined at Myoho-in temple in Kyoto temporarily.
It was very difficult to decide the place to enshrine the holly bone.
After the longtime discussion by the delegates of Japanese Buddhists,
at last in November 1902 they decided to build a new temple in Nagoya.
It was entirely due to the Nagoya citizens' perseverance that we could get the result;
Many lords around Nittai-ji temple donated their lands for the new temple (approximatery 82 acres).
At that time 13 Buddhist schools (56 groups) cooperated.
Because of the history of establishment, Nittai-ji became the only non-sectarian Buddhist temple in Japan.
Now it is managed by 19 Buddhist schools in turn every 3 years.
The present country name "Thailand" was changed from Siam in 1932.
Therfore, the name of the temple "Nissen-ji (Japan Siam Temple)" was changed
to "Nittai-ji (Japan Thailand Temple)" in 1941.
Sanmon
(main gate)
At the main gate (sanmon), there are two big statures which were placed in 1989.
The left one is a image of Kasho-sonja (Mahaakassapa) who was the eldest disciple of Buddha Sakyamuni and
became the leader of Buddhists after Buddha died.
The right one is a image of Anan-sonja (Aananda) who was a cousin of Buddha Sakyamuni and served under him for 25 years.
The original sutras were compiled on his memory.
Hondo
(main temple)
main temple tablet
Goju-no-to
(Five-storied pagoda)
Please view the photo at the top of this page.
Hoanto
(Pagoda)
The gate to pagoda, where the holly Buddha's bone enshrined, will be opened
on some specific days, though we ususaly can see only the base of it.
Nobody can see the real holly bone now because it was embedded in the pagoda.
The 15m-high Gandhara style pagoda was designed
by the professor of Tokyo Univ. Ito Chuta and built in 1918.Hoanto is opened for special event Feb. 15 Nehan-kai (the anniversary of Buddha Sakyamuni's death) Apr. 8 Hana-matsuri or Kotan-kai (Buddha Sakyamuni's birthday) Jun. 15 Hoan Kinen-hoyo Nov. 15 Hosen Kinen-hoyo Dec. 8 Jodo-kai (Buddha sakyamuni attained spiritual enlightenment)
Temple Fair
On the 21st of each month, a temple fair called "Kobo-san" is held along the approach to Nittai-ji
and is crowded with lots of religious senior people who enjoy shopping and chattering.
There are more than 100 stalls on that day.
They sell lots of interesting things: foods, seramics, clothes for senior people,
Buddhist alter fittings, garden plants,, etc.
The atmosphere is totally different from the modern shopping area like Sakae,
and it makes you feel nostalgia for the old days.
The fair starts around 9:00a.m. and close around 2:00p.m.
Some small shrines like Sentai-Jizo-do will be opened on the same day.
Shikoku-Hachijuu-Hachikasho-Reijo is an interesting area.
October 23rd of each year, Memorial Day of King Chulalongkorn,
Thai people in Japan come and offer flowers to remind him.
Priests chant sutras everyday from 12:30p.m. at Hondo (the main temple)
You may come and join anytime you like.
You don't need donation.access
Get off at Kakuozan sta. on the Higashiyama subway line.
Take exit 1. Turn to right and turn to right again at the next corner.
Walk 5 min.
map
Nittai-ji
1-1 Hoho-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya
Tel:
Fax: 052-752-1115
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Nagoya Style.
ogura toast
no Kaya but Red bean and margarine with coffee.
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OSU
Now there are many discount shops (for camera, personal computers, watches, mobile phones, etc.)
interesting shops, restaurants and temples etc.
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Osu is the old downtown and one of the most interesting places to visit in Nagoya.
Befor the World War II, Osu was the busiest place.
There are Osu-kannon (temple), Banshou-ji (temple) and shopping arcade, etc.
You will find number of discount electrics shops, imported foods, second hand clothes and funky taste clothing, old kimonos etc.
Young people and old people, new culture and old culture ...Osu is an area
which welcomes everybody.
On the 18th and 28th of each month, an antique maeket is held.
Daido Chonin-sai Festival held in October is the biggest festival in Osu,
featuring street performance, Oiran procession, discount sale, etc.
Fureai-Hiroba (Fureai Plaza)
A beckoning cat is inviting you to Osu.- Temple Fair/Ennichi 
Migawari-Fudo Karakuri-ningyo (Wind-up doll) Temple Fair/Ennichi 
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Enjoy your Osu Kannon...here.
never go see here get more on Osu Kannon.
