Showing posts with label Japan Travel. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Japan Travel. Show all posts
Shizuoka City Offers FREE Wi-Fi Lending For Travellers
Shizuoka City began a free mobile Wi-Fi router-lending service for inbound travelers on Nov. 1.
Japan grieves over atomic bomb victims of Hiroshima
Paper lanterns are seen floating on the Motoyasu river near the Atomic Bomb Dome after being released to grieve over atomic bomb victims of Hiroshima, western Japan last Thursday Aug. 6, 2015.
O-mato taikai at Sanjusangen-do temple
Seeing young girls dressed in Hare-gi Kimonos, holding a bow and arrow, might not be a sight you often see. But last January, young girls participated in an archery event at Sanjusangen-do temple to celebrate Seijin no hi (Coming of age day), at the O-mato Taikai festival.
O-mato Taikai involves around 2000 participants from all over Japan, shooting arrows into targets 60meters away. The origins of this tradition can be traced back to 1606 when Samurai Asaoka Shigemasa showed his skills by shooting 51 arrows across the length of a veranda.
As the girls lined up to shoot the arrows, you could see the intense concentration in their faces. Gone was the giggling and chit chatter heard just minutes before. Strong and beautiful, it was their moment to show the world they were ready for adulthood.
Source: discoverykyoto
O-mato Taikai involves around 2000 participants from all over Japan, shooting arrows into targets 60meters away. The origins of this tradition can be traced back to 1606 when Samurai Asaoka Shigemasa showed his skills by shooting 51 arrows across the length of a veranda.
As the girls lined up to shoot the arrows, you could see the intense concentration in their faces. Gone was the giggling and chit chatter heard just minutes before. Strong and beautiful, it was their moment to show the world they were ready for adulthood.
Source: discoverykyoto
In Japanese, the word for bow is ‘Yumi’.
Along Harajuku
For this walk, we’re going to start on the Harajuku backstreet that’s home to Eggs N Things, 6%DOKIDOKI, Neigborhood, BAPE, Undefeated, and Jack Rose. We’ll walk down this street until we hit the street with G2?, Nadia Harajuku, Romantic Standard, and AvantGarde. Taking a right at that street, we’ll head strait for Cat Street. We’ll make a quick left on Cat Street, just going far enough to catch h.Naoto, Putumayo, and a few other shops, then double back down Cat toward Shibuya.
Cat Street is one of the main shopping streets in Harajuku (along with Takeshita, Harajuku Dori, and Meiji Dori), so many of the area’s most famous shops can be found here. Just in the area between h.Naoto and Omotesando Dori we’ll pass Milkfed, X-Girl, Tokyo Bopper, Candy Stripper, Flamingo, The Circus, and many more shops.
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