A TOUR IN KYUSYU, FINAL

We stayed inside of the outer rim of crater named Aso mountains, located in Kumamoto prefecture.

 阿蘇山の外輪山の内側に泊まりました。

 

We could see Mt.Nekodake from a hotel we stayed.

 

泊まったホテルから根子岳が見えました。

 

 

Mt.Nakadake. Just erupting.

 

噴火中の中岳です。

 

Mt. Eboshidake inside of Aso mountains.This grass field is very beautiful in spring.

 

阿蘇烏帽子岳と草千里です。草千里は春はとても綺麗です。

 

Next day, we went to Kagoshima prefecture.

 

次の日は鹿児島県です。

 

These photos explain how to enjoy the sand bathing in a hotel in Ibusuki city.

There are hot springs just under the seashore, lieing down in the sand,we could feel very warm.

Staying in sand about 15 minutes, we would go to hot spring bath room and soak in bath tub.

 

I also enjoyed this sand bath. It was very pleasant.

 

Sakurajima volcanis island in Kagoshima prefecture.

This island would erupt about a thousand times in a year.

People who live near this island would suffer from volcanic ash all year round.

 

城山から見た桜島です。城山は西郷隆盛終焉の地です。

 

 

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A TOUR IN KYUSYU.

We went to Kyusyu for three days. Kyusyu is located southwestern area in Japan. We could see beautiful scenery there.

 九州に三日間行って来ました。　とても美しい景色を見る事が出来ました。

 

Yabakei in Oita prefecture.

 

大分の耶馬渓です。

 

 

We could see beautiful colommer joints.

 

柱状節理がとても良く見えました。

 

Yabakei near Ao-no Doumon.

 

青の洞門の近くです。

 

Yabakei.

 

We went to Takachiho-Kyo gorge the day before.

 

前日には高千穂峡に行きました。

 

 

Takachiho-Kyo gorge.This gorge is located in Miyazaki prefecture.

 

宮崎県の高千穂峡です。

 

 

Takachiho-Kyo gorge.

 

 

 

Takachiho-Kyo gorge. Manai Falls.

 

高千穂峡の真名井の滝です。

 

 

Autumn leaves were very beautiful.

 

紅葉がとても綺麗でした。

 

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A METROPOLITAN GARDEN

There is a Metropolitan garden named Rikugien just near our house. It takes about 5 minutes by walking.

 我が家から徒歩５分の所に六義園という名称の都立庭園があります。江戸時代は柳沢吉保の庭園でした。

The tinted autumnnal leaf season has just started here.

 

紅葉の季節が始まりました。

 

 

The big tree was placed by ropes to protect it from the snow.

We have almost no snow in winter,but the traditional skills mainted.

 

冬に雪はほとんど降りませんが伝統行事の雪吊りがされました。

 

 

There were almost no winds in this day.

 

風はほとんど有りませんでした。

 

 

The snow protected tree is very beautiful.

 

 

 

I took this photo from our top house. This cluster of trees grows in this metropolitan garden.

 

 

We could see Tokyo Sky Tree far away from this garden.

 

 

After four days .

 

４日後、紅葉が始まりました。

 

 

Colorful leaves by Sunshine.

 

太陽の光を浴びてカラフルに輝いています。

 

 

 

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THE PINE TREE AND A CHRYSANTHEMUM FAIR

There is the one of the biggest pinetree in Japan at a temple in Edogawa city、Tokyo. And a chrysantemum fair is hold in the temple now.

江戸川区の善養寺には日本一と言われる松の木があります。　そして、その寺では菊祭りが開催されています。

This pinetree was named Yougou.

 

影向きの松と言われています。

 

 

This Japanese black pine extends 28 meters east and west,

31 meters north and south.

 

この黒松は東西28ｍ、南北31ｍに広がっています。

 

 

The age of this tree is more than 800 years.

The height is about 8 meters.

 

樹齢８００年、樹高8ｍと言われてます。

 

 

The gate of this temple.

 

善養寺の山門です。

 

 

This temple is located by the river named Edogawa.

 

この寺は江戸川の近くに有ります。

 

 

We can see this temple from the bank of Edogawa river.

 

江戸川の土手から見た善養寺です。

 

A chrysantemum fair is hold in this preicincts.

 

 

A diorama of Mt.Fuji.

 

富士山のジオラマです。

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bonsai style.

 

 

Flower arrengement by chrysantemum flowers.

 

 

 

A heart type flowers,Japanese word of heart, 心　is expressed by yellow chrysantemum flowers

inside of this flower group.

 

心という文字がハート型の中に表現されています。

 

 

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JINDAIJI TEMPLE

We went to Jindaiji area,which is located  in the surburbs of Tokyo.There are two famous things in this area. One is the temple another is buckwheat nuddle.

 深大寺に行きました。　ここはお寺と蕎麦で有名です。

This temple was built originally in 733AD. It is said that this temple's name came from a Bahmanism God.

The god is Jinja Daioh. So this temple called Jindaiji temple.

 

この寺はバラモン教の神と言われる、深沙大王の深と大をとって深大寺と名付けられました。

 

 

The gate of this temple.This gate is called Yakui-mon gate.

 

この寺の山門は薬医門です。

 

 

The approuch to this temple.

 

深大寺の参道です。

 

 

This map was written in 1834AD. This is almost same the above photo.

 

これは１８３４年に描かれた「江戸名所図会」です。上の写真とほとんど同じです。

 

 

This building is called Ganzan Daishi-Doh, very near the temple.

 

元三大師堂です。深大寺の隣に有ります。

 

 

The stone statue of Ganzandaishi. It is said that he is also a Bahmamism god.

 

元三大師の石像です。この大師もバラモン教の神と言われてます。

 

 

There is a Buddha statue in a building in this precincts.This statue was built Hakuou period,namely between 645AD to 710AD. The sitting Buddha statue is very rare in Japan.

 

釈迦堂には釈迦如来座像があります。日本の白鳳仏としてとても貴重ばものです。そして日本には釈迦の座像はほとんど有りません。

 

Therefore, this temple has very strong influence  by people from overseas, especially from Korea.

 

それ故、この寺は朝鮮半島からの渡来人の影響を強く受けてきた事が分かります。

 

 

The season of tinted autumnal leaves just started in this area.

 

ここでは紅葉の季節が始まりかけていました。

 

 

There were many Hototogisu flowers in full bloom.

 

ホトトギス、ユリ科の花が沢山咲いていました。

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There was a buckwheat field for sightseeing.

 

観光用の蕎麦畑も有りました。

 

 

We ate the buckwheat lunch near Jindaiji Temple. This area was very famous for buckwheat reatraunts to Edo people in Edo goverment period.

 

江戸時代、この地は蕎麦で有名でした。江戸の中心部に蕎麦の人気を広めたのは

深大寺と同じ天台宗の寛永寺の僧侶たちだという説も有ります。

 

 

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ABOUT FIVE THOUSAND YEARS AGO

Threre wa a village 5000 years ago in Aomori. The village existed intermittently for 1000 years.
The village is called Sannai Maruyama remains.

約５０００年前に青森に三内丸山遺跡と呼ばれる村が有りました。その村は断続的に１０００年の間存在しました。

Sannai Maruyama remains.(Restoration)

There were 6 chestnut trees. All of the trees had a diameter of 1 meter. they had stood at intervals of 4.2 meters.There was a big meeting place by the six trees.

 

三内丸山遺跡には直径1メートルの栗の木が４．２メートル間隔で６本立っていました。

その６本の柱の近くに大きな集会所が有りました。

 

 

                                       The original six tree remains exit inside the shelter.

 

６本柱のオリジナル遺跡はシェルターの中に有ります。

 

 

This is one of the original chestnut tree remains.

 

これがオリジナルの６本の栗の木の内の１本です。

 

 

The remains of houses.(Restoration)

Archeologists thought houses were built like above photo.

 

考古学者は上の様な家が有ったと思っています。

 

 

A beautiful Earthware had been found.

 

美しい土器も発見されました。

 

 

This one is also beautiful.

 

この土器もとても綺麗です。

 

 

The very rare board shaped clay figure had found too.

This figure clay is the biggest in this remains, the height is 30 cm.

 

この遺跡で見つかった高さ30ｃｍの板状土偶です。

 

 

A few decades ago,archeologists had thought these earthwares and clay figures were

worthless as fine arts.

 

But Taro Okamoto insisted repeatedly that they were very valuable as fine arts.

 

Many people came to notice that the earthwares and clay figures were very valuable

as fine art.

 

So nowadays, Earthwares and Clay figures became Representative fine arts in Japan.

 

After that Taro Okamoto made a symbol tower of EXPO '70, which is known as a tower of the Sun.

 

Many people would feel the big influence of the clay figures of prehistoric age in his tower.

 

 

Looking this six chestnut tree building,it is very fantastic to imagine what kind of life they spent

in prehistoric period.

 

 

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