Captured is a cultivating movement.  In this festival, children play a role of shotome or girls who are engaged in rice planting ^^ Onda festival (designated intangible folk cultural asset)…

  Kamikitayama village’s traditional event, Yoka yakushi is originated from archery training of the Taira clan as they settled down in Kamikitayama, wishing to restore their clan again. Intangible folklore…

  It seems Miki, the photographer wasn’t expected to take such a photo… She feels a bit sorry in case she ends up looking like she’s making fun of them…^^;…

  Miki, the photographer thought those stone statues looked beautiful, bathed in late afternoon sunshine. When she was taking pictures closely, she smelt very nice scent of daffodils^^ So, she…

  As I wrote in the past post, “New Year’s Visit to Shrine Online?”, during the new year holiday, most Japanese visit shrines or temples to pray for health, happiness,…

Miki, the photographer enjoyed her visit here and felt her soul was purified to start a new year.  Since no photo shooting is allowed inside the hall of Yakushiji Temple,…

  Four o’clock in the subzero morning at Hasedera Temple. Absolutely empty staircase.  Miki, the photographer thought it was freezing cold, but the site was so beautiful and was worth…

The very high-pressure entrance exam season is about to come here in Japan!  For those examinees who are suffering from bad tummy due to too much pressure, I found an…

  It seems Miki, the photographer found the stone-carved guardian dog in a shrine charming～(*´∀`*) Taken at Susano Shrine in Hase, Nara pref. Copyright(C) Miki →Miki’s twitter← (English is OK)…

  Entire shrine ground is covered with yellow leaves!! Taken at Susano Shrine in Hase, Nara. Copyright(C) Miki →Miki’s twitter← (English is OK)   This is JAPAN Style!  

Hello, everyone!  I hope all of you are having nice New Year (*^_^*).   Today, I’d like to introduce an article about one of our imperative New Year’s events, which is…