Blog　2017年11月の記事

2017年11月21日

TENSHIN-HAN (crab omelet on rice）at Marushin Hanten Restaurant

We receive a lot of inquiries from our customers about nice restaurants in Kyoto. The other day, I went to Marushin Hanten (マルシン飯店) and had the famous Tenshin-han (天津飯). It’s a Chinese cuisine dish of crab omelet on steaming hot rice covered with thick and sour sauce. People from Tokyo says that the sauce has ・・・

2017年11月21日

Scents and KIMONO

Suppose you are in Kimono (着物), do you feel like to wear Western perfume or cologne? Well…I would prefer to wear Okoh (お香, Japanese incense). In ”Genji Monogatari (源氏物語, The Tale of Genji, an famous literature in Heian era)”, there is a description of Okoh smoldered in order to transfer its scent to Kimono. Interestingly, ・・・

2017年11月21日

KARAMON Gate of Nijo Castle vol.2

This time, I would like to go into more details about Karamon (唐門) gate of Nijo castle (二条城). I love watching ”gates”, and for me this gate is not just to pass through. If you visit Nijo castle, please take a close look at the gate and you will be blown away by the magnificence ・・・

2017年11月18日

Karamon Gate at Nijo Castle

Close to our new branch, YUMEYAKATA OIKE Bettei, the World Heritage site of Nijo-jo (二条城) castle is located. In celebration of the 150th anniversary of Taisei-hokan (大政奉還, the restoration of imperial rule), the castle is now very crowded with many visitors. In 1603, Tokugawa Iyeyasu (徳川家康) entered this newly constructed castle as his residence in ・・・

2017年11月18日

Pray for Money at Mikane Shrine

Human desire is limitless. We all wish for happiness, good health, relationship, promotion and education. In Kyoto, there are many shrines and temples which are said to be responsive to those prayers. These places are crowded with many visitors everyday and I guess most of them pray for financial fortunes. Here, Mikane shrine (御金神社) enshrines ・・・