Blog　2018年03月の記事

2018年3月2日

White Plum Blossoms at Kyoto Gyoen National Garden

It’s getting to be the season for plum flower viewing. Today, Hanami (花見) usually means cherry blossom viewing. However, in the Nara period, people loved plum flowers a lot. The custom of plum flower viewing was brought from China by Kentoshi (Japanese envoy to Tang Dynasty China). We can find many Waka (和歌, tanka poetry) ・・・

2018年3月2日

Get Dressed in Kimono by a Professional

At the times of my mother and grandmother, Kimono was to quickly wear by themselves just before leaving the house. However, now it’s a common practice to hire a Kitsukeshi (着付師, professional Kimono dresser). Of course, there must be a lot of Kimono lovers who wear Kimono by themselvesa and I am not against it. ・・・

2018年3月2日

Ninomaru Goten at Nijo Castle

This year is the 150th anniversary of Meiji Ishin (明治維新, political restoration at the beginning of the Meiji period). Since last year was the 150th anniversary of Taiseihokan (大政奉還, restoration of imperial rule), Nijo castle (二条城) is still crowded with many Bakumatsu (幕末, the final days of Tokugawa Shogunate) fans.　 Taiseihokan, where Tokugawa Yoshinobu (徳川慶喜, ・・・