ume (梅) or Japanese apricot

The history of cherry-blossm viewing,
one of the most important customs for Japanese,
dates back to the Nara Period (710～794) when nobility enjoyed
viewing Japanese apricot blossom.
During the Heian Period (794～1185) , cherry blossoms became more popular.
『NHK 英語でしゃべらナイトより』

Japanese White-eye (mejiro メジロ)

Mejiro acts in a cute way.

Happy New Year 2009!

Seems like every year I break my New Year's resolutions.
Here's to good health and happiness during the New Year.

buckwheat noodles eaten on New Year's Eve

We eat toshikoshi soba (buckwheat noodles eaten on New Year's Eve).
We have to eat toshikoshi noodles before the New Year begins
hoping to live a long,frugal life like soba noodles.


今年はお世話になりました。来年もよろしくお願いします。よいお年を！
kotoshi wa osewa ni narimashita.
rainen mo yoroshiku onegai shimasu. yoi otoshi wo!

Noh Gracia

Rokuro　Umewaka

Noh Gracia is experimental direction.
The background music uses a musical accompaniment(traditional Japanese instruments)
and a pipe organ.
The stage does not use a traditional noh stage.



梅若六郎が1997年舞台生活45周年を記念して新作能「伽羅沙」をサントリーホールにて上演した映像です。

Noh Dojozi

Buddhist priests fight against the ghost of the woman

thunderhead

It rained heavily last night.
Thunder was rumbling.

MIKOSHI

Festival music (Japanese: お囃子 ohayashi) made me feed good.

They carried about a portable shrine(Japanese:神輿　mikoshi).
The person who carry a portable shrine wasn't enough in my native town.

Asahi Flame

Asahi Beer Hall with the "Asahi Flame" (1989), known locally as the "Golden Turd"(ウンコビル)
This art object is a design by Philippe Patrick Starck (born January 18, 1949).

Japanese doll

I disliked play doll in early childhood.　
I disliked play house.
When my friend talked to a doll, I wanted to laugh.
Because the doll cannot talk.
I liked muddy play.
Therefore I was a muddy girl.
I seemed to be a boy.

Oto and Usofuki (kyogen mask)

Oto


Oto mask is regarded as the archetype of okame mask

Usofuki



Usofuki mask is regarded as the archetype of hyotoko mask

Metropolitan Expressway

Tokyo Tower

location/date : Tokyo /May 03 2008


I went out early Saturday morning.
I love quiet morning.
And so I dislike traffic jams and crowd.
Sometimes I get carsick.

I have driver's licence, But I don’t have to drive.
I ride a bicycle or get on a train.