Summer festival

Yestedray evening I visited to Takakuramusubimiko shrine.( http://www.genbu.net/data/owari/takakura_title.htm ) 31,May. It might be the first summer festival in Nagoya city. This shrine dedicated a god of child care. I have never came this shrine and festival before. It was little surprised many little girls wear Yukata dress.

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Next time,I will up a picture that I am making a tea with Kimono.
And also Kyudo cloth in Dojo.

The best regards
Katsuhiro.

Kyudo gears

Yesterday evening I visited to Kyudo shop Suizan.( http://suizan.co.jp/product.htm ). Finally I bought Kyudo Keikogi training cloth and Kake leather glove. The price was reasopnable and I was very satisfied.

Iris garden

Last weekend the weather forecast declared the rainy season (Tsuyu) has started in Nagoya. It is the worst season of this country. But rain make some flowers more beautiful. For example iris. There was the iris garden in Tsurumai park (http://www7.ocn.ne.jp/~urban/). It is rainy season flower and they will be full bloomed in a week.

tea lesson

Every Thursday evening. I have Omote-Senke school tea ceremony lesson There is a Miwa shrine near Yabacho subway station. Here you are some pictures. I wear Kimono dress and Hakama trouser. Unfortunatly it was impossible to take when I made a tea in the lesson. Next time my making tea pictures will be taken.

South Garden

Youkisou, the histrical old houses and Japanese garden very near Kakuouzan temple. ( http://yokiso.org/ ) There was a south garden and other houses too. Usually there was closed. Fortunatly I could get into after the event. It was the first time. Old wooden house Japanese and the western style mixed that looks great.

Youkisou

The international meeting event in Youkisou where is the histrical old houses and Japanese garden very near Kakuouzan temple. ( http://yokiso.org/ ) There was a stage in beautiful bamboo. The Ikebana Japanese flower arrangement master introduced and shown basic of Ikabana. And then the foreign students were invited on the stange and they tried Ikebana. The first experience for all of them. The second stage was Koto instruments play.

Temple fair

Kakuouzan temple fair. It is a regular event that many stalls opened at temple front street at 21th day everymonth. Most of stalls sold the fast food. Very few stalls sold Buddism religious items. (http://www.kakuozan.com/top.html)