NEW [Okaeri Matsuri 2012] May 19-20
Bizarre parade performed by local men wearing formal kimono with their sleeves tucked up! The sound of bugles livens up the festival!
So what exactly do fishes and feathers have in common? That would be the 436 year old Meboso Hachirobei Shoten, one of the last remaining traditional fly-fishing shops in Ishikawa.
Have you ever been tired of the unsurprising and conventional literature of usual tourist guidebooks? Have you ever felt like straying from their recommended tours? Mostly, have you ever experienced this indefinable and fleeting emotion that unexpected encounters of a hidden place or scarce atmospheres often provide?
Kanazawa Tradition: Mother Makes a Handball for Her Daughter’s Wedding.
Once upon a time, girls made their own handballs to play with. More once upon a time, boys played football with a ball made of deerskin. These are the history of traditional ballgames.
It rains a lot in Kanazawa, and that’s why Kanazawa Wagasa is tougher than Kyo Wagasa (made in Kyoto) or Edo’s (made in Tokyo)! Our umbrella has thick ribs, stretchers and paper, allowing it to be strong enough to bear the weight of snow or heavy rain.
After a 10 minute-ride from the hot spring town, I arrived at Nanao Station. Nanao is the biggest city in the Noto Peninsula with a population of 58 thousand.
If you never try it,
you will never know!
Some sushi restaurants are extremely expensive, but there are also many reasonable ones. Of course, you can go to a franchised Kaiten-Zushi (conveyor belt sushi), but we recommend that you pick an authentic family-run sushi bar. They will serve you fresh sushi, fun conversation, and good tips for your trip.
When most people hear the word “zazen,” they think of an esoteric form of mediation that is shrouded in mystery and inaccessible to the layman. I myself did not know much about zazen until recently, and as a result, I was slightly apprehensive at first when I was asked to participate in Sunday Zazen at Daijoji Temple.
Hokutetsu Express Bus to the
Noto Peninsula
In August 2011, five months after the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami, we interviewed Remy and Chisato from Paris.
[Hyakumangoku Matsuri
Festival 2012] June 1-3
Kanazawa Hyakumangoku Matsuri is the biggest annual festival in the region. Many events are held over a period of three days in June. It first started in 1952 to praise the great work of the first lord, Toshiie Maeda, and was derived from an old municipal event.
Once upon a time, many kinds of indigenous vegetables were cultivated in and around Kanazawa during the feudal era. Since consumers controlled the market, the farmers were forced to bend to their demands.
[Abarei Matsuri 2012]
July 6-7
The festival of flame, delivered from a legend saying that a holy blue hornet saved the lives of many!
More than 300 years ago, a serious epidemic spread through the fisherman's village of Ushitsu. One of the villagers rose up and brought an object of worship from the Gion Shrine in Kyoto in order to pray to extinguish the outbreak.
How many types of Japanese porcelain do you know of? Imari-Yaki, made in Saga? Bizen-Yaki, from Okayama? Kyo-Yaki, originating in Kyoto?
