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Aug 20, 2009, 7:36 am
お盆 (Bon Festival) which is celebrated around 15 August(or July) is a Buddhist custom in Japan.
Bon ornament - a cucumber horse & an eggplant cow with saddles of udon Comment - Like
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Aug 12, 2009, 8:41 am
Enkōin 円光院 was at first in Isawa and called "Seikōin 清光院", which was built in Hōgen era 保元年間 (1156-1159) . Then it was renamed "Jōjuin 成就院." In 1560, Takeda Shingen moved and reconstructed it in the current location. When his wife Sanjo-fujin 三条夫人 passed away in... Comment - Like
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Aug 9, 2009, 9:34 am
Kōbaiyaki 紅梅焼 which has rustic sweet taste is a Japanese traditional snack and something like a large soft biscuit, and appears in Botchan 坊っちゃん which was written by Natsume Sōseki.
At Takekawa Kashi-ten 竹川菓子店, you can buy fresh-baked Kōbaiyakis.
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Aug 6, 2009, 8:00 am
Sanmon 山門 (temple gate)
'Chōzen-ankoku 長禅安国', set up on the gate
A stone monument in front of the gate, on which the following is written :
Zuiunzan 瑞雲山 Chōzenji 長禅寺
has the grave of Ōi-fujin 大井夫人 (1497-1552), the mother of Takeda Shingen,
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Aug 4, 2009, 3:26 am
In Yamanashi, plums (Sumomo すもも 李) can now be picked. The yield of plums in Yamanashi takes up 30% of that in Japan. Comment - Like
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Jul 25, 2009, 8:37 pm
Hōsen(zen)ji 法泉(禅)寺 was built in 1330 by Takeda Nobutake 武田信武 (1292-1359). He invited Gesshū zenji 月舟禅師 who was one of the leading disciples of Musō Soseki 夢窓疎石 (1275-1351), also known as Musō Kokushi 夢窓国師, as the resident priest*. This temple is famous fo... Comment - Like
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