Category: Temples and Shrines

The autumn of Japan is the season of harvesting. The farmers will have a very busy autumn. Rice cutting is a farming work that cuts ripe rice for harvesting. Usually cut off from the root (root cutting).

In Japan, the moon will be full moon in September. We call this “Mid-Autumn Festival”. People have been looking forward for seeing the moon at night, eating dumplings from long ago. But now that custom is discontinued.

In Japan, athletic meetings are held in many elementary schools and kindergartens in autumn. The characteristic of the athletic meet in Japan is that many families go to see it. As there are few children now, a lot of families will go to see for one person.

The next Sunday in September is the Higan in Japan. Higan is the day the ancestors will return to their respective families from the world after death. As in this picture, we go to a grave to visit our family. This is a picture of my child cleaning the grave.

1. In Japan, today is a holiday called “Respect for the Aged Day”. Senior Citizen’s Day aims to celebrate longevity, admiring the old people who have been society for many years.

In old Japanese inns, etc., there is an old style toilet. This is done while squatting down the groove, and it is decreasing gradually now.

When I went home to Kyoto the other day, Mt. Fuji looked beautiful from the Shinkansen. As expected it is the mountain in Japan. It was a magnificent view.

The Shinkansen is excellent in grinding comfort!
For the homecoming for the first time in a long time, I got on the Shinkansen.
After all it’s preeminent ride!