tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-606053054967125285.comments2023-09-01T02:10:41.465-07:00Asian Haiku TravelogueGabi Grevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.comBlogger150125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-606053054967125285.post-60443113146789623582022-08-20T21:05:12.054-07:002022-08-20T21:05:12.054-07:00Keiunkan - the oldest Hot Spring in Japan
Keiunka...<b> Keiunkan - the oldest Hot Spring in Japan </b><br />Keiunkan is located in Yamanashi Prefecture, the same region as the World Heritage-listed Mt. Fuji. View the grand sight of Japan's greatest sacred mountain, Mt. Fuji, while you make your way to the world's longest-standing inn, Keiunkan. <br />.<br />https://www.keiunkan.co.jp/en/<br />.<br />温泉 Gabi Grevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-606053054967125285.post-90378009518630499152021-05-21T21:11:07.488-07:002021-05-21T21:11:07.488-07:00不死身の伏見―東海道は五十七次だった―
57 stations of the Tokaido
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...不死身の伏見―東海道は五十七次だった―<br />57 stations of the Tokaido <br />.<br />https://www.gekkeikan.co.jp/enjoy/kyotofushimi/fushimi/fushimi07.html<br />.Gabi Grevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-606053054967125285.post-90964159399748125092020-06-02T20:43:47.437-07:002020-06-02T20:43:47.437-07:00Saku Koshu Kaido 佐久甲州街道 Saku Highway
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K...<b><br />Saku Koshu Kaido 佐久甲州街道 Saku Highway<br />Also called<br />Koshu Okan 甲州往還 Koshu Road </b><br />Connecting Nirasaki (Koshu Kaido) with Komoro (Hokkoku Kaido)<br />Now mostly National Highway Nr. 141.<br />.<br />https://edoflourishing.blogspot.com/2020/03/saku-koshu-kaido-highway.html<br />.Gabi Grevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-606053054967125285.post-29897981706349203012020-05-23T18:34:05.389-07:002020-05-23T18:34:05.389-07:00Sasayama Kaido 篠山街道 Sasayama Highway
Connecting 亀...<b> Sasayama Kaido 篠山街道 Sasayama Highway </b><br />Connecting 亀岡 Kameoka with 矢名瀬 Yanase and the 山陰街道 Sanin Kaido.<br />About 90 km long.<br />Branching off from the Sanin Kaido at Kameoka.<br />Sometimes called<br />. Kyo Kaido 京街道 Kyoto Highway .<br />or Tajima Kaido 但馬街道 Tajima Highway.<br /><br /><br />- Postal stations along the Sasayama Kaido<br />Kameoka 亀岡<br />Amabiki Toge pass 天引(あまびき)峠<br />Fukuju 福住<br />Hatta Toge pass 八田峠<br />Sasayama 篠山<br />Kanegasaka Toge pass 鐘ヶ坂峠<br />Kaibara 柏原(かいばら)<br />Saji 佐治<br />Tozaka Toge pass 遠阪峠<br />Yanase 矢名瀬 (close to Wadayama 和田山 on the Sanin Kaido)<br /><br />.<br />https://edoflourishing.blogspot.com/2020/03/sasayama-kaido-highway.html<br />.Gabi Grevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-606053054967125285.post-21032743032493405052020-04-25T20:49:37.488-07:002020-04-25T20:49:37.488-07:00Inaba Kaido 因幡街道 Inaba Highway
Connecting Himeji i...<b> Inaba Kaido 因幡街道 Inaba Highway<br />Connecting Himeji in 兵庫県 Hyogo with 鳥取 Tottori. </b><br /><br />One of the postal stations is Chizu 智頭宿(鳥取県八頭郡智頭町).<br />.<br />and legends from Chizu.<br />.<br />https://edoflourishing.blogspot.com/2020/03/inaba-kaido-highway.html<br />.Gabi Grevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-606053054967125285.post-19514923474686224402020-04-22T22:11:49.763-07:002020-04-22T22:11:49.763-07:00Yokohama michi 横浜道 Yokohama road
Connecting the h...<b> Yokohama michi 横浜道 Yokohama road </b><br />Connecting the harbour of Yokohama, 神奈川県 Kanagawa, with the Tokaido Highway.<br /><br />. Tokaido 東海道五十三次 53 stations .<br />3. Kanagawa-juku 神奈川宿 (Yokohama)<br />4. Hodogaya-juku 程ヶ谷(保土ヶ谷)宿 (Yokohama)<br />5. Totsuka-juku 戸塚宿 (Yokohama)<br />.<br />https://edoflourishing.blogspot.com/2020/03/yokohama-michi-road.html<br />.Gabi Grevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-606053054967125285.post-26898324273689532772020-03-21T22:04:12.221-07:002020-03-21T22:04:12.221-07:00Onari Kaido 御成街道 Highway for the Shogun
Onari Mich...<b> Onari Kaido 御成街道 Highway for the Shogun<br />Onari Michi 御成道 O-Nari, Road for the Shogun </b><br />,<br />https://edoflourishing.blogspot.com/2020/02/onari-kaido-for-shogun.html<br />,Gabi Grevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-606053054967125285.post-67707357635524689792020-03-14T22:14:22.028-07:002020-03-14T22:14:22.028-07:00Tengu Legend from Kyoto 京都府 Fushimi 伏見区
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In the ...<b> Tengu Legend from Kyoto 京都府 Fushimi 伏見区 </b><br />.<br />In the year 1792, in a hamlet called 横大路 Yoko-Oji a man wanted to cut a branch from a three-pronged itchoo 銀杏 Gingko tree, when suddenly a strange wind begun to blow and something seemed to grab his throat, so he stopped immediately. Later he found some strange hair on his throat.<br />This Gingko tree must have been sacred to a local Tengu. <br />.<br />https://edoflourishing.blogspot.com/2020/02/fushimi-kaido-highway.html<br />.Gabi Grevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-606053054967125285.post-68557581127554934182020-02-18T21:22:06.016-08:002020-02-18T21:22:06.016-08:00Shiotsu Kaido 塩津街道 Shiotsu Highway / 塩津海道 Shiotsu ...<b> Shiotsu Kaido 塩津街道 Shiotsu Highway / 塩津海道 Shiotsu Sea Road<br />Shiga prefecture 滋賀県</b><br />.<br />Omi Kaido 近江街道 / Omi no Kaido 近江の街道<br />Nakasendo Omi-ji 中山道近江路 <br />.<br />https://edoflourishing.blogspot.com/2020/02/shiotsu-kaido-highway.htmlGabi Grevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-606053054967125285.post-61448802806255146492020-02-08T20:28:42.965-08:002020-02-08T20:28:42.965-08:00Legend from Yamanashi, Minobu san
oha icho お葉公孫樹 ...<b> Legend from Yamanashi, Minobu san</b><br /><br />oha icho お葉公孫樹 / オハイチョウ leaves of the Gingko tree<br />In the year 1274 when Saint Nichiren had come to Minobusan, a visiting monk gave him poisoned mochi 餅 rice cakes and Nichiren was almost killed.<br />On this day he had been out walking and gave the rice cake to a shiroinu 白犬 white dog on the road. The dog died soon.<br />Nichiren took pity on the dog, held a memorial service for him and made a mound, where he put 銀杏の枝 his walking staff made from gingko wood into the ground.<br />The staff kept in the ground, got roots and became a strong gingko tree.<br />People used the leaves of this tree to protect themselves from poisoning. <br />.<br />https://edoflourishing.blogspot.com/2020/01/minobu-kaido-highway.html<br />.Gabi Grevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-606053054967125285.post-43632180685733203522020-01-31T20:56:32.794-08:002020-01-31T20:56:32.794-08:00Mino Kaido 美濃街道 Mino Highway
Minoji, Mino-Ji 美濃路 M...<b> Mino Kaido 美濃街道 Mino Highway<br />Minoji, Mino-Ji 美濃路 Mino Road </b><br />Gifu Prefecture <br />9. Tarui-juku (垂井宿) (Tarui, Fuwa District) (also part of the Nakasendō) <br />.<br />https://edoflourishing.blogspot.com/2020/01/mino-kaido-minoji-highway.html<br />.Gabi Grevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-606053054967125285.post-40256348622293790992020-01-31T20:55:00.220-08:002020-01-31T20:55:00.220-08:00Mino Kaido 美濃街道 Mino Highway
Minoji, Mino-Ji 美濃路 M...<b> Mino Kaido 美濃街道 Mino Highway<br />Minoji, Mino-Ji 美濃路 Mino Road </b><br />Aichi Prefecture<br />1. Miya-juku (宮宿) (Atsuta-ku, Nagoya) (also part of the Tōkaidō)<br />.<br />https://edoflourishing.blogspot.com/2020/01/mino-kaido-minoji-highway.html<br />.Gabi Grevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-606053054967125285.post-3773218648817352842020-01-28T21:07:13.128-08:002020-01-28T21:07:13.128-08:00Legend from Tochigi 栃木県
okaimo オカイモ Okaimo
In th...<b> Legend from Tochigi 栃木県 </b><br />okaimo オカイモ Okaimo<br />In the family of 柴田良夫 Shibata Yoshio they eat Okaimo for breakfast from the last day of the last lunar month till the third day of the first lunar month.<br />Okaimo is a dish of yatsugashira 八頭 / ヤツガシラ a kind of 里芋 Satoimo Taro potato, ninjin ニンジン carrots, goboo ゴボウ Gobo burdock and dried small fish flavored with soy sauce.<br />Once upon a time, a travelling priest asked for some taro 苧 Colocasia antiquorum potato but did not get it and the head of the family turned into a stone.<br />Since then they prepare Okaimo, Oka-Imo.<br />In the family of 上沢芳夫家 Uesawa Yoshio they prepare Okanimo オカンイモ and azuki meshi 小豆飯 auspicious rice with red soy beans.<br />Okanimo is made with chicken soup, ginko 銀杏 small cut gingko nuts, 大根 daikon radish, carrots, Gobo and onions. Finally Taro and soy sauce is added.<br />On the third day of the New Year this dish is offered to the Buddhist and Shinto Deities. After the offering it is put into cooked rice and eaten in the hope it might keep away the<br />疫病神 Yakubyogami Deity of Disease.<br />.<br />https://heianperiodjapan.blogspot.com/2019/05/shoyu-soy-sauce-legends.html<br />.Gabi Grevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-606053054967125285.post-50670461085601461432020-01-23T21:13:48.520-08:002020-01-23T21:13:48.520-08:00Nakahara Kaido 中原街道 Nakahara Highway
From 平塚 Hirat...<b> Nakahara Kaido 中原街道 Nakahara Highway<br />From 平塚 Hiratsuka 御殿 Goten to Edo 江戸; Marunouchi 丸の内. </b><br />Back to the 東海道 Tokaido at Nakahara/Hiratsuka.<br />This route was shorter than the Tokaido from Hiratsuka to Edo. <br />.<br />https://edoflourishing.blogspot.com/2020/01/nakahara-kaido-highway.html<br />.Gabi Grevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-606053054967125285.post-59226834931477326772020-01-19T16:58:18.336-08:002020-01-19T16:58:18.336-08:00mizugame to hishaku 水瓶と柄杓
wooden water container ...<b>mizugame to hishaku 水瓶と柄杓 <br />wooden water container and ladle </b><br /><br />Toy from Shirabu Onsen<br />.<br />https://omamorifromjapan.blogspot.com/2011/07/yamagata-folk-toys.html<br />.Gabi Grevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-606053054967125285.post-69499247370972220972020-01-05T17:32:08.671-08:002020-01-05T17:32:08.671-08:00ま ご ろ く
く ろ ご ま
ma go ro ku
ku ro go ma
黒ゴマ blac...<b> ま ご ろ く<br />く ろ ご ま<br />ma go ro ku<br />ku ro go ma </b><br />黒ゴマ black seseme !<br />.Gabi Grevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-606053054967125285.post-79512950991890786682019-08-29T19:25:07.363-07:002019-08-29T19:25:07.363-07:00Azuma Kaido 東街道
The Azuma Kaido was built in 719 ...<b> Azuma Kaido 東街道 </b><br />The Azuma Kaido was built in 719 along the coast, from Sendai to 常陸 Hitachi<br /><br />https://edoflourishing.blogspot.com/2019/08/miyagi-kaido-highways.html<br />.Gabi Grevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-606053054967125285.post-53880272426056780772019-07-23T22:11:01.139-07:002019-07-23T22:11:01.139-07:00Aramakiyama Kaido 荒巻山街道 Aramakiyama Highway
芋沢街道 ...<b> <br />Aramakiyama Kaido 荒巻山街道 Aramakiyama Highway <br />芋沢街道 Imozawa Kaido<br />仙台道 Sendaidō, Sendaido Highway <br />Hidehira Kaido 秀衡街道 Hidehira Highway <br /></b><br />.<br />https://edoflourishing.blogspot.com/2019/07/aramakiyama-kaido-highway.html<br />.Gabi Grevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-606053054967125285.post-72895863366914996492019-07-12T14:20:45.096-07:002019-07-12T14:20:45.096-07:00Shiotsu Kaido 塩津街道
- Fukui to Shiga
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https://kit...<b> Shiotsu Kaido 塩津街道 </b><br />- Fukui to Shiga<br />.<br />https://kitabiwako.jp/spot/spot_752<br />.<br />Gabi Grevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-606053054967125285.post-35239354966431906492019-07-11T21:53:48.607-07:002019-07-11T21:53:48.607-07:00Wada Kaido 和田街道
from 東京都八王子市 Hachioji in Tokyo to...<b> Wada Kaido 和田街道<br /><br />from 東京都八王子市 Hachioji in Tokyo to 神奈川県相模原市 Sagamihara in Kanagawa</b><br />.<br />https://heianperiodjapan.blogspot.com/2019/06/kaido-highway-legends.htmlGabi Grevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-606053054967125285.post-31037941692945759672019-07-11T21:21:30.233-07:002019-07-11T21:21:30.233-07:00関山街道 Sekiyama Kaido
connecting 宮城県仙台市 Sendai, Miya...<b>関山街道 Sekiyama Kaido<br />connecting 宮城県仙台市 Sendai, Miyagi and 山形県東根市 Higashine city in Yamagata<br />.</b><br />https://heianperiodjapan.blogspot.com/2019/06/kaido-highway-legends.htmlGabi Grevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-606053054967125285.post-87067329283859146882019-05-27T21:21:01.822-07:002019-05-27T21:21:01.822-07:00Mount Daisen, 五合目山の神さん Yamanokami san at the 5th s...<b>Mount Daisen, 五合目山の神さん Yamanokami san at the 5th station </b><br />.<br />https://japanshrinestemples.blogspot.com/2019/03/yamanokami-regional-29-tottori-toyama.html<br />.Gabi Grevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-606053054967125285.post-69710052526109233492019-02-04T01:30:08.703-08:002019-02-04T01:30:08.703-08:00- Mainichi Shinbun -
Letter shows plan to move Tok...- Mainichi Shinbun -<br />Letter shows plan to move Tokugawa shogunate headquarters to Osaka Castle<br />OSAKA --<br />A letter penned by Edo-period tea master and landscape architect Kobori Enshu (1579-1647) indicating the possibility that there was a plan to move the Tokugawa shogunate headquarters from Tokyo to Osaka Castle in western Japan has been found.<br />The handwritten letter, dated Dec. 17, 1626, went on public display at Osaka Castle in Osaka's Chuo Ward from Jan. 26.<br /><br />Measuring 17 centimeters by 2.45 meters, the letter is addressed to Kobori's father-in-law Todo Takatora, a renowned castle builder who designed Osaka Castle. Kobori rebuilt the castle on the orders of Tokugawa Hidetada, the second shogun of the Tokugawa government, after the castle was burned down in the Siege of Osaka in 1615.<br /><br />In the letter, Kobori wrote, "Osaka should be (the shogun's) residential castle in the future." The description comes where Kobori recommends that Takatora offer garden stones to be placed at the castle. From the context and other factors, the line apparently indicates the possibility of Osaka Castle serving as the residence of Hidetada and third shogun Iemitsu. <br />...<br />Osaka Castle was rebuilt in 1629, but Hidetada passed away three years later. As the Tokugawa shogunate was settled in Edo, or present-day Tokyo, the Osaka headquarters plan apparently never came true. Kobori later became the tea master for Iemitsu.<br />...<br />https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20190126/p2a/00m/0na/025000c<br />.<br />Gabi Grevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-606053054967125285.post-52278006135614524322018-08-04T17:57:51.677-07:002018-08-04T17:57:51.677-07:00Edogawa
The rivers of Edo
kawa 江戸の川 -- 江戸の河 the...Edogawa <br />The rivers of Edo <br />kawa 江戸の川 -- 江戸の河 the rivers of Edo <br />.<br />https://edoflourishing.blogspot.com/2018/08/kawa-rivers-of-edo.html<br />.Gabi Greve - Darumapediahttps://edoflourishing.blogspot.com/2018/08/kawa-rivers-of-edo.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-606053054967125285.post-52331440663793080472018-07-08T22:07:52.973-07:002018-07-08T22:07:52.973-07:00tawara ushi, tawaraushi 俵牛 cow with straw bundles ...tawara ushi, tawaraushi 俵牛 cow with straw bundles <br />.<br />https://omamorifromjapan.blogspot.com/2018/04/tawara-ushi-cow-straw-bundle.html<br />.Gabi Greve - Darumapediahttps://omamorifromjapan.blogspot.com/2018/04/tawara-ushi-cow-straw-bundle.htmlnoreply@blogger.com