SEIJINSHIKI (The Coming of Age Ceremony).

My granddaughter had a Coming of Age Ceremony this year.

It was held on January 8, 2018.

She wore a kimono, but there were many girls who were not able to wear a kimono because of a kimono rental firm scandal.

Yoichiro Shinozaki of “Hare no hi Co., Ltd.” performed fraud.

His company failed to open some shops on Adult Day and young women were unable to dress up in their kimono.

Shinozaki spoiled the once-in-a-lifetime memory for these girls.

More than 300 million yen in damages was done

Shinozaki has disappeared.

He is a hateful man.

My granddaughter.

That's it.

Festival in Japan.

A festival of the Haruna Shrine was held on September 18 behind my house .

The shrine is small, therefore the Omikoshi is smaller than the Hachiman shrine.

That's it.

Festival in Japan.

The Omikoshi (portable shrine) of the Mitaka Hachiman Shrine passed in front of my house on the 10th of September.

This is the OMIKOSHI(portable shrine) PARADE.

That's it.

The Chofu Tama River Fireworks Show.

The Chofu Tama River fireworks were held on August 21.

I have been to see them three times.

It was always crowded, and I was always tired.

I could see them from the rooftop of my house this time.

I could see the show clearly.

Look at it for a while.

 

A LION DANCE.

I went to Jindaiji to eat Soba (Japanese noodle) last Thursday.

The soba shop Matsuba Jyaya is my favorite shop.

A lion dance group came when I was eating soba.

It's the first time I saw a lion dance up close.

 

 

That's it.

Happy New Year 2016 !

I look forward to your continued good will in this year.

 

 

                          From my house

 

 

I usually go to Jindaiji every New Year's Day.

But, this year I went to Inokashira Sarasvati near my house on New Year’s Day.

It is a small shrine but a lot of people have been coming recently.

  

 

 The Inokashira Pond is under cleaning.

MISHOP WORLD 2015.

MISHOP(Mitaka International Society for HOsPitality)

 I went to the 26^th Mitaka International Festival.

It was held on the west side of  Inokashira Park on the 4^th of October.

A lot of stalls were there.

But even though it is said to be an international festival almost all of the salespersons were Japanese.

I thought it would be international goodwill if people of each nation were there to represent their countries.

That’s it.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Autumn festivals of Japan.

We say AKIMATSURI（Autumn festival）in Japanese.

This is the MIKOSHI(portable shrine) PARADE in Mitaka and in Kichijyoji on September 13.

 

In Mitaka.

 

 

 

In Kichijyoji.

 

That's it. 

About The Tokyo Olympics.

The Tokyo Olympics has a number of stumbling blocks.

First too much money is being spent on it.

Mr. Mori is a stupid person.

About the new National Stadium he has said “ I disliked that style from the outset ”.

We didn’t hear such a thing.

And I think the Tokyo Olympics emblem is akin to the shape and color of the designs that the 「Hay studio」in Barcelona and Mr. Olivier Dubi of Belgian made.

The emblem a combination of the two designs.

The Olympics is the best example of fair play in sports, therefore, I’d like both the IOC and the JOC to be clean and act rightly.

Thank you.

HAPPY NEW YEAR !

Happy New Year! May this year will be happy and fruitful.

These photos I took from my home in January 2nd.

At noon.

 

 

At eventide.