Nohgaku, 「ほのぼ能」

Ms. Yamaguchi, a member of 能楽写真家協会,
invited my friends and me to　能ノ会「ほのぼ能」
performed at 梅若能楽学院会館 in 東中野.



We met at Mitaka Station at 10:30 yesterday.

We had a light lunch at a coffee shop at Higashi-Nakano
Station.

We walked about 15 minutes and arrived at 梅若能楽学院会館.





I don't know why, but the word everlasting 「悠久」

crossed my mind, the moment I entered the Noh theater.





Before the Noh performances, we were told the stories.



We enjoyed 能　and 狂言.

How do the actors train their voice?
They all have a full, melodious, magnificent voice.

How sincere and severe Nohgaku is!
How beautiful Nohgaku is!
How funny Kyogen is!

How happy I am to be here!

I have no knowledge of Nogaku and I bought a book
「初めての能・狂言」yesterday.

It's so kind of you to invite us to Noh,
Ms. Yamaguchi.

hydrangea in Takahata Fudoson (2)

（すみだの花火）






















（くろひめあじさい)


（やえかしわばあじさい）






I walked 15756 steps in a day.

Thank you for a nice day, Yasuko-san!

hydrangea in Takahata Fudoson (1)

I had a phone call from my good old friend Yasuko-san
the night before last and we met at 高幡不動尊駅
in Hino City yesterday.

When was it when we came here last, I wondered.
At that time we walked from Tachikawa to 高幡不動尊.
We were younger, anyway.

She is 11 years older than I but she is much younger than
I at heart. And she is a very good walker!

It was a little too late for the hydrangea season.
Some of 紫陽花 kept waiting for us.

We enjoyed 紫陽花, talking and walking.

They were preparing for the next festival 七夕.















(菩提樹)

movie,「春を背負って」

Yesterday I went to see a Japanese movie 「春を背負って」.

I didn’t know the story, but I knew the film was shot on one
of the Tateyama peaks 「立山連峰」.

I wanted to see 立山.
立山　brought back many cherished memories to me.

I was living in Toyama City with my husband when my daughter
was born.

My father sent us a piece of tanka poetry to celebrate the birth
of our daughter.

It was composed and written by himself.　
He was a calligrapher and tanka poet.

碧（あお）ふかきやよいの空にそびえたつ　今朝の立山とうとかりけり

Oh, how I miss those happy days!

Lily Garden in Tokorozawa City

This is the season of lilies.
Many bloggers write about lilies on their web logs.

Where can I enjoy colorful lilies?
Are there any lily gardens around here?

This morning I did a search on the Internet and
found out there is a lily garden in Tokorozawa City.

And I immediately decided to visit the Lily Garden.

I hurried to the nearest station on the Seibu Line
and asked an officer how to go to 「ゆり園」.

I went to 西武遊園地駅 by train, where I changed
trains for 西武球場前駅.

It is only a several minutes' walk from the 西武球場前駅.
The Lily Garden is located on a hill in Sayama.





There were lines for tickets.



Oh, I should have come wearing trekking shoes!
I went up and down on the slope enjoying colorful lilies.

How beautiful lilies are!
The hill is full of sweet scents of lilies.
How happy I am!