2010/04/19

Whale in the park.

There is a whale in the park near my place.

Ise Grand Shrine ― 伊勢神宮

Ise shrine is dedicated to Amaterasu-omikami, she is the top of goddess in Japan. I wanted to go there so badly. finally I could!
(伊勢神宮は日本人の神様、天照大御神を祀っています。前から行きたかったところで、やっと行くことができました!)

Gaikyu(外宮)
Naigu(内宮)

2010/04/15

Gifu Big Buddha ― 岐阜大仏

There are 3 big buddha in Japan, Gifu biddha is one of them. Other two are in Nara and kamakura. This is 13.7m tall, face scale is 3.63m, eyes are 0.66m, Eears 2.12m, Mouth is 1.3m and Nose height is 0.36m.
(日本3大仏の一つが岐阜にあります。あとの二つは奈良と鎌倉。像高13.7m、顔の長さ3.63m、目の長さ0.66m、耳の長さ2.12m、口幅1.31m、鼻の高さ0.36m。癒されます。)

Busho in Gifu ― 岐阜の武将隊

I bump into Sengoku bushotai in Gifu when I visited Gifu castle. It was quite fun to look at. They performed the battle meeting when Oda Nobunaga was going to fight with Asai Nagamasa and Asakura Yoshikage which battle called Anegawa no tatakai.
(岐阜城に行ったら、ちょうど岐阜武将隊のパフォーマンスを見ることができました。織田信長が浅井長政、朝倉義景と戦う(姉川の戦い)の軍議の寸劇でした)


Give a shout of victory!(かちどきをあげろ~。えいえいおぅ~!!)

To people who don't know about Japan well. There is no samurai like these guys in Japan anymore. so please feel safe to come to visit here. :) This was just a performance.

2010/04/14

Gifu Castle and park ― 岐阜城と岐阜公園

Gifu castle!
Nagara river from Gifu castle.(岐阜城から見た長良川)
The weather was crazy as freezing and foggy. but I could see the rainbow acutally two rainbows from Gifu castle. (天気は凄く寒くてもやっとしてたけど、虹を二つも岐阜城からみることができました!)
Three stories tower(三重塔)
Nobunaga's Garden (信長の庭)

Sunomata One-night Castle - 墨俣一夜城

Sunomata one-night castle is in Gifu pref. knows as Hideyoshi Toyotomi built it only a night by the order of Nobunaga Oda. Hyotan(calabash) is Hideyoshi's symbol.
(墨俣一夜城は岐阜にあり、豊臣秀吉が織田信長の命により一夜で築いたお城として有名。ひょうたんは秀吉のシンボルです。よく馬印とかにひょうたん模様があります)
Sunomata One-night castle with Hideyoshi statue.(墨俣一夜城と秀吉公(この当時は木下藤吉郎))
career success fountain(出世の泉)
people wrote their wish in these hyotan(calabash).

2010/04/08

al least less than 10 days to see......

Its a bit of personal that I don't want to write about here. but...grrrr. Im sooooo stressed out with someone at the office at the mo. However, less than 10days....then my mind will be a little bit in peace....hopefully. and no need to share with lunchtime with girly group anymore....

However, flowers in mind....deep breath deep breath. (こんなときこそ、心に花を!深呼吸、深呼吸)