Blog Merry Christmas! Various Christmas decorations found around NISHIOGI. MASKING JIZO IN NISHIOGI Current appearance of one of the six Jizo statues in NISHIOGI called “Shiawase Jizo” or literally happy Jizo; Jizo is… LOOKING FOR SANTA CLAUSE. One Sunday afternoon in the holiday season, several Santas and reindeers are standing on Shinmei-street. BOOKMARK FAN Bookmark fans found at a Japanese culture store near the north exit of NISHIOGIKUBO station. TYING OBI SASH FOR MEN’S KIMONO Kitsuke or kimono dressing at a long-established kimono shop in NISHIOGI. TROLLS IN THE PARK 2020 Annual international art event (Nov.3-Nov.23) in NISHIOGI, which started in 2002. Every year you can enjoy a lot of… BEAUTY OF KANSHITSU Special exhibition of sculptures using dry lacquer titled “Work of lacquer artist, Sano Keisuke” in NISHIOGI. HALLOWEEN IN NISHIOGI Halloween festival and jack-o’-lanterns found around in NISHIOGI. AUTUMN PRODUCE IN NISHIOGI Chestnuts cultivated and harvested on the well-known farm in NISHIOGI. SENTO Sento, or literally fee hot water, is a public bath; a bather pays the fee at the entrance and takes the bath without a… HARVEST MOON Viewed in the NISHIOGI residential area at around nine in the evening on October 1, 2020. HANGA Art prints found at an antique shop located in the northwest district of NISHIOGI. NOSTALGIA FOR SHOWA ERA A shumai (or Chinese steamed dumpling) restaurant located quite near from the south exit of NISHIOGIKUBO station. MINOYAKI A piece of pottery found at a Japanese food restaurant near the NISHIOGIKUBO station. MINIATURE BONSAI Bonsai means “potted and artificially dwarfed trees”; it is an art form that consists of planting a tree in a ceramic… OASIS IN BARE FEET The oasis located in a small park very near from the Zenpukuji Park. SHIMENAWA OF SHRINE Shimenawa or sacred straw ropes of shrines in NISHIOGI. BEAUTY OF SOOT-COLORED BAMBOO Bamboo art exhibition titled “The inside and the outside” in NISHIOGI. AMABIE APPEARS IN NISHIOGI This statue of youkai or a legendary Japanese spirit, Amabie, is made of cement by a member of a studio in NISHIOGI. WARMHEARTEDNESS OF NISHIOGIITE Kindness of NISHIOGIITE goes to various objects such as a memorial to cats and “Jizo” or guardian deities of children;… CHAIN OF JOY Chain of joy felt at a NISHIOGI’s stationery store. FOUNTAIN OF HEALING Special etching exhibition titled “Fontaine d’ esprit” in NISHIOGI. ROADSIDE ART Wonderful art created with natural resources such as flowers, trees and stones in the open space. SPACE FOR HEALING The store which aims at connecting traditional Japanese culture to the future. Immediately after going into the store,… GUATEMALA’S TRADITIONAL WEAVE Guatemala’s traditional picbil weaves which have been made in its remote mountain area for over1500 years. The material… SHINMON Shrines have their own shinmon or shrine crest which can be seen at various places such as hanging lanterns and… AESTHETIC COLLABOLATION The fruits of exquisite collaboration of NISHIOGI residents’ aesthetic senses and gardeners’ skills. THE FATHER OF NISHIOGI Uchida Hidegoro(1876-1975)is admired greatly as “the father of NISHIOGI” or “the affectionate father of pioneering local… HUMOROUS FLOWERS Pansy families blooming from the severe winter through spring are humorous flowers. A-UN KOMAINU The word “阿吽”（a-un）is the Japanese word for “exhalation and inhalation”, and it is considered to have come from the… 前1234567 （このページ）89次 Topics Seasons and Events (季節・催し) Japanese culture (日本文化) Shrines and Temples (神社・寺院) Park (公園) Food and Café (飲食) Trial experience (体験)
