entrance
part of a lock garden
main gate
Sunday, November 26th
I went to Daituji, an ancient temple of Soto sect in Yakage, to see a giant ginko.
It is also famous for being a ``Prefecturally Designated Scenic Garden'' on the north side of the Shoin.
On that day, we only admired the ginkgo tree in front of the main hall.
The yellow carpet (which looks like it would be difficult to clean) and the large ginkgo tree against the blue sky were very beautiful.
It was a very cold day yesterday, but I went to see " Koujin Kagura " a kind of Bittyu Kagura held in the neighborhood.
It seems to be one of the most important in the national designated intangible folk cultural property.
It was held from 4:00 in the afternoon to 11:00 at night.
I watched it from around 8:00 p.m.
There were free services for "oden" and " hot noodle" in the cold open air.
There was a bonfire too.
During the performance, many rice-cakes and cookies were thrown to the audience.
These are photoes from the middle of the play.
appiarance of an old woman and a man
about making SAKE
SAKE was made
four large snakes
extermination of snakes
The costumes were gorgeous and perfprmanses were splendid.
I had a wonderful time.
I am making dried persimmons from Saijo persimmons of my backyard.
I peel off the skin with a peeler.
After tying a string to the stem of the persimmon, I soaked the persimmon in boiling water to sterilize it.
Once dried, very sweet and delicious hanging persimmons are made.
Japanese anemone
This time, words of a bulletin board is
“Bigin with ’ABC’ and end with 'ABC'.
We shoudn't forget that."
