mosquito coil

mosquito coil
morphing into ash
smoke quietly rises

Chinese Trumpet vine

Chinese Trumpet vine is a common flower in summer.
Do they play chinese pops?

cozy cafe near the Imperial Palace

visited wispers of verbal leaves cafe, where you feel at home.

Conan mystery tour

Conan mystery tour is being hosted by JR Kyusyu.
You can take part in it and solve the incident at Kumamoto Castle with Detective Conan, who i believe is named after Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

Gion floats miniature

the festival brings people to a doll's shop too. it is a chance for every merchant.

Gion festival, kikusui float

Kikusui, which literally means chrysanthemum and water was named after the well.
It was located in the house of the origin of tea ceremony.
the wheel has the marking of chrysanthemum and the float weighs nearly ten tons.

gion festival rehearsal

the Naginata-hoko(float) is the only float where chigo, the sacred child gets aboard.
Dolls are placed instead on other floats.
When the sacred child on the float cuts the sacred rope, the parade begins.
This child in the photo was rehearsing with an adult assisting him from behind two days before the parade.

Gion Festival 2013

Gion Festival has its parade on july 17. the floats are mostly ready.

from Tokyo Sky Tree

It took me 13 months to get a souvenir from someone visiting Tokyo Sky Tree since the tower came into business.
Actually, he hasn’t climbed it either.

A collection of haiku

Illustrated by Kashima
haiku, by Nakauchi Ryogen.

Minazuki

Minazuki is an old name of June.
June 30 is the end of the first half of a year.
This cake , named after June has been eaten on June 30 in Kyoto, to get purified and ward off the evils.
The triangular is formed after a piece of ice.
In the imperial court in ancient days, a piece of ice ,which was available only to the noble, was taken, to get through the summer heat.