| Start: | Nov 3, '10 |
| Location: | Yumoto Hot Spring Town City:Hakone-machi, Ashigara-Shimo-gun, Kanagawa, Japan |
The old Tokaido Highway that used to link Tokyo and Kyoto comes alive again with a faithful reproduction of the olden days' feudal lord's procession.
Picture from the net:
"The Daimyo Gyoretsu (feudal lord’s procession) brings to life the experience of traveling the Tokaido road with a total of 170 people dressed up as samurai warriors and princesses. The suite of retainers, each assigned with his role, and armed with spear, bow and arrow, or gun, march on as they carry their lord in the palanquin. The festival is made all the more merry by the performances of the marching bands at the front and at the very end of the daimyo procession, and the dance performances of the Geigi (women who entertain guests at sake parties with song and dance). Once the festival is over enjoy a relaxing bathing session at an onsen hot spring."
*thinks of only the onsen, never mind the Daimyo ..hehehe*
Sounds interesting. The famouse route is depicted in Kumamoto, "Suizenji Koen".
ReplyDeleteJohn.
I was going to ask if it was a movie :-)
ReplyDeleteits a place?
Suizenji Koen is a large landscaped garden park depicting the route from Kyoto to Tokyo (Edo) It includes lakes, ponds, rivers, bridges, Shrines, hills and dales even to the point of a miniature Mount Fuji.
ReplyDeleteAha! this picture then....
ReplyDeleteYes, exactly, or at least part of it.
ReplyDeleteah yes, now I read they have stations..hmm..interesting..
ReplyDeleteok stop it..stop it..hahaha...I might be changing my itinerary already....
OK, I visited it in 2006.
ReplyDeleteI think I just a few gardens in my last visit...more I think of temples and shrines...not even Tokyo's castle was in my list of places visited...
ReplyDeletebtw John, just in case you know, since a high school classmate asked me in FB as she will be in Tokyo for 5 days..know of any good scenic onsens near to the city?
Sorry Cat, I've never visited any in or from Tokyo.
ReplyDeleteHugs.
oh...I thought for sure you'd be liking the boiling in hot water when taking a bath (hehe, takes some getting used to)
ReplyDeleteHa, ha. Lightly boiled gentleman. No Cat, I actully dislike hot water, never use it above body temperature. The only Onsens I like are the totally wild ones found hidden away high in the mountains where the only ammenities are a couple of fresh water showers and a warm pool or two.
ReplyDelete*grinning*
ah. you mean where the monkeys take a bath also with you...
ReplyDeleteI've seen pics of those sometimes...and they have snow in their fur..hehe
I admit, I like the idea of doing that thing too...though brrrr! I think when I get in or out of the water is the problem...*frozen popsicle*
Ah, you mean the ones at Nagano and Matsumoto, but not quite, I meant the ones on the small islands in the Amakusa chain or on the Nasu Highlands in Tochigi. Both places you either take your own towel or dry in the sunshine. No clothes (Skinny dipping). Normally these places are only used by local folk.
ReplyDeleteoh I see...you mean even in the middle of winter? brrrr...
ReplyDeleteI'm afraid I have an overactive imagination...just thinking of me being in that setting makes me worry my clothes and towels will get blown in the wind or something :-)
I've only been to them in Autumn while the temperature was 28 C or more. I don't think even the locals would go if there was snow around, after all they're not Finnish. lol
ReplyDeleteam freezing just thinking about it...why in the world someone would venture out in the midst of the cold....brrrr
ReplyDeleteI just won't survive in cold countries...period...*grin*
I know, you've mentioned it. Here there are a few that break the ice for a swim, they say it is good for their health. In Finland they have their Sauna tradition, very healthy they say. First sit around a pile of heated rocks in a little hut, onto which they pour water, this is followed by a roll in the snow whilst whipping their bodies with birch twigs. They drink lots of Vodka during the proccess. lol.
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