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NEW YEAR’S FIRST VISIT TO SHRINE

What does a monkey show at the beginning of the New Year, tora-doshi mean?
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STYLE STARTS FROM THE FEET

Why don’t you first choose footwear when you go out today? People often say that style begins from the shoe upwards.
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THE ESSENCE OF TESUKI- WASHI

What do these hand-made Washi appeal to you?
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COLLABORATED NARRATION WITH TSUGARU-SHAMISEN

Exclamations that an encouraged police detective gave a few times astonished the audience.
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ARTISTS’ LOTTERY

What are artists’ lotteries? A unique display called lottery exhibition held in the art gallery in NISHIOGI.
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PARADISE FOR CHILDREN

A recently opened toy shop with a lot of wooden toys and picture books located in the southwestern part of NISHIOGI.
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KEWAI EXHIBITION　

The solo exhibition called Kewai by a sumi-e painter, Ms. Watabe Yuka, held at the Japanese culture store near the north…
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IZAKAYA AREA IN NISHIOGI

Yanagi- Koji and its adjoining streets including Sakae-dori, immediately near the south exit of NISHIOGIKUBO station,…
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OPTIMUM-SIZED PLATES

Special wit-rich display called Seven-Five-Three Exhibition held at an online shopping store near the north exit of…
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TRANSFORMATION OF PURE SILK OBI

High-end bags and pouches found at the Japanese culture store near the north exit of NISHIOGIKUBO station.
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HANIWA

Haniwa or clay images found in residential gardens and an atelier in NISHIOGI.
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BIRTHPLACE OF JAPANESE ROCKET

The miniature rocket embedded in the monument erected at the birthplace of the original rocket made in Japan facing the…
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WAKIZASHI

The hanging scroll of wakizashi, or a short Japanese sword, put on the wall of the alcove in Ikkyoan in NISHIOGI.

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WASHABLE WASHI PLATE

One of the Japanese traditional crafts Washi, or Japanese paper, is used to make various things.
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EXULTANT MIKOTO

Special exhibition of new works of six young painters held in NISHIOGI.

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DRESSING FOR THE MIDDLE FURISODE

Chuu-furisode or a formal kimono for a young unmarried woman with long flowing sleeves.
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KADOMATSU

Kadomatsu are a pair of New Year’s decorations made with pine branches, bamboo sticks and plum sprays, which are set up…
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TOWARD USHI-DOSHI

2021 is “Ushi-doshi” or the year of the ox.

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MASKING JIZO IN NISHIOGI

Current appearance of one of the six Jizo statues in NISHIOGI called “Shiawase Jizo” or literally happy Jizo; Jizo is…
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BOOKMARK FAN

Bookmark fans found at a Japanese culture store near the north exit of NISHIOGIKUBO station.

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TYING OBI SASH FOR MEN’S KIMONO

Kitsuke or kimono dressing at a long-established kimono shop in NISHIOGI.
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BEAUTY OF KANSHITSU

Special exhibition of sculptures using dry lacquer titled “Work of lacquer artist, Sano Keisuke” in NISHIOGI.
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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…
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HARVEST MOON

Viewed in the NISHIOGI residential area at around nine in the evening on October 1, 2020.

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HANGA

Art prints found at an antique shop located in the northwest district of NISHIOGI.

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MINOYAKI

A piece of pottery found at a Japanese food restaurant near the NISHIOGIKUBO station.

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MINIATURE BONSAI

Bonsai means “potted and artificially dwarfed trees”; it is an art form that consists of planting a tree in a ceramic…
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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.
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WARMHEARTEDNESS OF NISHIOGIITE

Kindness of NISHIOGIITE goes to various objects such as a memorial to cats and “Jizo” or guardian deities of children;…
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CHAIN OF JOY

Chain of joy felt at a NISHIOGI’s stationery store.
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