NIHONBASHI UKIYOE & MODERN

 

　Painter：Hiroshige

There is fun to compare the Edo era and modern.

In this way, I would like to thank the Japanese painter who left me a wonderful picture. It is really beautiful picture.

 

Modern Nihonbashi

 

It has become cool.

The famous ones are naked festival Konomiya.

source http://tikitabi.com/tikipedia/event/detail/E20081202-T003/

Do you have other than pool and bathing naked in public?
In Japan, there are a lot of naked festival, but especially 

the famous ones are naked festival Konomiya.

 Usually, but it looks like

Shrine of the home page

http://www.konomiya.or.jp/

 source:http://omatully.com/matsuri/aichi/kounomiya-hadakamatsuri

When it comes to the festival of the day, naked man who was Minagi' of forces gather

 source: http://www.jalan.net/event/evt_180841/

Shinotoko(God man) Among the wait in the wings is a bunch of naked man, is the purpose be directed to the main shrine.
For this reason it has been devised so that you do not know appear from somewhere every year, also the people who put the water will have to naked man us for help Shinotoko(God man)

Still a lot of naked man will be very scuffle in order to touch this Shinotoko (God man)
In fact, naked men by touching to God man toward the main shrine.

 you are said to be bad luck to fall.

Konomiya naked festival is very intense festival, 

or would not say that seems to Japan festival.
Why not try to come join once.

It has been made every year around February.

Todai-ji Nara Tourist destination of No.5 Japanese foreigners Rock festival of the legendary 1994

"GME '94 (The Great Music Experience '94) and Aoniwoyoshi"
Venue: "Todai-ji Temple Hall of the Great Buddha before" (World Heritage Site)
Dates: May 20 - 22, 1994
Organizer: UNESCO Foundation
Producer: George Martin
Overseas Artists: Bob Dylan, John Bon Jovi, Joni Mitchell, Lee N'ekusesu, Phil Palmer,
                               Michael Kamen, cormorant Ein Shorter, Roger Taylor, RyuHiroshigun
Japan Artist: Koji Tamaki, Kina Kina, Toshinori Kondo, X-JAPZAN,
                               Tomoyasu Hotei, Steve, also participated Leonard Eto brother)
                               It is seen playing at the time in the taiko player Leonard Eto's HP.







In the took place in Japan this member.
It lives in the legend, such as there can be no future.

Plum festival

Plum and the shrine is fantastic

Geisha band Hakone Rock Pops

Shamisen and sax, is a Japanese dance, drums, keyboards, vocals, etc.,

 the gap is a popular geisha band of the appearance.

Traditional Japanese music, pop, rock, such as contemporary popular music, will be playing a variety of genres.

http://youtu.be/y5hS_wHVmn4

Travel to Japan with cheap train!

What is SEISHUN 18 KIPPU (JR ONLY USE)

Effective daily × 5 times 11,850 yen in one(Photo price previous)
It is the ticket of unlimited travel on JR of the local train in Japan.
There is not for children. It will be once per person per day the same as adults.
No age limit.
Hop-on Hop-off.
You can travel to cheap depending on usage.

Also the transit will occur many times those who do not experience that outing by rail because the
It is very First, not from experience at close range.

If the procedure well Bonus points, cheaper than JAPAN RAIL PASS.

For sale period and the period of use

For Spring
Sale period February 20, 2016 March 31, 2016 from
Use the period March 1, 2016 April 10, 2016 from
For summer
Sale period 2016 July August 31, from 1 day 2016
Use the period July 20, 2016 September 10, 2016 from
For winter
Sale period December 1, 2016 December 31, 2016 from
Use the period December 10, 2016 January 10, 2017 from

Period of use and sale period until for winter has been announced.

How to use

On the day, we have put the date in the ticket gate one by one day.
The ticket in use, such as night to the station to change the date if you want to use from the change date
Bought rides, have put the date at the station to get off or the car.
Use day is okay even without continuously.
If you want to use multiple people it can be used with a single If you put the date of the number of people in the same stroke.

(Example)
1 person in the travel 8/5 departure of two days and one night, very three days in the 8/6 return home two days use.
Of two days and one night two people travel 8/5 starting, too much one day in the 8/6 return home on the 4th minute use.
1 people ride five days, that one used in the 5-day continuous use 8/6, 7, 8, 9.
The 1st to go by one person, 8/5 to go on the 1st return at intervals, less three days in return 8/20 two days use.

Not carried over to the next season.
Remainder at a later date if the period of use, you can also another human use.
Currently you can not take out that because of the method used five times with a single.

Not a 2,370 yen one. Please fill up five days during the season.
Here we do not know anything about those who need a number of days of the fraction is the Ya cash voucher shop
Available to you even those who are using, for example, net auction and buying and selling private bulletin board.

Release point

Station with a green point of contact, such as a major travel company (note the point of contact for business hours)
You can also discovered in Kaeru-kun.
You can also ticketing in the reserved seat ticket vending machines.
You'd better, which had been bought before departure date does not buy it in the car

18 for one day's worth of tickets
From 0:00 until the first stop station past the next day 0:00.
Tokyo train the specific section in the Osaka train in a particular section is valid until the last train.
In use, etc. night train, if you do not ride too much in one day and buy a ticket to the station past the 0:00
It will be available starting from the station.

Refund

If you are not using even once, minus the 220 yen if the period of use in the place where I bought
11,630 yen will come back.
You can not refunded if I use at least once

Red youth 18 ticket
JR West, there is a station covered in Shikoku

Train ride

As it rides the train
Of JR whole line usually, fast (new high speed, through free, such as Tokukokoroyo).
BRT (bus rapid transit system)
JR West Miyajima ferry.
Heisei changed from 22 years winter ★
If you want to pass using the Aomori - Noheji - Hachinohe between Hachinohe from the blue of the forest railway Aomori.
(Aomori, Noheji, need a blue forest railway fare if you want to get off halfway stopover allowed. Other station is in Hachinohe.)
Changed from March 14, 2015 ★
Himi Line, Jōhana Line, in the case of using the Nanao Line, between Takaoka from Toyama of wind Toyama railway of love,
If you want to pass use between Tsubata from Kanazawa of Ishikawa IR railway.
(Toyama, Takaoka, Tsubata, in Kanazawa If you want to get off the way off are allowed. Other station
Love of wind Toyama railway, must have IR Ishikawa railway fare. )

Interval ride to ordinary car unreserved seat of limited express in special
If you ride only between the new Yubari - Shintoku of Sekishō Line.
If you ride only between from Kanita of Kaikyō Line Kikonai.
If you ride only between Shin-Aomori from Aomori Ousen.
Between Miyazaki - Miyazaki Airport

Train ride if you buy separately

Moonlight, normal, fast for the specified seat.
You can ride if you buy a reserved seat ticket.
SL also ride if fast.

Such as commuter liner, train, which is clearly necessary to ride ticket to ride.
You can ride if you buy a ride ticket.

Usually, rapid train of green car seats.
You can ride if you buy a free seat green tickets.
Weekday 980 yen in pre-purchased from Numazu to Kuroiso, is ¥ 780 holiday fee.
Do not ride in the case of reserved seats in green car.

Between the back Tsugaru Imabetsu-Kikonai of Hokkaido Shinkansen, of South Hokkaido Railway Company Kikonai ~ between Goryokaku
Each if you buy a youth 18 ticket Hokkaido Shinkansen option ticket 2,300 yen can ride once one way.
For Hokkaido Shinkansen, if you ride across other than between the back Tsugaru Imabetsu-Kikonai required fare and the limited express charge of the entire interval.

Other
Train behalf bus running in the suspended service interval will be able to ride the case of train handling.
Route that transfer transport There are times when you do not ride as when the ride.
Ticket using in combination, if sales km of the section that are not to your ride does not exceed 100 km,
It does not refund regardless of the train such as delay.

Ride not train

If you ride in these also requires ticket.
Usually, rapid train of green car seats.
Usually, sleeping car of express train.
Bullet train
Limited express
Express
Bus
Railway other than JR

Section that does not ride a confusing error-prone ride section
Because from Kawarada If you ride in Rapid "Mie" grabbed the railway Ise between Tsu from Yokkaichi¥ 510 fare is required.
You need 3,040 yen Iwate Ginga Railway and blue forest railway fare if you ride between Hachinohe from Morioka.
If you ride through the blue forest railway between Aomori from Hachinohe you can ride as it is.
If you ride from Hachinohe in through the blue forest railway between Noheji you can ride as it is.
You can ride as it is if you ride through the blue forest railway between Aomori from Noheji.
If you ride in Hanawa Line from Morioka, it is between the coma from Morioka for the Iwate GalaxyFare 650 yen is required.

Between Kita-Senju - Ayase is Tokyo subway Chiyoda line, but you ride in the SEISHUN 18 KIPPU.
Between Kashima Jingu - Kashima Soccer Stadium, because the JR routes can ride in the youth 18 ticket.
Between Nanao Wakura, because the JR routes can ride in the SEISHUN 18 KIPPU
Between Kiyone from Soja, there is JR and Ihara railway train, but you ride only JR train.
Yodo Line direction from Kubokawa, between Kubokawa Wakai is required 210 yen fare for the Tosa Kuroshio Railway.

Rinku Town from Kansai International Airport, can ride only JR train.
Chizu Express, Hokuetsu express, Rinkai, do not ride the train Shinano.
From March 14, 2015, between Kanazawa from Nagano will not ride for the third sector route.
Shinkansen is opened, you will not ride parallel to conventional lines is the third sector route.

Other
Hisatsu orange railway
When you post a youth 18 ticket you can buy the "Orange 18 free ticket".
2000 yen. Hisatsu orange railway whole line is unlimited ride one day. Launched in use on the day window.

Northern Kinki Tango Railway
"KTR youth free ticket" has been completed as of January, 2009.

Hotel
Youth 18 ticket user can stay at a discounted price the JR group member hotels.
Reservations Tel03-3216-0489. That of SEISHUN 18 KIPPU available to the declaration at the time of booking.

Before departure.
Along the way the train is gone and not starting to determine the train ride in the timetable
There is also a case to be the worst homeless or not put the destination.

SEISHUN 18 KIPPU other than the ticket

Unlimited ride pass of autumn
Sale period September 19, 2015 - October 16, 2015
Use the period October 3, 2015 - October 18 2015
3-day. Adults 7,710 yen. Children 3,850 yen
3 consecutive days valid for. Can not be used with more than one person.
Ride the train is the same as the youth 18 ticket.
From autumn 2012 "Memorial railway day · JR whole line unlimited ride ticket" has become a change to this ticket.

Hokkaido & East path
Sale period Spring: February 20, 2016 - March 13
Spring: February 26, 2016 - April 16
Summer: June 20, 2016 - September 24
Winter: December 1, 2016 - January 4, 2017
Use period Spring: March 1, 2016 - March 19
Spring: March 26, 2016 - April 22
Summer: 1 July 2016 30 September
Winter: December 10, 2016 - January 10, 2017

Use start date released than one month before in the sale period.
Validity period 7 days (7 consecutive days from the use start date)
Use start date is specified at the time of purchase.
JR Hokkaido train and local train of JR East Japan whole line to ride,
Hokuetsu express, blue forest railway, IGR Iwate Galaxy,
Fujikyuko Line
Express train also ride to the ordinary car seats and the like if you buy a ticket fee necessary. Express train will ride also sleeper if you buy the bed ticket.
If the Hokkaido Shinkansen before opening Shin Aomori-Hakodate between buy the free seating limited express ticket in the case of the section in the mutual departure, you can ride a free seat of limited express train.
If you buy a specific express ticket of Hokkaido Shinkansen opened after Shin Hokuto Hakodate - Shin-Aomori Manai mutual arrival and departure, possible ride in seats that are vacant ordinary car of Hokkaido Shinkansen.
If you want to ride only between Shin Aomori, Aomori, available to ordinary car seats of limited express, express train.
If you have been operating "special train overnight", valid until the operation before the start of the first train of the standard diamond
Price Hokkaido Shinkansen before opening 10,290 yen
Price Hokkaido Shinkansen opening of business after 10,850 yen

You can not use more than one person or use one day in the validity period for 7 consecutive days.
Children half price.
Validity period is seven days, if you take an express train has become necessary to express ticket.
It has become in children half price.

http://www2s.biglobe.ne.jp/~sakana/18kippu.htm

Free of Japan 12 Useful to know

1.Free Tissue

Downtown and crowded places, such as in the peripheral station, tissue carrying the leaflets have been distributed free of charge. About one person 1-2 bags will get.

2.Free WC

Convenience store, supermarket, hotels, business buildings, public toilet, such as the toilet in the park, everywhere, you can use the toilet in the free. There are also many where the popular bidet are equipped to foreigners.

3.Free Wifi

Free public wireless LAN that can be used at a convenience store
Seven-Eleven
Lawson
FamilyMart

Free public wireless LAN that can be used at a  shop
Starbucks Coffee
Doutor Coffee
Tully's Coffee
Ginza Renoir
McDonald's

Business Hotel  etc...

You can use everywhere

4.Free Sightseeing

Typical place is a shrine, is a temple. It is where there is popular in Japan, Asakusa Culture and Tourism Center, Hotel Tokyo at Chinzan-so garden, Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building (Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo), Hotel New Otani (Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo), Momofuku Ando Instant Ramen Museum (Osaka Ikeda City), farm Tomita (Hokkaido Nakafurano-cho), Kurobe Dam (Toyama Tateyama Town), Kirin Yokohama via Village (Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture), and the like, there are many places that can be tourist free. Such as the castle is roasted admission.

5.Free　Umbrella（in NAGOYA）

Use this mode when there is no umbrella to sudden rain. After use, the next time you get on a train, here in return for the next troubled people. Such a culture there is in Nagoya. Not seen in other regions.

6.Free Water

When you dine at the restaurant, water will get in free. You can most of the shops get your water for free at the bar. If not come out the water, speaking please water, it will get.
Sometimes, in the night of the bar may be taken the money with ice and mineral water.

7.Free Green tea

Japanese Restaurants, udon shops, such as soba restaurant, in the shop with traditional Japanese cuisine, green tea will get for free. Your place is also free. However, you will pay when you order the oolong tea.please note.There are a lot of places that are provided free of charge in the service area of the highway.

8.Free Envelop

The Japan of ATM, for those who pulled out the money, is put free envelope. Money management and receipt at the time of the trip, you could use in the management of documentation.

9.Free Sample

Recently, an increasing number of foreign tourists, but very few of the shops, you may sample, such as cosmetics and shampoo is put to the drugstore. There is also a time that comes with After shopping for something.

10.Free Chopsticks

When shopping, such as cup noodles at a convenience store, you give and tell the staff and "HASHI KUDASAI".

11.Free Power outlets

Airport, there is a place that you can use the Shinkansen, a coffee shop, the power everywhere, such as hamburger shop.

http://yuichiro-kurauchi.com/zinsei/nomad/dengen-wifi-cafe/

12.Free Wet Tissue

At a convenience store, you get to buy the rice balls and food. When you do not get if you may tell the staff and "OSHIBORI KUDASAI".

Please to help your trip.

Inuyama existing National Treasure Inuyama Castle

One was built in to the Edo era of "existing castle tower 12 castle"


National Treasure

Photos from the home page quote

http://inuyama-castle.jp/

National treasure Inuyama Castle, built in 1537 of the Muromachi period (1537),
the tower is the existing Japan's oldest style.
Slightly elevated view from the castle tower,

which was built on top of the mountain is
 just a superb view of the banks of the Kiso River.

The surrounding area and the old streets of the Inuyama castle town,

 there are a number of tourist facilities.

Certainly survived the rough seas of history,

 please refer to the national treasure Inuyama Castle.

Sumo wrestlers spectacular

There are various events before the sumo begins.

 From 8:30 am around, 

first, there is a class of people in the game.

It came out gradually of strong class people, 

the last venue in the appeared Yokozuna 

is a big climax. 

A two-week tour also,

 have in the packed every day, 

visited a lot of tourists.

Tickets will be sold out soon.

Good seat does not take quite.

Sumo is not're doing every day, 

we decided period and location.

Click here for details

http://www.sumo.or.jp/ticket/year_schedule