March 31, 2009
March 30, 2009
March 29, 2009
March 28, 2009
March 27, 2009
March 26, 2009
March 25, 2009
March 24, 2009
March 23, 2009
March 22, 2009
March 21, 2009
KAYABUKI (Thatching)
Thatching is the craft of covering a roof with dry vegetation such as straw, water reed, sedge, rushes and heather, layering the vegetation so as to shed water away from the inner roof.
March 20, 2009
March 19, 2009
MIKO
March 18, 2009
KASUGA SHRINE (NARA)
March 17, 2009
March 16, 2009
Ekiben
Ekiben (Railway boxed meal) are a specific type of bento boxed meals,sold on trains and train train stations in Japan.
March 15, 2009
March 14, 2009
The Great Buddha of Shurakuen - Daibutsu 6
March 13, 2009
The Great Buddha of Hakuba - Daibutsu 5
March 12, 2009
The Great Buddha of Ushiku - Daibutsu 4
March 11, 2009
The Great Buddha of Takaoka - Daibutsu 3
March 10, 2009
The Great Buddha of Kamakura - Daibutsu 2
March 09, 2009
The Great Buddha of Nara - Daibutsu 1
March 08, 2009
March 07, 2009
March 06, 2009
March 05, 2009
Jichinsai
JICHINSAI is a kind of Shinto ceremony which takes place at a new building site before starting actual construction.It has a symbolic meaning of purifying a building site and wishing safety in thecourse of the construction.Generally, people concerned with the construction, both constructors and ordering party participate in the ceremony.
March 04, 2009
March 03, 2009
March 02, 2009
HINAMATSURI (GIRL'S FESTIVAL)
The "Girl's Festival" on March 3, also known as the "Peach Tree Festival," is held to pray for the happiness of female children. On this day, households with young girls display beautiful doll sets, drink shiro-zake (white sake brewed from sake and rice malt), and offer hishi-mochi lozenge-shaped rice cakes).
March 01, 2009
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