Tuesday, 29 January 2008

Tulip

Location: Enoshima Samuel Cocking Garden

江ノ島

江ノ島神社

View of Hayama(葉山)


On the way to Enoshima Iwaya 江ノ島岩屋
Day 45

Monday, 28 January 2008

群馬 観音山



友達と観音山へ行きました。

群馬












Day 44
Gunma/ 群馬 

群馬県 高崎観音山

白衣大観音

高崎 ダルマ

高崎駅前

Daruma is famous at Takasaki in Gunma. Since Takasaki is a very windy place. Therefore, the paint for daruma is easily to be dried. In the past, people made daruma to earn their living in Takasaki. And later Takasaki is well known with its daruma. Perhaps this is the city producing the highest number of Daruma each year.

鐮倉 鶴岡厄除大祭

鶴岡八幡宮是一座作爲古都鐮倉象徵的有名神社。

鶴岡八幡宮裡忙著的是厄除大祭

鶴岡八幡宮整年中均有許多活動。在新年假期鶴岡八幡宮是全日本最多人拜訪的神社。在節分前,在這會舉行「鶴岡厄除大祭」,目的當然是消災解難。
破魔矢是附有白色羽毛的箭,被當作吉祥物。人們在每年初次到神社參拜,祈求來年平安時,也會買回破魔矢。在厄除大祭中,也會把破魔矢燒掉。

若宮大是一條可以直達鶴岡八幡宮的道路。跟若宮大路平行的是小町街。小町街兩側有 200 多家飲食店和商店,工藝品應有盡有,好不熱鬧。