煎茶道 SENCHADO

I'm learning TEA CEREMONY(茶道）.　
You imagine the tea ceremony by powder tea.
But it's by leaf tea.

I can get them

i hope the confusion is claming down.... we still have earthquakes.

Nothing

no instant noodles, breads,rice, toilet rolls, waters.........
i can't buy. everyone is in panic after the earthquake...........

the earthquake in earstern japan

at the time i would almost finish the work at the day.
i felt very terrible. but not damaged. the train stopped.
so i walked to my apartment 6km way. i really complained at it.
but i noticed i was wrong when i watched news on tv.
i have to appriciate my situation.........
i hope the damage is a minimum...........

凧市 KITE MARKET

It's  the kite market.

it's a shrine festival in ohji inari shrine.

fire often happened in edo(Tokyo) for Tokugawa era.

people came to purchase kites to prevent from fire as amulet.

播州赤穂 BANSHU AKO

the residence where oishi kuranosuke lived.

oishi shrine 47 ronin's figure in front of the shrine.

oishi kuranosuke: he is known as the leader of 47 ronin.

Banshu ako is very famous as 47 ronin story.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forty-seven_Ronin

雑煮 Zouni

this is zouni;a special soup of new year.

each region has individual zouni.

our zouni is very rare. white miso and sweet red beans in rice cake.

i love it.

 no zouni no new year.

御節料理 Osechi

on new year day we eat osechi. it's a traditional japanese food for new year.
it's made until new year eve. because housewives don't need to work for new year.
i love osechi very much.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!! 謹賀新年

for new year season we decrate Kadomatsu（門松) in front of the gate of house.
but i live in a small apartment. so i bought a very small one on my bookshelf.