- miyako part 3 -
currently listening to - Mikadzuki (ayaka)
mood - not so good (yet to finish a experiment report & translate an epic)
heard Abe-san saying this on TV the other day. "Jishin to Hokori aru Kuni". it means "(Japan) A country with Earthquakes and Dusts" (plain bullshit. it's a homonym of the actual meaning "(Japan) A country with Confidence and Pride")....... not trying to make fun of anything. just a pun. =p
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due to certain reasons, we had the chance to see the annual Jidai Matsuri, one of Kyoto's 3 biggest festivals (Aoi Matsuri, Gion Matsuri and Jidai Matsuri). according to the electronic dictionary (convenient ne―), the festival began in 1895 when the Heian Shrine was built. the greartest highlight of the event is the procession of people dressed in costumes of different eras (from the Heian Period till the Meiji Restoration Period).
the procession started at the Kyoto Imperial Palace at noon, lead by the 'Meiji Restoration' representatives. saw Katsura Kogoro, Saigo Takamori, Sakamoto Ryoma and many other heroes during that period. then it shifted to Edo Period and so on.. the most exciting one (?) was the Adzuki-Momoyama part (with main heroes like Oda Nobunaga & Toyotomi Hideyoshi), because almost every horse in the procession were overly-excited (or nervous?) that they couldn't stop swaying and making U-turns along the way. finally, one of them leapt and the man with heavy armors fell off the horse. heard that this often happened. there was once when the horse went berserk and ran around Kyoto causing panic around the city.
besides that, i guess everything else went on steadily and silently, with narrations by the emcee occassionally. was too tired to stand under the scorching sun all the way so i abandoned my phototaking role and hid in the shades. ah, then we saw Tokiwa Gozen, Minamoto no Yoshitsune's mother (the Heian-Kamakura procession, i think). as well as Seisho Nagon (author of Makura no Soushi) and Murakaski Shikibu (author of Genji Monogatari).
didn't stay till the end of the festival. instead we had high-tea (late lunch?) at a soba place. teacher's treat (again). we love you, sir (again ka....).
overall it was quite a fruitful day. didn't go shopping. but managed to take pictures with horsies and people in costumes from the olden days. and i've got pretty bubbles on my foot too. it's been approximately a day and currently i'm having problems lifting my right leg (the one with bubbles) due to muscle ache. and we were greeted by mountains of homework the moment we're back to reality.
mood - not so good (yet to finish a experiment report & translate an epic)
heard Abe-san saying this on TV the other day. "Jishin to Hokori aru Kuni". it means "(Japan) A country with Earthquakes and Dusts" (plain bullshit. it's a homonym of the actual meaning "(Japan) A country with Confidence and Pride")....... not trying to make fun of anything. just a pun. =p
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due to certain reasons, we had the chance to see the annual Jidai Matsuri, one of Kyoto's 3 biggest festivals (Aoi Matsuri, Gion Matsuri and Jidai Matsuri). according to the electronic dictionary (convenient ne―), the festival began in 1895 when the Heian Shrine was built. the greartest highlight of the event is the procession of people dressed in costumes of different eras (from the Heian Period till the Meiji Restoration Period).
the procession started at the Kyoto Imperial Palace at noon, lead by the 'Meiji Restoration' representatives. saw Katsura Kogoro, Saigo Takamori, Sakamoto Ryoma and many other heroes during that period. then it shifted to Edo Period and so on.. the most exciting one (?) was the Adzuki-Momoyama part (with main heroes like Oda Nobunaga & Toyotomi Hideyoshi), because almost every horse in the procession were overly-excited (or nervous?) that they couldn't stop swaying and making U-turns along the way. finally, one of them leapt and the man with heavy armors fell off the horse. heard that this often happened. there was once when the horse went berserk and ran around Kyoto causing panic around the city.
besides that, i guess everything else went on steadily and silently, with narrations by the emcee occassionally. was too tired to stand under the scorching sun all the way so i abandoned my phototaking role and hid in the shades. ah, then we saw Tokiwa Gozen, Minamoto no Yoshitsune's mother (the Heian-Kamakura procession, i think). as well as Seisho Nagon (author of Makura no Soushi) and Murakaski Shikibu (author of Genji Monogatari).
didn't stay till the end of the festival. instead we had high-tea (late lunch?) at a soba place. teacher's treat (again). we love you, sir (again ka....).
overall it was quite a fruitful day. didn't go shopping. but managed to take pictures with horsies and people in costumes from the olden days. and i've got pretty bubbles on my foot too. it's been approximately a day and currently i'm having problems lifting my right leg (the one with bubbles) due to muscle ache. and we were greeted by mountains of homework the moment we're back to reality.
posted by aikoais at 10/23/2006 02:17:00 PM
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