Exquisite Thatched-Roof Country Lodge Stay Nature and Culture - an Experience Deep in the Heart of Rural Japan

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Exquisite thatched-roof country lodge stay Nature and culture - an experience deep in the heart of rural Japan EXPERIENCE / TOUR EXTENSION 3 days Highlights • Profound and wonderful cultural experiences • Beautiful rural surroundings • Stunning panoramic sunrise views • Complimentary bicycle use • Two nights at a traditional thatched-roof Japanese • Peaceful atmosphere and lovely architecture villa In the north-east of Nara prefecture, Fukano was designated as “One of the Japan’s best 100 mountain villages”. With just 36 households, the village community is promoting the conservation of unspoilt landscape in the Japanese countryside. The traditional thatched-roof villa forms part of the traditional landscape of agricultural villages and farmhouses. The villa’s owner is also a Yamabushi ascetic monk. After many years of city life, Matsubayashi-san decided to return to his childhood surroundings in the Japanese countryside. He bought an old house and decided to restore it with meticulous detail. He now welcomes guests and takes pride in the beauty of his villa’s traditional architecture as well as the wonderful natural surroundings. Matsubayashi-san wants his villa and his village to preserve both physical beauty and cultural traditions. With this in mind, he offers his guests the opportunity to experience various aspects of traditional culture. Depending on availability, your host may choose to offer complimentary lessons on the bamboo flute, the Horagai conch shell trumpet or the Japanese drum; there may also be sessions of yoga and Zen meditation. Energetic guests can explore the lovely area around the villa by bicycle or on foot. The well-known Akame Forty-Eight Waterfalls, where Ninja warriors used to train, are all a short drive away. 1 ITINERARY DAY 1 ➤ Travel to Fukano Travel by train to Akame. The Villa’s owner will collect you at Akame station and drive you to the village of Fukano, where the inn is located. Spend your first day exploring the area or relaxing and enjoying the peaceful atmosphere of the villa. Accommodation: Gassho-zukuri thached-roof house DAY 2 ➤ Experiencing the lifestyle Today, you can borrow bicycles to explore the area. Choose from the available cultural experiences - lessons on the bamboo flute, Horagai (conch shell trumpet) lesson or Japanese drum, or perhaps try a yoga or Zen meditation session. Visit the nearby Akame Forty-Eight Waterfalls and catch the echos of Ninja warriors who trained here in the past. Accommodation: Gassho-zukuri thached-roof house DAY 3 ➤ Depart from Fukano Today, you can admire the light of another sunrise on the surrounding mountains. After breakfast, you head onwards by train to your next destination. 2.

Copy Link

Recommended publications

ANACHRONE 2007 Les GARDIENS DU SEUIL
ANACHRONE 2007 Les GARDIENS DU SEUIL L’EMPIRE SCARABEE © ANACHRONE 2007 1 ANACHRONE 2007 Les GARDIENS DU SEUIL Carte de l’Empire avant la Guerre Civile (octobre 1105) L’EMPIRE SCARABEE © ANACHRONE 2007 2 ANACHRONE Les GARDIENS DU SEUIL 2007 Rouge : « alliance Rebelles de MON DES CLANS DE L’EMPIRE Zanonaï » (avant la Guerre Civile) Bleu : « Faction Impériale » Rose : clans neutres / indécis (1) Mutsu (2) Dewa (3) Echigo (4) Shimotsuke (5) Yasuki (6) Gogenso (7) Hitashi (8) Awa (9) Kotsuke (10) Sagami (9) Kotsuke (après oct. 1105) (11) Izu Daimyo mort pendant la guerre, son gendre du clan (12) Kai (14) Suriga (15) Etchu Sugiga a hérité du fief (12) Kai (15) Etchu (après oct. 1105) (après oct. 1105) (13) Shinano (18) Totomi (18) Totomi (19) Mikawa (16) Noto (17) Shimosa (après oct. 1105) (19) Mikawa (après oct. 1105) (20) Saïcho Owari (21) Mimasaki (22) Nagato (23) Satsuma (clan dissous en oct.1105, le fief appartient au clan Sagami) L’EMPIRE SCARABEE © ANACHRONE 2007 3 ANACHRONE 2007 Les GARDIENS DU SEUIL Carte de l’Empire après la Guerre Civile (juin 1107) L’EMPIRE SCARABEE © ANACHRONE 2007 4 ANACHRONE Les GARDIENS DU SEUIL 2007 MON DES CLANS DE L’EMPIRE (après la Guerre Civile – juin 1107) (6) (3) (17) (10) (4) (7) (23) (20) (19) (5) Gogenso Sagami Saïcho Owari Yasuki (12) (15) (14) (11) (21) (9) (2) Kai Suriga Kotsuke (13) (8) Shinano (16) (22) (18) (1) Noto Nagato Totomi L’EMPIRE SCARABEE © ANACHRONE 2007 5 ANACHRONE 2007 Les GARDIENS DU SEUIL L’EMPIRE SCARABEE L’Empire Scarabée est une contrée rocailleuse et vallonnée, cernée à ses frontières Nord par une chaîne de montagnes (Monts Tatsu, cette région montagneuse abrite environ une centaine de volcans, dont une vingtaine est encore en activité, mais également de nombreuses sources d’eau chaude) ; au Sud, à l’Ouest et à l’Est, par un océan.
[Show full text]
UCLA Electronic Theses and Dissertations
UCLA UCLA Electronic Theses and Dissertations Title Producing Place, Tradition and the Gods: Mt. Togakushi, Thirteenth through Mid-Nineteenth Centuries Permalink https://escholarship.org/uc/item/90w6w5wz Author Carter, Caleb Swift Publication Date 2014 Peer reviewed|Thesis/dissertation eScholarship.org Powered by the California Digital Library University of California UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA Los Angeles Producing Place, Tradition and the Gods: Mt. Togakushi, Thirteenth through Mid-Nineteenth Centuries A dissertation submitted in partial satisfaction of the requirements for the degree Doctor of Philosophy in Asian Languages and Cultures by Caleb Swift Carter 2014 ABSTRACT OF THE DISSERTATION Producing Place, Tradition and the Gods: Mt. Togakushi, Thirteenth through Mid-Nineteenth Centuries by Caleb Swift Carter Doctor of Philosophy in Asian Languages and Cultures University of California, Los Angeles, 2014 Professor William M. Bodiford, Chair This dissertation considers two intersecting aspects of premodern Japanese religions: the development of mountain-based religious systems and the formation of numinous sites. The first aspect focuses in particular on the historical emergence of a mountain religious school in Japan known as Shugendō. While previous scholarship often categorizes Shugendō as a form of folk religion, this designation tends to situate the school in overly broad terms that neglect its historical and regional stages of formation. In contrast, this project examines Shugendō through the investigation of a single site. Through a close reading of textual, epigraphical, and visual sources from Mt. Togakushi (in present-day Nagano Ken), I trace the development of Shugendō and other religious trends from roughly the thirteenth through mid-nineteenth centuries. This study further differs from previous research insofar as it analyzes Shugendō as a concrete system of practices, doctrines, members, institutions, and identities.
[Show full text]
Catalogue 229 Japanese and Chinese Books, Manuscripts, and Scrolls Jonathan A. Hill, Bookseller New York City
JonathanCatalogue 229 A. Hill, Bookseller JapaneseJAPANESE & AND Chinese CHINESE Books, BOOKS, Manuscripts,MANUSCRIPTS, and AND ScrollsSCROLLS Jonathan A. Hill, Bookseller Catalogue 229 item 29 Catalogue 229 Japanese and Chinese Books, Manuscripts, and Scrolls Jonathan A. Hill, Bookseller New York City · 2019 JONATHAN A. HILL, BOOKSELLER 325 West End Avenue, Apt. 10 b New York, New York 10023-8143 telephone: 646-827-0724 home page: www.jonathanahill.com jonathan a. hill mobile: 917-294-2678 e-mail: [email protected] megumi k. hill mobile: 917-860-4862 e-mail: [email protected] yoshi hill mobile: 646-420-4652 e-mail: [email protected] member: International League of Antiquarian Booksellers, Antiquarian Booksellers’ Association of America & Verband Deutscher Antiquare terms are as usual: Any book returnable within ﬁve days of receipt, payment due within thirty days of receipt. Persons ordering for the ﬁrst time are requested to remit with order, or supply suitable trade references. Residents of New York State should include appropriate sales tax. printed in china item 24 item 1 The Hot Springs of Atami 1. ATAMI HOT SPRINGS. Manuscript on paper, manuscript labels on upper covers entitled “Atami Onsen zuko” [“The Hot Springs of Atami, explained with illustrations”]. Written by Tsuki Shirai. 17 painted scenes, using brush and colors, on 63 pages. 34; 25; 22 folding leaves. Three vols. 8vo (270 x 187 mm.), orig. wrappers, modern stitch- ing. [ Japan]: late Edo. $12,500.00 This handsomely illustrated manuscript, written by Tsuki Shirai, describes and illustrates the famous hot springs of Atami (“hot ocean”), which have been known and appreciated since the 8th century.
[Show full text]
From the City to the Mountain and Back Again: Situating Contemporary Shugendô in Japanese Social and Religious Life
From the City to the Mountain and Back Again: Situating Contemporary Shugendô in Japanese Social and Religious Life Mark Patrick McGuire A Thesis In The Department of Religion Presented in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements For the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy at Concordia University Montréal, Québec, Canada April 2013 Mark Patrick McGuire, 2013 CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF GRADUATE STUDIES This is to certify that the thesis prepared By: Mark Patrick McGuire Entitled: From the City to the Mountain and Back Again: Situating Contemporary Shugendô in Japanese Social and Religious Life and submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY (Religion) complies with the regulations of the University and meets the accepted standards with respect to originality and quality. Signed by the final examining committee: Chair Dr. V. Penhune External Examiner Dr. B. Ambros External to Program Dr. S. Ikeda Examiner Dr. N. Joseph Examiner Dr. M. Penny Thesis Supervisor Dr. M. Desjardins Approved by Chair of Department or Graduate Program Director Dr. S. Hatley, Graduate Program Director April 15, 2013 Dr. B. Lewis, Dean, Faculty of Arts and Science ABSTRACT From the City to the Mountain and Back Again: Situating Contemporary Shugendô in Japanese Social and Religious Life Mark Patrick McGuire, Ph.D. Concordia University, 2013 This thesis examines mountain ascetic training practices in Japan known as Shugendô (The Way to Acquire Power) from the 1980s to the present. Focus is given to the dynamic interplay between two complementary movements: 1) the creative process whereby charismatic, media-savvy priests in the Kii Peninsula (south of Kyoto) have re-invented traditional practices and training spaces to attract and satisfy the needs of diverse urban lay practitioners, and 2) the myriad ways diverse urban ascetic householders integrate lessons learned from mountain austerities in their daily lives in Tokyo and Osaka.
[Show full text]
Japanese History
Conditions and Terms of Use TABLE OF CONTENTS Copyright © Heritage History 2009 PERIODS OF JAPANESE HISTORY ............................................. 3 Some rights reserved EARLY JAPAN.......................................................................... 4 This text was produced and distributed by Heritage History, an organization dedicated to the preservation of classical juvenile history books, and to the EARLY JAPAN (CONTINUED) .................................................... 7 promotion of the works of traditional history authors. LIFE AMONG THE EARLY JAPANESE ...................................... 10 The books which Heritage History republishes are in the public domain and are no longer protected by the original copyright. They may therefore be reproduced THE TEACHINGS OF CHINA ................................................... 12 within the United States without paying a royalty to the author. THE COMING OF BUDDHISM .................................................. 13 The text and pictures used to produce this version of the work, however, are the property of Heritage History and are licensed to individual users with some THE PUPPET EMPERORS ........................................................ 18 restrictions. These restrictions are imposed for the purpose of protecting the integrity of the work itself, for preventing plagiarism, and for helping to assure that THE PUPPET EMPERORS (CONTINUED) ................................... 21 compromised or incomplete versions of the work are not widely disseminated. HE ISE
[Show full text]
Fine Japanese and Korean Art I New York I March 20, 2019
Fine Japanese and Korean Art and Korean Fine Japanese I New York I March 20, 2019 I March I New York 25415 Fine Japanese and Korean Art New York I March 20, 2019 Fine Japanese and Korean Art New York | Wednesday March 20 2019, at 1pm BONHAMS BIDS INQUIRIES CLIENT SERVICES 580 Madison Avenue +1 (212) 644 9001 Japanese Art Department Monday – Friday 9am-5pm New York, New York 10022 +1 (212) 644 9009 fax Jeffrey Olson, Director +1 (212) 644 9001 bonhams.com [email protected] +1 (212) 461 6516 +1 (212) 644 9009 fax [email protected] PREVIEW To bid via the internet please visit ILLUSTRATIONS www.bonhams.com/25415 Thursday March 14 Takako O’Grady, Front cover: Lot 247 10am to 5pm Administrator Inside front cover: Lot 289 Friday March 15 Please note that bids should be +1 (212) 461 6523 Back cover: Lot 390 10am to 5pm summited no later than 24hrs [email protected] Inside back cover: Lot 287 Saturday March 16 prior to the sale. New bidders 10am to 5pm must also provide proof of Sunday March 17 identity when submitting bids. REGISTRATION 10am to 5pm Failure to do this may result in IMPORTANT NOTICE your bid not being processed. Monday March 18 Please note that all customers, 10am to 5pm irrespective of any previous activity Tuesday March 19 LIVE ONLINE BIDDING IS with Bonhams, are required to 10am to 3pm AVAILABLE FOR THIS SALE complete the Bidder Registration Please email bids.us@bonhams. Form in advance of the sale. The SALE NUMBER: 25415 com with “Live bidding” in form can be found at the back the subject line 48hrs before of every catalogue and on our the auction to register for this website at www.bonhams.com CATALOG: $35 service.
[Show full text]
Pursuit - the Journal of Undergraduate Research at the University of Tennessee
Pursuit - The Journal of Undergraduate Research at The University of Tennessee Volume 3 Issue 2 Spring 2012 Article 4 March 2012 Shugendō: Pilgrimage and Ritual in a Japanese Folk Religion Andrea K. Gill [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://trace.tennessee.edu/pursuit Recommended Citation Gill, Andrea K. (2012) "Shugendō: Pilgrimage and Ritual in a Japanese Folk Religion," Pursuit - The Journal of Undergraduate Research at The University of Tennessee: Vol. 3 : Iss. 2 , Article 4. Available at: https://trace.tennessee.edu/pursuit/vol3/iss2/4 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by Volunteer, Open Access, Library Journals (VOL Journals), published in partnership with The University of Tennessee (UT) University Libraries. This article has been accepted for inclusion in Pursuit - The Journal of Undergraduate Research at The University of Tennessee by an authorized editor. For more information, please visit https://trace.tennessee.edu/pursuit. Pursuit: The Journal of Undergraduate Research at the University of Tennessee Copyright © The University of Tennessee Shugendō: Pilgrimage and Ritual in a Japanese Folk Religion ANDREA K. GILL Advisor: Dr. Rachelle Scott Asian Studies, University of Tennessee, Knoxville The religion of Shugendō has no shrines and it has no temples. It only has the liminality of the mountains; a space that is viewed in Japan as being ground that only gods, demons, and ghosts may set foot on. But the Yamabushi are not human, gods, or even demons. Instead they are believed to be living Buddhas, rare people that, through practice in the secluded mountains, have become privy to sacred knowledge that has awakened them to their internal Buddha nature, to borrow the words of Kukai, “in this very lifetime”.
[Show full text]
Il Samurai. Da Guerriero a Icona
Il fiume di parole e d’immagini sul Giappone che si riversò a icona Da guerriero Il samurai. in Occidente dopo il 1860 lo configurò per sempre come l’idillica terra del Monte Fuji, coi laghi sereni punteggiati di vele, le geisha in pose seminude e gli indomabili samurai dalle misteriose armature. Il fascino che i guerrieri giapponesi e la loro filosofia di vita esercitarono sulla cultura del Novecento fu pari soltanto al desiderio di conoscere meglio la loro storia e i loro costumi, per svelare i segreti di una casta che prima Il samurai. di sconfiggere il nemico in battaglia aveva deciso, senza rinunciare ai piaceri della vita, di educare il corpo e la mente Da guerriero a icona a sconfiggere i propri limiti e le proprie paure, per raggiungere l’impalpabile essenza delle cose. a cura di Moira Luraschi 10 10 Antropunti Collana diretta da Francesco Paolo Campione Christian Kaufmann Antropunti € 32,00 Collana diretta da Francesco Paolo Campione Il samurai. Christian Kaufmann Da guerriero a icona La Collezione Morigi e altre recenti acquisizioni del MUSEC a cura di Antropunti Moira Luraschi 10 Sommario Note di trascrizione Prefazione 6 e altre avvertenze per la lettura Roberto Badaracco La trascrizione delle parole giapponesi Per la lettura delle parole trascritte ci si ba- segue il Sistema Hepburn modificato, fa- serà sulla fonologia italiana per le vocali, su Saggi I samurai. Guerrieri, politici, intellettuali 11 cendo eccezione per quei pochi casi in cui quella inglese per le consonanti. Si tenga Moira Luraschi un nome è entrato nell’uso corrente in una dunque presente che: ch è la c semiocclu- forma diversa (es.
[Show full text]
TAIKOPROJECT Study Guide
TAIKOPROJECT Study Guide For use with TAIKOPROJECT educational programs Steven Nguyen Mari Nakano Steven Nguyen Yuta Kato TAIKOPROJECT PO Box 825 Monterey Park, CA 91754 213 268-4011 [email protected] www.TAIKOPROJECT.com youtube.com/TAIKOPROJECT facebook.com/TAIKOPROJECT twitter.com/TAIKOPROJECT This Study Guide was initially developed as TAIKOPROJECT is represented by: part of the “Big Drum: Taiko in the United Kamstar Artist Management States,” an exhibition curated by the 415.776.5522 Japanese American National Museum. [email protected] INTRODUCTION It is now more important than ever to acknowledge the need for art education. The materials in this study guide are designed to give your class supplementary infor- mation and activities to enhance the student’s appreciation of the TAIKOPROJECT while instilling a broader base of knowledge and understanding of our society’s diversity through different cultural perspectives. America is a country of widespread cultural diversity. Music, and drumming, is a part of every culture, and its function in each culture is integral to its life and vitality. What is an African dance without the drummers? What would Irish music sound like without the dohbran (hand drum)? And what is a Japanese matsuri (festival) without the taiko? Much can be learned about different cultural traditions and lifestyles by experiencing its music. The TAIKOPROJECT performs contemporary Japanese American taiko drum- ming. It is an artform drawn from our Japanese ancestry, but nurtured in America by multi-generational Asian Americans in search of a voice for their dual-culture identity. Through the sharing of our music and stories, we share our pride in our heritage and culture, and encourage others to have pride in and explore their own cultural back- grounds, and those of others.
[Show full text]
Spiritual KANSAI Gokan Spiritual Kansai
Japan of the five senses 関西 Spiritual KANSAI GoKan Spiritual Kansai FOLLOW US Do not miss anything of our activity Twitter/Instagram/Facebook/YouTube/Pinterest : @GokanMag www.gokanmag.com CONTACT US Spiritual For general questions or for a partnership [email protected] EDITORIAL TEAM KANSAI David MICHAUD : Editorial & Creative Direction Kenichi WATANABE : General Producer The Path of Spirituality Angelo DI GENOVA : Shooting Coordinator Alice SUZUKI : Translator Ronan ECHERBAULT : Cover's Photo Produced by : XPJP Inc. & KANSAI Tourism Bureau EXPERIENCE DESIGN IN JAPAN © 2020 GOKAN株式会社 All rights reserved. The logo, the general structure, the texts, the images, the illustrations as well as any other element composing this magazine are the exclusive prop- erty of GOKAN株式会社 (or having third rights) and are protected by the copyright. Any total or partial representation of this magazine other than the promotion of the latter, by any means whatsoever, without the express permission of GOKAN株式会社 is therefore prohibited and constitutes an infringement. For any questions about the reproduction of the content, contact: [email protected] The Kansai region (関西地方, Kansai-chihō) or the Kinki region ( 近畿地方, Kinki-chihō), lies in the central region of Japan's main island Honshū. The region includes the prefectures of Mie, Nara, Wakayama, Kyoto, Osaka, Hyōgo and Shiga, sometimes Fukui, Tokushima and Tottori. While the use of the terms "Kansai" and "Kinki" have changed over history, in most modern contexts the use of the two terms is interchangeable. The metropolitan region of Osaka, Kobe and Kyoto (Keihanshin region) is the second-most populated in Japan after the Greater Tokyo Area. In a report on SBNR published by Harvard University, SBNR Spiritual But Not Religious Professor Daly Katerlein said: “The cause of the SBNR phenomenon is a major change that Spiritual Kansai threatens the fundamentals of the social environment, such as terrorism, natural disasters and pandemics.
[Show full text]
Arts of the Samurai of the Arts
Monday October 30, 2017 New York ARTS OF THE SAMURAI ARTS ARTS OF THE SAMURAI | New York | Monday October 30, 2017 24721 ARTS OF THE SAMURAI Monday 30 October, 2017 at 2pm New York BONHAMS BIDS INQUIRIES CLIENT SERVICES 580 Madison Avenue +1 (212) 644 9001 Japanese Art Department Monday – Friday 9am-5pm New York, New York 10022 +1 (212) 644 9009 fax Jefrey Olson, Director +1 (212) 644 9001 bonhams.com [email protected] +1 (212) 461 6516 +1 (212) 644 9009 fax [email protected] PREVIEW To bid via the internet please visit Takako O’Grady, ILLUSTRATIONS Thursday October 26 www.bonhams.com/24721 Administrator Front cover: Lot 374 10am-5pm +1 (212) 461 6523 Back cover: Lot 450 Friday October 27 Please note that bids should be [email protected] 10am-5pm summited no later than 24hrs Saturday October 28 prior to the sale. New bidders 10am-5pm must also provide proof of Sunday October 29 identity when submitting bids. 10am - 5pm Failure to do this may result in your bid not being processed. SALE NUMBER: 24721 Lots 301-495 LIVE ONLINE BIDDING IS AVAILABLE FOR THIS SALE CATALOG: $35 Please email bids.us@bonhams. com with “Live bidding” in the subject line 48hrs before the auction to register for this service. Bidding by telephone will only be accepted on a lot with a lower estimate in excess of $1000. Please see pages 99 to 102 for bidder information including Conditions of Sale, after-sale collection and shipment. All items listed on page 102 and or marked with a ‘W’ in the catalog, will be transferred to off-site storage, if not removed by 4.30pm Monday 30 October.
[Show full text]
Managing Family, Status, and Territory in Early Modern Shugendō
University of Pennsylvania ScholarlyCommons Publicly Accessible Penn Dissertations 2016 Worldly Ascetics: Managing Family, Status, and Territory in Early Modern Shugendō Frank William Clements University of Pennsylvania, [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://repository.upenn.edu/edissertations Part of the Asian History Commons, Asian Studies Commons, History of Religion Commons, and the Religion Commons Recommended Citation Clements, Frank William, "Worldly Ascetics: Managing Family, Status, and Territory in Early Modern Shugendō" (2016). Publicly Accessible Penn Dissertations. 1659. https://repository.upenn.edu/edissertations/1659 This paper is posted at ScholarlyCommons. https://repository.upenn.edu/edissertations/1659 For more information, please contact [email protected]. Worldly Ascetics: Managing Family, Status, and Territory in Early Modern Shugendō Abstract Definitions of Japan’s Shugendō tradition often emphasize how its adherents, known as yamabushi or shugenja, took as their primary goal the acquisition of supernatural power and enlightenment via ascetic practice in the mountains. While mountain austerities were central to the tradition, settled, spouse- keeping yamabushi organized into households constituted the majority of its members in the late medieval and early modern periods; the study of their economic, political, and social activities have been neglected. The Shugendō organization headquartered at Mt. Haguro, one of the Dewa Sanzan triad of sacred mountains within present-day Yamagata prefecture, administered yamabushi and miko priestesses based in communities throughout northern Japan. Using the Sanada Shichirōzaemon and Sanada Shikibu households, elite yamabushi families based in Tōge at the foot of Mt. Haguro, this study investigates the lives and activities of spouse-keeping shugenja within the Shugendō tradition during Japan’s early modern period (1600-1867).
[Show full text]