Tokyo beautiful@ －Fun, Amazing : Tokyo beautiful@ －Fun, Amazing : New year decorati...

Tokyo beautiful@ －Fun, Amazing : Tokyo beautiful@ －Fun, Amazing : New year decorati...: Tokyo beautiful@ －Fun, Amazing : New year decoration of Japan : The decoration of New year day. pink and white round one is Mochi, explained...

Ｈａｔｏｎｏｓｕ valley deep tokyo

In countryside of Tokyo, alongside Tama river, there are special location! this area's name is Okutama. the closest station is Hatonosu. Hatonosu means nest of pigeon. alongside Tama river, there are some trail pass.
this area is really countryside, so there are bears, wild animals in mountains.
over 2 hours from Tokyo terminal station, but worth going! scenery still has old mood of japan. house, shop, station and so on have calm and refreshing atomospher.
If you use train, I geuss there is no train staff at station!

If you can see, there is a small shrine on the big rock.

How beautiful color!

the cafe we planed was closed during winter.

The munu. Cafe's name is yamabato which means wild pigeon

Inside of cozy cafe. the painting's theme is Nara temple.

Tokyo beautiful@ －Fun, Amazing : New year decoration of Japan

Tokyo beautiful@ －Fun, Amazing : New year decoration of Japan: The decoration of New year day. pink and white round one is Mochi, explained rice cake. In japan, people think red and white is good colo...

New year decoration of Japan

The decoration of New year day. pink and white round one is Mochi, explained rice cake. In japan, people think red and white is good color for celebration. marriage envelope, ceremony for school, lots of things we use those color.
Tiger means the month's God. in asia, we have 12 kind of God. maybe came from china.
All God are animals. year, month, direction and time, we used to use 12 God's name.
Next year's God is dog. but january's God is tiger.

left vegitables has one leaf. there is a word, Omedetou. it means congratulation. Omedetou's me is baby leaf, just get out from ground. Omedetou's de means going out.
so Omedetou gonna be your wish come true.
this decorated vegitable has one leaf, so wish come true in new year. it's praying for God.
All decorated things have meanings. like, Haiku, waka, and so on, Japanese culture have a lot of meanings for one thing. it's like layer.

Tokyo beautiful@ －Fun, Amazing : Megurogajoen is the hotel which is famous for 100 ...

Tokyo beautiful@ －Fun, Amazing : Megurogajoen is the hotel which is famous for 100 ...: Megurogajoen is the hotel which is famous for 100 step stars, 100 dan kaidan in Japanese. left.steps right entrance of exhibition All...

Ikebana, Japanese flower arrangement at hotel Megurogajoen

Megurogajoen is the hotel which is famous for 100 step stars, 100 dan kaidan in Japanese.

left.steps right entrance of exhibition

All room, celling, wall, and poles are decorated. some are painted, the others are curved.

wall were painted like old style kimono, pillar were carved like 3D!

the reason why I went there is that the hotel has held flower arrangement event, Ikebana. 

one of Ikebana which was in this term.

This one looked like two ladies in painting is looking down flowers!

I heard these decoration inspired Hayao Miyazaki's animation, Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi.

those are elevaitor's door. Paintings were made from shell's inside.

In hotele, there is pound. paintings are on the walls. mood like film!

somehow, flower arrangements are matched to mood. 
the event is held untill 26th November. entrance fee is 1500 yen. in the hotel, there are cafes and restaurant. but this hotel is kind of luxury one. I saw cafe's mune is so so. 

In ftont of cafe, there is waterfall and bridge!

Ikebana is type of flower arrangement, but it could say art!

aw cafe's mune is so so.
Ikebana is type of flower arrangement, but it could say art!

flyer of Ikebana

ＰＳ．fee is 1500 yen! 

Tokyo beautiful@ －Fun, Amazing : Enjoy watching full moon- Ostukimi, the event of a...

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