7/26/2010

桧枝岐で釣り、蕎麦、温泉を楽しむ Enjoyed flyfising and Soba and hot spring.

Twitterでもお届けしましたが、24日に桧枝岐に遊びに行って来ました。
朝7時の気温19℃。水が冷たいくらい、と思っていましたが昼には29℃まで気温も上昇。
とは言え、その頃宇都宮は36℃だったそうで、プチ避暑気分で楽しんで来ました。

I went to a Hinoemata village in Fukushima prefecture (North of Tochigi pref.) for fishing and enjoy hot spring and delicious Soba last Saturday.

飽きない程度にきれいな岩魚も釣れました。


木漏れ日の中、風が心地良いです。

午前中思い切り釣りをして、ランチは桧枝岐の裁ちそばをいただきました。
We ate soba in this shop.
This is also a inn for a hiker and mountain climbing visitor and of course for skier in winter season.

裁ちそばにはっとう2枚付きセット 1,150円也
Japanese Soba noodle and Hatto (Upper right).
It made from buckwheat flour.

Hatto is taste like sweet rice cake.

Oさんは家族でキャンプでした。
(幸せ貯金は大切ですね)
温泉はアルザ尾瀬の里へ。入浴料金が通常850円のところ500円に割引中です。
ゆっくりつかって、休憩所で昼寝してとてもリフレッシュ出来ました。

7/22/2010

Gion Matsuri (Gion Festival) in Mashiko.

Mashiko Gion Matsuri festival is performed as a festival to Yasaka-jinja Shrine every year for three days of 25th from July 23.
Have you ever heard the Gion festival?
If you say Yes. It is the most faimous Gion festival that takes place annually in Kyoto.
But Mashiko Gion festival is famous as a one of strange festival in Kanto region.
Five districts in the town block perform this festival by turns every year.
They hold a ceremony changing the turn of the festival.
The ceremony called OMIKI CHYODAI SHIKI.
They must drink up a large quantity of liquor at the time.
The quantity 3jyo6gou5shaku (6.5 liter). It means 365 days for one year.
I recommend that you'll check the strange ceremony with your eyes.