by Isao deura | 5月 30, 2016 | Cities and Towns
Tennouji-Temple in Yanaka There is a small temple named “Tennouji” at the top of “Momijisaka-Stop” near the south exit of JR Nippori station. The temple is located within around 8 minutes walking distance of my residence. We can feel and enjoy the passage of the...
by Isao deura | 5月 30, 2016 | Cities and Towns
Mysterious anecdote on the bust in Ueno Park A sculptured bust of an old foreigner appeared in Ueno Park in 1973. It was the time when several years passed after I had begun to work in a certain company. The bust had stern-looking face, with large and dense full-beard...
by Isao deura | 5月 9, 2016 | Asakusa-Akihabara-Ueno, Cities and Towns
Obinzuru-Sama Spiritual site of Sensouji-Temple Complex in Asakusa A statue, called “Obinzuru-Sama”, is sitting on the pedestal stone in the posture of folding up right leg and left leg resting on a small pedestal down below in front of Daigyou-In prayer’s hall which...
by Isao deura | 5月 9, 2016 | Cities and Towns
My favorite rice cracker shop in Yanaka “Saganoya-San” has been my favorite rice-cracker shop in the neighborhood of my current residence in Sakuragi in Ueno in Taito-Ku where I had moved from Saku-City in Nagano Prefecture way back in 1950. At that time the founder...
by Isao deura | 4月 15, 2016 | Asakusa-Akihabara-Ueno, Cities and Towns
Do you know amphibious and supernatural creatures? It is said that an amphibious and supernatural creatures had inhabited in rivers or ponds or lakes in Japan. It is regarded as a transformation of a water deity. The name of the creature is “ Kappa”. Kappa looks like...
