The tall, beautiful red-haired exchange student, Julia Olsson from Sweden, is practicing the dance movements enthusiastically, sometimes laughing out loud … More
Tag: Festivals
Carp streamers in the Niyodo river
The leader of “Koinobori club”, Ryoichi Morishita, is hard at work in his art studio in Ino town when I enter. … More
“Circle” festival in Ino
It is getting cool when the sky begins to darken on June 30th. As we get out the car, we … More
Sports Festival in Nanasato
It is a beautiful sunny day and on the small elementary school’s athletic field, about 200 people have gathered to … More
A Little Journey to Ekin
It’s one in the afternoon in the Ekin Museum called “Ekinkura” in Akaoka city. A woman in the museum says … More
Kanzashi & the Yosakoi-bushi
by S. Minami One day during Edo period, a Buddhist priest named Junshin was in a small accessories shop at … More
Tosa Fighting Dog
by Ami Going along a coast road beside beautiful blue sea and sky, I reached Katsurahama. At Tosa token center … More
Weird Awful Beauty: Ekin
by Mako Everyone is enjoying this festival with the various street stalls and the beautiful and awful pictures. They are … More
Art of the Kayakuya: Fireworks
by Koike Every August, at 7:00 pm on the eve of the Yosakoi festival, people wearing traditional yukata and waving uchiwa … More
Life in Kochi 