The legendary Old - District movie

 

Here is Shirakawa-gō ("White River Old-District"), Gifu Prefecture.

Dream or fantasy

 

People chase their dreams. And, want the world to be a fantasy.

Here is Sounkyo, Hokkaido.

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If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant. 

If we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome.

Anne Dudley Bradstreet ( 1612 - 1672 )

Thank you for your visit, always. 　

I am grateful for your support.

I love you.
sincerely yours.

From Japan.

" Winter " Japanese calligraphy

 

" 冬 " (tō, or fuyu). It is translated as winter. 　　　

This character is written by Kanzi, Regular script. 　　　

Etymology :　夂 (go)　+　冫 (ice) 　　

 Ice is passing away.

The creator of this kanji has a very poetic sense.

Please be careful.

The legendary Old - District

 

These houses say a gasshō-zukuri ( joining hands structure ). 

It resembles manual form when a man joined his hands. 

The structure is this local characteristic, and the roof where snow is easy to fall. 

Of course people still live in there. 

Nobles and concerned people made this village about 800 years ago. 

It is the legend that they lose to fight (1180–1185), and sheltered here. 

It takes several hours from the town nearby to here, and surrounded the circumference in the high mountains. 

Snow shut in people in old days.

 It will be the one of the places that are the most inconvenient in this small country. 

And it may be a good place of the scenery most.

The ancestral one of them is called "Heike". 

They were defeated by Yoritomo Minamoto of "Genji". 

The Heian period was over at the time, and the Kamakura period began. 

Yoritomo Minamoto is the first Shōgun. It is the leader of the samurai. 

Yes. When this village was born, the Samurai's area whom you knew was born, too. 

Here is Shirakawa-gō ("White River Old-District"), Gifu Prefecture.

Tourist information

Thank you for your visit, always. 　

I am grateful for your support.

I love you.
sincerely yours.

From Japan.

" Snow " Japanese calligraphy

"雪" ( setsu, or  yuki ). It is translated as snow.

This character is written by Kanzi, Regular script.

The original character is "䨮"

Etymology :　 雨 ( rain ) + 彗 ( broomstick )

The original meaning is sweeping the ground.

The person who devised a kanji is a poet, surely.

Take care

Snowfall and Japanese sweets

 

　　　Wagashi

Mount Fuji

 

In Japan, it is said that good things will happen if you see Mt. Fuji on New Year's Day.

 A Happy New Year. 

I hope this year is a good one for you and yours.

To friends around the world. 

From Japan in the Far East.　　JST 01.01.2023 00:00