It’s an actually “Museum of Cultural History”. We can know not only political history but also cultural history especially people’s one . I...
100年以上前のスマホもTVもない頃、人はどのように日々の暮らしを楽しんでいたのだろうか。多くの日本人は農民で、豊かではなかったけど。昔の日記、資料館の展示品、書籍から、彼らの生き方を学びたい。拙い英語と日本語で綴っています。
自己紹介:昭和34年(1959年)に大阪で生まれ、就職で東京に移住し、現在は、千葉県松戸市在住。オンライン日本語教師、外国人観光客のボランティアガイドをしています。
Hirokane mansion and Bengara museum、広兼邸とベンガラ館
Hirokane mansion 、広兼邸 The view of the mansion from the carpark looks like a castle. Hirokane family was a village head and they thrived...
地域タグ:高梁市
Fukiya Folk Museum、ベンガラの町・吹屋の郷土館と旧片山家住宅
Fukiya town is the birthplace of red iron oxide (pigment) which is called “Japan-red” (“Bengala” in Japanese). The town flourished around 1...
地域タグ:高梁市
Bitchu Matsuyama Castle and its town、備中松山城と岡山県高梁市
Most of castle towers were demolished after the feudal era, and eight towers were burned during the WW2. Only twelve towers remain until now...
地域タグ:高梁市
Katsushika City Museum、葛飾区郷土と天文の博物館
Katsushika Ward at the eastern end of Tokyo is a flat area which is between rivers. It is a high-density residential area, but it was a rice...
地域タグ:葛飾区
Adachi is one of 23 wards of Tokyo, which is in the eastern part of it. It is a residential area, but it had rich fields until 1950s. It is...
地域タグ:足立区
Kita City Asukayama Museum、北区飛鳥山博物館
Asukayama in Tokyo is famous for sakura (cherry blossoms) . The 8 th generation shogun “Tokugawa Yoshimune” developed the hill as a sakur...
地域タグ:北区
Sumida Heritage Museum、すみだ郷土文化資料館
The museum is at Mukoujima in Sumida ward, which is near Asakusa in Tokyo. The area beside the Sumida River developed into a resort area af...
地域タグ:墨田区
Toyo Bunko (The Oriental Library) is a library and research institute to study Asian history and culture, which has around ninety years hist...
地域タグ:東京都
Bunkyo ward in Tokyo developed into the city area in the Edo period (1603 ~ 1868). There were many residences of daimyo lords and samurai b...
地域タグ:文京区
Ota City Folk Museum、大田区立郷土博物館
Ota is one of 23 wards of Tokyo, which is in the southern part of Tokyo. The most attractive exhibit for me was Fuji- kou ; it is a religiou...
地域タグ:大田区
Acupuncture, moxibustion and massage museum in Ryogoku sumo wrestling district、鍼灸あん摩博物館と両国国技館
Acupuncture, moxibustion and massage museum 、鍼灸あん摩博物館 The small museum is in Sugiyama treatment center, which is related to Sugiyama Waich...
地域タグ:墨田区
Tokiwaso Manga Museum、トキワ荘マンガミュージアム
Tokiwaso was a legendary apartment in Tokyo. Gifted manga artists such as Fujiko.F.Fujio who created “Doraemon” lived together in the ear...
地域タグ:豊島区
Shounai-rice historical museum in Sankyo warehouse、庄内米歴史資料館と山居倉庫
Sankyo warehouse is in Sakata which is a port city on the Sea of Japan coast. The warehouse was built in 1893 as facility of a rice exchang...
地域タグ:酒田市
Sakata in northern Japan developed into a port city on the Sea of Japan coast . It was a base of two regular sea lines. One line went north,...
地域タグ:酒田市
Three Mountains of Dewa and Ideha Cultural Museum、出羽三山&いでは文化記念館
It is written, “ The Three Mountains of Dewa have been worshipped since days of old. The journey through Mt. Haguro, Mt. Gassan, and Mt. Y...
地域タグ:鶴岡市
Chido Museum (2/2)、致道博物館 part2
Link to Part 1 of this article (Exhibits of old fishing tools, sake containers, clothes and so on) 、 パート 1 ( ← リンク)は、昔の漁具や酒樽、衣服などです。 Ph...
地域タグ:鶴岡市
Chido Museum (1/2)、致道博物館 part1
The museum is in Tsuruoka City which is in northern Japan and near the Japan Sea. Tsuruoka used to be a castle city in which Sakai clan ( f...
地域タグ:鶴岡市
Oshagiri festival museum and Japan Sea Parkline、おしゃぎり会館と日本海パークライン
Oshagiri festival museum (Murakami local museum) 、おしゃぎり会館(村上市郷土資料館) Festive float is called “Oshagiri” in Murakami City , which is located i...
地域タグ:村上市
Murakami cultural history museum、村上歴史文化館
Murakami City is famous for “salmon”; it is in central Japan and is on the Japan Sea coast. There are three museums (Murakami cultural histo...
地域タグ:村上市
The museum is in Murakami City which is in central Japan and on the Japan Sea coast. It is beside Miomote River in which salmons come every ...
地域タグ:村上市
Karuizawa Oiwakejuku Museum of Local History、軽井沢町追分宿郷土館
Karuizawa Town, which is one of the most popular summer resorts, was a transportation hub. Oiwake-juku ( post town ) in Karuizawa Town was t...
地域タグ:軽井沢町
The Karuizawa Museum of History and Culture、軽井沢歴史民俗資料館
Karuizawa, which is one of the most popular summer resorts, was a post town of an old highway called Nakasendou . The museum is near th...
地域タグ:軽井沢町
Kameyama Shachu memorial museum、亀山社中記念館
The small wooden museum in Nagasaki City in western Japan is the place where the hero in the end of Edo period (1603 ~ 1868) stationed . ...
地域タグ:長崎市
Site of former Dutch Factory on Dejima in Nagasaki、出島和蘭商館跡
During the Edo period (1603 ~ 1868), the shogunate (ruler) kept the national isolation policy. Japan had diplomatic relations with China, K...
地域タグ:長崎市
Nagasaki Museum of History and Culture (2/2)、長崎歴史文化博物館 part2
During the Edo period (1603 ~ 1868), the shogunate (ruler) kept the national isolation policy. Japan had diplomatic relations with China,...
地域タグ:長崎市
Nagasaki Museum of History and Culture (1/2)、長崎歴史文化博物館 part1
During the Edo period (1603 ~ 1868), the shogunate (ruler) kept the national isolation policy. Japan had diplomatic relations with China, K...
地域タグ:長崎県
The Kyushu Ceramic Museum、佐賀県立 九州陶磁文化館
The huge museum is in Arita Town of Kyushu Island, which is one of the four main islands of Japan. We can see abundant ceramics for free...
地域タグ:有田町
Yoshinogari Historical Park、吉野ヶ里歴史公園
Yoshinogari is one of the most famous ruins in Japan. It was revealed during construction of an industrial park. It’s ruins in the Yayoi per...
地域タグ:佐賀県
Kitsuki castle town museum、きつき城下町資料館
The structure of Kitsuki in Oita Prefecture (southern Japan) is very special . There are two plateaus in the town in which there were samu...
地域タグ:杵築市
Oita Prefectural Museum of History(2/2)、大分県立歴史博物館 part 2
Culture of Rokugosan 、六郷山の文化 In the ancient, a mountain worship (Buddhism) initiated in Kunisaki Peninsula and many temples were built. ...
地域タグ:大分県
Oita Prefectural Museum of History(1/2)、大分県立歴史博物館 part 1
This historical museum is unique, because it focuses on the faith . It’s good. We can understand what and how people have worshipped, and ho...
地域タグ:大分県
Beppu onsen (hot-spring) is one of the most popular resorts in Japan. It gushes out abundant and various kinds hot-water . Moreover, there ...
地域タグ:別府市
Kyushu National Museum、九州国立博物館
The museum is at the ancient political center of Kyushu Island, which is one of the four main islands of Japan. The huge permanent exhibit...
地域タグ:福岡県
Life in a fishing village and the role of women (published in 1946) (2/2)、漁村の生活と婦人の役割 part2
Author: Segawa Kiyoko 、 瀬川清子 人の楽しみの発見度: Very Good ★★ ☆ 村の民俗(民俗民芸双書 89 、 岩崎美術社、 1982 )に掲載 In the part2, I highlight fun things i...
Life in a fishing village and the role of women (published in 1946) (1/2)、漁村の生活と婦人の役割 part1
Author: Segawa Kiyoko 、瀬川清子 人の楽しみの発見度: Very Good ★★ ☆ 村の民俗(民俗民芸双書 89 、岩崎美術社、 1982 )に掲載 Values of fishers are different from f...
Old dietary habit in Japan (published in 1968) (3/3)、食生活の歴史 part3
Author: Segawa Kiyoko 、 瀬川清子 人の楽しみの発見度: Very Good ★★ ☆ Contents 、目次 1 . Staple food 、主食料 ( Part1 ) 2 . Cooking method of staple...
Old dietary habit in Japan (published in 1968) (2/3)、食生活の歴史 part2
Author: Segawa Kiyoko 、 瀬川清子 Contents 、目次 1 . Staple food 、主食料 ( Part 1 ) 2 . Cooking method of staple food 、主食料の食べ方 ( Part1 ) 3 . Ing...
Old dietary habit in Japan (published in 1968) (1/3)、食生活の歴史 part1
Published in 1968 Author: Segawa Kiyoko 、 瀬川清子 人の楽しみの発見度:Good ★★ ☆ Rebuilt irori fireplace and foods Nagano Prefectural Museum...
The Forgotten Japanese (published in 1960 )(6/6)、忘れられた日本人 part6
Author : Miyamoto Tsuneichi ( 1907-1981 )、著者:宮本常一 Part1 of this article Fun of studying 、知る楽しみ ・ Interviewees with literacy 、 文...
The Forgotten Japanese (published in 1960 )(5/6)、忘れられた日本人 part5
Author : Miyamoto Tsuneichi ( 1907-1981 )、著者:宮本常一 Part1 of this article Lovemaking 、男女間の楽しみ ・ TOSA GENJI 、土佐源氏 Many topics a...
The Forgotten Japanese (published in 1960 )(4/6)、忘れられた日本人 part4
Author : Miyamoto Tsuneichi ( 1907-1981 )、著者:宮本常一 Part1 of this article Fun during nomadic life (2) 、流離(さすら)いの中の楽しみ (2) Wayfarers...
The Forgotten Japanese (published in 1960 )(3/6)、忘れられた日本人 part3
Author : Miyamoto Tsuneichi ( 1907-1981 )、著者:宮本常一 Part1 of this article Fun during nomadic life 、流離(さすら)いの中の楽しみ ・ Knowledgeable p...
The Forgotten Japanese (published in 1960 )(2/6)、忘れられた日本人 part2
Author : Miyamoto Tsuneichi ( 1907-1981 )、著者:宮本常一 Part1 of this article Entertainments (singing and performance) 、歌などの芸能・余興の楽し...
The Forgotten Japanese (published in 1960 )(1/6)、忘れられた日本人 part1
1960 年出版 Author : Miyamoto Tsuneichi ( 1907-1981 )、著者:宮本常一 人の楽しみの発見度: Excellent ★★ ★ Dr. Miyamoto was a folklore scholar who wal...
地域タグ:対馬市
Ryokou Youjin Shu “Things to know while traveling” (published in 1810) (3/3)、旅行用心集 part3
Author: Yasumi Roan 、八隅 蘆庵 Link pages: Part 1 and Parr 2 of this article (←パート1とパート2はこちらのリンクからご覧ください) Secrets and rare methods aga...
Ryokou Youjin Shu “Things to know while traveling” (published in 1810) (2/3)、旅行用心集 part2
Author: Yasumi Roan 、八隅 蘆庵、 Part 1 of this article Regarding important things, the author wrote respective chapters. Although some o...
Ryokou Youjin Shu “Things to know while traveling” (published in 1810) (1/3)、旅行用心集 part1
Published in 1810 、 1810 年出版 Author: Yasumi Roan 、八隅 蘆庵 Supervisor of a translation project: Sakurai Masanobu 、桜井正信 人の楽しみの発見度: Excellent...
Fujikawa post town museum、藤川宿資料館
Fujikawa is located in Aichi Prefecture in central Japan. It was a small post town on Toukaidou (highway) which linked Tokyo and Kyoto....
地域タグ:岡崎市
“ Manzai” is the New Year’s performance , and there were many performers in Mikawa region in central Japan. The performers visited residenc...
地域タグ:安城市
Anjo City Museum of History、安城市歴史博物館
Anjo City is around 30km southeast of Nagoya in central Japan. The museum shows us not only many historical exhibits but also folklore on...
地域タグ:安城市
KARIYA city Museum of History、刈谷市歴史博物館
The huge museum is in Kariya where is near Toukaidou (highway) and is the established place of TOYOTA. Toukaidou has been the major highway...
地域タグ:刈谷市
Chiryu history and folklore museum、知立市歴史民俗資料館
Chiryu city is around 25 km southeast of Nagoya in central Japan. It was a post town of Toukaidou highway in the Edo period (1603 ~ 1868...
地域タグ:知立市
Yokkaichi Municipal Museum、四日市市立博物館
The museum is very unique, because there are no explanation panels and are full-scale models . We watch and think, however we can access t...
地域タグ:四日市市
The castle was burned by airstrike in 1945; the castle tower was rebuilt in 1959 and the palace was done in 2018 . The color of the interio...
地域タグ:名古屋市
Inuyama Castle and museums(2/2)、犬山城と城下の資料館(2/2)
Part1 of this article is written about “Inuyama Castle” and “Shiro to Machi museum” (Inuyama Artifacts Museum) Inuyama Castle and museums...
地域タグ:犬山市
Inuyama Castle and museums(1/2)、犬山城と城下の資料館(1/2)
Inuyama City is north of Nagoya in central Japan. It has Inuyama Castle which is a national treasure designated by Japanese government. Be...
地域タグ:犬山市
The hotel was founded in 1860 beside scenic Nagara River in central Japan; visitors come to enjoy ukai (cormorant fishing) or playing at t...
地域タグ:岐阜市
Nagaragawa Ukai Museum、長良川うかいミュージアム
Nagaragawa (river) in Gifu Prefecture of central Japan is famous for cormorant fishing ( ukai ) . Fishermen train cormorants (birds) an...
地域タグ:岐阜市
Gifu City Museum of History、岐阜市歴史博物館
Gifu City in central Japan is famous for Ukai (cormorant fishing) and Oda Nobunaga (feudal warlord, 1534-1582). Nobunaga stayed there o...
地域タグ:岐阜市
Gifu City is famous for Ukai (cormorant fishing) and Oda Nobunaga (feudal warlord, 1534-1582). Nobunaga was the very powerful war lord...
地域タグ:岐阜市
The museum is in front of Ogaki Castle ; it used to be in the castle’s site. The classy garden and interior calm down our minds. The mus...
地域タグ:大垣市
It is written, “The castle was used as the headquarters of the West Army and was one of the fierce battle sites”. It was “Battle of Sekiga...
地域タグ:大垣市
“ Waju” is river islands in the central Japan. Waju-life museum was a landowner’s house which has a Mizuya (or literary water house) for ...
地域タグ:大垣市
“ Waju” is a river island in the central Japan. Waju museum shows us their lives by photos and models. English panels would help your u...
地域タグ:大垣市
What did Japanese do for fun more than 100 years ago? 昔の人々の楽しみとは? (vol.1/r.3、four of four/その4)
Contents 1.Fun of working、働く楽しみ( Part1 ) 2. Various funs in leisure hours、余暇の楽しみいろいろ( Part2 ) 3. Fun of Gathering、集まる楽しみ( Part2 ) 4. Fun of ...
What did Japanese do for fun more than 100 years ago? 昔の人々の楽しみとは? (vol.1/r.3、three of four/その3)
Contents 1.Fun of working、働く楽しみ ( Part1 ) 2 . Various funs in leisure hours 、余暇の楽しみいろいろ( Part2 ) 3 . Fun of Gathering 、集まる楽しみ( Part2 )...
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It’s an actually “Museum of Cultural History”. We can know not only political history but also cultural history especially people’s one . I...
The residence is at the port town “Mikuni” in Fukui prefecture. Products of Fukui were gathered at Mikuni through Kuzuryu River, and shippe...
The museum is in Sakai City (Fukui prefecture in central Japan) which has a port “Mikuni-minato” . The port prospered in the Edo period (...
The museum is in a popular ex- post-town “Tsumago” on Nakasendou highway which linked Edo (old name of Tokyo) and Kyoto. It is in Nagano ...
The museum is in a popular ex- post-town “Tsumago” on Nakasendou highway which linked Edo (old name of Tokyo) and Kyoto. It is in Nagano ...
Forest occupies 96% of Okuwa village in Kiso region of central Japan. Its important industry has been forestry. Okuwa people grow high qual...
Although the facility (upper left) is in a roadside rest area, it shows us the nature and the faith of Mt. Ontake very well. It is an att...
Kaida Highland (1100 ~ 1200m above sea level) is at the foot of Mt. Ontake (3,067m) in central Japan. It was formed by the collapsing of Mt...
Kiso-Fukushima was a post-town on Nakasendou highway which linked Edo (old name of Tokyo) and Kyoto. It is in Nagano prefecture of central...
There were checkpoints at major highways until the Edoperiod (1603 ~ 1868). Kiso-Fukushima checkpoint was one of the four major ones alon...
Kiso-Fukushima was a post-town on Nakasendou highway which linked Edo (old name of Tokyo) and Kyoto. It is in Nagano prefecture of central...
The legendary samurai “Kiso Yoshinaka” (Minamoto no Yoshinaka, 1154-1184) grew up here ; his lineage led to an emperor. He rebelled against ...
The museum is near Yabuhara post-town in Nagano prefecture of central Japan. It was on Nakasendou highway which linked Edo (old name of...
The museum is at Narai post-town in Nagano prefecture of central Japan. It was on Nakasendou highway which linked Edo (old name of Tokyo...
The museum is at Narai post-town in Nagano prefecture of central Japan. It was on Nakasendou highway which linked Edo (old name of Tokyo) ...
There were checkpoints at major highways until the Edo period (1603 ~ 1868). The ex-checkpoint was rebuilt in 1976 due to strong requests ...
Motoseba is in Nagano prefecture of central Japan, and is at the foot of high mountains which are called “Japan Alps” . The museum introduce...
Wada post-town in Nagano prefecture of central Japan was on Nakasendou highway which linked Edo (old name of Tokyo) and Kyoto. There is a ...
Nagawa history museum 、長和の里 歴史館 The museum is near Nagakubo post-town in Nagano prefecture of central Japan. The post-town was on Nakase...
Nagakubo post-town in Nagano prefecture of central Japan was developed when Nakasendou highway was constructed; the highway linked Edo (ol...
Hirokane mansion 、広兼邸 The view of the mansion from the carpark looks like a castle. Hirokane family was a village head and they thrived...
Fukiya town is the birthplace of red iron oxide (pigment) which is called “Japan-red” (“Bengala” in Japanese). The town flourished around 1...
Most of castle towers were demolished after the feudal era, and eight towers were burned during the WW2. Only twelve towers remain until now...
Katsushika Ward at the eastern end of Tokyo is a flat area which is between rivers. It is a high-density residential area, but it was a rice...
Adachi is one of 23 wards of Tokyo, which is in the eastern part of it. It is a residential area, but it had rich fields until 1950s. It is...
Asukayama in Tokyo is famous for sakura (cherry blossoms) . The 8 th generation shogun “Tokugawa Yoshimune” developed the hill as a sakur...
The museum is at Mukoujima in Sumida ward, which is near Asakusa in Tokyo. The area beside the Sumida River developed into a resort area af...
Toyo Bunko (The Oriental Library) is a library and research institute to study Asian history and culture, which has around ninety years hist...
Bunkyo ward in Tokyo developed into the city area in the Edo period (1603 ~ 1868). There were many residences of daimyo lords and samurai b...
Ota is one of 23 wards of Tokyo, which is in the southern part of Tokyo. The most attractive exhibit for me was Fuji- kou ; it is a religiou...
Acupuncture, moxibustion and massage museum 、鍼灸あん摩博物館 The small museum is in Sugiyama treatment center, which is related to Sugiyama Waich...
Tokiwaso was a legendary apartment in Tokyo. Gifted manga artists such as Fujiko.F.Fujio who created “Doraemon” lived together in the ear...
Sankyo warehouse is in Sakata which is a port city on the Sea of Japan coast. The warehouse was built in 1893 as facility of a rice exchang...
Sakata in northern Japan developed into a port city on the Sea of Japan coast . It was a base of two regular sea lines. One line went north,...
It is written, “ The Three Mountains of Dewa have been worshipped since days of old. The journey through Mt. Haguro, Mt. Gassan, and Mt. Y...
Link to Part 1 of this article (Exhibits of old fishing tools, sake containers, clothes and so on) 、 パート 1 ( ← リンク)は、昔の漁具や酒樽、衣服などです。 Ph...
The museum is in Tsuruoka City which is in northern Japan and near the Japan Sea. Tsuruoka used to be a castle city in which Sakai clan ( f...
Oshagiri festival museum (Murakami local museum) 、おしゃぎり会館(村上市郷土資料館) Festive float is called “Oshagiri” in Murakami City , which is located i...
Murakami City is famous for “salmon”; it is in central Japan and is on the Japan Sea coast. There are three museums (Murakami cultural histo...
The museum is in Murakami City which is in central Japan and on the Japan Sea coast. It is beside Miomote River in which salmons come every ...