Went to Asukayama Park near Oji Station yesterday. I've passed by the area many times and seen the gondola leading to the top but never knew what was up there until now. It's a really big park dedicated to Shibusawa Eiichi, known as the father of capitalism in Japan.

The park has a bunch of monuments and cultural properties to check out so I managed to take a lot of photos and I'll be uploading them over the next few days. I chose a good day to go it seems too, as there was an event going on. It involved some traditional dances (I think from the Oji area), and it involved some sort of sash that kind of reminded me of a kimono obi, but I'm not sure exactly what it is. They had a taiko drum as well but it seems I didn't make it in time to watch them playing, I only heard it in the distance when I was walking to the park.

I thought it was really cool seeing all the different monuments though. Many of them were several hundred years old and the Japanese on them was also and older form, so it was hard for me to read a lot of them lol. It was a really enjoyable experience though, so I'll upload some more photos tomorrow!

浜のコンテストでした！
優勝出来ませんでしたが凄い楽しかったです！
味噌六大太鼓が打ててとても気持ちよかったです！！

今日は久しぶりにお散歩中のお客さんが来てくれました。
最初は太鼓の音が怖くて逃げていく子もいましたが、今は駆け足で挨拶しにきてくれます。
みんな元気そうで嬉しい

光が差し込む高架下
ひみつ基地のような練習場所です
たまーに猫や犬たちが聴きにきます

市川の三番瀬。
晴れも好きだけど、この時期のモヤっとした曇りがとても落ち着くので好きです。
ここの方々は皆さんとても優しくて、練習していると
頑張ってね！！！
と声をかけてくださいます。

色々な想いをした場所だけれど
大好きな場所です。

和太鼓を使った紙芝居です！
この頃はまだイベントができたので、国内外、老若男女問わず沢山の方が見て下さり、拍手やかけ声をしてくれました！！
私達の紙芝居は絵があるだけでなく、エネルギーや楽しさを沢山の方にお届けします！✨

今のご時世の感染対策&ソーシャルディスタンスを守った紙芝居口演も変わらずのエネルギーと楽しさをお届けするので、是非口演がある際は足をお運びくださいませ！！

From when I was traveling.

Todaiji Temple and The Golden Pavilion plus various other places