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15 Responses to “Premium Lesson #13 - SS9: Taking a Photograph”
Saturday at 6:30 pm
Mina-san, have you ever been to Meiji Shrine? On 文化の日 (Culture Day), you can see 流鏑馬 (やぶさめ). This is an ancient contest where guys dress in formal samurai garb and ride very fast on a horse past a small target and shoot it with a bow and arrow. Very, very cool.
Saturday at 10:28 pm
sounds like peter wrote that!
i’ve been in tokyo
i’ve been in harajuku
but
i’ve never
not even once
been near the meiji
shrine
was almost there
on new years day
2005
but we
decided not to go
as there
would be too many
people there.
its unlikely that
i would be in kanto
any time soon
either
how
unfortunate
Saturday at 10:32 pm
I’ve never been but will eventually go.
Peter-san,
I’m sure Japanese at the shrine will thank you for that one.
Love your attitude - take photos anyway!
Sunday at 12:53 am
I love Meiji Jingu !!!!
i didn’t now about 流鏑馬. Sounds great ! What day is 文化の日?Sometimes in November, right ?
Las time I was in Tokyo, there was a Noh play in Meiji Jingu. Unfortunately, it was completely booked weeks in advance, and I couldn’t get a ticket…
Meiji Jingu is also a good place to see traditional weddings, and the beautiful kimonos the brides wear. Though I’m not sure i would be too happy to have tourists taking souvenir pictures at my wedding…
Sunday at 2:16 am
I had to check my slang dictionary for ブス
It says you can also use it as a suffix to say what comes before it is really bad.
ふゆこは色女だけど、性格ブスなやつだ。
Fuyuko is hot but she’s a right b***h (has a terrible personality).
The colourful sign kind of ruins the traditional feel of the setting
I was just watching an episode of Doraemon with こいのぼり though, I hadn’t heard of them before. http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=4LMB_kmsmoU
Sunday at 7:39 pm
Is that Gozilla in the last seconds of the dialogue?
I’ve been to Meiji-jingu on 七五三 once. That was quite cool seeing all those kids dressed up in cute kimonos with all generations of their family snapping pictures.
I love Meiji-jingu a green oasis in the city especially during the sweltering summer heat.
Sunday at 11:24 pm
For an example of something ugly, “a baby giraffe”?!?! LOL! How much do you love Peter? ^_~
psst, Peter: A baby lemur will have you checking under the bed
: http://mfrost.typepad.com/cute_overload/2008/02/behbeh-lemur-le.html
Monday at 12:07 am
せっかく is a really useful word! i never realized it until recently. but my impression is it carries some emotional weight, so it’s good if you’re trying to show your special someone that you went of your way for them
keep this word in mind for White Day, guys!
Thursday at 12:51 pm
Yes, I’ve been to Meiji Shrine. It’s really beautifull. And kinda amazing that there is such a big park insinde a huge city like Tokyo.
Green space for everyone.
Friday at 9:47 pm
I have a picture that my grandparents took in 1949 of one of the tori gates, although I’m not sure if it is Meiji Jingu or not. It looks like it might be. My grandparents met in Japan (neither was Japanese though) after World War II. They were both contractors that helped in the restoration after the war. I have got to get the full story from my Grandma… I’d like to plan a visit to see some of the same sights that they did based on the pictures I have, although looking at something from 1949 will be very different from the way it looks now.
Saturday at 12:47 am
you should post that pic! sounds cool!
Saturday at 1:52 am
I have only scanned in a couple of these pictures so far. You can see them here: http://flickr.com/photos/bloritsch/sets/72157600167743133/
I don’t know if it will work, but this is the one I was referring to in particular:
Saturday at 2:07 am
http://flickr.com/photos/bloritsch/475082751/in/set-72157600167743133/
is that the bridge going into the imperial palace?
very cool pictures! thanks!
Saturday at 2:16 am
Honestly, I do not know. I’m not even confident that all the rolls are only for their time in Japan. My grandma traveled all over the place before she meet my grandpa. Most were in boxes with the year 1949 printed on them, but many were just lying about. I’m going to do my best to print them traditionally, but the negatives are deteriorating which is a great shame. The stuff they used to make negatives with is not archival, and they weren’t stored in the best of conditions.
My personal goal for when I visit Japan (date unknown) is to try and retrace at least some of their steps and see how much things have changed. If anyone can recognize where these pictures are from, please let me know.
Saturday at 3:29 am
http://www.evworld.com/evalbum/imperial_palace/palace_bridge.jpg
i’m convinced it’s “kokyo” (the imperial palace). this spot used to be Edo Castle and was the center of government in the Edo Era. most of the castle was torn down in the Meiji Era and the rest was destroyed in the Great Kanto Earthquake and fire bombed in WWII. so just a few peripheral buildings are left (most were actually reconstructed anyways, so none of it is truly authentic). the bridge in the photograph dates from the Meiji Era (you can tell by it’s 1870’s european design). but even today that spot is a terrific photo spot on the inner moat of the former Edo Castle.
just a bit of trivia…
the road in front of the jpod101 office is called sotobori, which means “outer moat” and it used to be… the outer moat of Edo Castle. awwwww yeah!
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