Yukiko's blog!!~Kyoto・Hanamachi・Maiko・Geisha・Culture. English book.~
Hello everyone. It's July and the Gion Festival is here!Pre-festival → 7/14~7/16 "Yoiyama Event" 7/17 "Yamahoko Procession"Atomatsuri → 7/21~7/23 "Yoiyama Event" 7/24 "Yamahoko Procession" "Flower Parasol Procession"On this day, you will be able to see the magnificent sight you've seen on TV in Kyoto!!How will you spend your summer sightseeing in Kyoto? I'd like to go to the zoo, aquarium or art museum.Hello!! I'm yukiko.Kyoto is the Gion festival now.Sakimatsuri(the first Festival) July 14-16 [Festival Eve (yoiyama)] July 17 [Yamahoko float procession]Atomatsuri(the later festival) July 21-23 [Festival Eve (yoiyama)] July 24 [Yamahoko float procession] [Hanagasa float procession]Everyone come to see the Gion Festival (#^^#)!!!!!(*This is M-san, a repeat customer who visited us the other day. We chose her for this photo because it was a summer image.)(This is the image of the summer.)↑↑Now, let's change the subject completely and talk about how to spend your time in the waiting room at "GION AYA Maiko Experience Center," where you can experience transforming into a maiko.We have magazines in the waiting room, but we will now be stocking books that will help you understand maiko culture better - v(^-^)vThis blog is a story of Japanese traditional book. This book is written in English!!!It is in the waiting room.The front is in Japanese and English. The back is in English only (if you can read it, please give it a try).Both books are about the entertainment district and culture of maiko.What is "Hanamachi"? What kind of culture is Japanese culture?For example, it is written like this!!For example .....!! Of course it is written about Maiko and Geiko.As you read, you will see that in addition to their daily work, maikos and geikos have a lot of seasonal work to do.Among them, now is summer.Summer:
・summer!!!There is a hairpin that we would love you to wear this season (#^^#)!!They have a lot of work. In addition to their daily work, they have work every season of japan.Ah!! That's right!!! Do you know what summer hair accessories are like?Summer hair accessories are this!!!!!It looks cool, right? (=*@*=)Japanese fan It looks cool (=*@*=)And we have M-san appearing again↓↓It's an image of summer.A clean outfit for maximum freshness!Finally, with a fan with "Gion Festival" written on it..."Unified color coordinates ☆☆☆Together with real Japanese fan...."""Come to Kyoto in the summer"[[[ Welcome to Kyoto in the summer ]]]