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Shimizumachi

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    • Day 21

      Shizuoka Sengen Shrine

      October 26 in Japan ⋅ ☁️ 23 °C

      Next we visited another shrine, the Shizuoka Sengen Shrine, where the first shogun received is youth blessings, this is when children are 3, 5 & 7 go to the temple to give thanks for their growth and to pray for their future growth into good adulthood.Read more

    • Day 9

      Синкансэн

      March 28 in Japan ⋅ ☁️ 11 °C

      Высокоскоростная сеть железных дорог в Японии. Первая линия с 17 станциями была открыта между Осакой и Токио в 1964г к летней Олимпиаде. Эти поезда еше называют "поезд - пуля". Скорость 300 км/час, ходят каждые 5 минут и перевозят 1000 пассажиров каждый . Впечатляет.
      Сегодня наша группа из 14 человек самостоятельно, без гида, переместились из Токио в Киото и по достоинству оценила этот вид транспорта 👌👌👌
      На завтрак я себе выбрала рыбный вариант, там оказались гефилтэ фиш😜и мацебол😉, мне так показалось 🤗

      https://www.nippon.com/ru/japan-glances/jg00135/
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    • Day 49

      Miho no Matsubara

      May 3, 2023 in Japan ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C

      Direction Miho no Matsubara, un petit coin au large de Shizuoka, longé par la mer et depuis lequel on peut voir à la fois la péninsule d’Izu et le Mont Fuji. La météo était au rendez-vous donc j’ai pu de nouveau profiter de la splendeur du Mont Fuji. Ensuite, j’ai écrit à la japonaise rencontrée la veille pour lui dire où j’étais et, avec ses amis, ils sont venus me chercher. J’ai donc passé le reste de la journée chez ces japonais adorables, si généreux, autour d’un barbecue et avec leurs deux caniches à caresser. Ils hébergeaient à ce moment-là une jeune lycéenne allemande (quelle chance de vivre une telle expérience à 16 ans !). Après le long déjeuner, une des japonaises nous a conduites à un point de vue sur le Mont Fuji. Celui-ci commençait doucement à s’estomper dans le paysage et il apparaissait comme surplombant les nuages, c’était splendide. Ensuite, j’ai été reconduite en voiture jusqu’à mon auberge de jeunesse où j’ai récupéré mes affaires pour aller dans un autre hébergement car ils étaient complets - les adorables japonais qui m’avaient invitée m’ont transportée jusqu’à ce nouvel endroit avec toutes mes affaires. Une belle journée !Read more

    • Day 27

      Shimizu Geigi

      October 12, 2023 in Japan ⋅ 🌙 66 °F

      A small troupe of geishas called Shimizu Geigi came aboard to give a show tonight. Contrary to what some Americans think, Geishas are not ladies of the evening. On the contrary, they are professional entertainers who begin training at around 15 years of age. They must prepare for years to learn traditional Japanese music, dances, poetry and storytelling. The profession began in the sixteenth century. Geishas originally served as entertainers for the wealthy Japanese businessmen who made fortunes trading with the Dutch and Portuguese. Tonight’s performance ended with members of the audience joining the Geishas in a sixteenth-century game called “Tiger, Tiger.” (Tora, Tora). It is something like our game of “Rock, Paper, Scissors.” When the vocalist sings “Tiger, Tiger,” the participant assume the position of a tiger, a hunter, or an old woman. The hunter can kill the tiger. The tiger can kill the old woman. The old woman beats the hunter because she is his mother. Our friend Hamid was volunteered to play the game, and they all had the audience in stitches.Read more

    • Day 17

      Shimizu

      September 3 in Japan ⋅ ☁️ 27 °C

      Arrived around 6:00am and got a photo of Mt Fuji in cloud but after lunch the clouds disappeared and she was an amazing sight for a very short time until the clouds and rain arrived to bid us farewell back to Tokyo, t was extremely windy here today which allowed this to happen apparently, according to the locals.

      Shimizu is a town in Suntō District of Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 August 2019, the town had an estimated population of 32,453 in 14058 households and a population density of 3,700 persons per km2. The total area of the town was 8.81 square kilometres.

      Not a lot to do around the port area but a last little bit of shopping, I found some good Nike runners and acted pairs of good traveling shorts. 👍

      The local market stalls were set up when we arrived and did a roaring business being our last port before getting off tomorrow, and everyone getting rid of their Yen 🇯🇵

      A nice entertainment area around the waterfront for kids and many restaurants to choose from, a few parks and a large market area for weekends.
      There were local sightseeing boats docked but not operating today.
      Overall a great trip, heating back to Tokyo tonight to catch our flight home.
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    • Day 28

      Tour of Shimizu

      October 13, 2023 in Japan ⋅ ☀️ 68 °F

      Shimizu is the port to the thriving city of Shizuoka. With nothing pressing on the agenda today we simply took a lovely bus tour of the area. Perhaps this city’s major attraction is its glorious views of Mount Fuji. There is also a beautiful black beach that opens onto an emerald blue bay nearly two miles deep.

      Our guide took us to a Shinto shrine with an interesting history. In ancient times the gods came and went from earth, landing in this luxurious maritime pine forest. A wealthy Japanese family bought the land. In the early 20th century their son fell in love with a French ballerina in Paris. They married, and the description he gave of his homeland made her long to come to Japan. She died young, at the age of 35, before she could come here. Her husband transported her body here and buried her in this mysteriously divine pine forest. After he died, he joined her here, and his family built their lovely monument in the deep, dark woods by the ocean. They still lie here together.

      Next our bus took us up the highest mountain in this part of Japan. Surrounding a gargantuan communications tower is an observation platform that gives spectacular views of Fuji-san on a clear day. This area will never make it onto the travelogues, but it is as nice a place as I have ever visited. Actually, with the overwhelming kindness of the Japanese people, I think I could live here.
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    • Day 156

      Shimizu, Japan - Toshogu Shrine - 1 of 2

      June 19, 2023 in Japan ⋅ ☁️ 81 °F

      Shimizu is a beautiful port located in the north end of the Izu Peninusula and a quaint little town established in 1889 where two rivers flow. After merging with 11 small hamlets, this became an official town in 1963. We visited the two main sites here, the “famous” view of Mt Fuji and the Shrine of Tokugawa Ieyasu the founder of the shogunate.

      The day began with an Official Ceremony with the town “mayor” (local official) and our ship’s Captain. Each time the Oceania Insignia arrives a a port that it has never visited, there is a welcoming ceremony along with speeches, gifts (of the town and of the ship) and flowers exchanged by both sides. It is a civil, peaceful and official way to be welcomed and to appreciate arrival to a new port (see photos).

      Next, we took a tour that began with a bus ride to the Nihondaira Ropeway (or cable car). We went up this cable car .7 miles and 394 feet and had views of the Suruga Bay with Mt Fuji clouded in the background.

      At the top we walked “many” stone stairways taking us to the Kunozan Toshogu Shinto Shrine dedicated to the feudal lord Tokugawa leyasu who unified Japan in the early 1600s. Of course, in earlier times, worshippers and priests walked all the way from the bottom (an additional 1000 steps).

      Kunouzan is named after the founder Kuno Tadahito, who established a temple dedicated to Kannon-Bosatsu, during the time of Emperor Suiko (600 A.D.) Kuno-ji Temple was once a complex consisting of over 330 buildings attracting many famous Buddhist monks which ended due to a fire at the base of the mountain around 1225 and there are no remains of the original complex. In 1568 a castle was build atop Kunouzan and was named Kuno-jo Castle and in 1582 Kunouzan and all the surrounding lands within Suruga-no-kuni became possessions of the Tokugawa clan.

      Tokugawa leyasu was the first Shogun and his son built this Shrine after his death for his tomb … talk about a tribute. The shrine has a history of over 400 years, and enshrines Lord Tokugawa Ieyasu, who founded the Tokugawa Shogunate in 1603 that brought peace to Japan for 265 years. He devoted his life to bringing peace to Japan, by unifying a country that had fragmented into many warring states controlled by warlords and generals into a unified state, bringing an end to a long period of civil war. The basis of Tokugawa Ieyasu’s nation building policy was to value the life of the individual, to develop and strengthen education throughout the country and to pursue peaceful relations with foreign powers through diplomacy and trade.

      When you get to the Shrine, there are many buildings, shrines, purification areas, bells and other artifacts until you finally reach the tomb where he was buried in 1616. The Ishi-no-ma is the sunken space between the main hall and the worship hall that first started here at Kunozan Toshogu. It became a new architectural standard for shrines and temples. This style of shrine building with an Ishi-no-ma is called ‘Gongen-Zukuri” (the name also given to the Shogun). The Ishi-no-ma is an important space connecting the world of the gods and the world of mortals, where many religious rites are performed. The shrine has many beautiful sculptures and paintings and conveys an important message of peace from Tokugawa Ieyasu to us living in the modern era. Many annual events are also experienced in this sacred location.

      Considering when the first Temple was built here around 592 and the subsequent Shrines, this is an amazing feat and quite beautiful and meaningful experience. Of course, when you come down the mountain and down all the steps and the cable car and finally reach the place you started, it is “traditional” to have an “orange” (the fruit of Japan is mandarin orange) ice cream!
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    • Day 4

      Lake Kawaguchi - Oishi Park

      June 1 in Japan ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C

      Second biggest and most accessible of the Fuji Five Lakes. It is a hot spring resort town with various tourist attractions and views of Mount Fuji. Unfortunately cloudy when we got there. Loved the little dog!Read more

    • Day 13

      Back on land!

      July 19 in Japan ⋅ ☁️ 32 °C

      Under the bridge and we are back to Yokohama. Super quick debarkation off the ship and in a taxi at 7.45. To the station and the train to Tomachi station right near our hotel. It’s nice to be back. A warm greeting an upgrade and although our room isn’t ready we are shown through to the exec lounge for light breakfast and drinks. So nice. We head to the Sumida Hokusai museum to see the famous great wave 🌊 under Kanagawa print and learn more about the artist’s influence. It’s super hot and humid and we appreciate the air con upon our return. Lunch nearby in a fantastic noodle/tempura restaurant. Napping and reading are in order before a return to the lounge for drinks and snacks ( which becomes dinner). The hotel is a great base and so well designed. I have the best bath I’ve had for ages in a well designed tub with bath salts and beautiful products all complimentary. Home tomorrow and the end of another great adventure!Read more

    • Day 4

      Itchiku Kubota Art Musem

      June 1 in Japan ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C

      A superb display of Kimono’s. No pics allowed. Symphony of Light by the artist who revived the lost art of Tsujigahana silk dyeing, used to decorate elaborate kimono during the Muromachi period (1333-1573)Read more

    You might also know this place by the following names:

    Shimizumachi, 清水, JPSMZ

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