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2014年京都東山花燈路於明天就要開始囉~~
期間是:3/14(五)~3/23(日)
亮燈時間為:晩上6點~9點半

所謂東山花燈路這個活動就是京都舉辦告知大家春天要到來的活動,範圍是於青蓮院到清水寺為止這長達5公里的路程,在這歩道中裝飾了許多燈飾跟一些的插花作品~

這幾天有機會來京都遊玩的朋友們,
別忘記也可以在晩上參加一下這個有著特別氣氛的活動喔~

P.S.
超~~級歡迎租借我們店裡的和服去散散歩享受花燈之旅,不過因為時間的關係,所以必須加價1080日圓(毎人)隔天歸還XD
不過難得機會只要毎個人加1080日圓就可以享受到與白天不一樣的感覺?~♪♪

staff Kung

Kyoto Higashiyama Hanatouro 2014 is going to start tomorrow!!

period:3/14(Fri)~3/23(Sun)

Light up time: 18:00~21:30

"Hanatouro" means light and blossoms pathway. This activity is held to tell everybody Spring is coming. The 5km-long path covers from Shorenin Temple to Kiyomizu Temple. The whole area are decorated by lanterns and floral works.

Those who are coming to have a trip to Kyoto, don't forget you also have this special option at night!

ps. Welcome to rent our kimono to have a walk and enjoy the dream world! But because of the time, you would have to pay 1080 yen more for the next-day-returning. Only 1080yen then you can see another side of Kyoto city!! How do you think?;)

Kyoto Higashiyama Hanatouro 2014: http://www.hanatouro.jp/e/higashiyama/index.html

copy by staff Weng

櫻花不只能看還能吃喔！最近因為櫻花季快到了，日本出現了非常多櫻花相關商品，除了最常見的櫻花(Mochi)以外，還有櫻花口味的麵包、蛋糕、酒類飲品和霜淇淋，甚至連美國知名品牌哈根達茲也推出了「櫻花冰淇淋」！讓向來對限定新商品抵抗力很低的我又不小心買下去了XD 
櫻花口味的冰淇淋到底什麼味道呢？其實我以前也吃過不少櫻花口味的甜品，但是對櫻花這個口味總是覺得很陌生，印象中就是有一種淡淡的花香~而這次的櫻花冰淇淋上頭的粉色淋醬，吃起來酸酸甜甜，冰淇淋本身也是有微微的花香味，還滿好吃的。如果一邊吃櫻花冰淇淋一邊賞櫻，一定更能讓人沉醉在櫻花浪漫的氣氛當中XD

有機會的話，大家也來試試看吧！
Staff Chien

好久沒有來介紹京都的隱藏版美食了~
拉麵店｢五行Gogyo」是Staff的加拿大朋友, 也就是上次在舞妓體驗登場的Emilia輾轉經過朋友介紹帶我去的。 位於三条與四条中間的柳馬場町通的京都五行, 最特別的非他們的焦味噌拉麵莫屬了。雖然另外還有焦醬油拉麵, 但焦味噌因為將味噌先炒過, 另外還加上黒胡麻, 香味特別濃郁。不同於一般的拉麵店, 京都五行室内擺設非常舒適, 很適合三五好友相聚小酌一番, 一個人用餐也完全可以放鬆喔~

staff Yu

三月三日，是日本的女兒節。

日本女兒節（又稱雛祭，Hina Matsuri）是為祝福家中女兒健康快樂成長的一個節日。日本女兒節的由來其實是受到中國唐朝風俗影響，人們會把用紙做成的人偶放入河中讓它流走，代表將自己身體的不適轉移到人偶身上，以祈求身體健康，現在日本有些地方還有保持這種女兒節習俗呢。
在女兒節的這段時期，父母會為女兒擺設鋪有紅布的小台階，並擺放穿著日式和服的娃娃，又稱為雛人形（Hina Ningyo）。一般來説七層的台階，會需要15個娃娃，再加上其他飾品，其實價値不菲。基本上最上層的兩個娃娃代表的是天皇和皇后，第二層則是宮女，手執酒、酒杯及酒壺，第三層是樂師，第四階是隨從，第五階是僕人，第六階通常擺些小型嫁妝用傢具，七階是牛車、籠、轎子等。而且因為擺設人偶需要不少時間、金錢和空間，所以有很多家庭礙於家裡空間不大，而選擇層數較少的台子，相對之下價錢也比較便宜，對現代忙碌的人們來説也比較方便。
另外，日本人説三月三日一過就要趕快把娃娃收起來，因為會影響到女兒的婚期，如果太晩收女兒就會晩婚，甚至很難嫁出去，相當的有趣。

p.s.這張照片是工作人員去年四月去一位朋友的日本媽媽家特地留著給我們看的，一次七層真的相當有氣勢！她説還好她的女兒都結婚了不然不會擺這個久都還沒收XD
Staff Chien

3rd of March, Hina Matsuri
In Japanese tradition, Hina Matsuri is a festival day blessing for the daughters of each families growing healthily and happily. The origin of this festival actually came from Tang Dynasty of China (618–907 AD) when people let the dolls made of paper flowing with river. It exemplifies transforming people's illness into the dolls in order to pray for the health. Nowadays some places in Japan still remain such customs.

In Hina Matsuri time, parents place Hina Ningyo, the dolls wearing Japanese kimonos, on the red-clothe decorated stairs in house for their daughters. Generally speaking, it requires 15 dolls on 7-layer stairs with other accesorries, which actually costs quite a fortune. The top layer sit Tennoh (Emperor of Japan) and Kougou (E

mpress of Japan), the second sit court ladies with Sake, cup and pot, the third layer musicians, the fourth layer attendants, the fifth layer servants, the sixth layer some small sized furnitures for dowry, and the seventh layer oxcart, basket, sedan chair. Besides, because it takes time, money and space to place dolls thant many families don't really have enough resources to make such installations, people would choose less layered stairs with less budgets, which is also more convenient for busy modern lives.

On the other hand, there is an interesting tradition for Japanese to remove the Hina installation as soon as the festival ends after 3rd March, otherwise it would effect the marriage time of the daughters that if removing the installation too late, the daughters would tend to have a late marriage, or making it difficult to even have one. 
P.S. This photo is taken in April last year at a Japanese host mother's of a friend of staff Chien's. She was kind enough to leave the Hina installation especially for the cultural exchange. Thankfully her own daughters were all married already, otherwise she would not remain it for so long!

edited by staff Yu