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Meet Fox at Fox Village In Zao

Fox Village in Zao Japan! 蔵王きつね村・kitsune mura

In the several media, Fow village has been introduced. The fox village is located at Zao. Zao has other cool places please check it out!

FOX VILLAGE 

One hour drive from Sendai, Zao Fox Village is Japan’s largest fox-themed zoo. More than 100 foxes live free-range in a garden surrounded by nature, and you can watch foxes without a fence in between . In addition, there are a lot of small animals such as rabbits and goats. In recent years, as word-of-mouth spread, more and more foreign people have come to visit this unique attraction. . In spring, a “hug a baby fox” experience is available, which is a world-exclusive to Zao Fox Village. All the foxes are checked for Echinococcus disease (a parasite common to foxes), so you can enjoy contacting with foxes safely.

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Japan Where tradition meets the future

This is the cool movie about modern and tradition Japan

This movie vividly portrays the traditional, modern and natural attractions of Tokyo, Kyoto and other locations throughout Japan from a unique perspective.

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What is this!? Hundreds of fish in the air!!

Have you ever seen hundreds of fish in the air in Japan?

Now you understand why there are so many fish in the air.

Please see beutiful Koinobori below:

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UNESCO: Yakushima where trees of the age of 1,000 years grow

What is Yakushima?

I have never been to Yakushima before. But I heard good things about the place. Especially, it is very famous for Jyoumonsugi which you can find in the secound video.



From wiki

Yakushima (屋久島) is one of the Ōsumi Islands in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. The island, 504.88 km2 (194.94 sq mi) in area, has a population of 13,178. Access to the island is by hydrofoil ferry (7 or 8 times a day from Kagoshima, depending on the season), slow car ferry (once or twice a day from Kagoshima), or by air to Yakushima Airport (3 to 5 times daily from Kagoshima, once daily from Fukuoka and once daily from Osaka). Administratively, the whole island is the town of Yakushima. The town also serves neighbouring Kuchinoerabujima. The majority of the island is within the borders of the Kirishima-Yaku National Park

     

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Spiritual but mysterious place: Kamishikimi Kumanoimasu Shrine

Very spiritual and mysterious place

The shrine is hidden among the forests surrounding Takamori, a small town that lies in the Aso region of Kumamoto Prefecture. This shrine is well-known among locals as a power spot, and this is not surprising for it has a highly spiritual atmosphere. Those who visit the shrine and touch the Hogeto Iwa Stone are said to be granted good luck, and the shrines sacred Nagi Tree is said to protect relationships. 

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What is Setsubun? What is Mamemaki?

Definition of Setsubun and Mamemaki

From Wiki:

Setsubun (節分) is the day before the beginning of spring in Japan.The name literally means "seasonal division", but usually the term refers to the spring Setsubun, properly called Risshun (立春) celebrated yearly on February 3 as part of the Spring Festival (春祭 haru matsuri). In its association with the Lunar New Year, spring Setsubun can be and was previously thought of as a sort of New Year's Eve, and so was accompanied by a special ritual to cleanse away all the evil of the former year and drive away disease-bringing evil spirits for the year to come. This special ritual is called mamemaki (豆撒き, literally "bean scattering"). Setsubun has its origins in tsuina (追儺), a Chinese custom introduced to Japan in the eighth century.

Mamemaki

The custom of mamemaki first appeared in the Muromachi period. It is usually performed by the toshiotoko (年男) of the household (the male who was born on the corresponding animal year on the Chinese zodiac), or else the male head of the household. Roasted soybeans (called "fortune beans" (福豆 fuku mame)) are thrown either out the door or at a member of the family wearing an Oni (demon or ogre) mask, while the people say "Demons out! Luck in!" (鬼は外! 福は内! Oni wa soto! Fuku wa uchi!) and slam the door.[ This is still common practice in households but many people will attend a shrine or temple's spring festival where this is done. The beans are thought to symbolically purify the home by driving away the evil spirits that bring misfortune and bad health with them. Then, as part of bringing luck in, it is customary to eat roasted soybeans, one for each year of one's life, and in some areas, one for each year of one's life plus one more for bringing good luck for the year to come.
The gestures of mamemaki look similar to the Western custom of throwing rice at newly married couples after a wedding

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Setsubun event in the public places

Here is the video on Mamemaki which was done in the Yoshida shirine.

How we have Mamemaki at school and home

We even have mamemaki in the kindergarten which looks like this.

Mamemaki in the house looks like this...lol

Mamemaki in the house looks like this...lol

anyhow, the important thing to remember is that because of clean up we use pakages of beans to do event at home,lol

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