Sokokashiko

さ、お寺参りも終わり夜はホテルでのんびり夕食。その後「映画でも見に行こう」ということになり、たまたま見たいと思っていた「マザーウォーター」が近くの映画館でやっていたので家族みんなで見に行くことに。

We had an early dinner at the hotel and decided to go to see a movie together. I think it was actually the first time for all of us (my parents, my sister and I) together to go to a movie theatre. Strange!

I was so happy that they were playing “Mother Water”.   I really wanted to see this movie !

“Mother Water”

The movie is set in Kyoto, Japan. The title of the movie refers to the city’s large river (Kamo River) & waterways with the bulk of the movie revolving around the daily lives of three women and their interactions with other members of their town.

The water is a prime importance to the key trio of characters, Setsuko is the owner of a bar that only serves whiskey. Takako opens a coffee shop. Meanwhile, Hatsumi owns a tofu shop.

Their neighbors include Yamanoha who works at a furniture studio, Otome who runs a public bathhouse, Jin who works at the public bathhouse and Makoto who takes walks near the area.

今更「マザーウォーター」のことをブログで書いてるのは私ぐらいだろうけど、いやーほんと良かった。

この手のシリーズどれも良いね。のんびりほんわかしてて、でもちょっと切ないものもある感じ。日本の情緒あふれるシーンの中のシンプルな会話とか大好き。細かいとこまでセンスが良い。それにまた食べ物がどれもおいしそう。

いいねえ、こういう風景。

この映画を見終わったらやたらウィスキーが飲みたくなったし、お豆腐もお醤油をちょっとたらしてシンプルに食べたくなった。

This movie made me want to eat freshly made Tofu every day, have a little bit whiskey at night,  and enjoy a cup of coffee on a sunny Sunday afternoon.

「あしたへは、ダイジなことだけもってゆく。」か、なるほど。

I like the subtitle of this movie, “Take only what matters to you to tomorrow.”

Tags: Cinematography, Japan, Japanese Film, Kyoto, Life Style, Movies

この日の最後に寄ったのは”やわたのはちまんさん”で知られる石清水八幡宮。ここも両親が今回の旅行中どうしても行っておきたいとこの一つでした。京の裏鬼門、厄除けの神、勝負事の神として信仰を集めることで有名で、信仰熱心な父にとってここは「神頼み」の重要な場所。妹と私の今後の安全も祈ってちゃんとお祓いもしてもらってきました。

石清水八幡宮は京都府八幡市の男山山頂にある神社で、宇佐神宮、筥崎宮とともに日本三大八幡宮のひとつに数えられてます。二十二社の上七社の一つであり、旧社格は官幣大社。本殿などの建造物16棟等が国の重要文化財に指定されているそうです。

We also went to Iwashimizu Hachiman-guu on the same day. It’s a Shinto shrine in the city of Yawata in Kyoto. Dedicated to Hachiman, the Shinto god of war, it stands on a wooded hill to the south of the city of Kyoto.

This shrine is one of the three great government supported honoured shrines (Hachimangu) of Japan. (It ranks with the Usa Jingu of Usa in Oita Prefecture and the Tsurugaoka Hachimangu of Kamakura in Kanagawa Prefecture.) It was founded in 859 during the Heian period. The shirine was greatly venerated by the court and imperial family as a shrine to guard the country.

The present main shrine was built by the third shogun, Tokugawa Iemitsu, in 1634.

この「南総門」は他の主要な社殿と同様、寛永11年(1634年)に三代将軍徳川家光によって建造されたものといわれていて、重要文化財に指定されています。

This architecture is called ‘Hachiman Zukuri’ and is surrounded by 180-meter-long balcony. Sculpted in the gorgeous Momoyama style, the entire building is designated as an Important Cultural Property by the Japanese Government.

私達が行ったこの日はちょうど七五三のお参りに来ている家族連れでにぎわってました。

私も小さい時こんな着物着せてもらったなー，としみじみ。

Some families were celebrating their kids’ Shichi-Go-San.

Shichi-go-san is a festival celebrated by parents on the fifteenth of November in Japan, to mark the growth of their children as they turn three, five and seven years of age. Shichi-go-san literally means “seven, five and three”. These ages are considered critical in a child’s life in Japan. Particularly, at the age of seven, a young girl celebrates wearing her first obi.

I remember my grandmother dressed me in a beautiful red kimono when I was seven and it made me feel very special for all day long.

「南総門」をくぐると参道奥に回廊に囲まれた「社殿(本殿)」が見えます。

Tags: Japan, Kyoto, Shrine, Travel