Japanese sweets, Hanami-Dango.

Hi, I'm Kyabio.
This is a Sanshoku-Dango(3 colors Japanese sweets dumpling balls).
Also called "Hanami-Dango".
Japanese people eat this watching cherry blossoms.



Do you know why this 3 colors mean?
They stand for the season.
Pink stands for cherry blossoms and the Sun, so it means Spring.
White stands for snow, so it's Winter.
Green stands for fresh green leaves, so it's Summer.
Even apart from this, there are various explanations for that.



Anyway, I'm going to see some flowers.



See you later.

Do you know how to get rid of neck pain from sleeping wrong quickly?

Hi.
How are you?

Hello, Tsuu.



What's wrong?
Why the long face?

Umm...



I must have slept wrong.
I woke up with a bad pain in my neck.

Uh-oh.



I recommend reading a Manga "God Hand Teru".
It says how to get rid of neck pain from sleeping wrong quickly.
People are talking about it on the internet.

That's a good news, I will see that later.
Thank you.



FYI: God Hand Teru

Ryohkan's Zen word.

Spring has come and the beautiful cherry blossoms bloom.



Chiru-Sakura   Nokoru-Sakura-mo   Chiru-Sakura

"Falling (petals of) cherry blossoms.
Remaining cherry blossoms are going to fall after all."



It is said that Royhkan read this Zen words.
It means.....
What is life?
We shall all die some day.
We shall all die because we are alive.
We shall all die because we were born.
It's just like a 2 sides of a coin.



FYI: Ryohkan

Japanese singers.

I'm going to enter the Japanese style building and search something.



There is a weird shrine.
I feel slightly scary.



I try to move further inside.



Wow!
I was very surprised because you both started to sing a song at such a dark place!!!

The moon which is reflected in the water.

I came to see cherry blossoms at night here.



I found a man who was looking down and thinking about something.



What are you doing ?



I'm watching the moon which is reflected in the water and  some cherry blossom petals on the water.



Hmm...
Don't you look up at them?
They are very beautiful.

The moon which is reflected in the water is not shining because it wants to be reflected.
The water is not be there because it wants to reflect the moon.
The moon is only one in the sky but it is reflected in every water fairly and shining everywhere.
That is the "Muga-no-Kyouch"(the state of no-self).
I'm thinking about it.



I see....
It's sooooo difficult for me....

I've seen you somewhere before.

Hello.
I've seen you somewhere before.



Aha, you almost look like "Tetsuko Kuroyanagi"!



Let me sit in Zen meditation.



I think here is a place suitable for doing Zazen.
The atmosphere is also nice.



FYI: Tetsuko Kuroyanagi

Nice matching.

Unintentionally, I took this picture.
But the colors go together well.
The black frame and our clothes.
 I think the black Japanese umbrella, the black Kimono and the Obi look nice.

Maccha space.

We made a Maccha space at the right side of our house.



That is why I want to take time to quiet my mind.



After that, I'm going to have a nice Maccha tea.



Let's start.

So why not dance?

Welcome to our team's house.



I have changed my face.
How do you think?

It's nice and like it!
Let's dance in front of our house!



Ready?



Yay!



Great!

Bravo!



Awesome!

We are really enjoying it!
There is a following sentence in Tokushima, Japan.
It's a first line of "Awa-Odori".
"Odoru-Ahou ni Miru-Ahou. Onaji-Aho nara odoranya son-son."
It means that "There is a dancing man/woman, and there is a watching him/her. Both are  fools alike, so why not dance?"



FYI: Awa-Odori 

Do you want to do "Kabe-Don" ?

What are you doing?

I have been waiting for a pretty girl who talks about love each other doing "Kabe-Don".
You could become the girl if you like.
Do you want to do "Kabe-Don"?



I can't go out with you but I don't mind just doing the "Kabe-Don".
But...
The problem is that our eye levels may not  be able to meet appropriately.



..............
I suppose so.....




FYI: "Kabe-Don" is Japanese word and that a man is leaning over someone else (almost a girl), pressing them against a wall, his hand slammed upon on it.
And he murmurs sweet words to her.

Shita-kiri-Suzume

Wow!
You have a big nice tongue.
It reminds me a Japanese fairy tale "Shita-kiri-Suzume."

How is the story?



There lived a poor old couple.
The old man was honest and kind but his wife was arrogant and greedy.
The man took an injured sparrow back to his house and tried to help it recover.
His wife was annoyed about feeding it on precious food because they were poor.
While the man went to  mountain and the wife went out fishing , the sparrow ate all of starch that she had used and was left out.
She got angry and cut the tongue of the sparrow.
And...



!!!
My tongue  reminds you the story?

Yes.

...............
I'm shaking with fear......



FYI:Shita-kiri-Suzume

Supply you own needs.

Anyway, a cat should go fishing.
Self-sufficient life style.
What do you think?

The rabbit in the moon.

I'm on the moon now.
When Japanese people look up at the moon, the markings of the moon look as if a rabbit was pounding mochi.



Now I'm going to show you that I pound mochi, mochi-tsuki.
Actually, two people do the work like this.





Pettan ...





pettan...



But now, I'm talking about a rabbit on the moon which is pounding mochi.
Next time you look up at the moon, you may find a rabbit in the moon.


Ready...



Go!









If you want to know why a rabbit is in the moon, please look at the following link.

FYI: The Rabbit in the Moon.(A Japanese Tale)