Travelog for: FerdiFuchs

Dear Mum

Here iam in Niti Mandala Square
A public square, place for Denpasar Citizens spending their outdoor activity.

Love
FF

Dear Mum

Today my host introduced to me about The Music of Bali.
The music of Bali is extremely complex and vibrant. The original purpose of music here again is to serve religious beliefs, accompanying dances or wayang theaters. The traditional Balinese orchestra, known as gamelan, is composed of various forms of percussions, with notes overlapping and criss crossing among the various kinds. There is a number of string and woodwind instruments, but most of the players, which can range from a few to several dozen, sit behind various kinds of metallophones, gongs, and xylophones. Each gamelan has its own tuning, preventing instruments from being interchanged from one gamelan to another.

Love
FF

Dear Mom

Here iam with BARONG. Barong is a lion-like creature and character in the mythology of Bali, Indonesia. He is the king of the spirits, leader of the hosts of good, and enemy of Rangda, the demon queen and mother of all spirit guarders in the mythological traditions of Bali. The battle between Barong and Rangda is featured in Barong dance to represent the eternal battle between good and evil.

Love
FF

White owl delivered mail.
Registered mail arrived from Indonesia.
He had souvenirs from Linda Fdph .
It is good smell of tea and Bali's keychain .
We were warmly welcomed FerdiFuchs.
Welcome to Japan!

Enjoying the cherry blossoms are a lot of people in Japan.
Cherry blossoms are in full bloom !
It so beautiful.
We went to see the shrines and temples.
The shrine was built 350 years ago.
Fujiwara Michizane riding a cow has been worshiped.
He is called the god of learning.
There was a bill of the tree.
It is  Ema.
Each wish is written to this.
Puppies and great mother dog is a symbol of  Wishing You Love & Happiness!
We went to the temple last dragon has been enshrined.
It is so cool!
Once back home, we ate sushi for lunch.
Eating sushi in Japan is the best of all.

We went to the central park Yokosuka in the afternoon.
The park was located in a high place.
There is also a Yokosuka City Museum.
Naumann elephant model, kimono, spun yarn, huge crab, shellfish, and Crystal violet.
We will go back home in hurry because it's seems to rain.

It is raining cold today.
We will show you some games in Japan.

"Hyakunin Isshu" is one of the Japanese traditional games.
It is also the name of the game in which they are used.
The game is played mostly on Japanese New Year's holidays.
On each card, a poem (waka) is written, and there are a total of 100 poems.
The standard collection of the poems used is called Hyakunin Isshu,
which is often also the name of the game.
The collection was chosen by a poet Fujiwara no Teika in Heian period.
There are national conventions for the game.
Two sets of 100 poem cards in Box.

Karuta is one of the Japanese traditional games.
First,a person read the card. Like this way.
And the others look for a card which is the picture and word drawn about it.
How many cards can you find?
The winner is having the cards most.

Next, We will show you "Pokemon Card Game".
This is what son of my host was using.

And, The next show is "Duel Masters Card Game".
This is what son of my host was using, too.
He was the winner of the competition of this card game.

I learned to play shogi.
Shogi is Japanese chess.

My host's sons have spring vacation began.
They taught  a lot of games for us.

After work of my host at afterbnoon,
We (Nana, Lotta, FerdiFuchs) went to the Umikaze(meaning sea wind) park.
Willy W. and Isidore already came here.
Unfortunately,  weather was not good.
But today is warm.
Flowers were blooming a lot.
We enjoyed the "Umikaze park".
Sakura(Cherry) blossoms are falling.
Road looks like cherry carpet.

We went to Kamakura, about 20 minutes get on train.
Kamakura is a small city and a very popular tourist destination.
We went to see the "Great Buddha" in Kotoku-in.
I was surprised that there are windows in the back of the Buddha.
Why is there a window?
I think It was ventilation, tourist can be go to the Buddha's in body.
We went get on Enoden(Gotochi-card).
Enoshima Electric Railway, familiarly known as Enoden, has 100 years of history.
However, it was very very cold, weather is very bad.
If weather is good, We were able to see Mount Fuji the tallest mountain in Japan.

We then went to Hasedera Temple.
Hasedera is a temple of the Jodo sect, that is most famous for its statue of Kannon, the goddess of mercy.
The statue shows Kannon with eleven heads, each representing a characteristic of the goddess.
The 9.18 meter tall, gilded wooden statue is regarded as one of the largest wooden sculpture in Japan, and can be viewed in the temple's main building, the Kannon-do Hall.
It was not allowed to take photo.
I found a smile Jizo.

We finally went to the Tsuruoka Hachiman Shrine.
Tsurugaoka Hachimangu is Kamakura's most important shrine.
Today is really cold.

We can show you "Gosyuin-cho".
"Gosyuin-cho" is  collect stamp book where written by Buddhist temples and Shinto shrines.

Today is cold rainy day too.
We were try folding "origami".
It is"Japanese Samurai helmet" .
This is a Japanese traditional origami model which has been folded for hundreds of years.
Made for little boys in Japan on Boy’s Day or Children’s Day (5th May), it is a fun accessory for an action man - or, made with newspaper or wrapping paper or folding paper for children.
Also, we made pig, frog, crane (black, red, yellow), balloons, boxes, bird,  shuriken (Ninja's throwing knifes) , flowers and more.
We had a lot of fun to make!

Of course, I  made a  pink Japanese Samurai helmet for female magpie.
I miss you.

New school year begins in April in Japan.
The Japanese government give textbooks for elementary school student and junior high student in Japan. It is all free.
However, high school students must buy a textbooks of myself.
My host's son will be a sophomore in high school.
He showed me to us he bought a textbooks to learn from the new semester.
It was very difficult content.
We enjoying read the manga before textbooks give us a headache.
I like especially "One Piece".

We visited the Mikasa park when our hosts work get off.
Time was past the 5 o'clock in the evening, but it was still bright.
Why did you come to this time?
Because spring storm will passes through Japan tomorrow .
We enjoyed the Mikasa park today.
The sound of water was able to relax.
We went to the Yokosuka port market on the way home.
However, there was nothing to what my host want.

We went to the Central Library of Yokosuka.
we took a picture in front of Oriental literature.
After that, we were playing in the park.
4 TVs slid down the green slide.
I found a beautiful pink flower.
This is a flower called "Satsuki".
"May" is called also "Satsuki".
It seems so named because this flowers bloom on May.
My host bought 2 books at bookstore before heading back home.
It is a "The man called pirate" and "Marunouchi Tanita cafeteria".