Seen in Kyoto
Written on April 2, 2012
This will be my last post from my trip to Japan this spring. On Wednesday, 4 April, I will be updating the webshop–and I’ll also be sending out orders that were placed during the last two weeks.
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In love with 4th photo, polka-dot noren: today I am wearing a shirt that exact color.
safe trip home, and can’t wait to see what you have brought for all of us.
April 2, 2012 @ 8:39 pm
Youkai! <3 I love obake/youkai-themed things. The skeleton is probably an Odokuro, a type of gigantic skeleton formed by gathering the bones of those who starved to death. Another similar kind arises from the bones of the warrior dead left on battle grounds, bitter and unable to pass on because they did not have a proper burial. Either one will eat living people. The umbrella is a 100-year-old creature which gains a spirit! (But what is it with Japan and the long tongues?)
The one-eyes rice farmer is a play-on story; the story of Dorotabo. Someone told it here. http://dr-yokai.blogspot.com/2011/10/dorotabo-rice-paddy-man-dirty-yokai.html
What fun photos! Thanks for sharing.
April 9, 2012 @ 12:46 am