Local officials bring their bicycles on a Cycle Train for a test operation at Kami-Sugaya Station in Naka, Ibaraki Prefecture. (Keitaro Nishizaki)
NAKA, Ibaraki Prefecture Bicycles are allowed on some trains on the JR Suigun Line to bring cyclists closer to routes along the Kujigawa river and in the Oku-kuji countryside area, East Japan Railway Co. (JR East) said.
Under a demo experiment for the Cycle Train service, unbagged bicycles can be brought on trains operated from 9 a.m. to around 4 p.m. on weekends and holidays between Kami-Sugaya Station in Naka and Iwaki-Tanakura Station in Tanakura, Fukushima Prefecture, and between Kami-Sugaya Station and Hitachi-Ota Station in Hitachi-Ota, in the northern part of Ibaraki Prefecture.
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Aigasa Masayoshi`s Striking Works Capture The Numbing Sense Of Alienation Brought On By Modernization And Urbanization
12 May, 2021
A visit to The Tsukuba Museum Of Art is almost always a stimulating and worthwhile experience. Whether for a show of one of the surprisingly impressive local art circles (which could be of painting, sculpture, calligraphy, photography, crafts etc.), student exhibitions (either university or high school) or to see the works of famous or not-so-famous professionals, a walk through the museum`s comfortable and conveniently do-able confines can sometimes provide aesthetic pleasure , and even more often, help us to gain deeper insights into Japanese culture. With the amateur groups, no matter what the level of skill (though it is sometimes amazingly high!), I have often found the SUBJECT MATTER that is dealt with (or NOT dealt with) to be of great interest (imagine one hundred photos of Lake Kasumigaura and its environs
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The Fun-Filled Fertility Festival (with nothing left to the imagination)- HEISANBO – in Kasumigaura City`s Ushiwata
4 May, 2021
By Avi Landau
The women who plays OKAME ( Heisanbo`s wife) is all dressed up and ready to go
Ritual impregnation as a prayer for abundant crops and human fertility (conception) at the Heisanbo Festival
There are many, who based on their readings of certain books, or visits to Japan which include taking in: the Noh theater , a tea ceremony, or a meal at an exclusive KAISEKI (traditional haute-cuisine) restaurant, are under the impression that Japanese traditional culture is all refinement, elegance, and understatement. The unspoken word, the pregnant silence, the subtle gesture, the elusive symbolism…………