Student Day

Dear Friends

it was time to leave Ueno and Japan. However in closing my adventure the attention was attarcted by drums' sounds and high screams in distance. I let me drive by this strange situation up to a corner of Ueno where allegorical charriots were encircles by students in their faculty Kimono (see the images). I recognised in the allegories the different disciplines of the Tokio University. No time to spend further and reluctantly I left the corner wishing to the students an Happy Autumn Commencement of the Academic Year 2017-2018.

Salutations

Giancarlo

Ueno Temples

Dear Friends

please don't think that Ueno is only a museum district, in fact, it is also a, mainly Shinto, religious district in which to deepen the knowledge of the Japanese propension towards the acceptance of an invisible and pervasive Polytheism. Shinto cult, prays and purification are easy, visits by different woshippers well accepted and considered, and moments of relax can can be found among them (see the images). 

Salutations

Giancarlo

Honkan - Heiseikan

Dear Friends

let me say that I renounced, in visiting a cultural institution, to pay deep attention to each cultural piece exposed. Rather I prefere to merge together all the suggestions and emotions provided by all them. May be that precious cultural details will be lost, but the acquisition of a comprehensive cultural frame will be easy. This was my mental disposition in visiting Honkan, Heiseikan and Mystical Asia  at the Tokyo National Museum in Ueno - Tokio. The evolution of the Japaneses towards more expressive and effective cultural models (see the images) appeared clear to me in its details and the visit very fruitful. Comments are welcomed.

Salutations

Giancarlo