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Kunisaki City is located at the easternmost point of the Kunisaki Peninsula in Kyushu

The Kunisaki Peninsula agriculture system that was developed hundreds of years ago but still remains, was designated as a Important Agricultural Heritage System.

The strong connection between nature and the people who live here, lead to a culture with various rituals to thank the gods for great harvest and pray to relentless nature.

Eventually prayer habits changed and formed a variety of religious cultures in this area.

There are still many rituals and festivals in Kunisaki City.

Among these festivals is the annual Kebesu Festival which is held on 14th October at Iwakura Shrine. The festival is famous all over Japan as fire festival.

They are in the middle of the Kebesu festival preparations

There are still 3-4 hours until it starts but already many people are here.

I'm wondering what they are going to do.

I see

By looking at this you will understand what we are going to do.

Got it?

We will ignite the fire with it

Your clothes will burn.

My clothes I'm wearing?

I was told this many time today.

It will start soon so everyone is busy with the preparations.

I'm very excited.

At the Kebesu Festival, a priest (called the Kebesu) with a wood carving face mask walks around the precincts in accordance with the sound of drums and whistles.

A fire battle takes place between the Kebesu and another creature called Touba wrapped in a white shroud.

As Kebesu tries to charge into the flames, Touba will try to keep it from happening.

After fighting for some minutes, the Kebesu jumps into the fire.

After that, the Toubas walk around with burning boughs waving over the worshippers.

Oh my god, it's so scary. I have to run away.

It's like an ocean of fire.

The local belief is that it brings good health when a spectator is hit by sparks from the fire.

It looks like it's over.

Tears come out! Tears come out!

It was really scary but also an awesome experience. Scarier than anything I had experienced until now.

Ah.... really scary

But also fun somehow

On the next day, after the Kebesu Festival (October 15) an example autumn festival is going to be held at Imibetsugusha Shrine.

Worshipers pray to the gods for a successful crop, good catch of fish, safety of families, and a perfect state of health for the following year.

Among them are horse archers. Shooting arrows while riding horses is a spectacle, and requires skills and experience.

Look, there is an horse archer among them.

The horse is so beautiful.

Very cool

He started running.

He hit the aim! He hit it!

The horse archer has 6 arrows for 3 aims.

He hit the aim! He hit it!

Besides using bow and arrow, he shows off an amazing performance and skills.

He threw a Japanese fan (sensu).

The horseman throws confetti around.

What a nice spiritual service let it snow confetti.

In Kunisaki City are many studio and galleries scattered around town. It is a place where artists and creative people gather.

Wow, it is beautifully decorated with porcelain and stones. So cute.

At LA PALOMA are unique pottery and glass craft works exhibited and also for sale.

Eh, is that a Maneki Inu?

Ah I see.

It has a puppy with it

Wow! Really!

This piece gives you a lot to think about.

Sorry for disturbing you.

Are these all hand-made?

That's amazing. Really nice.

At SUZUMEGUSA you can enjoy exquisite dyed goods and unique design pottery. You can also purchase those master pieces and keep them as souvenirs.

All the bowls are so beautiful.

It looks like they come together as a set with those dishes.

Wow, hand towels (tenugui)

They are all so cute.

I'm wondering how these are made.

You have to carve this form and then dye it. After that, the pattern will appear.

These craft works seem to be simple when you look at them first, but they are made with passion and will definitely melt you heart.

TOURINRYOU was made by rebuilding an old-fashioned brewery from about 140 years ago

It is home to an exhibition with many beautiful crafts work, made of traditional Japanese paper (washi) which is no longer used and Kimono material.

So beautiful

This clothes was made of Kimono material

Beautiful design

It seems that you can enjoy a meal here while watching the exhibits

Kunisaki is famous for octopus dishes. That's why you can find so many dishes with it at the menu.

I will order the Tako Gozen meal

Wow, that's amazing

There are small pieces of octopus inside the rice.

The octopus flavor spreads inside the mouth. It's kind of elastic.

It's a waste to eat alone here.

At TOBO-FUKUNAGA, cutely designed pottery is exhibited and for sale.

You can experience a ceramics workshop here.

Oh no! It broke!

The workshop is beginner friendly. The teacher explains you everything you need to know kindly.

Touch it gently like you would treat a baby.

Focus...

Touch it gently...

It becomes smaller

That's interesting

At the beginning I was worried if I could do it, but it turned out to make a lot of fun.

The feeling of doing some skill required work and the concentration I needed to finish it was an amazing experience.

It feels just amazing when you finished it!

It's often said that when you finish some work you gain confidence. I really think so!

I was really surprised that the shape changed just by using my hands. Something I couldn't imagine at all!

By all means, try it!

Kunisaki has many unique galleries to offer.

Every shop had a different atmosphere and everything was really beautiful

And then there was the Kebesu Festival...

Describing it in one word "FIRE"

It was literally a blazing burning fire!

It feels like you are in the middle of an huge fire. An exceptional experience I will never forget.

Also the horse archery was amazing

Shooting arrows is already a difficult thing, but doing it while riding on a horse was just unbelievable.

I also attend the ceramics workshop

I can highly recommend it for those who want to refine the delicacy of their hands and also for people who want to pursue ideas.

I can highly recommend all of the workshops and experience I made here at Kunisaki.

Come here and enjoy it yourself

For more infomation >> Kunisaki Peninsula - Traditional festivals and craftworks in rural Japan - Duration: 10:01.

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Go! Go! Nihon Street Interview: Sakura in Japan! - Duration: 8:41.

Hello everyone, I'm Rodolphe from Go! Go! Nihon

Welcome to this new video where I am with Natsumi-san, here

And we are going to ask people in Yoyogi Koen here in Tokyo

what they think about "Sakura Season"

Let's get started!

What kind of flower is the "sakura" to Japanese people? In one word

Let me think

I feel like they are always by my side

For me, it would be "spring has come" or "the beginning of a new life"

It's art

Art?

Yes, I think it's art

"Spring has come"

That's what comes to my mind

School entrance ceremony, graduation ceremony... It's the beginning of something new

That's what this period and flower is related to isn't it?

What do you mean by "they're always by your side?"

What comes to mind first is: "spring has come and

everytime something new starts

the sakura are here"

I feel like that's what Japanese think

Winter is cold

and you have no motivation in the morning

But after sakura start to bloom and that spring comes

A lot of things happen, for example the school entrance ceremony

And it makes you feel better, more energetic

You feel more energetic

What aspect of it is art?

The colours for example,

just looking at them makes me feel healed

It's not as if I am looking at a painting but

just looking at them feels like I'm sucked into it

That's what makes me think it is like art

What is "o-hanami"?

We look at sakura and drink

-You look at sakura and drink? -That's right

During the day and in the evening too, right?

Do you do o-hanami every year?

O-hanami? Yes, I do

With my friends

Just amongst your friends?

Exactly

What about the people from work?

I do that too, with my colleagues

It's a part of Japanese history

We have this image that there are always sakura trees around the castles

And since olden days sakura trees bloom when spring comes

and it's our culture to admire them

So we have some attachment to it

So it's beautiful, in that sense

I see

Who do you usually enjoy o-hanami with?

People from work

You can only see sakura during this season

Sakura is used as a theme for Japanese parks

school graduation ceremonies, school entrance ceremonies...

And sakura is the only flower that is used in this way

So I feel like this is what makes it different from other flowers

People think that sakura flower is special...

During the summer, there are some fireworks

They burst in one beautiful explosion and then they're gone in a second

Maybe it's the same thing for sakura

It pulls at the heartstrings of Japanese people

Who do you want to enjoy o-hanami with this year?

Let me think

With good friends, and

we are talking about bringing handmade food and cake to share

We are currently planning it all

So you drink and watch sakura until the evening

In the end we didn't watch the sakura

Yeah, we didn't

We just took photos on our phones at the beginning

Some people compare it to life

The idea that life is fleeting

Absolutely

I want to ask you: what is sakura season to you?

It's when something ends and something starts

Yeah, and lots of beer

Oh yeah, lots of beer

Lots of beer, lots of sitting in parks under the trees, having a good time

What is sakura to you guys?

Happiness

It's colourful, I like pink. It's happiness in general

Many photos

Yeah, lots of pictures are taken here

For me, I am really looking forward to the sakura

Yeah?

Because this is my first time

And my whole life I was dreaming to see sakura with my own eyes

That's cool, man, there they are!

There they are!

I like the sakura seasonal beer

Oh yeah, the Asahi one?

I don't think it's sakura flavour, I guess

But they have all the sakura on the cans

The package is all pink

So that's my part of the sakura culture

Beers and hanging out with friends

You've only been talking about drinking so far

Japanese people say that sakura represents a new beginning, what do you think about it?

That's maybe true, it makes sense

It's also graduation, entrance ceremonies for companies and schools

So the sakura really represent those times

Sakura is kind of a new beginning, isn't it?

Yes

So Japanese people usually do o-hanami, do you guys have any plan of doing the same?

Yeah, I will do it with my colleagues actually

And friends from Germany who are coming to visit me

We'll do that

I actually have every weekend planned for the sakura season

Really? So you already have scheduled everything?

Yeah, yeah

That's cool!

Do you have any episode or memory related to sakura?

Foreign people might think it's not tolerated to drink alcohol everywhere outside

But in Japan it's totally ok, at any time. No one will come and arrest you

But especially in front of sakura, during the hanami season,

you can find more people who go crazy

This is what comes to mind

Right after my college entrance ceremony

we had a "nomikai" (drinking party) for hanami

and my sempai were really nice to me

But I had no idea how to drink

So I failed, but my sempai were really nice towards me

So it eventually became a good memory

I come from Kyoto

So the first sakura I saw in Tokyo were pretty impressive

I started a new life living on my own, working for a new company

So I felt like the sakura were still by my side. Like they gave me confidence and courage

I saw them with my mom and colleagues

It's rare to see sakura this early in this season

I don't know if it's such a big deal, but...

It was back in highschool

The roadside from the train station to my school was

filled with sakura trees

and when the petals were falling down, it looked really beautiful

And everyone was walking under the trees

Sakura trees always make me feel very good and happy

Sakura is good

Alright, very good, so Natsumi-san, what is sakura to you?

Sakura is a positive and beautiful flower that marks new beginnings

Yeah so from most answers that we had, Japanese people say that it's a new beginning

And I kinda agree with that

Do you have any plan for o-hanami?

Not for now, but I think I'll go with friends

I think I'll do the same, go in some parks, get some beers

Enjoy the cherry blossom trees

Alright guys, so this is about it

Don't forget to give us a like, to subscribe to the YouTube channel

More videos are coming

If you want to come live and study in Japan, think about Go! Go! Nihon

And give us your opinion, what do you guys think about sakura? What is sakura to you?

We are looking forward to hearing from you

We'll see you later, bye!

For more infomation >> Go! Go! Nihon Street Interview: Sakura in Japan! - Duration: 8:41.

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3 NETFLIX SHOWS I used to LEARN JAPANESE - Duration: 7:42.

"I want to be your friend, Hinazuki!"

"What's more important, me or surfing?"

"How nice... this street is packed with mom-pop shops!"

"Which would you pick?"

"It's good!"

"The potatoes are cut into huge bites!"

"OK, I'll see you soon!"

This show features nice houses and nice cars

but everything else is raw, and unscripted!

HEY GUYS!

I'm Loretta and welcome to my channel "KemushiChan"!

It's SPRING BREAK season in Japan!

For the last few weeks I got to work more

and earn a bit more money,

I also got to travel a bit

but I also did a LOT of relaxing,

which was pretty much just binge-watching Netflix...

...a lot...

My university is going to start classes again in one week

so before that got started

I wanted to share some of my Spring Break vibes

and share what I've been watching in the past few weeks

to expand my Japanese and keep things up.

Which is why I wanted to share: The Top 3 NetFlix Shows I've been watching

to keep up or expand my Japanese.

Plus, I'm going to add in some bonus shows, because

not everything good is on Netflix. Ammirite.

Most of the shows that caught my eye were ones

that we're really well put together.

They had that aestheticcccc going

The first one is Terrace House!

The aesthetic of this show is very clean, very pretty and very beachy

"A reality show about nice people"

"Seemingly boring, but surprisingly addictive"

these are some of the common reviews about it

The slow itself can get slow at times

but it's a good example of people actually talking

in a day-to-day, from morning until night situation.

You hear an actual daily life situation of people

in Japanese.

It's a group of 6 people, usually 3 girls and 3 boys

So you get a chance to hear a lot of different styles.

Specifically I really liked the "Aloha" series

not for the story, but for the people in it.

Most of them were half-Japanese, but there was also Lauren Tsai

I believe she's Chinese American

but she's a self-taught speaker of Japanese.

All of these people who mix a little bit of English

with a lot of Japanese. And the pace is little bit more

easy to grasp, if Japanese isn't your native language.

So I recommend that season specifically for

the language element. PLUS as a bonus,

It has subtitles in Japanese and English, as well as in

Korean, Chinese and Portuguese.

Next show is "Kodoku no Gurume"!

It's the idea of one person, on their own, eating really good food.

But the twist is that the food is actually really cheap,

accesible, and from real restaurants in Japan.

It's really just about a crisp looking Japanese guy

who just wants to eat food. It's very simple.

He just. want. to eat.

He'll run out of a business meeting just to eat, and I get that!

If you've ever been to Japan or seen Japanese TV

you know that food is a huge part of the TV industry

people love to sit around and say "yum", "tasty"

"it's got a great, deep flavor!"

and all the different ways to describe a piece of food.

The main character, Goro, is ACTUALLY hilarious

He's a salaryman on the outside, but he's just a simple man who wants to eat

good food for cheap!

For me it was helpful to learn more food words,

to learn about different dishes, but specifically

it introduced different local restaurants in my area!

The show is a "fiction" but it takes place in real places

so there are many people who go on Kodoku-no-Gurume tours

and try to eat at the different places. I want to try that next!

This series unfortunately does NOT have any subtitles

and it's not available outside of Japan

at least not on Netflix! However,

it IS available on YouTube through the official

TV Tokyo channel.

I wanted to recommend that one because it's really hot in Japan

and it'll give you some current ideas

of where to get good cheap eats if you're into that.

So that's my number 2.

Number 3 !

"Erased" in English, or "Boku Dake ga Inai Machi"

Snowy, industrial, mysterious, spooky,

some kind of fantasy thriller is going on but

it also has a really good pace to it!

I first watched it because

I was just looking for something to watch while I folded laundry

and I didn't finish my laundry, I just watched the entire series in an afternoon!

the main character is played by two different people

One is the famous Yuki Furukawa

I think most people watched it to see him

but when you watch it you get really drawn into the performance

by the younger version of the same character,

Reo Uchikawa. So this young lad,

he BLEW me out of the water!

This was some of the best acting

and best quality acting I've seen in Japan.

In Japanese TV in a long time... and the cinematography!

When I saw the first episode literally thought

I was watching the Japanese version of Stranger Things

but only with cute Hokkaido accents.

That was the vibe it gave me, and I was immediately sucked in

It has this nostalgic, sweet but dark

mysterious... not sci-fi but

fantasy thriller vibe. It really sucks you in.

Those accents though!

Everything ended in "da be". "I know you did it (da be!!)"

...Da be?! That sounds so cute!

I think "da be" is "deshou" in Hokkaido accent,

and "shitakke" is like... "mata ne" I think?

It's so cute when you hear these little kids

and their performances are truly amazing!

I really recommend this one. So those are my 3 Netflix recommendations

But those aren't the only things I've been watching!

"Yae no Sakura"

I've tweeted about this and mentioned it on my second channel.

I recently did a project in Fukushima.

When I was in Fukushima I saw posters for this drama

and thought that maybe it'd be good research.

I don't know too much about history or samurai

or anything historical like that

so I started watching and again I was blown away!

She's a woman, survives wars

and then goes on to help found the first University

I went to when I first moved to Japan!

Real historical accounts about the last samurai

NOT TOM CRUISE

what actually happened in Japan's civil war

right before they opened up to the West

I'm not really into history stuff but it really appealed to me

so I highly recommend that one.

If you're looking for something more academic I have 2 recommendations!

First is "Nihongo De Kurasou", originally an NHK show

it's 4 people who are all learning Japanese

they're learning situations like... how to argue with your wife

or how to spill the tea...

it's useful real life situations

and how to handle casual and more formal situations.

It also covers "Keigo" and cultural tips as well.

It's on YouTube and across the internet

but that show really helped me

start separating my casual and more formal styles.

If you're looking to do anything academic in Japan

I highly recommend Ikegami Akira's "Yasashii Keizaigaku"

it's a live school lecture that he did.

He taught students in the liberal arts who don't usually

study economics or topics like that.

But when you pay taxes every year,

and wonder who's taking a cut of your salary

all those things that actually effect your daily life

or your personal money that you earned

all of that is covered in a basic, easy to digest way

and it just gives you a better grasp on your lifestyle

and what you do as an adult.

So those are my top 4 dramas & 2 educational shows

and other picks across the internet recently.

One thing that always helped me is to watch shows multiple times.

Start with subtitles, then watch it again without them

that way you know the content and what you're listening for

and you can start picking up certain words

and start sounding like certain characters that you admire.

What do you guys do to study when you're not looking at a textbook?

Let me know in a comment below and I'll see you in another video!

Thank you so much for watching today!

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3 Hour Side Trip from Narita Aiport, Naritasan Shinshoji Temple | japan-guide.com - Duration: 4:34.

Every year millions of people pass through Narita Airport

but very few realize that they are only a short train ride away

from one of the nation's most revered Buddhist temples

Not only does the historic Naritasan Temple boast a grand main hall and manicured grounds

the approach to the temple stands as a well-preserved shopping street that is reminiscent of centuries past

An ideal side trip from the airport which can be done in but a few hours

Narita Airport even offers a free guide service

in which an English-speaking volunteer guide gives visitors a tour while recounting the

area's rich history

And today this is exactly what we'll be doing

I'm Sam Evans

staff writer for japan-guide.com

and today I'm on assignment reporting on this side trip from Narita Airport

Here's the plan

We'll start out at Narita Airport Terminal 1 and find the "Transit & Stay Counter"

where we'll meet our guide and then together take the train to Keisei Narita Station

After walking around a bit

we'll try on a traditional Japanese kimono before having lunch at a local restaurant

Next we'll finish our stroll down through a picturesque shopping street

which leads directly to Naritasan Temple itself

After exploring the temple grounds

we'll head back to Narita Airport

to arrive only a few hours after we left.

So follow along as we go on an ideal side trip from Narita Airport to Naritasan Temple

So we've arrived at Narita Airport

Now, little known fact is that there are side trips to some of the local attractions that

take less than half a day

And there are even some local tour guides that will show you around

So right now we're going to go meet our tour guide for the day and we're off to

Naritasan Temple

So having shed my civilian clothes

in favor of this male kimono

we're going to take a walk around town

and then go back, get changed,

and then go in search of unagi

the area's specialty, and quite delicious

We've arrived at Naritasan, an important Buddhist temple in the area

Now fun fact this temple is one of the most highly visited come the end of the year

as literally millions flock here to ring in the new year

And with this we'll take the short train ride back to the airport

Thanks for joining me

I hope this video has been enjoyable

and perhaps even helps you plan a short side trip from Narita Airport for yourself

For more information about Nartitasan Temple or to watch another video

click the links on the screen now

or head over to japan-guide.com

your comprehensive, up-to-date travel guide

first-hand from Japan

Thanks for watching

be sure to subscribe and click the notification bell for more videos about Japan.

Happy travels.

For more infomation >> 3 Hour Side Trip from Narita Aiport, Naritasan Shinshoji Temple | japan-guide.com - Duration: 4:34.

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Korean gov't strongly condemns Japan's revised high school teaching guidelines that put false... - Duration: 3:04.

It's imperative South Korea and Japan work closer together than ever before... to push

for diplomacy with Pyongyang.

Seemingly oblivious to this fact, Tokyo angers Seoul by revising high school teaching guidelines

to state Korea's Dokdo belongs to Japan.

Park Ji-won zooms in on the situation.

With the new teaching guidelines, announced in the Japanese government's official gazette

on Friday,...

Tokyo has created a legal basis to teach false and distorted information to its future generations.

Publishers of school textbooks in Japan are now required by law to refer to Dokdo as Japanese

territory.

The textbooks for elementary schools should include such wrongful territorial claims from

2020,... middle school books from 2021,... and high school textbooks from 2022.

Last year, the Japanese government also revised its legally-binding teaching guidelines for

elementary and middle school students,... to include incorrect territorial claims toward

Korea's easternmost island Dokdo.

Back in 2008, Japan first started to include the provocative claim that Korea and Japan

do not share a common understanding on Dokdo in its non-legally-binding middle school teaching

guideline commentary,... causing strong protests and a backlash from the Korean government.

So now it seems that,... for the last ten years,... despite official protests from Korea,...

Japan has made its education system from elementary school to high school,... teach students these

false territorial claims.

The South Korean government has strongly condemned the Japanese government's move,... urging

it to immediately repeal its legally-binding teaching guidelines that make false claims

over the Korean territory.

Seoul's foreign ministry summoned the Japanese Ambassador to South Korea, Yasumasa Nagamine

Friday morning,... and South Korea's First Vice Foreign Minister Lim Sung-nam delivered

the South Korean government's position,... urging the Japanese government to repeal the

wrongful guidelines.

The foreign ministry also issued a statement that Dokdo is historically, geographically

and legally Korea's territory,... which was first invaded and occupied during Japan's

past attempt to colonize Korea,... vowing to sternly respond to any of such moves.

The statement added that if Japan continues to fail to see its errors of imperialistic

aggression in the past,... it will lose a precious opportunity to learn from the past

and prepare for the future.

Korea's education ministry also issued a statement, saying this move of historical distortion

not only violates Korea's territorial sovereignty,... but also damages the peaceful coexistence

and mutual respect of East Asia.

The education ministry stressed that the Japanese government should teach its future generations

the preciousness of peace,... based on the correct view of history.

Park Ji-won, Arirang News.