Radio calisthenics

One day, I was walking the street.
I passed odd person on the road.
He had a black tights of full-body suit on.
And he has a billboard around one's neck.
It's read: "plan to make all the citizens a morning person".



Apparently, he is choreographer, and he do radio calisthenics in every morning.
Anybody who would like to participate can participate to his radio calisthenics event.
You may think "what is radio calisthenics?".
If such is the case, please look at movie in the following.

Tengu in Takao mountain.

I went to Takao mountain May 4.
Takao is near from Tokyo, and a lot of nature exists.
It's popular leisure venue.
Takao mountain is approximately 600 meter elevation.



A number of Shinto shrines exist on the way.
There was a Tengu in the Shinto shrine.



Tengu is monster or god or apparition.
The definition of those is vague in Japan.
Because about eight million gods exist in Japan.
I have no means of knowing all gods.
A big old tree is a god in a lot of cases.
They are "Goshin-boku" in Japanese.



It can be seen in nationwide various places.

The gods is not acute existence to Japanese people.
The god in Japan doesn't punish us.
They only exists.
However, they are existence that is more naturally nearer than human.

Tengu is an impression between the god and the monster.
The existence between the god and the monster is called an Youkai in Japanese.
I feel comfortable to classification of Tengu into Youkai.

There is a theory that the origin of Tnegu is Caucasian who drifted Japan.
The reason is that body is large and the nose is high.
Tengu's body is red.
Tengu got a tan?
Furthermore, there is a legend that the daughter in the village married Tengu.
The truth has not been clarified.

Tango-no-sekku

Hi! I'm ZIPPO!
I can't speak English.
Be nice to me!

May 5 is holiday called "Tango-no-sekku" in Japan.
"Tango-no-sekku" is children's day.
It is a day to promote well-being of children.
May 5 is principally boy's day.
Girl's day is March 3, that is "Hina-matsuri".
It is necessary to decorate with the flying carp or the "May doll" on May 5 if there is a boy in your house.

The fly carp streamers outdoors because the carp is a symbol of a successful career.



"May doll" is warrior dolls.
This is principally miniature armor.



Those dolls reflect the wish of parents "Children grow up strong and healthy".

And Kernel Sanders put on armor in Japan on this day.