Thinking that the mother and child would make a pretty picture, Miki rushed to take a picture. That’s why it is blur (^^;) Doesn’t it look good anyway? Copyright(C) Miki…

 Dedicating a dance to the god of the Hiraoka Shrine in Higashi-osaka, Osaka. Copyright(C) Miki   →Miki’s twitter← (English is OK)   This is JAPAN Style!  

 A wheel at a 180 year-old house. It looks lonely… Copyright(C) Miki   →Miki’s twitter← (English is OK)   This is JAPAN Style!  

Yukata (summer kimono) and an architecture in a purely Japanese style. Very comforting. At Udamatsuyama Yumekaido Machinami Light-up. Copyright(C) Miki   →Miki’s twitter← (English is OK)   This is JAPAN…

 Lotus flower at Todai-ji Temple in Nara. “Flower gives us peace of mind” Miki said. Copyright(C) Miki   →Miki’s twitter← (English is OK)   This is JAPAN Style!  

Fireworks are displayed at Ryosen-ji Temple to comfort spirits and for the local people to spend a summer night with ancestors and Jizo (guardian deities of children). Copyright(C) Miki  …

When the lanterns were lit, the sky was beautifully aglow. At Kagami Ike (Mirror Pond) in Todai-ji Temple. Copyright(C) Miki   →Miki’s twitter← (English is OK)   This is JAPAN…

Wearing lights on a Tempyo Period (729-749) costume for the Tempyo Gyoretsu Procession (^_^). Copyright(C) Miki   →Miki’s twitter← (English is OK)   This is JAPAN Style!  

400 fireworks were set off near the Council Hall in the Heijo Palace, which was the Imperial Palace of Japan between year of 710 and 784. Copyright(C) Miki   →Miki’s…

2,500 lanterns were lined on the approach of Todai-ji temple for the Annual Memorial Service for the Ancestors (the Mantou-Koyou-E). Prayer for the quake and tsunami stricken area were written…

Todai-ji Temple Annual Memorial Service for the Ancestors (the Mantou-Koyou-E). The service was conducted in a solemn atmosphere. Copyright(C) Miki   →Miki’s twitter← (English is OK)     This is…