Edokiriko

It is said that production of Edokiriko was started by Kyubei Kagaya who managed a glass wholesaler in Edo cut foreign-made glasses which were brought by Western Europeans during Edo era.

Edokiriko is a mainly red or blue transparent glassware on which original patterns are engraved. Varieties of patterns are designed on the basis of nature and curves.

Much more details about Edokiriko is introduced in the following site.

Edokiriko

Edo Wood Print

Wood-print was introduced into Japan together with Buddhism in the late 500s. 

And then, it was dramatically and originally developed as Edo wood-print in the late Edo period.

It depends on the appearance of genius ukiyoe artists such as Utamaro Kitagawa, Sharaku Toshusai, Hokusai, Hokusai Katsushika, and Hiroshige Utagawa.

Edo shishu (embroidery)

Forty-one traditional craft items designated in Tokyo were introduced. 

Demonstration of embroidery so-called Edo shishu was done.

This is a work of Edo embroidery.

Features of Edo embroidery

1. All works are made by hand.

2. Various kinds of threads like silk, genuine gold, genuine silver, flatted gold, flatted silver, powdered gold, powdered silver and lacquered are used.

3. Cloth for embroidery should be silk or hemp.

Artisans twist threads by themselves considering thickness and looseness of threads. They deal with embroidery minutely with various colors of the threads just as they draw a precise picture.

Let me inform you of news about Haneda International Airport.

Sweets section has been moved from Duty Free Shop in the Departure Area (see the photo ①)  to the back of Cartier (see the photo ②).

Photo ③ is a photo of the sweets section taken from Cartier side. Photo ⑤ is another photo taken from the gate 110 (photo ④ shows the gate)

The Duty Free Shop mentioned above is easy to find because it is located soon after passing through emigration. Therefore this shop is always very crowded with the customers who look for chocolates and tobacco.
I guess many customers may walk around for searching chocolates because the moved sweets section is difficult to find.

I hope those photos become help for tourists.

Please be advised to drop in Tokyo Souvenir Shop near the gate 141 and/or another located on the way to the gate 105 if you cannot find the moved sweets section.

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Special contributions: two events held in Akihabara / How to go to Akihabara

 1.【Summer Night Festival】

Summer Night Festival will be held at precinct of Kanda Shrine for three days from 10th to 12th in August.
Foods and games can be enjoyed at fair. 
In the night, Japanese traditional dance so-called bon dance will be done. Bon dance is very simple. A series of moves is repeated many times until the end of tunes. Dancers dance in a circle around a scaffold so-called Yagura. 
Therefore, everyone can dance even for the first time by watching  and copying other dancers. Let's dance all together!

Period: August 10th -１２th
Time:　10:00 - 21:00（rainout）
Place:　Precinct of Kanda Shrine

As for Bon dance, some more information
・8/10 (Fri.) 　Bon dance to anime songs  

・8/11 (Sat.)   Traditional bon dance

・8/12 (Sun.)  Traditional bon dance

Time:　18:00 - 21:00（rainout）
Place:　Precinct of Kanda Shrine

Click the following URL for more details.
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Nouryo Matsuri

2.【Uchimizukko】

”Uchimizukko Daishugo" will be held at Kanda Shrine at 10:30 on August 11 (Sat.).

This is an event where many maids working in maid cafes in Akihabara gather and sprinkle water on the precinct of the shrine. 

uchimizukko

【How to go to Akihabara】

If you're interested in these events and want to go to Akihabara, take trains from Haneda airport to Akihabara as below.

When using Keikyu line

・Haneda international airport station

　　　　↓ (Keikyu line)

・Shinagawa

　　　　↓ (Yamanote line/Keihintohoku line)

・Akihabara

When using Tokyo Monorail

・Haneda international airport station

　　　　↓ (Tokyo Monorail)

・Hamamatsu-cho

　　　　↓ (Yamanote line/Keihintohoku line)

・Akihabara

Ready-made name stamps for foreign tourists in Japanese

You may find your name stamp in Japanese.
Find your name.

Name stamp for Antonio

Name stamp for Angelica

Let me introduce interesting souvenir I found at Haneda International Airport.

According to telenews, name seals in Japanese are very popular among foreign tourists.

Japanese consists of tree styles of notations; hiragana, katakana, and kanji.

Foreign names can be written not only in hiragana and katakana but also in kanji by reading with Chinese-derived pronunciations.

Until today, foreign people who wanted to have their name seals in Japanese, they had to go to  a seal-cutter. 

Yet, ready-made Japanese name stamps have come on the stage at last.

Not all the names in the world cannot be prepared, but if you're lucky, you can find your name stamps in Japanese at Haneda International Airport.

As samples, you can see the name stamps of Angelica and Antonio in the contributed pictures.

Please check the Hakuhinkan Toy Park on the 5th floor of Haneda International Airport.