It was fine.
I went to Kawasaki Taishi (川崎大師) in Kawasaki. There is a special exhibition of the statue of Kukai (空海) aka Kobodaishi (弘法大師), which happens only once in ten years for a month. It is called Daikaicho (大開帳).
I arrived there after noon.
There are many stores of candies and sweets called Kuzumochi (久寿餅) along the street in front of the temple.
There is a pole which has three pieces of long strings tied with him in front of the main temple. There we hold them and greet, which is a kind of shaking hands with him.
Then I proceeded to the main building for the visit.
After that I wanted to receive a piece of paper on which the sutra is printed in red called akafuda (赤札), but there was a long long line waiting and I knew it would take a long time to get it. Therefore I decided to see other places first such as the statue of Kobodaishi visiting eighty eight temples in Shikoku, or fifth story tower, or the statue of Yakushinyorai (薬師如来). And I had a chance to see the tea ceremony and I could taste green tea with Daruma cookie for nothing. The school is called Sohenryu (宗偏流), and the manner is different from Omotesenke (表千家) which I have learned long time.
After that I waited and waited under the tent and entered the main building at 3:45 PM finally. There was a talk first and the ceremony called o goma shugyo （お護摩修行）started at 4 PM. At the exit we were given a piece of the paper of red character written Namuamidabutsu （南無阿弥陀仏）. When I got out, there was a much longer line, and I wondered if they can enter today or not. I felt lucky.
On my way back to the station I entered a small restaurant and ate Good luck noodle and Kuzumochi for early dinner.
Then I went to Roppongi to see a Disney movie Frozen by 3D. I like the song ゛Let it go.゛
There was one more thing I wanted to do today, but it was too late to do so . Maybe tomorrow.
I arrived there after noon.
There are many stores of candies and sweets called Kuzumochi (久寿餅) along the street in front of the temple.
There is a pole which has three pieces of long strings tied with him in front of the main temple. There we hold them and greet, which is a kind of shaking hands with him.
Then I proceeded to the main building for the visit.
After that I wanted to receive a piece of paper on which the sutra is printed in red called akafuda (赤札), but there was a long long line waiting and I knew it would take a long time to get it. Therefore I decided to see other places first such as the statue of Kobodaishi visiting eighty eight temples in Shikoku, or fifth story tower, or the statue of Yakushinyorai (薬師如来). And I had a chance to see the tea ceremony and I could taste green tea with Daruma cookie for nothing. The school is called Sohenryu (宗偏流), and the manner is different from Omotesenke (表千家) which I have learned long time.
After that I waited and waited under the tent and entered the main building at 3:45 PM finally. There was a talk first and the ceremony called o goma shugyo （お護摩修行）started at 4 PM. At the exit we were given a piece of the paper of red character written Namuamidabutsu （南無阿弥陀仏）. When I got out, there was a much longer line, and I wondered if they can enter today or not. I felt lucky.
On my way back to the station I entered a small restaurant and ate Good luck noodle and Kuzumochi for early dinner.
Then I went to Roppongi to see a Disney movie Frozen by 3D. I like the song ゛Let it go.゛
There was one more thing I wanted to do today, but it was too late to do so . Maybe tomorrow.
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