Jade Buddha at Soji-ji Temple in Yokohama

I went to Soji-ji Temple in the vicinity of Tsurumi Station of the JR Keihin-Tohoku Line on purpose. Soji-ji Temple is a prestigious temple which is one of the two main temples of Soto-sect Buddhism. The other is Eihei-ji Temple in Fukui Prefecture.
It is also known as a temple where Yuujiro Ishihara - a very popular actor - was buried.
The purpose is not to visit the actor's grave but to see this graceful statue of Buddha. The statue of Buddha is on his way of a world tour and stopped by Yokohama for a ten-day-stay.
I will write how this statue was made after this show is closed on July 21.

Asakusa Hohzuki Fair

Hohzuki is translated as ' a Chinese lantern plant'. It is known as a medical herb and is also known as a bringer of good luck. 

Nearly one hundred tented stores opened to sell potted plants and salesclerks were hailing to sell them.

These are the scenes of Senso-ji Temple in Asakusa which held a temple festival on July 9 & 10, '13.

This is the main hall of Senso-ji Temple.

From the precinct of Senso-ji Temple we could see 'Sky Tree'.
  

Splendid Solo Show in Ginza

I went to Ginza yesterday to attend a solo show by an Australian artist. The artist's name is Elizabeth Dobrilla who currently lives in Melbourne. She has held her solo shows seven times in Melbourne, but this is her first one in Japan. She has lived in Japan for six and a half years until she left here in 2007.

Elizabeth in front of her painting

The theme of this solo show is 'Kagiama and Kaleidoscopes'. Kagiana is a Japanese word  meaning keyhole in English. I guess she looked Japanese culture through a keyhole and enpressed it on a canvas as if she was enjoying a kaleidoscope.

The model of this painting is a famous singer.

The round shaped guard of a Japanese sword looks like a keyhole( Kagiana).

This solo show started on July 1 and ends on July 13, 2013 at ' Gallery Q'. Don't miss it!
Address: 3rd fl. of Kusumoto 17th Bldg, 14-12, Ginza 1-chome, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104-0061, Japan  

Many people celebrated her solo show.
増成光俊