Shinto ceremony, colorful leafs, Imperial Palace and East Garden is dramatically changing day by day!! Nov.20, weekday tour

Many many thanks to our guests joining our weekday tour this day.
It was a chilly, windy morning but we were so delighted to welcome 10
guests from U.S.A, U.K, Germany, Ireland, Holland and Australia.
We could explore the East Garden with newly dressy autumn colored trees in bright yellow. slighty red, and time just flew with a lot of talks with our amazing guests.

I guess this day was the last day we could enjoy the garden in a “peaceful atmosphere”for a while…since from the next day(Nov.21-Dec.8), the “Daijyo-kyu” located on the upper area of the East Garden was to be opened to the public and lots and lots of people may be visiting the East Garden for 18 days.

If you would like to know more about this Daijyo-Sai,
or if you are to go to see this special building at the East Garden of the Imperial House, I recommend you to go to the exhibition held at Kokugakuin-University Museum in Shibuya. The name of the special exhibition is exactly “Daijosai”and is open till Dec.15. They try to offer Japanese/English explanation for this special exhibition which may help you to understand a liitle bit more
about this top sacred, top secretive, top mysterious but top attractive ritual ceremony. The museum is also constructed by 3 Permanent Exhibition parts –
Shinto, Archaeology, Kokugakuin Archives.
What makes me surprising is that this museum is very nice but is totally free!!

<Kokugakuin-University Museum>

特別展・企画展詳細 | 國學院大學博物館　考古と神道で知る日本の文化・歴史（国学院大学博物館）縄文土偶埴輪土器神社宗教東京渋谷無料 Japanese tokyo shibuya Culture History Museum Archaeology jomon dogu haniwa Shinto Shrine religion Kokugakuin University Japan Tokyo free of charge

当館は、日本文化の講究に必要な文化財を収集・保存し、学術的な研究成果を一般に公開するとともに、広く学内外の研究教育活動に資することを目的として設置された大学博物館である。その淵源は、昭和３（1928）年創設の考古学陳列室（後の考古学資料室・考古学資料館）と、昭和38（1963）年創設の神道学資料室（後の神道資料展示室・神道資料館）にあり、両組織を統合した学術資料館や、伝統文化リサーチセンター資料館の設置を経て、平成25（2013）年に國學院大學博物館が発足した。　常設展では、校史・学術資産研究センターの所管資料を交えながら大学の歩みを辿り、考古学から見た日本列島の歴史を通観した上で、神道と日本文化に対する理解を深めていくことができる。　また、特別展・企画展や特集展示による研究公開事業をはじめ、各種の教育普及事業、博物館連携事業などを通して、社会に開かれた大学の窓口としての役割も担っている。 This Museum was founded with the goals of gathering and preserving cultural artifacts necessary to ...

Also, don’t forget TFWT has colorful lined-up tours on each weekends(Asakusa, Ueno Park, Meiji-jingu) and going to have another weekday tour on Nov.28
(at East Garden of the Imperial Palace). For more information, please check our calendar!

(Posted by Nori)