Month: December 2019

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Toki-no-Sumika Illuminations in Gotenba-2

The venue has a free area and a paid area.Hikarino Oka :Lighting Hill area is paid are. Lighting Hill has Lighting dome and the Fountain Show. Lighting Hill dome – Spherical Image – RICOH THETA The fountain system drains water up to 50m. 噴水 – Spherical Image – RICOH THETA It’s so amazing that the area is flooded. I was given an umbrella at the entrance. I understand why. The fountain is cold in winter. When I returned my umbrella, I said to the person in charge, “I wish I had come in the summer,” and he said, “The fountain (more…)
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Toki-no-Sumika Illuminations in Gotenba

Toki-no-Sumika is the hotel name. It means living place of Time. That hotel is in Gotenba city near by Ashigara city and the foot of Mt. Fuji. In ages of Edo era (1603-1867), Shogun (Samurai master) was staying in Gotenba when he visit Mt. Fuji. “Go” is English “Tne”. “ten” is “palace”, “ba” is “place”. It is a scenic tourist spot that I was able to go to Tokyo or a day trip. The hotel offers a large-scale illumination show to increase the number of guests. I stayed overnight when I went back to Gunma. Toki no Sumika – Spherical (more…)
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Yoshiyuki Tomino exhibition

Mr. Yoshiyuki Tomino is a famous animation director and the author of MOBILE SUITS GUNDAM. Gundam is an animation from 40 years ago, but it is a popular series where new works are still broadcast on TV. Gundam was the third original animation of the company “Sunrise” that was working on animation under subcontractors.If they were not popular, they had no choice but to go back to their subcontractors.It was a very adventurous work to show to a 10-year-old child.A huge amount of materials from that time were exhibited at the Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art.Unfortunately, photography is not allowed (more…)