#kagoshima city

[atlasandacamera]

Kagoshima, Japan

[yoooko-o]

28/11/2023 part2

南薩鉄道 永吉駅跡 久しぶりの廃線駅跡を訪問👣 廃線跡はサイクリングロードになっていました🚴

R270沿い サーフィンしている人たちがちらほらいましたが、風邪ひかないのか心配になります。

日置市は今回が初訪問😊 そして有名どころである吹上浜海浜公園は訪問しませんでしたomg 未定ですが、次回の機会に…苦笑

[fizzingwizard]

it's a day of pet peeves!

some dude: "all japan is like X. as you are all aware i lived in japan. for one year. maybe even two. therefore I know everything about japan and am the japan guru. also all my opinions are negative bc i'm edgy and i 'LIVED' in japan"

[noticiasarquelogicasjaponesas]

Sean bienvenidos japonítasarqueológicos a una primera noticia de geografía japonesa, espero que os guste dicho esto comenzamos. - En la isla de Kyuchu se localiza el volcán Sakurajima que está en la ciudad de Kagoshima. Entró en erupción el pasado 25 de julio, por suerte se están evacuando a la población de los alrededores. - Japón es un país que está a la orden del día en lo que respecta al tema vulcanológico. Espero que os haya gustado y nos vemos en próximas noticias de arqueología e historia japonesa. - 考古学ジャポナイトは日本の地理の最初のニュースを歓迎します、私はあなたがそれを好きであることを願っています、これを言って、始めましょう。 - 九州の桜島火山は鹿児島市にあります。 7月25日に噴火し、幸い周囲の人々は避難している。 - 日本は火山学に関して議題になっている国です。 あなたがそれを気に入って、将来の考古学と日本の歴史ニュースであなたに会えることを願っています。 - Archaeological Japonites are welcome to a first news of Japanese geography, I hope you like it, having said this, let's start. - On the island of Kyuchu, the Sakurajima volcano is located in the city of Kagoshima. It erupted on July 25, luckily the surrounding population is being evacuated. - Japan is a country that is on the agenda when it comes to volcanology. I hope you liked it and see you in future archeology and Japanese history news.

[whencyclopedia]

Christianity in Japan

Christianity arrived in Japan in 1549 when Jesuits first set foot in Kagoshima. Initial attempts to spread the religion were met with confusion; however, through employing various methods, they began to see success. However, by 1650, Christianity had effectively vanished from open society as the isolationist policy of Japan brought with it suppression and persecution.

Painting of Francis Xavier, c. 1600

Unknown Artist (Public Domain)

Anjirō & Francis Xavier

Arguably, the first Jesuits to come ashore in Japan may have not found the success they did if they had not been accompanied by Japanese-born Anjirō (or Yajiro), who was at once both a help and a hindrance to the mission. Fleeing murder charges, Anjirō stowed away on a Portuguese vessel and was followed by two companions, one of which may have been his brother. Leaving the land he knew for an unknown future, he found himself in the city of Macao, China, a major trading hub of the Portuguese Empire. Anjirō picked up the Portuguese language in less than a year and showed a great interest in Christianity. Seeking further knowledge, he and his companions tracked down the famed Apostle of the Far East, Francis Xavier, who was based out of Portuguese Malacca, Malaysia. Anjirō impressed Xavier with his questions, prompting the Jesuit priest to write:

If all the Japanese are as eager to know as is Anjirō, it seems to me that this race is the most curious of all the peoples that have been discovered

(quoted in Dougill, 13).

After their meeting, Xavier recommended that Anjirō and his companions travel to Portuguese Goa, India, to learn more about the faith, and it was here that they became the first Japanese to convert to Christianity. Xavier later requisitioned a report about the Japanese people from a Portuguese captain, and along with Father Cosme de Torres, Brother Juan Fernandes, an Indian retainer, and the three Japanese converts, set off for Japan in what would be a surreal experience for both the natives of the land and the foreigners.

Continue reading...

[ywpd-translations]

Ride 756: The third Inter High!!

Pag 1

1: The Inter High starting line is impartial

2: Those aiming for victory

3: Those filled to the brim

4: Those who are scared

5: Everyone who put on their number bib

6: The line calls everyone to a new path

Pag 2 / 3

1: No2, Onoda Sakamichi's last Inter High!!

Pag 4

1: “Kyushu” was once divided into nine countries, and that's why it has that name*

(NdT.: The “kyuu” in Kyushu means nine)

(Currently is divided in seven prefectures: Fukuoka, Ooita, Saga, Nagasaki, Kumamoto, Miyazaki, Kagoshima)

2: It has a lot of active volcanoes, and people coexist with the harshness of nature while enjoying hot springs, geothermy, and tourism

3: Trade with the continent has been active since ancient times

4: Formerly, the distribution of goods by ships, which was the mainstream

5: Passed through the Kanmon Straits, separating Honshu and Kyushu

6: And transported to Osaka, Edo, the Japanese cities by the sea, and every corner of the country

Pag 5

1: Even today, the Kanmon Straits, which passes through Shimonoseki, and Kitakyushu City, and Moji, is the shortest route that connects the Inland Sea and the Sea of Japan, and is a key point for the shipping through sea

2: 1000 ships a day pass through the complex strait, which is 500m wide in its narrowest point

3: As for the land route

4: An highway crosses the Kanmon Strait with a huge bridge 1068m long

5: Ordinary national roads and railroads pass through specialized tunnels

6: As for bicycles and people... they use the “pedestrian bridge tunnel” at the bottom of the huge bridge

From Honshu to Kyushu, they can cross over the Kanmon Strait by walking

Pag 6

4: Waaa

We're at the bottom of the sea here?

That's right

5: So above us is the sea?

Yeah

And we can walk to Kyushu?

That's right, it's around 400m from here

Amazing....

6: There's even people with bikes

Yeah

7: Look! There's a line!

It's the prefectural border

8: One, two-

9: Yes! I landed in Kyushu!

Pag 7

1: The entrance to Kyushu is in the northernmost town, Moji, in the prefecture of Fukuoka, Kitakyushu City

Pag 8

1: This is where this year's Inter High will start

Pag 9

3: Where do I put this baggage?

Put it in the tent for now

Thank you, senpai

4: Look, The bikes are all lined up

So pretty

Pag 10

1: I took a picture

So cool

2: Two portions of Mijiko curry, please

Yessir

3: A pressure of 6.5?

Six, please

4: Do you have an allen key?

Yes

Pag 11

1: Ohhhh

2: There's so many huge buses!!

Teh!!

3: Nara

4: That one is from Miyazaki

5: Na-Nagano!!

6: And there's so many people, too, teh....!!

7: Are they participants in the race!? All of them!?

You're kidding, they look so strong!!

8: The attendance!! Is on this scale!!

So this is....

Pag 12

1: A national competition!!

2: Teh?

3: Ohh.... suddenly my knees started trembling, teh

Ho- how do I stop it, teh, Ki....

4: Kinaka-kun!!

6: Ki.....

7: “The competition is in Kyushu, so there's no way we can bring everyone along”

8: Kinaka.... kun

Pag 13

1: I'm here!!

Ah, you're here....

2: I'll be a mechanical help for the next three days

And I was entrusted to be your lucky charm

De-he.... oho, ohoho, fuhoho!! What's that enigmatic way of laughing!!

3: Don't act like I didn't come!!

No... I just wanted to reaffirm again how grateful I am that you came, Kinaka-kun...

Ah!? That doesn't make any sense

4: It does!!

Pag 14

1: Because I really am grateful to you, Kinaka-kun!!

3: And I think this jersey is for the both of us!!

5: Don't say you're grateful so directly

It's embarrassing!!

6: Let's go to the tent!!

Yeah!!

You

7: It's your first Inter High but you're not all that nervous!!

That's somehow incredible

8: Yeah!!

After all

Pag 15

1: We have the strongest senpai!!

Pag 16

1: Ohhh

Waaa

2: It's Sohoku!!

It's Sohoku, the two-times in a row champion!!

Sohoku is in Kyushu!!

3: What a terrific aura!

Waaa

Onoda.... Naruko, Imaizumi!!

They look serious!!

Are they aiming for the championship again this year!?

Pag 17

1: They're going to get their number bibs

They're heading straight for the reception!!

Yes, all the participants are lining up in a row there

2: Oi, you're interrupting....

3: Sorry-

Ah

Soho-

Waa

Waaa-

5: -ku's...... bibs....

Pag 18

1: ….. please

2: Is he..... nervous....!? The reigning champion, Sohoku!?

Did he have a nervous aura?

Maybe the two guys behind him.... were supporting him?

3: They were supporting him, but the jersey came off

5: They're going back to their tent....

So that's Sohoku... right

7: So-so- sorry, I got nervous!!

Yeah

Right

8: La-la-la-la-la

La?

La?

Pag 19

1: I was thinking it's the last Inter High!!

3: For us

Pag 20

4: Yeah

5: That's right

6: That's right, Onoda-kun

We're third years

7: It's our third and final

8: yearly grand stage

Pag 21

1: Once this is over, we'll retire

This Inter High is our last race!!

Pag 23

1: Honestly speaking, I my heart too was pounding when we were on the ship coming here

I was really nervous

2: Naruko-kun....

3: Naruko

4: But then I thought

When we were first years and ran in the Kanagawa competition..... maybe, at the starting point in Enoshima

5: The old man, Kinjou-san, and Makishima-san, too, were as nervous as we are now

Pag 24

1: They must have been

3: But they didn't show it at all to us kouhai

4: Well, we can't afford to show it, either

5: That's why, Manager, we talked and decided to go back to our beginning!!

6: We chased and caught up with those people's back, but this time we're gonna surpass them!!

7: Huh

8: We're changing our numbers from last year!!

Pag 25

1: The old man carried number 172, so I'll take number 2!!

Hotshot will take the number Kinjou-san wore, number 1!!

Pag 26

3: And Onoda-kun....

I....

7: The number Makishima-san carried

Pag 27

1: I'll run wearing the number 3!!

[crazyfox-archives]

"Profile of a Miko" (巫女横姿) by Fujishima Takeji (藤島武二), before 1943

Watercolor on paper from the collection of the Kagoshima City Museum of Art (鹿児島市立美術館)

"Perfil de una Miko" (巫女横姿) de Fujishima Takeji (藤島武二), antes de 1943

Acuarela sobre papel de la colección del Museo de Arte de la ciudad de Kagoshima (鹿児島市立美術館)

[theroyalsandi]

Japanese Imperial Family - Princess Kako of Akishino attended the closing ceremony of the special National Sports Festival at Shiranami Stadium in Kagoshima City, Kagoshima Prefecture | October 17, 2023

[fplkk2022]

Kagoshima is a port city in Japan　鹿児島は日本の港町

[mintoxhitsuji]

Aleksandr Krylov is a 27 years old, 232 cm tall cornix tenebrae. He goes by he/him and is bisexual. He doesn‘t go by his birth name however, since he forgot it and his roots through dramatic events; The name he was given by the people who found him is Karasu.

Karasu is a very sincere, caring and loyal person. He cares more about his ‚family‘ than he cares about anyone or anything else, including him. As long as they are well, he is well too. Due to his memory loss he lacks experience in many forms, thus often seeming clueless, naive and even reckless at times. He has a very punny sense of humour and loves to tell dad jokes. It is in his very nature to be a father figure of some sorts.

This man has a very long way coming. He doesn‘t know where he came from before he woke up one day in Kagoshima but the wounds on his body back then do allude to something dramatic. He found himself in the house of Hikari and her family, a couple of angels that lived on earth. Aleksandr got furious seeing the winged beings, but he wasn‘t sure why. It was deep hatred that was imbued into him over many years. The man only spoke a foreign language back than, luckily Hikari‘s father was able to speak to him and calm him down. Nowadays Karasu speaks Japanese almost fluently, is in a relationship with Hikari and studies to become a paediatrician. When he first met Katsuro and heard about his story, their relationship became somewhat that a father and his son would have.

Karasu is very eager to remember who he is, thus reading a lot. But nothing seems to work. He loves to wander around and about, exploring the city and its sky he now calls home. Karasu once found a little crow chick, or at least that is what he thinks he found. He took it with him and called it Chernyy.

[atlasandacamera]

Kagoshima, Japan

[yoooko-o]

28/11/2023 part1

鹿児島県日置市の大汝牟遅(おおなむち)神社⛩ 2023年のお正月のTV番組で、占い師のゲッターズ飯田さんが”2023年鹿児島で一番のパワースポットは大汝牟遅神社”と紹介していたそうです。それをつい最近知りました。 2023年もあと１ヶ月ちょいですが、せっかくなので、神様のご利益を少しでも頂きに訪問しました。

「海外旅行で散々運を使っておきながら、まだご利益が欲しいのか!?」 なんてツッコミはしないでください笑

ここのお守りは特に女性をオールマイティのジャンルから守ってくれるそうです。神社の人も優しかったです🤗 結び紐みくじの運勢はさておき、おみくじの内容が心当たりがあります…苦笑 しかも入っていた紐は、まさかの厄除と笑！ Bagに付けておこうかな♫

そこから約100ｍくらい離れたところに神域である「千本楠」があります🌳 NHKのドラマ「精霊の守り人」 「敷島パン」「アフラック」のCMなど撮影されたことがある有名なスポットだそうです。 ここから目と鼻の先は住宅地なんです。だけどここだけ不思議な感覚を覚える場所です。 そういう類は疎い私には珍しい感覚でした。

妙見神社 「出川哲朗の充電させてもらえませんか？」で立ち寄ったと大汝牟遅神社で教えてもらったので、こちらも一緒に訪問しました。 車で５分くらいのところでした。完全に貸切状態で滞在できました😇 色んな縁起物がかくれんぼ状態ですので、探すのも楽しかったです。

時間が押しているのもあり、私が見つけたのはハート岩とハートの木の根、成功の文字の３つでした👀

[maigeiko]

Geisha exist all over Japan...

Geisha exist all around Japan, not only in Kyoto!

Notes: -> If a city/district is crossed out, that means the Hanamachi is defunct. -> If there is no city listed under a prefecture name, that means I don’t know of any cities in that prefecture that have or had Hanamachi -> Hyperlinks lead to entries on this blog tagged with that specific city -> The content you see here is undergoing changes, since there is always a possibility that I find more informations 1: Hokkaido region 1. Hokkaido Asahikawa 旭川 Hakodate 函館 (Yunokawa onsen) Muroran 室蘭 Otaru 小樽 Sapporo 札幌 2-7: Tohoku region 2. Aomori Aomori (Asamushi onsen 浅虫温温泉) Hachinohe 八戸 3. Iwate Hanamaki onsen 花巻温泉 Oshu (Isawa onsen 石和温泉) Kamaishi 釜石 Morioka 盛岡 4. Miyagi Sendai 仙台 5. Akita Akita 秋田 Yuzawa 湯沢 6. Yamagata Sakata 酒田 Tsuruoka 鶴岡 Yamagata 山形 7. Fukushima Aizuwakamatsu 会津若松 (Higashiyama onsen) Fukushima 福島 Nihonmatsu 二本松 (Dake onsen) 8-14: Kanto region 8. Ibaraki Mito 水戸 9. Tochigi Nasu onsen 那須温泉 Oyama 大山 Utsunomiya 宇都宮 10. Gunma Ikaho 伊香保 Kusatsu 草津 Maebashi 前橋 Minakami 水上 Sarugakyo onsen 猿ヶ京温泉 Takasaki 高崎 11. Saitama 12. Chiba Kisarazu 木更津 13. Tokyo Rokkagai: Akasaka 赤坂 Asakusa 浅草 Kagurazaka 神楽坂 Mukojima 向島 Shinbashi 新橋 Yoshi-cho 芳町 Outside the Rokkagai: Hachioji 八王子 Maruyama-cho 円山町 Otsuka 大塚 Shinagawa (Oi 大井/Omori 大森) - formerly known as Konnyaku-jima 蒟蒻島 Famous Hanamachi: Fukagawa 深川 Yanagibashi 矢作橋 Yushima tenjin 湯島天神 Other Hanamachi: Araki-cho 荒木町 Dogenzaka 道玄坂 Fujimi-cho 富士見町 Gotanda 五反田 Hakusan 白山 Himono-cho 檜物町 Kobusho 講武所 Nihonbashi 日本橋 Shiba 芝 Shibaura 芝浦 Shintomi-cho 新富町 Shitaya 下谷 Yoshiwara 吉原 14. Kanagawa Atsugi 厚木 (Iiyama onsen) Hakone 箱根 Kamakura 鎌倉 Yokohama 横浜 Yugawara onsen 湯河原温泉 15-23: Chubu region 15. Niigata Nagaoka Onsen 長岡温泉 Niigata 新潟 Shibata 新発田 (Tsukioka onsen 月岡温泉 ) Jôetsu (Takada 高田) Yuzawa 湯沢 16. Toyama Himi 氷見 Asahi 朝日 (Tomari-cho) 17. Ishikawa Kanazawa 金沢 Kaga (Yamanaka onsen 山中温泉) Katayamazu Onsen 片山津温泉 18. Fukui Awara Onsen 芦原 温泉 Fukui 福井 Obama 小浜 19. Yamanishi Kofu 甲府 20. Nagano Kamiyamada togura 上山田戸倉 Suwa (Kamisuwa Onsen 上諏訪)  Yudanaka Onsen 湯田中温泉 21. Gifu Gero Onsen 下呂温泉 Gifu 岐阜 Takayama 高山 22. Shizuoka Atami 熱海 Fujinomia 富士宮 Hamamatsu 浜松 Ito Onsen 伊東 Izunokuni (Izunagaoka Onsen 伊豆長岡) Shimoda 下田 (Izushimoda Onsen) Shizuoka 静岡 23. Aichi Anjo 安城 Gamagori 蒲郡 (Mitani Onsen) Hotei 布袋 Inuyama 犬山 Kochino 古知野 Kônan 江南 Nagoya 名古屋 Toyota (Asuke 足助) 24-30: Kansai region 24. Mie 25. Shiga Hikone 彦桹 Otsu 大津 26. Kyoto Kyoto 27. Osaka Osaka 大阪 Imasato 今里 28. Hyogo Arima Onsen 有馬温泉 Kinosaki 城崎 Kobe 神戸 29. Nara Nara 奈良 30. Wakayama Shingu 新宮 Shirahama 白浜 Wakayama 和歌山 31-35: Chûgoku 31. Tottori 32. Shimane Matsue 松江 (Tamatsukuri onsen 玉造温泉) 33. Okayama Obara 小原 Okayama 岡山 34. Hiroshima 35. Yamaguchi 36-39: Shikoku region 36. Tokushima Komatsushima 小松島 Tokushima 徳島 37. Kagawa Kotohira 琴平 Takamatsu 高松 38. Ehime Matsuyama (Dogo onsen 道後温泉) 39. Kochi Kochi 高知 40-47 Kyushu region 40. Fukuoka Fukuoka 福岡 Kurume 久留米 Tenjin-ka 天神下 41. Saga Takeo 武雄 Ureshino Onsen 嬉野 (tag exists but tumblr doesn’t recognise it - therefore a “search” link) 42. Nagasaki Nagasaki 長崎 43. Kumamoto Kumamoto 熊本 44. Oita Beppu onsen 別府 45. Miyazaki 46. Kagoshima Kagoshima 鹿児島 47. Okinawa

[444lpblue]

The Witch and the Beast #2 - The Witch's Pastime: Final Act

Screenplay: Yuuichirou Momose Storyboard: Toshiyuki Sone Episode Direction: Masahiko Suzuki Chief Episode Direction: Makoto Tamagawa Chief Animation Direction: Hiroya Iijima Animation Direction: Makoto Shimojima, Kazuharu Tada, Miyoko Shikibu, Miyako Nishida, Geun-Su Lim (Monster AD: Shouya Gotou) Key Animation: Yuka Anze, Yasunori Yamaguchi, Kouichi Takai, Ryou Suzuki, Mizuki Nakane, Shouya Gotou, Tomokazu Gunji, Aya Nagumo, Mayu Nakamura, Mitsuyo Tsuno, Riku Yamahira, Kazumasa Takeuchi, Hideo Maru, Seon-Hui Kim, Studio Toy Box, Kou Kitakaze

Better late than never, right? On my first watch of this episode, I'm not going to lie; I was a bit harsh on it. I couldn't keep the inconsistency and off-model nature of the episode out of my mind (most of which I hope will be fixed in the Blu-rays), and it kind of blinded me in my real assessment of this episode. I want you guys to keep in mind that this is one of my favorite mangas of all time, so I have very high standards for it. Seeing these production issues crop up just isn't a great feeling when the animation itself is already quite limiting.

Despite all of that, I'd still describe it as a reasonably decent episode, though not quite on par with episode 1. However, it did feature some remarkable shots that were visually stunning, courtesy once again of Hirotsugu Kakoi's art direction plus his team at Kagoshima Ramecahirim. The storyboarder of this episode, Toshiyuki Sone, while quite derivative of the manga, I believe, had many shots that make great use of the excellent background art and has a serious sense of depth.

When the scenes are good, they're REALLY good. I've noticed that the show particularly shines during nighttime, and I absolutely love it; it has become my favorite visual aspect of the series so far. Recently, I saw someone describe The Witch and the Beast as a grotesque and gory show, which is only partly true. This manga is aesthetically inclined, balancing the gory and the beautiful, and I believe these specific shots emphasize that quality. The new city setting is dark, empty, and moody, yet it's visually captivating—almost like eye candy. The ethereal lights style, illuminating everything, coupled with the depth and details presented in the aftermath of the victims, all come together in a gory yet beautiful amalgamation for example.

The animation in this episode was still overall limiting, but it wasn't one that particularly needed much per the narrative (of this episode). As mentioned before, the consistency really bothers me, along with some odd choices that could perhaps be attributed to the direction of this episode. The zoom in with Ashaf casting his spell looked low-res when zoomed in and somewhat disrupted my immersion in the episode. Guideau hitting the handrails had this weird effect applied instead of proper animation, which felt awkward. The entire restaurant scene in the second half of the episode was extremely off-model. Despite these issues, the actual episode, both in the narrative adaptation and the background/board ideas, still meshes pretty well with my vision of the manga.

I also hope that, considering this is arguably one of the less important arcs, when we reach Episode 4, which focuses on Johan and Phanora's arc or beyond (don't worry, I'll write about Episode 3 right after this), there will be an improvement in the production levels compared to what we've seen in this episode. I'm optimistic that they've been saving their staff for these more significant episodes. While I acknowledge that this isn't the best production ever, I appreciate the art direction, some of the storyboarding has been quite good, and the show as a whole has been a decent adaptation of the manga. However, I would like to see more consistency going forward.

[kaibutsushidousha]

I saw you call Spriggan “Nakamura” on TV Tropes. Is that his actual name? I can’t find it stated in the text.

Last arrow of Section 12. At Norwich's bell tower, Chaldea exposes Spriggan as a changeling human.

Spriggan "Let's say, for argument's sake, I'm a human hailing from the same country as Fujimaru. Would that help you understand my objectives a little bit more? I have no attachment to Britain, the fae, or the queen. Which doesn't mean to say I can simply return to my nation. I can't ever return to being a human nobody Nakamura."

NA equivalent:

Nakamura's Japanese nationality removed, generic Japanese name replaced with generic English name.

Bonus trivia: The last arrow of Section 16 is Nakamura's backstory, where it's revealed he was one of the Satsuma exchange students. And there is only one Nakamura among the group, Nakamura Hiroyasu. The Kagoshima Central Station has a monument with life-size statues of all 15 Satsuma exchange students, and Kagoshima happened to be the city I lived in during my exchange student year, so I paid respects to Spriggan's statue multiple times before meeting his FGO counterpart.

[momosammy]

when i knew i have 2 holiday on a week,

i become to wanna go Kagoshima city to eat SHIROKUMA🐻‍❄️🤍