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Ukiyo-e woodblock print in Tokyo: Maple Trees at Mama at Ebisudo gallery

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Give colourful ukiyo-e woodblock prints by Master UTAGAWA Hiroshige to your family or good friends! For example, this print “The maple trees at Mama, the Tekona shrine and Tsugihashi bridge” (nowadays Ichikawa city in Chiba prefecture) with autumn leaves, designed in Japan in 1857 and found at Ebisudo gallery (Chiyoda ward, Tokyo):
Ukiyo-e woodblock print with Mama's maple trees at Ebisudo gallery (Chiyoda ward, Tokyo, Japan).

To buy this ukiyo-e reproduction part of the “One hundred famous views of Edo” series, take exit A7 at Jimbocho subway station and bring 12.960 yens to the Japanese art shop.

02 August 2014: Japanese culture & night cruise in Tokyo’s Sumida ward

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Nice! Tokyo’s Sumida ward, its tourism office and the Sumidagawa Edo Cultural Sightseeing Promotion Association organize a “Yukata De Guide Tour” special event in English for foreign tourists near Ryogoku station from 16:00 to 21:00 on Saturday 02 August 2014.

Imagine wearing a colourful Yukata summer kimono with traditional Geta wooden shoes, visiting the Kokugikan sumo arena, joining a tea ceremony in a Japanese garden, smelling and tasting Japan’s green tea from your cup, attending a concert of Koto (stringed musical instrument) and Shakuhachi flute, living a Haiku Japanese poetry gathering…
Japanese culture: tea ceremony.

Then cruise the Sumida River at night to admire the lit-up Rainbow Bridge (Odaiba area) and modern Tokyo Skytree tower from a cute boat…

Finally, enjoy a festival with many small shops and Japanese people dancing a Bon-odori dance… You may even dance with them!
Japanese culture: dance.

Why not live and enjoy the Japanese culture this Summer evening in Tokyo’s Sumida ward? Make a reservation for the “Yukata De Guide Tour” for only 4.500 yens (food included) before 29 July! Our Yes in Japan travel manager will definitely join 🙂

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USEFUL JAPANESE
  • Yukata De Guide Tour = ゆかたでガイドツアー (yukata-de-gaido-tsua).
  • “Visit Sumida” tourism office = 墨田区観光協会 (Sumida-ku-kanko-kyokai).
  • Sumidagawa Edo Cultural Sightseeing Promotion Association = 隅田川・江戸文化観光振興会 (Sumida-gawa-edo-bunka-kanko-shinko-kai).
  • Yukata = 浴衣, Bon-odori = 盆踊り, Sumida river = 隅田川 (Sumida-gawa).
  • Ryogoku station = 両国駅 (Ryogoku-eki), Sumida ward = 墨田区 (Sumida-ku), Tokyo = 東京.