Menibooksprofeit

Watching the 101st Tokyo Hakone Roundtrip University Ekiden Race

I went to see the annual Hakone Ekiden on January 3 this year in front of Mitsukoshi. Aoyama Gakuin University, the first place, was extremely fast. The second place was Komazawa University, but I think you can see the difference in speed depending on how you take the picture. The support of everyone along the road was also great.

Others
Around Nihonbashi and Kyobashi

2025.1.5 14:00
Menibooks

Read an article
Statue of "Mikimoto Kokichi Okina" by Seibo Kitamura

From June 16 to 18, I went on a trip to Ise-Shima, and on the 16th I visited Mikimoto Pearl Island in Toba City. On a small island, Mikimoto Kokichi was the first island in the world to successfully cultivate pearls in 1893. A bronze statue of Mikimoto Kokichi was erected here. Mikimoto Kokichi (1858-1954) of the age of 93, stands facing the Imperial Palace with a cane given by Empress Sadaaki (the Empress of Emperor Taisho). (Please forgive me with a small picture) by Seibo Kitamura. It was built in 1953. The "Peace Prayer Statue" in Nagasaki is well known as his work, but in Chuo-ku there is a "lighthouse" (completed in 1931) in Sukiyabashi Park, and the bronze statue of Kokichi Okina is his work I was surprised and somewhat familiar.

History, culture
Others

2024.6.24 9:00
Menibooks

Read an article

12 3