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Hamarikyu Garden Winter feature Snow hanging (Southern style) frost repellent (Obake) 

[Yurikamome] Nov. 17, 2011 08:30

   In the sunny weather of Hamarikyu, snow hanging, a winter tradition, was displayed.

It will give you an accent when your garden becomes lonely. It will entertain your eyes until the end of March.

This decoration cannot support this core snow and is only a decoration.

In earnest, it is "Kenrokuen-style snow hanging", but the smaller one is displayed in Shiba Rikyu Garden.

Snow hanging in Tokyo is divided into "Northern style" and "Southern style", "Koishikawa Korakuen" and "Rokugien" are northern style, and "Hamarikyu Garden" and "Hibiya Park" are southern style.

The method of the master at that time is still handed down.            

                       2011_1113 Hamayuki Suspension (whole) Photo 0013.JPG

2011_1113 Hamayuki Suspension (Teppen) Photo 0011.JPG

The tip of the sail column is called Valen.

The decoration is made with a hanging rope.

It is a rich decorative snow hanging with a lot of thin ropes.

2011_1113 Hamayuki Suspension (Buchi 2) Photo 0020.JPG The hem is called a bee, and the bee rotates a rope around the tip of the bee (frame at the tip of the bamboo) and connects a hanging rope around it.

The bamboo passing sideways is called Kanzashi.

            2011_1113 Hamawara Pitch Photo 0041.JPG

In warm regions, cold-sensitive plants such as cycad and Digo are rolled up with straw during the winter to protect trees from the cold of winter.

The contents of this photo in the garden of Hamarikyu are not cycad, but bamboo is placed on the ground and it is decorated with straw. Therefore, the name among craftsmen is "Obake ..."