I posted about New Year's pine decorations before.
In the `` pine decoration '' celebrating the New Year's Day, `` how to cut bamboo '' is cut diagonally, cut flatly on the knot, and bamboo bamboo grass is decorated with pine, It's different at each shop.
When we introduced this year's "Nihonbashi Seven Lucky Gods Tour", some customers asked questions.
It seems that Kadomatsu is different from region to region.
First of all, it is said that it has been cut sideways since ancient times, but since the Warring States period, especially in samurai, it has started to cut diagonally. This is called "sagi."
In places that value the tradition of Kyoto, bamboo is still not cut diagonally. So, in Kyoto, there are a lot of "sunto".
In addition to these basic two ways of cutting, recently, there are things that make the upper part of the bamboo cut sideways and smile while leaving the shape of the mouth using the bamboo nodes so that it is not dangerous.
This time, I took pictures of pine decorations at a hotel called a Western Ryokan.
This is the Marriott Hotel Sogi at Kyobashi Trust Tower.
Pine decoration of Ginza Kokusai Hotel. It's 'sunboshi'.
The pine decoration of Ginza Grand Hotel is "Sogi".
The pine decoration of the Millenium Mitsui Garden Hotel, which opened in December 2014, is "Sogi".
The pine decoration of Mitsui Garden Hotel Ginza Puru Mie is "Sagi + Mouth"
The pine decoration at Courtyard Marriott Ginza Tobu Hotel is "sunbo".
And I extended my foot to Uchisaiwaicho and saw the pine decorations of the oldest hotel in Japan, which celebrated its 125th anniversary this year.
This is a "sagi + mouth" where the upper part of the bamboo is cut flat, the node is left in the middle, and the lower part is a modest opening of the mouth.
Each hotel seemed to be particular about it, and it was a very interesting exploration.
(This is the past article.)
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