We have previously posted pine decorations for New Year's Day.
At the "pine decoration" that celebrates the New Year, "how to cut bamboo" is cut diagonally, cut flat on the nodes, and decorate bamboo bamboo grass with pine, It's different at each shop.
When I introduced this year's "Nihonbashi Seven Lucky Gods Tour", a few customers asked me a question.
It seems that Kadomatsu varies from region to region.
First of all, as for the cut, it seems that it has been cut sideways since ancient times, but since the Warring States period, it has been cut diagonally especially in samurai. It seems that this is called "Sogi".
In places where the tradition of Kyoto is valued, bamboo still does not cut diagonally. So, in Kyoto, there are a lot of "sunto".
In addition to these two basic cutting methods, recently, the top of the bamboo is cut sideways and used a bamboo node to leave the shape of the mouth, so that it is not dangerous.
This time, I photographed the pine decorations of a hotel called a Western Ryokan.
This is the Marriott Hotel "Sogi" at the Kyobashi Trust Tower.
Pine decoration of Ginza Kokusai Hotel. It's a small body.
The pine decoration of the Ginza Grand Hotel is "Sogi".
The pine decoration of the Millenium Mitsui Garden Hotel, which opened in December 2014, is Sogi.
The pine decorations of Mitsui Garden Hotel Ginza Pru Mie are "Sog + Mouth"
The pine decoration of Courtyard Marriott Ginza Tobu Hotel is "Sunto".
And I went to Uchisaiwai-cho and saw the pine decorations of the oldest hotel in Japan, which celebrated its 125th anniversary this year.
This is "Sagi + Mouth" with the upper part of the bamboo flat, the nodes in the middle, and the lower part with 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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