The new year 2023 has begun.
Happy New Year 2023
Christmas Organ Concert 2022
Merry Christmas. The Christmas organ concert 2022 was held at the Togen Hall in the city of Minami (south)-Alps in Yamanashi Prefecture on 12/24/2022.
Players: Tetsuya Kan (pipe organ) and Eisuke Yamamoto (trumpet)
Manufacture d’ Orgues Bernard Aubertin S.A, I/II,III/II, Tremblant doux pour les claviers manuels, Traction mécanique 48jeux 2914 tuyaux Vallotti,¹ a=440Hz 20℃
Togen Culture Hall: https://shirane-togen.jp
Jazz of December 2022 _ Akiha Nakashima Quartet
Featuring the Akiha Nakashima Quartet, December The End Of The Year Jazz Concert 2022 was held at the Nagasaka Community Station Hall in the town of Nagasaka, the city of Hokuto, in Yamanashi Prefecture on 12/18/2022.
Members of the Akiha Nakashima Quartet: Akiha Nakashima (alto saxophone), Junichiro Okuchi (piano), Ryohei Komaki (double bass), and Gene Jackson (drums)
FYI
https://dukesoftware.appspot.com/saxophonist/Akiha_Nakashima/
More Ginkgo Leaves
More colorful ginkgo leaves which are about to drop.
Colorful Ginkgo Trees
Regular ginkgo trees. These are not Ohatsuki-icho. Refer to the article on 11/10/2022.
(https://www.kyoboku.com/ohatsuki/)
Colorful Eki-Ben Lunch Box
Eki-Ben (Station Bento) Yamanashi Wine Bento Lunch Box Produced By Marumasa Incorporated.
Kobuchisawa-town, Hokuto-city, Yamanashi, 11/09/2022
Marumasa Incorporated: https://www.ekibennomarumasa.com
Ginkgo Trees and More Autumn Colors
In ginkgo trees, an atavism variety, Ohatsuki-icho (ginkgo bearing a fruit on the leaf), has been known. There are several Ohatsuki-icho ginkgo trees in the town of Minobu in Yamanashi Prefecture.
Autumn Colors In Lake South Inaga
Maple trees and some other colorful trees, and carp fish in Lake Inaga in the city of Minami (south)-Alps in Yamanashi Prefecture.
Shingen-Ko Festival 2022
The main event of the Shingen-Ko Festival is the Koshu Battalion Deployment (Takeda Warrior Procession). Takeda Shingen (1521-1573), also called Shingen-Ko, is known as the strongest warlord in the Warring States era and the only one to have defeated Tokugawa Ieyasu, the first Tokugawa shogun, in battle. The Fu (Wind)-Rin (Forest)-Ka (Blaze)-Zan (Mountain) banner represents the military philosophy of the Takeda Battalion, meaning being as fast as the wind, as quiet as the forest, as daring as the blaze, and as immovable as the mountain.
Shingen-Ko Festival 2022
Maizuru Castle, Kofu-city, Yamanashi
10/28-30/2022
https://www.yamanashi-kankou.jp/shingen/english/about.html; https://www.yamanashi-kankou.jp/shingen/english/index.html
Taiko Drum Performances:
Takeda 24 Samurais Parade: https://www.yamanashi-kankou.jp/shingen/schedule.html
FYI: From YouTube
A Little Autumn Colors in Shosen Gorge
It is coming, but it was a little early for autumn colors in Shosen Gorge in the city of Kofu in Yamanashi Prefecture. Yet, it was a fine autumn day.
Shosenkyo: https://www.shosenkyo-kankoukyokai.com/en/; (In Japanese) https://www.shosenkyo-kankoukyokai.com/; (In French) https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sh%C5%8Dsenky%C5%8D