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℃

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/)

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.

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

Taiko Drum Performances:

Performing Taiko Drums, Shingen-Ko Festival, Maizuru Castle, Kofu-city, Yamanashi, 10/30/2022

FYI: From YouTube

A Little Autumn Colors

It is coming, but it was a little early for autumn colors in Shosenkyo Gorge in the city of Kofu in Yamanashi Prefecture. Yet, it was a fine autumn day.

Sleep, Dearie, Sleep

Yesterday, I learned that Queen Elizabeth II was roused by the sound of bagpipes played beneath her window for 15 minutes each morning. The 17th Pipe Major Paul Burns played a final lament, the Gaelic lullaby “Cadail, Mo Ghaoil” (Sleep, dearie, sleep), at the Queen’s funeral, Westminster Abbey, London, 19 September 2022.