{"id":3247,"date":"2014-09-28T23:31:27","date_gmt":"2014-09-28T14:31:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shiga-ken.com\/blog\/?p=3247"},"modified":"2020-02-11T13:26:38","modified_gmt":"2020-02-11T04:26:38","slug":"shiga-prefecture-at-tourism-expo-japan-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shiga-ken.com\/blog\/2014\/09\/shiga-prefecture-at-tourism-expo-japan-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"Shiga Prefecture at Tourism Expo Japan 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_3265\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3265\" style=\"width: 246px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/t-expo.jp\/en\/program\/exhibition.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3265 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/shiga-ken.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/TourismExpo_en.jpg\" alt=\"TourismExpo_en\" width=\"246\" height=\"194\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shiga-ken.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/TourismExpo_en.jpg 246w, https:\/\/shiga-ken.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/TourismExpo_en-150x118.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 246px) 100vw, 246px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3265\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u30c4\u30fc\u30ea\u30ba\u30e0\uff25\uff38\uff30\uff2f\u30b8\u30e3\u30d1\u30f3\u3067\u306e\u6ecb\u8cc0\u770c\u306e\u30a4\u30f3\u30d1\u30af\u30c8\u306f\u5c11\u3005\u3068\u601d\u3044\u307e\u3057\u305f\u3002<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><em>Updated: Sept. 30, 2014<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Great fun and entertainment at the huge Tourism Expo Japan trade show held on September 27-28, 2014 for the public at Tokyo Big Sight.&nbsp;The expo had tourist booths&nbsp;from all 47 prefectures and 150 countries. A great place to pick up travel&nbsp;information, ask travel\/sightseeing questions, see traditional Japanese crafts, and enjoy dances and&nbsp;entertainment from around Japan and the world. For the first time this year, they combined the domestic&nbsp;travel fair and the international travel showcase to create this new trade show. So it&#8217;s now one of the world&#8217;s largest travel\/tourism trade&nbsp;shows. About 150,000 attended the expo (admission \u00a51,300 for adults).<\/p>\n<p>Lots of local food and entertainment too. Besides three large performance stages to showcase Japanese dances and festivals, many booths had their own mini stages for cultural entertainment like hula dancers at the Hawaii booth. I thoroughly enjoyed the expo and hope to see it every year from now on. Regretfully, I didn&#8217;t get to see everything in one day. So much stuff and so many things going on.<\/p>\n<p>Shiga Prefecture had a medium-size booth and a 30-min. slot on one of the large entertainment stages.<\/p>\n<p>One of the food courts also held a <em>donburi<\/em> (bowl of rice with a topping) contest where Shiga had a booth. Sixteen donburi booths sold donburi from various parts of Japan for \u00a5500 and we could vote for our favorite donburi. Very popular place for lunch.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some photos of Shiga at Tourism Expo Japan 2014.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3248\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3248\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3248\" src=\"https:\/\/shiga-ken.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/P1090039.jpg\" alt=\"booth\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shiga-ken.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/P1090039.jpg 400w, https:\/\/shiga-ken.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/P1090039-150x112.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3248\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Shiga Prefecture&#8217;s booth.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Shiga&#8217;s booth represented only Hikone, Maibara, and Nagahama. But I didn&#8217;t see anything related to Maibara. Even Otsu wasn&#8217;t there. No Lake Biwa, no ninja either. Very puzzling. Perhaps the other cities did not have the budget for a booth. Or maybe the cities are taking turns at this expo, which still doesn&#8217;t make sense.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3260\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3260\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3260\" src=\"https:\/\/shiga-ken.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/P1090155.jpg\" alt=\"booth\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shiga-ken.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/P1090155.jpg 400w, https:\/\/shiga-ken.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/P1090155-150x112.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3260\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Shiga booth<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3259\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3259\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3259\" src=\"https:\/\/shiga-ken.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/P1090154.jpg\" alt=\"booth\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shiga-ken.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/P1090154.jpg 400w, https:\/\/shiga-ken.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/P1090154-150x112.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3259\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Inside Shiga&#8217;s booth.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Shiga&#8217;s booth was mainly occupied by this space, supposedly for some kind of entertainment. But there was no schedule of who or what would appear. Hiko-nyan supposed to appear, but the staff I asked couldn&#8217;t tell me any specifics. At one small corner of the booth, they gave out brochures. <a href=\"https:\/\/shiga-ken.com\/blog\/2009\/03\/kyaffee-caffee-now-shigas-official-mascot\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Caffy<\/a> was there too, but only sporadically. The booth&#8217;s emphasis was on <a href=\"https:\/\/photoguide.jp\/pix\/thumbnails.php?album=25\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hikone Castle<\/a> billed as on the &#8220;World Heritage Site&nbsp;Tentative List&#8221; which is really nothing to brag about. And <a href=\"https:\/\/photoguide.jp\/pix\/thumbnails.php?album=9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nagahama Hikiyama Matsuri<\/a> being included in Japan&#8217;s application for inclusion in the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage list (to join Kyoto&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/photoguide.jp\/pix\/thumbnails.php?album=336\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Gion Matsuri floats<\/a>). This is also nothing to brag about, not until it actually makes the list. Really couldn&#8217;t understand this booth.<\/p>\n<p>\u6ecb\u8cc0\u306e\u51fa\u5c55\u30d6\u30fc\u30b9\u306f\u3088\u304f\u5206\u304b\u308a\u307e\u305b\u3093\u3067\u3057\u305f\u3002\u307b\u3068\u3093\u3069\u306e\u30b9\u30da\u30fc\u30b9\u304c\u306a\u3093\u304b\u306e\u30df\u30cb\u30b9\u30c6\u30fc\u30b8\u3068\u898b\u3048\u307e\u3059\u304c\u3001\u306a\u306b\u304c\u51fa\u308b\u304b\u4e0d\u660e\u3067\u3057\u305f\u3002\u30b9\u30bf\u30c3\u30d5\u306b\u805e\u3044\u3066\u3082\u8a73\u7d30\u304c\u5206\u304b\u308a\u307e\u305b\u3093\u3068\u3002\u770b\u677f\u306b\u300c\u7c73\u539f\u300d\u3082\u5927\u304d\u304f\u3042\u3063\u305f\u3051\u3069\u3001\u7c73\u539f\u95a2\u4fc2\u306e\u3082\u306e\u304c\u898b\u5f53\u305f\u308a\u307e\u305b\u3093\u3067\u3057\u305f\u3002\u9577\u6d5c\u3068\u5f66\u6839\u3067\u4e00\u8272\u3002\u306a\u3093\u3067\u6e56\u5317\u3060\u3051\u306b\u9650\u5b9a\u3055\u308c\u305f\u306e\u304b\u8a33\u304c\u5206\u304b\u3089\u306a\u3044\u3002\u5927\u6d25\u629c\u304d\u3067\u6ecb\u8cc0\u3092\u7d39\u4ecb\u3067\u304d\u308b\u306e\uff1f\uff1f<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3253\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3253\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3253\" src=\"https:\/\/shiga-ken.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/P1090092.jpg\" alt=\"P1090092\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shiga-ken.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/P1090092.jpg 400w, https:\/\/shiga-ken.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/P1090092-150x112.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3253\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nagahama Hikiyama Matsuri musicians on stage.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3254\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3254\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3254\" src=\"https:\/\/shiga-ken.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/P1090093.jpg\" alt=\"P1090093\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shiga-ken.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/P1090093.jpg 400w, https:\/\/shiga-ken.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/P1090093-150x112.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3254\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nagahama Hikiyama musicians on stage. Extreme left is the mayor of Nagahama. They all looked too serious and glum.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>On September 27, 2014, Shiga had a 30-min. slot on the large Stage A from 2 pm. First the mayor of Nagahama gave a short speech, then these musicians from the Nagahama Hikiyama Festival played while the&nbsp;large screen above projected&nbsp;a video of the festival.<\/p>\n<p>\u6765\u5834\u8005\u306f\u653f\u6cbb\u5bb6\u306e\u6328\u62f6\u306a\u3093\u304b\u4e00\u756a\u805e\u304d\u305f\u304f\u306a\u3044\u306e\u3067\u3059\uff08\u6709\u540d\u4eba\u3084\u4eba\u6c17\u8005\u306f\u5225\u3067\u3059\uff09\u3002\u3053\u3046\u3044\u3046\u6642\u306f\u3001\u7740\u7269\u59ff\u306e\u30df\u30b9\u9577\u6d5c\u306a\u3069\u304c\u767b\u5834\u3057\u3066\u6328\u62f6\u3068\u796d\u308a\u306e\u8aac\u660e\u3092\u3059\u308b\u3068\u52b9\u679c\u7684\u3068\u601d\u3044\u307e\u3059\u3002\u5e02\u9577\u3082\u7686\u3055\u3093\u3082\u56fa\u3044\u8868\u60c5\u3067\u3042\u307e\u308a\u771f\u9762\u76ee\u306a\u9854\u3057\u3066\u3044\u3066\u30a2\u30d4\u30fc\u30eb\u5ea6\u304c\u5168\u7136\u30c0\u30e1\u3067\u3057\u305f\u3002\u660e\u308b\u304f\u7b11\u9854\u3067SMILE\u3057\u307e\u3057\u3087\u3046\u3088\uff01\u3053\u3093\u306a\u6697\u3044\u9854\u3001\u846c\u5100\u307f\u305f\u3044\u3088\u3002\u3084\u306f\u308a\u30d7\u30ed\u306e\u6f14\u51fa\u5bb6\u306e\u8d77\u7528\u304c\u5fc5\u8981\u304b\u3082\u3002\u7686\u3055\u3093\u3001\u660e\u308b\u3044\u30b9\u30de\u30a4\u30eb\u3092\uff01\u51fa\u308b\u524d\u306b\u93e1\u306e\u524d\u3067\u7df4\u7fd2\u3057\u307e\u3057\u3087\u3046\u3002\u300c\u30a4\u30a4\u30a4\u300d\u3068\u304b\u300c\u30c1\u30fc\u30ba\u300d\u8a00\u3048\u307e\u3059\u304b\uff1f\u30b9\u30de\u30a4\u30eb\uff01\u30b9\u30de\u30a4\u30eb\uff01<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3255\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3255\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3255\" src=\"https:\/\/shiga-ken.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/P1090100.jpg\" alt=\"Nagahama Hikiyama singer was excellent.\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shiga-ken.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/P1090100.jpg 400w, https:\/\/shiga-ken.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/P1090100-150x112.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3255\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nagahama Hikiyama narrator-singer was excellent.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3256\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3256\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3256\" src=\"https:\/\/shiga-ken.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/P1090105.jpg\" alt=\"P1090105\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shiga-ken.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/P1090105.jpg 400w, https:\/\/shiga-ken.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/P1090105-150x112.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3256\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nagahama Hikiyama Festival kabuki dancer (Sanbaso).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Following the&nbsp;Nagahama Hikiyama musicians, this young kabuki dancer performed with live narrator-singers. He was very good. But I wish there were at least two or three of them.<\/p>\n<p>\u3053\u306e\u5b50\u304c\u3088\u304f\u9811\u5f35\u308a\u307e\u3057\u305f\u3002\u3054\u82e6\u52b4\u3055\u3093\u3067\u3057\u305f\u3002\u3067\u3082\u4e00\u4eba\u3060\u3051\u306e\u5927\u304d\u306a\u30b9\u30c6\u30fc\u30b8\u3067\u5bc2\u3057\uff08\u5c0f\u3055\uff09\u304b\u3063\u305f\u30022\u301c3\u4eba\u306e\u5b50\u304c\u3044\u305f\u3089\u3082\u3063\u3068\u3044\u3044\u5b58\u5728\u611f\u3068\u5370\u8c61\u304c\u3059\u308b\u3067\u3057\u3087\u3046\u3002\u306a\u305c\u56c3\u5b50\u306e\u65b9\u3005\u304c\u3042\u3093\u306a\u306b\u5927\u52e2\u3060\u3051\u3069\u76ee\u7389\u306e\u6b4c\u821e\u4f0e\u5f79\u8005\u304c\u4e00\u4eba\u3060\u3051\uff1f\u3061\u3087\u3063\u3068\u30a2\u30f3\u30d0\u30e9\u30f3\u30b9\u306a\u6f14\u51fa\u3068\u601d\u3044\u307e\u3057\u305f\u3002<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3257\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3257\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3257 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/shiga-ken.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/P1090106.jpg\" alt=\"P1090106\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shiga-ken.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/P1090106.jpg 400w, https:\/\/shiga-ken.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/P1090106-150x112.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3257\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hiko-nyan&#8217;s turn on stage.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3258\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3258\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3258\" src=\"https:\/\/shiga-ken.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/P1090108.jpg\" alt=\"Hiko-nyan promoting mascot character festival.\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shiga-ken.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/P1090108.jpg 400w, https:\/\/shiga-ken.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/P1090108-150x112.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3258\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hiko-nyan promoting mascot character festival.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Following the Nagahama Hikiyama Festival introduction was Hiko-nyan&#8217;s appearance. Still a shutterbug&#8217;s darling, he only had to walk left and right on stage and pose for cell phone photos. Although Kumamon and Funasshi have overtaken Hiko-nyan in terms of fame and popularity, Hiko-nyan remains popular. Disappointed that nothing from Maibara was featured on stage. They should&#8217;ve brought <a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/FKchoOLG2TY?t=12m1s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Maibara&#8217;s taiko drum dancers<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u3053\u3093\u306a\u30dd\u30b9\u30bf\u30fc\u3092\u898b\u305b\u3066\u3082\u6587\u5b57\u304c\u5c0f\u3055\u304f\u3066\u8aad\u3081\u3078\u3093\u3088\uff01\u3072\u3053\u306b\u3083\u3093\u306e\u9854\u3082\u96a0\u3055\u306a\u3044\u3067\u304f\u3060\u3055\u3044\uff01\u7686\u306f\u5199\u771f\u3092\u64ae\u3063\u3066\u3044\u308b\u304b\u3089\uff01\uff01\uff08\u4e0a\u306e\u30b9\u30af\u30ea\u30fc\u30f3\u306b\u3054\u5f53\u5730\u30ad\u30e3\u30e9\u535a\u306e\u69d8\u5b50\u3068\u958b\u50ac\u65e5\u6642\u3092\u4e0a\u6620\u3059\u308c\u3070\u3088\u304b\u3063\u305f\u306e\u306b\u3002\uff09\u3053\u3046\u3044\u3046\u6642\u3082\u7740\u7269\u59ff\u306e\u30df\u30b9\u5f66\u6839\u57ce\u5927\u4f7f\u306a\u3069\u304c\u767b\u5834\u3057\u3066\u8a71\u3092\u3059\u308b\u3068\u3044\u3044\u3002\u307e\u305f\u306f\u30d7\u30ed\u306e\u53f8\u4f1a\u8005\u3084\u30a2\u30ca\u30a6\u30f3\u30b5\u30fc\u304c\u671b\u307e\u3057\u3044\u3002<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3251\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3251\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3251\" src=\"https:\/\/shiga-ken.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/P1090074.jpg\" alt=\"Shiga donburi\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shiga-ken.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/P1090074.jpg 400w, https:\/\/shiga-ken.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/P1090074-150x112.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3251\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Shiga donburi<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>An eatery in Shiga had this donburi booth (left) for lunch. Unfortunately, it was right next to the super popular Kobe beef booth (right) which always&nbsp;had long lines. As you can see, the&nbsp;Shiga booth wasn&#8217;t crowded at all. It served a rice bowl with a topping of Omi beef, pork, and chicken.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3250\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3250\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3250\" src=\"https:\/\/shiga-ken.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/P1090062.jpg\" alt=\"P1090062\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shiga-ken.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/P1090062.jpg 400w, https:\/\/shiga-ken.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/P1090062-150x112.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3250\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Shiga&#8217;s donburi<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u3053\u306e\u300c\u8fd1\u6c5f\u4e09\u5927\u8089\u4e3c\u300d\u306f\u3042\u307e\u308a\u4eba\u6c17\u3067\u306f\u306a\u304b\u3063\u305f\u306d\u3002\u554f\u984c\u306f\u8ab0\u3082\u805e\u3044\u305f\u3053\u3068\u306a\u3044\u300c\u4e09\u5927\u8089\u4e3c\u300d\u306e\u540d\u3002\u96a3\u306e\u713c\u304d\u8089\u4e3c\u306f\u300c\u795e\u6238\u725b\u300d\u306e\u6709\u540d\u306a\u30ad\u30fc\u30ef\u30fc\u30c9\u3067\u5ba2\u304c\u7d76\u3048\u305a\u306b\u6bba\u5230\u3055\u308c\u305f\u3002\u3082\u3063\u3068\u5927\u80c6\u306b\u300c\u8fd1\u6c5f\u725b\u300d\u3084\u300c<span class=\"st\">\u8d64\u3053\u3093\u306b\u3083\u304f<\/span>\u300d\u306a\u3069\u306e\u6709\u540d\u306a\u30ad\u30fc\u30ef\u30fc\u30c9\u3092\u770b\u677f\u306b\u3057\u306a\u3044\u3068\u96c6\u5ba2\u529b\u304c\u5f31\u3044\u3002<\/p>\n<p>\u50d5\u306f\u3053\u306e\u300c\u8fd1\u6c5f\u4e09\u5927\u8089\u4e3c\u300d\u3068\u300c\u795e\u6238\u725b\u306e\u713c\u304d\u8089\u4e3c\u300d\u3092\u98df\u3063\u305f\u3002\u4e21\u65b9\u3068\u3082\u91cf\u304c\u5c11\u306a\u304f\u3066\u307e\u305a\u307e\u305a\u3067\u3057\u305f\u3002\u5473\u306f\u3044\u3044\u3051\u3069\u3001\u795e\u6238\u725b\u306f\u6cb9\u3063\u3053\u3044\u3002<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3261\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3261\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3261 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/shiga-ken.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/P1090076.jpg\" alt=\"P1090076\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shiga-ken.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/P1090076.jpg 400w, https:\/\/shiga-ken.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/P1090076-150x112.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3261\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hikone butsudan maker<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The expo had a traditional crafts area with&nbsp;traditional crafts people giving live demos.&nbsp;Shiga had two two crafts booths. One was this <em>Hikone butsudan<\/em> (Buddhist altar) maker. I had a nice talk with this master&nbsp;craftsman&nbsp;from Hikone. He builds the altar doors. The sculptured wooden parts are made in Maibara (Samegai). He makes several hundred butsudan&nbsp;every year. He even makes altars for Buddhist temples and repairs butsudan too. Seems very busy. He said I could visit&nbsp;and see him work in Hikone. Yep, I will do so. The butsudan on the left behind him showed&nbsp;a price tag of 1,641,600 yen.<\/p>\n<p>\u5f66\u6839\u4ecf\u58c7\u306e\u8077\u4eba\u3055\u3093\u3002\u3068\u3066\u3082\u9762\u767d\u3044\u8a71\u3092\u805e\u304b\u305b\u3066\u3082\u3089\u3044\u307e\u3057\u305f\u3002\u4e01\u5be7\u306b\u8cea\u554f\u306a\u3069\u3092\u7b54\u3048\u3066\u304f\u308c\u3066\u3068\u3066\u3082\u3044\u3044\u4eba\u3067\u3057\u305f\u3002\u5f66\u6839\u306e\u5de5\u623f\u3092\u305c\u3063\u305f\u3044\u306b\u8a2a\u308c\u307e\u3059\u3002\u5916\u56fd\u4eba\u306e\u77e5\u4eba\u3068\u306d\u3002<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3252\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3252\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3252 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/shiga-ken.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/P1090077.jpg\" alt=\"Omi jofu hemp cloth\" width=\"300\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shiga-ken.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/P1090077.jpg 300w, https:\/\/shiga-ken.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/P1090077-112x150.jpg 112w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3252\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Omi jofu hemp cloth&nbsp;\u8fd1\u6c5f\u4e0a\u5e03<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Besides the butsudan maker, there was a booth for weaving <em>Omi jofu<\/em> (hemp cloth) from Aisho. Happy to see not one, but two crafts people from Shiga. You could try and weave the cloth yourself.<\/p>\n<p>\u4f1d\u7d71\u7684\u5de5\u82b8\u54c1\u306e\u8077\u4eba\u3055\u3093\u306e\u30b3\u30fc\u30ca\u30fc\u3067\u306f\u306a\u3093\u3068\u4e8c\u4ef6\u306e\u6ecb\u8cc0\u51fa\u8eab\u306e\u8077\u4eba\u3055\u3093\u3082\u3044\u307e\u3057\u305f\u3002\u5b09\u3057\u3044\u3002\u4f1d\u7d71\u7684\u5de5\u82b8\u54c1\u306e\u8077\u4eba\u3055\u3093\u306f\u5927\u597d\u304d\u3067\u3059\u306d\u3002\u5c02\u9580\u306e\u5c02\u9580\u3067\u71b1\u5fc3\u306b\u4ed5\u4e8b\u3092\u3057\u3066\u5e38\u306b\u81ea\u5206\u306e\u8155\u3092\u78e8\u304d\u306a\u304c\u3089\u65b0\u3057\u3044\u54c1\u7269\u3092\u9020\u3063\u305f\u308a\u958b\u767a\u3057\u305f\u308a\u3059\u308b\u3002\u3068\u3066\u3082\u30af\u30ea\u30a8\u30a4\u30c6\u30a3\u30d6\u306a\u4ed5\u4e8b\u3002<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3262\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3262\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3262\" src=\"https:\/\/shiga-ken.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/P1090161.jpg\" alt=\"Miss Sansa Odori from Morioka, Iwate.\" width=\"300\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shiga-ken.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/P1090161.jpg 300w, https:\/\/shiga-ken.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/P1090161-112x150.jpg 112w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3262\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Miss Sansa Odori from Morioka, Iwate.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I wasn&#8217;t too impressed with Shiga&#8217;s booth and stage presentation. They need to have better spokespersons on stage like these two Miss Sansa Odori from Morioka, Iwate Prefecture. They had bright, smiling faces and a welcome tone of voice. Not only that, they could dance too. Sansa Odori is a native dance of Morioka performed in August. The tourism expo was like a virtual tour of Japan at one place. Highly recommend it.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3263\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3263\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3263\" src=\"https:\/\/shiga-ken.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/P1090178.jpg\" alt=\"Sansa Odori dancers from Morioka, Iwate.\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shiga-ken.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/P1090178.jpg 400w, https:\/\/shiga-ken.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/P1090178-150x112.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3263\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sansa Odori dancers from Morioka, Iwate.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u53c2\u8003\u306e\u305f\u3081\u306b\u5ca9\u624b\u770c\u76db\u5ca1\u5e02\u306e\u30df\u30b9\u3055\u3093\u3055\u8e0a\u308a\u306e\u30b9\u30c6\u30fc\u30b8\u3067\u3059\u3002\u660e\u308b\u3044\u8868\u60c5\u3068\u7b11\u9854\u3068\u512a\u3057\u3044\u58f0\u3067\u3055\u3093\u3055\u8e0a\u308a\u3092\u7d39\u4ecb\u3002\u305d\u3057\u3066\u5b9f\u6f14\u3002\u592a\u9f13\u306e\u9023\u4e2d\u3082\u7b11\u9854\u3067\u3059\u3002\u8a00\u3046\u307e\u3067\u3082\u306a\u304f\u30a2\u30d4\u30fc\u30eb\u5ea6\u304c\u9ad8\u3044\u3002\u3053\u308c\u3092\u898b\u3066\u79c1\u3082\u672c\u5f53\u306b\u3055\u3093\u3055\u8e0a\u308a\u3092\u4e00\u5ea6\u898b\u306b\u884c\u304d\u305f\u3044\u6c17\u6301\u3061\u304c\u6e67\u304d\u307e\u3057\u305f\u3002<\/p>\n<p>\u6ecb\u8cc0\u306e\u30b9\u30c6\u30fc\u30b8\u3067\u9577\u6d5c\u306e\u79cb\u306e\u796d\u308a\u3082\u7d39\u4ecb\u3057\u3066\u6b32\u3057\u304b\u3063\u305f\u3002\u304d\u3082\u306e\u5927\u5712\u904a\u4f1a\u3068\u304b\u3002\u66f3\u5c71\u796d\u308a\u306e4\u6708\u306f\u307e\u3060\u307e\u3060\u5148\u3002\u305d\u3057\u3066\u306a\u305c\u30b9\u30c6\u30fc\u30b8\u3067\u7c73\u539f\u3092\u7d39\u4ecb\u3057\u306a\u304b\u3063\u305f\u306e\uff1f\uff1f<a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/FKchoOLG2TY?t=12m1s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u592a\u9f13\u8e0a\u308a<\/a>\u3067\u3082\u3084\u3063\u305f\u3089\u8feb\u529b\u3042\u308b\u3088\u3002\u3080\u3057\u308d\u79cb\u306b\u592a\u9f13\u8e0a\u308a\u304c\u3042\u308b\uff08\u3042\u3063\u305f\uff09\u3002<\/p>\n<p>\u81ea\u5df1PR\u306b\u306f\u6ecb\u8cc0\u3063\u3066\u3069\u3046\u3057\u3066\u3082\u4e0b\u624b\u3067\u3059\u3002\u30a4\u30e2\u3063\u307d\u304f\u3066\u3044\u3044\u3093\u3067\u3059\u304c\u3001\u307e\u305a\u57fa\u672c\u7684\u306a\u3053\u3068\u3001\u5e38\u8b58\u306a\u3053\u3068\u3092\u3057\u3063\u304b\u308a\u6574\u3063\u3066\u6b32\u3057\u3044\u3002\u3053\u3093\u306a\u56fd\u969b\u7684\u306a\u5834\u306b\u3082\u5916\u56fd\u8a9e\u306e\u7d39\u4ecb\u3082\u5fc5\u8981\u3002UNESCO\u306b\u3082\u30a2\u30d4\u30fc\u30eb\u3057\u305f\u3044\u3084\u308d\u3046\uff1f\uff08\u6a5f\u4f1a\u7ffb\u8a33\u306f\u901a\u3058\u3078\u3093\u3002\uff09<\/p>\n<p>\u6bce\u56de\u540c\u3058\u30d1\u30bf\u30fc\u30f3\u3067\u306f\u306a\u304f\u3001\u60f3\u50cf\u529b\uff08\u5275\u9020\u529b\uff09\u3092\u751f\u304b\u3057\u3066\u3082\u3063\u3068\u9762\u767d\u3044\u3001\u65b0\u9bae\u306a\u30a2\u30a4\u30c7\u30a2\u3092\u751f\u307f\u51fa\u305d\u3046\u3002\u8077\u4eba\u3055\u3093\u306e\u3088\u3046\u306b\u3082\u3063\u3068\u71b1\u5fc3\u7684\u306b\u306a\u3063\u3066\u7d30\u304b\u3044\u3068\u3053\u308d\u307e\u3067\u3053\u3060\u308f\u308b\u3053\u3068\u3002\u7d30\u304b\u3044\u3053\u3068\u306f\u5927\u4f53\u91cd\u8981\u306a\u30dd\u30a4\u30f3\u30c8\u3067\u8cea\u3068\u5370\u8c61\u304c\u304c\u3089\u3093\u3068\u5909\u3048\u308b\u3082\u306e\u3002PR\u306e\u8077\u4eba\u3055\u3093\u306b\u306a\u308d\u3046\uff08\u307e\u305f\u306f\u96c7\u304a\u3046\uff09\u3002<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Updated: Sept. 30, 2014 Great fun and entertainment at the huge Tourism Expo Japan trade show held on September 27-28, 2014 for the public at Tokyo Big Sight.&nbsp;The expo had tourist booths&nbsp;from all 47 prefectures and 150 countries. 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