Final Project 3 possibilities

1 : Cross cultural aspect in religion in Japan

It is the fact that we do not have national religion in Japan. There are Buddism, Christianity, and Shinto which is believed as a Japanese religion. However, it is true that there are lots of Catholic schools in Japan and most of the students are not Catholics. I am the one who went to a Catholic school for 12 years, but I am not a Catholic. In addition to schools, there is the same case for wedding. Japanese people tend to have a wedding ceremony not at church, but at a chapel in hotel or some buildings. I would like to focus on how Japanese people think about those facts and interview people who are working at a chapel or a couple who is going to have wedding at that chapel.

2 : Japanese society with technology

Japan is one of the biggest technological societies. You can see a number of people who are using a mobile phone anywhere. Each year, the function of a mobile phone has improved and it became not just for calling but as PC, music player, games and so on. I will research numbers of users, usage, cost, etc...in average, also interview random people in Tokyo and ask them how they think about mobile phone.

3 : Made cafe in Akihabara

Made cafe is getting to be one of Japanese culture today. In a foreign country, made cafe has attracted greatly as well. I will research its history like how made cafe was established for the first time and interview customers who like to go a made cafe.

Third Day

Since more guests checked in yesterday,

I saw more people enjoying a hot spring this morning.

The hotel with the hospitality refined over 100 years has a room for wedding too.

My relative was one of them who had wedding at this Hyakumangoku hotel.

At the traditional hotel with long history, the Japanese style wedding party went really well.

Since there wasn't a shrine in the hotel, my relative held a wedding at the shrine close to the hotel.

After the wedding celemony, everyone followed the bridegroom who was moving to the hotel.

At the entrance, everyone including guests were celebrating them with a warm applause.

Since Kaga-Yamashiro hot spring is one of tourist spots, many tourists come over the sea.

These days, it has been rare to see a traditional Japanese wedding, so that tourists from

Thaiwan seemed really excited to see my relative in kimono dress.

←At the shirine, with my relative.

I had really great time at her wedding and

enjoyed Kaga-Yamashiro hot spring which locates

in Ishikawa prefecture(north).

Second Day

On second day, I woke up 6am and went to the hot spring which located at 1st floor.

Since it was raining unfortunatelly,

"Roten-buro", the outdoor bath was not as good as last night.

Usually, you can fell the seasonal breeze touching your skin and body under a sunny blue sky.

When I went to the restaurant for breakfast, many other guests were having a breakfast too.

Most of them were elderly people as I saw yesterday.

There was a tourist group of Thawainese as well.

All of them were people who seek the relaxing time with hot spring.

The landlady told me about the history of this hotel.

Hyakumangoku is a hotel with 100 years history,

and Kaga-Yamashiro hot spring has a 1300-year history.

The reason why I didn't see any group of young people might be that

young people relatively like doing actively rather than relaxing at hot spring?

All of the rooms have a view of the beautiful Japanese gardern too.

This traditional hotel blends trational Japanese aesthetics.

First Day

I got to Hotel Haykumangoku, Kaga-Yamashiro Hot Spring around 4 pm.
The hotel was surround with nature and a big fountain was in front of the entrance.
At the entrance, there were 4 hotel men who welcomed us with a warm heart.
I stayed around the entrance area for a while to look what kind of people were coming.
Since we got there at 4pm, most of other guests with reservation already arrived.
Hence, I only saw a few guests. Most of them was elderly people who were around 60~70.
There were 4 male employees for welcoming a guest at the entrance,
5 male and female employees at the front desk,
and we got a land lady for each room to take care of.
With all of their warm welcome,
I'm sure every guests can have nice and relaxing flow of time here.

About the 1st assignment...

This is gonna be the 1st posting in this blog, TokyoStory, Mizuki.

I'm going to Kanazawa which is in north area of Japan for my relative's wedding on this weekend.

I'll stay at Kaga-Hyakumangoku hotel which is famous for Onsen.

That hotel is also known for the hotel that Matsui, NY Yankees player always stay when he goes back home. Matsui's hometown is Kanazawa.

Ok, so for 3-day exercise, since I'll stay there for three days, I'm going to observe that area or visitors who choose to come to Kaga-Onsen.

I haven't decided specifically but I'm sure I can get something good from the famous traditional hot spring area.