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Post by Deleted on Jan 8, 2008 4:47:20 GMT
Found this at a cool Taikiken site in Japan.
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Post by slav on Jan 8, 2008 8:49:33 GMT
Laowho: you may be interested to know that I have visited the town of Ohara, Okayama, Japan; Musashi's birhplace and the setting for the first portions of the novel (formerly called Miyamoto province). There is a Musashi museum there, statues, shrines, and a Musashi dojo where they practice Niten Ichi Ryu. I toured a family Sake brewery who's brand carries Musashi's namesake. I bought a couple books (in Japanese, which I cannot read) about Musashi. And I also got stamps in my Japanese stamp booklet from various places in the area. It is a very small town in the scenic hills, and was a wonderful place to wander around for hours... Here's a photo of my collection of Musashi-related items (many of which are from the trip): (Bottle of 'Musashi no Sato' sake and box, book in japanese, various copies of gorin no sho (Book of Five Rings), ticket stub for the Musashi museum, gold-plated Musashi tsuba (from the museum store) and black version of same tsuba (on my sword), a stone I picked up just outside the small Musashi shrine (in the forest), Musashi related stamps in my booklet, blue bag from the Musashi no Sato brewery, couple of manga based on the novel "Musashi" (bought in Tokyo). The only thing mssing is my copy of "Musashi" which is at school.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 8, 2008 22:40:21 GMT
Laowho: you may be interested to know that I have visited the town of Ohara, Okayama, Japan; Musashi's birhplace and the setting for the first portions of the novel (formerly called Miyamoto province). There is a Musashi museum there, statues, shrines, and a Musashi dojo where they practice Niten Ichi Ryu. I toured a family Sake brewery who's brand carries Musashi's namesake. I bought a couple books (in Japanese, which I cannot read) about Musashi. And I also got stamps in my Japanese stamp booklet from various places in the area. It is a very small town in the scenic hills, and was a wonderful place to wander around for hours... Here's a photo of my collection of Musashi-related items (many of which are from the trip): (Bottle of 'Musashi no Sato' sake and box, book in japanese, various copies of gorin no sho (Book of Five Rings), ticket stub for the Musashi museum, gold-plated Musashi tsuba (from the museum store) and black version of same tsuba (on my sword), a stone I picked up just outside the small Musashi shrine (in the forest), Musashi related stamps in my booklet, blue bag from the Musashi no Sato brewery, couple of manga based on the novel "Musashi" (bought in Tokyo). The only thing mssing is my copy of "Musashi" which is at school. where did you get the book in the middle bottom?
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Post by slav on Jan 9, 2008 0:59:38 GMT
It is a stamp booklet that I bought at a Temple. It was blank when I bought it. Many temples, museums, train stations etc. have stamp booths where you can go make an ink stamp in your book as a souvenir. The stamps shown are from the Ohara train station. It is full of stamps that I got all over Japan.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 9, 2008 14:37:09 GMT
That's a stamp book? Not postage stamps, surely, unless the pages also have...instruction? Or the stamps are kata? How 'bout some pics of the country-side and the rest?
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Post by slav on Jan 9, 2008 16:51:45 GMT
No, the stamps are ink stamps, and they are purely a fun souvenir. I'll dig up my album and scan some pics of the scenery shortly.
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Post by slav on Jan 13, 2008 3:13:38 GMT
Additional photos in a new thread in JSA.
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