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The Kyoto Butoh-kan is a small theatre space in Kyoto, Japan that is devoted to Butoh-dance. [1] It is supposed to be the first theatre in the world devoted to regular Butoh performances by Butoh dancers. [1] [2] It is housed in a converted kura, or Japanese-style storehouse in the Nakagyo-ku district of Kyoto. [3] [4]
A room in the Tamatsukuri Onsen Ryokan (Arima Onsen) Ryokan interior, hallway Ryokan interior, door and stairs. A ryokan [a] is a type of traditional Japanese inn that typically features tatami-matted rooms, communal baths, and other public areas where visitors may wear nemaki and talk with the owner. [1]
Main entrance Hot springs spa bath at Hōshi Ryokan in winter. Hōshi (法師) is a ryokan (Japanese traditional inn) founded in 718 in Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan.It has been owned and managed by the Hoshi family for forty-six generations [1] and was thought to be the oldest operating hotel in the world until Nishiyama Onsen Keiunkan, founded in 705, claimed that title. [2]
Japanese traditional oiran dance, 2023. There are several types of traditional Japanese dance. The most basic classification is into two forms, mai and odori, which can be further classified into genres such as Noh mai or jinta mai, the latter style having its origins in the pleasure districts of Kyoto and Osaka.
Site Municipality Comments Image Coordinates Type Ref. Ryōsoku-in Gardens 両足院庭園 Ryōsokuin teien: Kyōto: subtemple of Kennin-ji: Yōkoku-ji Gardens 楊谷寺庭園 ...
Ryōkan Taigu (良寛大愚) (1758 – 18 February 1831) [1] was a quiet and unconventional Sōtō Zen Buddhist monk who lived much of his life as a hermit. Ryōkan is remembered for his poetry and calligraphy, which present the essence of Zen life.
A typical ryokan. A nakai (仲居) is a woman who serves as a waitress at a ryokan or Japanese inn.. Originally written as nakai (中居) (meaning "in the house" in Japanese), which meant the anteroom in a mansion of a kuge (noble man) or gomonzeki (the princess of Mikado).
The university was founded in 1880 as the Kyoto Prefectural School of Painting (京都府画学校, Kyōtofu Gagakkō) in temporary quarters in the grounds of the imperial palace in Kyoto. Kyoto had lost its status as the nation's capital in 1867, at the beginning of Meiji Period , and the city was in danger of being left behind in the wave of ...