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Various sentences at a street corner

2018.03.19

Life in Fukui

While walking along the Phoenix street in the center of Fukui City and watching around a little carefully, various sentences at the street corner caught my eyes which I usually miss.

 

At a little from the main street, there is a sign that explains the ruins of the house of the chief retainer of the Fukui domain, the house of Koma. And the frame is made of Shakudani-ishi stone, which used to be the indigenous products of Fukui.

 

A sign explaining the origin of the name of the place around here. Here also the house of Koma appeared on it.

 

What I was most concerned about today was this, on the door of a small Izakaya shop "Haru no omise".

 

It might mean "It's a day off because we go to a hot spring trip to celebrate graduation of part-time college students", and it made me imagine the good atmosphere of the shop.
T.S

Thawing

2018.02.16

Life in Fukui

Camellia flowers under snow
The snow which was piling up has been melting a lot in good weather for the last few days, and the snow plow of the sidewalk also advanced in the center of Fukui city.
And, to my surprise, I found two red flowers of camellia blooming under thick snow in the side of the road, walking on that sidewalk.
Did they bloom under the snow?
Come to think of it, they may already have been in bloom before the heavy snow since the 5th of this month.
However, even so, what a strong plant it is!
T.S

 

The current state of the road in the center of Fukui city

The current state of the road in the center of Fukui City

Recommendation of coffee shop in Fukui City “cafe notes”

2018.02.04

Life in Fukui

After the New Year’s party which I wrote on our blog the other day, we usually go to
a coffee shop next door. In fact, it is a famous one among coffee-loving people in Fukui City.

 


Inside the shop, it has a relaxed and quiet atmosphere.
So you can enjoy a delicious cup of coffee with the aromatic smell.

 


In this shop, you can choose the type of coffee beans for coffee you ordered and also
the type of drip. For example, if you order Brazilian coffee, you can choose coffee beans among Bourbon, Yellow Bourbon and Natural etc. and among Old Karita, Chemex and
AeroPress for drip. In Fukui, there aren’t many coffee shops which offer such customized service.

 


I ordered “Coffee of the day”.
It served with Belgian Lotus Biscuit “Biscoff”. (H.S)

 

”cafe notes" Facebook page

Fukui Shrine in the snowy morning

2018.01.31

Life in Fukui

Fukui Shrine in the snowy morning

This snowy morning, I just walked into Fukui Shrine in the Fukui castle ruins.

 

Beside the hurrying crowd,
I could enjoy a quiet air and felt even more divineness
in the precincts that is beautifuly covered with snow.

 

The buildings are modern style of bare concrete.
Though it was totaly made of cypress originally,
after being burned down in the WW2,
it was rebuilt as a new architectural style shrine for the coming era.

 

Looking at the torii of a form that I had never seen before,
I was interested in that it is not only a reproduction of the past,
but designed towards the future.
It also reminded me of the churches that Le Corbusier or Tadao Ando designed.

 

However, It has unfortunately no permanent chief priest.
The other day a shrine man said to me,
"Of course they have been trying to manage it,
this shrine belongs to the highest rank among the many shrines in Fukui prefecture,
and ordinary priests can't play the role."
TS

 

Besides the shrine there is the moat of Fukui castle ruins
Besides the shrine there is the moat of Fukui castle ruins.

 

A monument of Fukui Shrine
The monument shows the shrine is the highest rank.

 

From inside of Fukui Shrine precincts
People commute outside the precincts.

 

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