bye bye poison!!

After lunch we went to a spa

and had a hot stone treatment!!

Aaaahhh that was gooooodu!!

I've had many different kinds of spa treatments,

but it was my first time to have "a hot stone treatment".

They also used some leaves.

After the treatment those leaves had some dark marks,

and the lady said,

"You have...dried eyes, right??"

!!

WOW!!

How does she know that??

I do have dried eyes!!

I just went to the eye clinic!!(remember??)

She also said my whole body was tired...

(g...getting old!? Noooooo )

I feel great now,

because I left all my poisons there!! hee hee

Am I beautiful today, Luigi??

Organic lunch

We went to the organic restaurant again

I ordered an extra rice ball!! ()

Beautiul "RED FUJI".

We went to a Kyoto local product exhibition!!

I believe Kyoto is one of the most beautiful,

elegant and traditional place in Japan.

I got some beautiful things...

This is one of them...(it's a coater, but I'll put it in a frame!!)

Do you see the red mountain??

That's the most famous mountain in Japan"FUJI"(富士）!!

It's normally blue, but the morning sun shines on FUJI

and it gets red. (It happens only in summer time to fall.)

In general, RED FUJI is known as a good thing that brings luck.

("cranes" ,too.)

（You might know this ukiyo-e(浮世絵） by Katsushika Hokusai（葛飾北斎）.

Click here →　RED FUJI ）

I also bought other lucky coasters!!

I'll put them in beautiful rococo styled frames and

put them on the bedroom's wall!!!

Hope this picture（↑） will bring luck

to everyone who is reading this blog!!

Thank you for reading always (or sometimes?)!!

I love you all!!

Kabuki stage curtain. Beautiful Fuji, isn't it??

The Crabs

Crab Shushi!!

Aren't they cuuute??

※　I think this sushi is beautiul,

but I guess it's too JAPANESE style!? for my husband.

Luigi had cheese pizza!... beacause you know!

HE LOVES PIZZA!!!

KABUKI!!!

Mom and I went to see a KABUKI play!!!

KABUKI （歌舞伎）　is a Japanese classical stage art.

It is said to have originated in the 17th century.

The meaning of KABUKI　”歌舞伎”　is

KA（歌）・・・Sing

BU（舞）・・・Dance

KI（伎）・・・Skill

(now, you know why it's called "The art of singing and dancing"!)

Before the play, we had lunch.

Look!! KABUKI styled chopsticks!!

(Did you know that the red make up is normally used for heros?)

In KABUKI make up, they use 4 colors,

White, red, brown, and blue.

They use specific colors for different types of charactors,

so audience can tell、

"Hey, that's a bad guy!!" or

"Oh, his make up is blue, so he must be a ghost!!"

...something like that.

Some people think KABUKI is complicated,

but actually it's simple and interesting!!

It was my first time to see a KABUKI play,

and...

I LOVED IT!!

I was so amazed that people could do such cool expressions!!

The actors use their whole body (even their eye balls!!)

to express themselves.

That is real "ACTING"!!

and the costumes(kimono),

oh my,

SO AMAZING!!

Those kabuki costumes are really heavy,

and the actors wear really high heeled shoes,

but

they move dynamically!!

It's so ARTISTIC!!

(It feels so good to watch them move, you know!!)

I enjoyed it!!

It was BRAVOOooo!!

Kabuki theater