にぎわい復活 / Revival of bustle

Japanese Title (邦題): 「にぎわい復活」末尾に

 

Revival of bustle

Good morning to the World and Kanmon!

It seems that most of the activities of the event in last weekend were cancelled, due to rain.

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But we are really proud of this town which has kept holding such event every year which makes us feel the start of wonderful season.

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On the event stage, wind rumor, who is in charge of our morning BGM at our dining room, played fine music, featuring buddy surfer playing ethnic drums.

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Christmas market was held at the pier.

When I was a student who was hanging out the port town, I could never imagine that I would be able to see this event in the same port town, used to be deserted very much.

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Thank you and you have a nice day, in sparkling port town.

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P.S. It was a little disappointing that we heard subtle reactions from both who use and don’t use huge scaffold in the event area, which was pay facility and obstacle to see the whole view.

from Yassan,
Manager of a Little Guesthouse under a Little Lighthouse TOUKA
( http://touka-kanmon.com )

 

にぎわい復活

世界中に朝が、そして関門にもあさが来ました。 おはようございます。

週末のイベント、残念ながら雨のために日曜日のアクティビティは中止になったようですが、、、

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季節を感じさせるイベントがわが町で毎年開催されることを心から誇りに思います。

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ステージでは、当宿の朝のBGMを担当してくれているwind rumorがキャンドルアートのデザイナーで波乗り仲間をFeat.して素敵な音楽を演奏してたり、

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クリスマスマートが開催されていたり、、、

寂れた港町をたむろしていた学生時代には、将来同じ町でこんな光景が見れるようになるなんて想像できませんでした。

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それでは、光きらめく港町で素敵な一日を!

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P.S. 今年は会場内に巨大な櫓(やぐら 有料)が登場。利用した人・しなかった人双方から微妙な反応が聞かれたのが少し残念。

灯台下のちいさいゲストハウス「灯火」宿主 やっさん より
( http://touka-kanmon.com )

 

 

 

 

 

冬のフェスティバル / Winter Festival

Japanese Title (邦題): 「冬のフェスティバル」末尾に

 

Winter Festival

Good morning to the World and Kanmon!

Last weekend, our port town was very very busy.

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We had heavy traffic jams on both national road, and crowds everywhere in town.

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It seems like the town before COVID-19 pandemic.

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People gathered in front of food stalls along the path, and fireworks at the other side of the strait.

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Does everybody think that there is no problem about 8th wave of infection spreading.

Thank you and you have a nice day in the heavy crowd.

from Yassan,
Manager of a Little Guesthouse under a Little Lighthouse TOUKA
( http://touka-kanmon.com )

 

冬のフェスティバル

世界中に朝が、そして関門にもあさが来ました。 おはようございます。

この週末、わが港町は大変なことになっていました。

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国道は渋滞、町の中は人ヒトひと、、、

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もうコロナ前の状態。

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道には露天商が立ち並び、対岸では花火まで上がって、お祭りは大盛況でした。

感染8波って大丈夫なのかな?

それでは、密の中で素敵な一日を!

灯台下のちいさいゲストハウス「灯火」宿主 やっさん より
( http://touka-kanmon.com )

 

 

 

 

 

壮観!/ Spectacular!

Japanese Title (邦題): 「壮観!」末尾に

 

Spectacular!

Good morning to the World and Kanmon!

There were so many activities here during last weekend that I couldn’t describe them before Monday.

The previous article was up to the sunset and the sunset was pretty beautiful just before setting.

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However the main event cafe after the sunset.

When I was back to this guesthouse, I heard plosive sounds from outside. As a festival had been held during whole weekend, I thought the sounds came from the port town.

But there was nothing happening to the port direction. I found that the sounds came from the downtown Kitakyushu. The area around the seaside stadium was very bright and unusual.

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Thousands of fireworks were set off there.

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Because of COVID-19 pandemic, it seemed to be the first time in a long time to launch 15,000 fireworks around here.

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There was a distance from here to the stadium but it was quite spectacular to watch big size fireworks with the same line of sight.

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Anyway, we can also see fireworks from here in the middle of August. So we think we have observatory superior seats here.

We do expect same scale fireworks show again next year. Of course we hope that Strait Fireworks Festival is also held next year.

Thank you and you have a nice day, enjoying moments of brilliance.

from Yassan,
Manager of a Little Guesthouse under a Little Lighthouse TOUKA
( http://touka-kanmon.com )

 

壮観!

世界中に朝が、そして関門にもあさが来ました。
おはようございます。

この週末の出来事は盛りだくさんで、月曜の記事にも書ききれないほどです。

先の記事は夕陽まででしたが、その夕陽が沈む直前がすごくきれいで、

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さらに言うと、日が沈んだ後が最高でした。

宿に戻り、外から破裂音が聞こえてきたので、お祭りも開催中だし、いつもの港の方角かと思いきや、

今回は繁華街の方角にあるスタジアム周辺がスゴいことになってました。

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コロナ禍の影響で、このあたりでは久しぶりの1万5千発規模の打ち上げだったらしいです。

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少し距離はあるとはいえ、大型の花火が目の高さで炸裂するのは見応えがあります。

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それにしても、お盆の花火も結構見れるし、ここは特等観覧席だなぁと思います。

また来年もこのスタジアムでやって欲しいですね。もちろん海峡大花火大会の再開にも期待しています。

それでは、刹那を愛でる素敵な一日を!

灯台下のちいさいゲストハウス「灯火」宿主 やっさん より
( http://touka-kanmon.com )