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Daidai Kagura – spiritual Shinto performance
In this entry, Dr. Trouble is going to bore you to tears talk about Kagura (神楽) – a shinto dance performance we saw at the Rei Taisai ....
28 Sep 11:56 pm  from  Budget Trouble   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Yabusame Overload
What we can see at the Rei Taisai festival? Here is a brief program description of Nakamura Hachimangu Rei Taisai that took place on Septem....
26 Sep 10:30 pm  from  Budget Trouble   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Historical background of Nakamura Hachimangu (中村八幡宮)
Not that you really care, or want to know... But guess what? Dr Trouble will tell you anyway. So, here we go. Nakamura Hachimangu - sorr....
25 Sep 11:50 pm  from  Budget Trouble   [Profile]  [Recent] 
A Little Bit About Moka City
If you are a Tochigi native and hear the words “Moka city” (真岡市), though it's also spelled Mooka and Mohka in romaji, then ma....
23 Sep 8:00 pm  from  Budget Trouble   [Profile]  [Recent] 
This person is a thief – he uses copyrighted materials without permission
He hotlinks and uses copyrighted photos without permission: markyajeji.webgarden.cz/novinky/yayoi-matsuri-jajoi-macuri-2 I'm sorry bu....
20 Sep 1:03 am  from  Budget Trouble   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Festival at Nakamura Shrine in Moka
There are many reasons why we love the city of Moka. Last week showed yet again that the people of Moka are truly exceptional. In fact, they....
19 Sep 11:36 pm  from  Budget Trouble   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Walking while foreign
I had to get a re-entry permit today and that, of course, required a trip to the Immigration Office in downtown Utsunomiya. I didn’t need....
9 Sep 11:32 pm  from  Budget Trouble   [Profile]  [Recent] 
The right way to use Eigo Noto
These guys and gals deserve an Oscar. This is brilliant. Now I'm going to die laughing every time I have to sing "Head Shoulders K....
7 Sep 10:25 pm  from  Budget Trouble   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Walk in the woods – behind the shrine complex in Nikko
Last Thursday we had some errands to run, and as much as I hate errands, I can’t complain too much in this case. One of those errands brou....
30 Aug 11:22 pm  from  Budget Trouble   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Afternoon in Ueno
While in Tokyo, in addition to getting shot in the face (well, I did, Dr Trouble just watched), we visited Ueno. Why Ueno? No particular rea....
29 Aug 4:51 pm  from  Budget Trouble   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Monjayaki vs Okonomiyaki
It’s always interesting to learn just what kind of google searches bring people to our blog. Sometimes it’s the bizarre stuff, like “....
28 Aug 7:26 pm  from  Budget Trouble   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Shot in the face
Last Tuesday found me in Tokyo. How exciting… Not, not really. I don’t particularly enjoy Tokyo, I’m far too old for this type of plac....
27 Aug 11:02 pm  from  Budget Trouble   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Open Letter to PR Professionals
Dear PR Professionals, Every so often you send me an inane email promoting your site, product, hotel, gizmo, whatever. For the most part, I....
25 Aug 6:44 pm  from  Budget Trouble   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Tanobe no Tensai – in Ichigai Town in Tochigi
Yesterday was the day of Utsunomiya fireworks - held on the banks of the Kinu River. But instead of stopping there, we passed cross the rive....
22 Aug 11:35 am  from  Budget Trouble   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Life in a Day project update
A while back, when I first saw the info about the Life in a Day movie project (link to the International Movie Database listing of this film....
22 Aug 11:07 am  from  Budget Trouble   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Life in a Day project update
A while back, when I first saw the info about the Life in a Day movie project (link to the International Movie Database Listing of this film....
21 Aug 2:43 pm  from  Budget Trouble   [Profile]  [Recent] 
I was interviewed about being a matsuri otaku!
Sibylle Ito (go ahead, follow her on Twitter - she is one of the nicest people on the innerwebz!), of the fabulous "Where Mt. Fuji meet....
18 Aug 8:38 pm  from  Budget Trouble   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Candle illumination at Jikoji temple in Utsunomiya
The reason why Jikoji temple is located where it’s located View Larger Map As always, first things first… When an Utsunomiyan (I gues....
17 Aug 11:51 pm  from  Budget Trouble   [Profile]  [Recent] 
New feed for the blog
Because Google are a bunch of useless a$$hats, it proved impossible for me to migrate from the "old" feedburner to the new Google-....
17 Aug 11:06 pm  from  Budget Trouble   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Today in Moka – ceremony to honor casualties of war
August 15th is the day when Japan surrendered in WW2. It is also the day to honor those who died during the war. Last year we went to the co....
15 Aug 11:51 pm  from  Budget Trouble   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Today in Moka – ceremony to honor casualties of war
August 15th is the day when Japan surrendered in WW2. It is also the day to honor those who died during the war. Last year we went to the co....
15 Aug 11:51 pm  from  Budget Trouble   [Profile]  [Recent] 
On staring and good-looking men
Staring. Seemingly every foreigner in Japan has something to say about it. And now - so do I. Though it may come as a surprise to many, I h....
14 Aug 9:46 pm  from  Budget Trouble   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Road to Meiji Revolution Hello Kitty
This one will go nicely with my “onsen” shotgun toting Kitty I found last year in Nikko. Again, the NRA would be proud. And just c....
13 Aug 11:53 pm  from  Budget Trouble   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Miya Matsuri 2010 – videos
Yet another Miya Matsuri, the annual Utsunomiya city summer festival is behind us. Amazingly, the weather was nice this year and it didn....
9 Aug 11:58 pm  from  Budget Trouble   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Religious significance of climbing Mt Nantai
And praying while watching the sunrise from the summit We got two very intelligent questions Carolyn from Oakland, and we really appreciat....
7 Aug 11:40 pm  from  Budget Trouble   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Tohaisai – Climbing Mt Nantai at night
Let me start off by saying that I love mountains. I really do. I just don't like to climb them. Why? Going up is the easy part, that I ....
1 Aug 11:53 pm  from  Budget Trouble   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Moka Summer Festival 2010 – day 1
Yesterday we went to Moka for the summer festival. It was hot. Very hot. But fun.And an about an hour before the fireworks were scheduled to....
25 Jul 2:47 pm  from  Budget Trouble   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Volunteering at Paseo Los Monos in Ecuador
Because there's more to life that all Japan all the time, today we bring you a guest post by one of our readers. She volunteered at a....
23 Jul 1:00 pm  from  Budget Trouble   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Utsunomiya Tenno Sai 2010 – part 2
Because Dr Trouble is crafty like (or like Paul the Octopus could predict the future, or both), he saved a couple of batches of photos on ye....
20 Jul 12:01 am  from  Budget Trouble   [Profile]  [Recent] 
External hard drive disaster – IO-Data, I HATE you!!!
Today we were supposed to bring you part 2 of our Tenno Sai report, but we won't. We were supposed to post a ton of new photos, but we ....
19 Jul 3:43 pm  from  Budget Trouble   [Profile]  [Recent] 
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