:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
Hakone Ekiden Relay Marathon (Hakone ekiden)
***** Location: Hakone, Kanagawa
***** Season: New Year
***** Category: Observance
*****************************
Explanation
Hakone ekiden 箱根駅伝 Hakone Ekiden Race
:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
quote
Hakone Ekiden (箱根駅伝), which is officially called
Tokyo-Hakone Round-Trip College Ekiden Race
(東京箱根間往復大学駅伝競走,
Tōkyō Hakone kan Ōfuku Daigaku Ekiden Kyōsō), is one of the prominent university ekiden (relay marathon) races of the year held between Tokyo and Hakone in Japan on 2 and 3 January.
This two-day race from Ōtemachi to Hakone and back is separated into five sections on each day. Due to slight variations in the courses, the first day distance is 108.0km while the distance on the second day is 109.9km.
Only male runners are allowed to run.
© More in the WIKIPEDIA !
Photo source: gojapan.about.com
*****************************
Worldwide use
*****************************
Things found on the way
Daruma of the winning Ekiden Team
第８６回 箱根駅伝. Ｈ２２年２月２０日
source : hideaki
*****************************
HAIKU
女坂箱根駅伝男坂
onnazaka Hakone ekiden otokozaka
women's slope
Hakone relay marathon
men's slope
Kuon Jun 久遠順
:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
箱根駅伝初東風のなかタスキ継ぎ
Hakone ekiden hatsugochi no naka tasuki tsugi
Hakone ekiden race -
in the first east wind of the year
they exchange sashes
source : umauo
The tasuki たすき, colorful cloth sashes, are a proud part of each team. They are handed from one to the next runner, who hangs it around his shoulder whilst running. They practise handing over the tasuki in order not to loose any time in the marathon.
hatsugochi, the first calm of the year, is also a kigo for the New Year.
:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
Hakone is located in the mountainous far west of the prefecture, on the eastern side of Hakone Pass. Most of the town is within the borders of the volcanically active Fuji-Hakone-Izu National Park, centered around Lake Ashi.
Hakone is the location of a noted Shinto shrine, the Hakone Gongen, which is mentioned in Heian period literature.
Hakone is noted for its onsen hot spring resorts.
© More in the WIKIPEDIA !
Hiroshige, Crossing Hakone 広重箱根図
:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
箱根越す人もあるらし今朝の雪
箱根こす人も有らし今朝の雪
Hakone kosu hito mo aru rashi kesa no yuki
to think there are people
who are crossing Hakone pass -
snow in the morning
Tr. Gabi Greve
Hakone pass:
someone seems to be crossing it
this morning of snow
Tr. Barnhill
Oi no Kobumi
4th day of the 12th lunar month
Basho stayed with his friend 聴雪 as Hoosa 蓬左 near the Atsuta Shrine in Nagoya.
Even where he was, in Nagoya, it was bitter cold and snowing.
So he thought he was quite lucky to be here in the warmth at a home with friends.
Basho was on a trip before reaching Hosa, to visit a place in memory of priest Saigyo Hoshi 西行法師, the hermitage Shigitatsu An 鴫立庵 in Oiso 大磯 at the other side of Hakone pass.
. WKD - Matsuo Basho Archives 松尾芭蕉！ .
:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
Hakone in Haiku by Issa
Tr. David Lanoue
秋日和負ふて越るや箱根山
akibiyori oute koeru ya hakone yama
clear fall weather--
with burdens they cross
Mount Hakone
木がらしやかます着て行く箱根山
kogarashi ya kamasu kite yuku hakone yama
winter wind--
wearing a straw bag
on Mount Hakone
MORE - Hakone Haiku by Issa
.................................................................................
関所より吹戻さるる寒さ哉
sekisho yori fukimodosaruru samusa kana
from the checkpoint
it is blown back -
this cold
春風や女も越える箱根山
haru kaze ya onna mo koeru hakone yama
spring breeze--
a woman also crosses
Mount Hakone
. Hakone Sekisho 箱根関所 Hakone Checkpoint .
It was dangerous for women from Edo to go past this Checkpoint.
A woman alone was suspicious of being a prostitute on the run, so they usually did not travel alone.
One of the main roles of sekisho was to control 'incoming guns and outgoing women', which means to prevent weapons from being
brought into Edo and wives and children of feudal lords from fleeing from Edo.
source : www.hakonesekisyo.jp
.................................................................................
傘さして箱根越すなり春の雨
kasa sashite Hakone kosu nari haru no ame
Umbrellas at the ready,
We crossed the Hakone passes
In the spring rain.
Tr. Mackenzie
under their parasols
crossing Mount Hakone...
spring rain
Tr. Lanoue
putting up my umbrella
I crossed the Hakone pass -
spring rain
Tr. Gabi Greve
.................................................................................
. Palanquins at the Hakone pass .
. White Horse of Hakone Shrine 箱根神社.
. Japanese Puzzle Boxes .
*****************************
Related words
***** Women's slope (onna-zaka)
***** . Place Names in Haiku .
BACK : Top of this Saijiki
[ . BACK to WORLDKIGO . TOP . ]
:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
Posts
6 comments:
箱根の俳句、面白かったです。
Sakuo
面白かったです。
Sakuo
箱根路に雲助の碑や赤のまま
Hakone ji ni kumosuke no hi ya aka no mama
at the Hakone road
the memorial stone of a kumosuke -
all in red
Shinkawa Harumi 新川晴美
kumosuke 雲助 shifty carrier, a thuggish palanquin bearer
MORE about post stations
Kobayashi Issa
傘さして箱根越也春の雨
kasa sashite hakone kosu nari haru no ame
crossing Hakone Pass
holding an umbrella --
soft spring rain
This hokku is from the third month (April) in 1818, when Issa was living in his hometown. In the hokku, which seems to be a poem of memory, it is spring in the Hakone mountain range that lies between the Pacific and Mt. Fuji. The range consists of seven peaks and several lesser mountains that remain from a great but collapsed volcano that last erupted in the 10th century, and the range had to be crossed by travelers taking the Tokaido sea route, a major road that ran between Edo, the largest city, and the imperial capital Kyoto. For about 19 miles the road became much narrower and very steep as it crossed the Hakone mountains, since it rose from nearly sea level to 2,776 feet at Hakone Pass, the highest point. Near the pass was a barrier where authorities checked everyone passing along the road, so by Hakone Issa is probably referring both to the highest point on the mountainous part of the road and to the Hakone checkpoint located not far away.
Most long-distance travelers on the Tokaido and other main roads wore round, wide rush or bamboo hats and in case of rain put on cape-like raincoats made of straw and other materials. Umbrellas made from bamboo and washi paper waterproofed with flax oil or persimmon tannin were heavy and less common, and they also made it a bit hard to use a walking stick on the steep mountain, but umbrellas could be purchased at one of the many towns along the Tokaido road. The rain mentioned by Issa refers to the gentle, fine rain that often falls in spring and is so loved by plants. The fierce snow and rain of winter no longer threaten travelers, who are able to move freely across the Hakone mountains now, and some even walk holding umbrellas. There could be one umbrella or several umbrellas here, but I take the hokku to be about one particular umbrella: when it appears in the pass or at the checkpoint it makes people stop and look and feel even more deeply that spring has truly come and is transforming all sorts of things. The almost fragile umbrella also resonates with the gentleness of the rain. At the end of the second line nari makes the verb "cross" objective and situational, so I don't think this hokku is in the first person.
Chris Drake
.
Amazake-chaya : The last teahouse on the ancient Tokkaido Highway
.
Amazake-chaya tea house :: The last teahouse on the ancient Tokkaido Highway, Japan
Address: 395-1 Futago-yama, Hatajuku, Japan 畑宿
.
Nothing has changed - Satoshi Yamamoto‘s family has been serving travellers there for more than 350 years. The leafy brews haven't changed either. Then there are the gluey, pounded rice (mochi) cakes, charcoal grilled and dusted with peanut powder or crushed black sesame. Hot, sweet, viscous amazake, a non-alcoholic fermented rice drink, the house speciality, comes immediately, with pickles on the side.
The thatched roof is still intact and the floor is packed earth. There is a tea-drinking platform of woven straw mats around the hearth. Customers sit at tables that are polished thick cross-sections of cedar planks. Turn the clock back a couple of centuries and imagine Samurai officials on horseback and pilgrims in straw sandals. Over the past 150 years most of the old Tokkaido has been turned into paved multi-lane highways and railway lines, but a 9km stretch through the Hakone forest – between the villages of Hakone Yumoto and Moto Hakone – has been preserved as a hiking trail. Check out this hiking trail, with hundred year-old trees and paved footpaths worn smooth from the foot traffic of days past. While there were once many teahouses along this stretch, now there is only Amazake-chaya.
What to eat+drink: their specialty “amazake”. a sweet drink made from malted rice, which has been favored by Japanese people since ancient times. On a cold day, take it hot with ginger. On hot days, drink it chilled. For meals, enjoy chikara-mochi with sweet soybean flour, charcoal toasted, three flavours are available: Isobe, soy sauce flavour. Uguisu, sweet soybean and Kurogama, which is Uguisu mixed in with black sesame.
Also available :noodles made with agar called “tokoro-ten”. Its seasonal menus have always been very popular with its customers.
.
https://www.facebook.com/239448309521993/photos/ms.c.eJw1ytEJADAIA9GNiqYk6v6LFap~_Pu4UN41MBFHIo7EsBflY9s3aHv2v5W0~_iWcQNQ~-~-.bps.a.673805559419597.1073741970.239448309521993/673805582752928/?type=1&theater
.
Tônosawa, from the series Seven Hot Springs of Hakone
(Hakone shichiyu zue) 「箱根七湯図絵 塔の沢」, 1852
Ando Hiroshige (1797–1858)
.
google
https://www.google.com/search?q=%E7%AE%B1%E6%A0%B9%E4%B8%83%E6%B9%AF%E5%9B%B3%E4%BC%9A&client=firefox-b&sxsrf=ALeKk02j44tLwZ3JD8Hhia67wx4jg-iyqA:1621470102578&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjUi-nr_tbwAhXSyosBHe-mDGAQ_AUoAXoECAEQAw&biw=1600&bih=814
.
Post a Comment