Nihonbashi bridge cleaning ritual
Immaculateness
It seems that the washing ceremony on the Nihonbashi bridge not only relates to the bridge in its physicality but that it also functions as a cleaning ritual to celebrate the bridge… Read More…
It seems that the washing ceremony on the Nihonbashi bridge not only relates to the bridge in its physicality but that it also functions as a cleaning ritual to celebrate the bridge… Read More…
A bronze plate in the middle of the Nihonbashi Bridge marks the zero point for the roads in Japan. All the distances to other places in Japan are measured from this mark.… Read More…
The purest varieties of water are collected from ten different areas in Japan to clean the Zero point on the Nihonbashi bridge Read More…
Report of the Nihonbashi Bridge Washing Ceremony (4th sunday of July) by Chuo City Tourism Association, Tokyo MX News and Sankei News Read More…
Every 4th sunday of July the Nihonbashi bridge is filled with businessmen, local inhabitants, children, the fire-brigade and neighborhood associations all busy with cleaning the Nihonbashi bridge. Read More…
The design of a climbing rack in the shape of a cave system adds a new landscape experience to a child’s imagination.The rack is positioned underneath the Shuto Expressway in Tokyo. Read More…
A pond and a huge stone is installed in the middle of the Itabashi JR (Japan Railway) station in Tokyo. Is this place of worshipping build on purpose in the station hall or did they construct the station around this setting? Read More…