Touhou Pilgrimage

11165

Sat 2012/02/25 02:48 JST

Spice & Wolf, Touhou, Kud, Engi, Mashu, Trude, Laura, Maria@Haganai, Cthylla@ChaosCode, lots of manga, and aviation are my favorites. I'm following OTAKU 英仏語話者.

Tokyo, Japan · Kansai-Jin · http://twitter.com/ken_works

Last Sunday, I invited a Touhou fan to go for a drive to Touhou Pilgrimage in Suwa district, Nagano. My French comrade @THakkai is a website master of Touhou.net and I heard that he is a big fan of the Touhou character 洩矢諏訪子 Moriya Suwako. So I felt sure that it'll be a great time for him to visit her place while he stays in Japan. Twas terribly cold on that day but we had a really pleasant short trip around Suwa Taisha Shrines and Suwa-ko 諏訪湖 lake... sounds like her name Suwako 諏訪子^^;;;. This time, we made the pilgrimage by reference to this useful webpage "Suwa Grand Shrine – A Touhou Pilgrimage « Moé Passion". This blog is highly recommended for foreign otakus who plan anime pilgrimages in Japan.

Click here to add note or comment
Mouse over photo to load notes or add comment
- Share this image
- ID#327023

Click here to add note or comment
Mouse over photo to load notes or add comment
- Share this image
- ID#327024

Click here to add note or comment
Mouse over photo to load notes or add comment
- Share this image
- ID#327025

Click here to add note or comment
Mouse over photo to load notes or add comment
- Share this image
- ID#327026

Suwa Taisha - Honmiya shrine. Here is the head shrine of Suwa Taisha (there are four shrines around Suwa district).

Click here to add note or comment
Mouse over photo to load notes or add comment
- Share this image
- ID#327027

早苗さん | イセキ [pixiv] http://www.pixiv.net/member_illust.php?mode=medium&illust_id=4782486

Click here to add note or comment
Mouse over photo to load notes or add comment
- Share this image
- ID#327028

Suwa Taisha - Akimiya shrine. I guess here is familiar among Touhou gamers.

Click here to add note or comment
Mouse over photo to load notes or add comment
- Share this image
- ID#327029

夏の守矢神社。 | 此方がぜる [pixiv] http://www.pixiv.net/member_illust.php?mode=medium&illust_id=20730788

Click here to add note or comment
Mouse over photo to load notes or add comment
- Share this image
- ID#327030

Click here to add note or comment
Mouse over photo to load notes or add comment
- Share this image
- ID#327031

Spotted my fave monster BAKU "the Dream Eater" on the pillar of Akimiya shrine. Awesome artworks just like WonFes figures^^

Click here to add note or comment
Mouse over photo to load notes or add comment
- Share this image
- ID#327032

Click here to add note or comment
Mouse over photo to load notes or add comment
- Share this image
- ID#327049

Lovely Touhou Ema, votive tablet:)

Click here to add note or comment
Mouse over photo to load notes or add comment
- Share this image
- ID#327033

Click here to add note or comment
Mouse over photo to load notes or add comment
- Share this image
- ID#327034

Click here to add note or comment
Mouse over photo to load notes or add comment
- Share this image
- ID#327035

Click here to add note or comment
Mouse over photo to load notes or add comment
- Share this image
- ID#327036

Twas absolutely cold today. Everything was frozen like this...

Click here to add note or comment
Mouse over photo to load notes or add comment
- Share this image
- ID#327037

I bet Cirno was together at all hours of the day^^;;;

Click here to add note or comment
Mouse over photo to load notes or add comment
- Share this image
- ID#327038

Click here to add note or comment
Mouse over photo to load notes or add comment
- Share this image
- ID#327039

Click here to add note or comment
Mouse over photo to load notes or add comment
- Share this image
- ID#327040

Click here to add note or comment
Mouse over photo to load notes or add comment
- Share this image
- ID#327041

We had tasty Soba lunch:)

Click here to add note or comment
Mouse over photo to load notes or add comment
- Share this image
- ID#327042

After the lunch, we enjoyed walking on the frozen lake of Suwa-ko 諏訪湖, not Suwako 諏訪子^^;;;

Click here to add note or comment
Mouse over photo to load notes or add comment
- Share this image
- ID#327043

We are on ice, exactly.

Click here to add note or comment
Mouse over photo to load notes or add comment
- Share this image
- ID#327044

Spotted a sniper on the ice. A kind of Simo Häyhä?

Click here to add note or comment
Mouse over photo to load notes or add comment
- Share this image
- ID#327045

Click here to add note or comment
Mouse over photo to load notes or add comment
- Share this image
- ID#327046

Click here to add note or comment
Mouse over photo to load notes or add comment
- Share this image
- ID#327047

Click here to add note or comment
Mouse over photo to load notes or add comment
- Share this image
- ID#327048

Twas really cold but beautiful sunny day.

Posted by

Ken_Works

Spice & Wolf, Touhou, Kud, Engi, Mashu, Trude, Laura, Maria@Haganai, Cthylla@ChaosCode, lots of manga, and aviation are my favorites. I'm following OTAKU 英仏語話者.

Tokyo, Japan · Kansai-Jin · http://twitter.com/ken_works

Comments

Create Comment

- Naoki_Yasutaka
- in Betonamu
- 2012/02/25 04:08
- Member since 2010/09/19
- Student
Awesome :D
- Report
- Reply
- Naoki_Yasutaka
- in Betonamu
- 2012/02/25 04:11
- Member since 2010/09/19
- Student
May I ask what are these papers for ?
- Report
- Reply
1. - Ken_Works
  - in Tokyo, Japan
  - 2012/02/25 14:24
  - Member since 2010/06/06
  - Kansai-Jin
  Those are おみくじ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omikuji Strips of paper that is written your fortune and you can choose one randomly from a small box in the shrine. Then, tie it here for the good fortune to have greater effect. You can also keep it for luck though.
  - Report
  - Reply
  1. - Naoki_Yasutaka
    - in Betonamu
    - 2012/02/26 00:57
    - Member since 2010/09/19
    - Student
    Oh thank you for the information ^^
    
    Awn have a look again at your post and still find it's interesting. Love those old wooden-temples so much （*´▽｀*）
    - Report
    - Reply
- Meji
- in Sweden
- 2012/02/25 04:18
- Member since 2011/05/23
- Full Time Worker
Wow~ Sure seems cold. :O
- Report
- Reply
1. - Ken_Works
  - in Tokyo, Japan
  - 2012/02/25 13:57
  - Member since 2010/06/06
  - Kansai-Jin
  Twas -2 degrees centigrade even during the daytime.
  - Report
  - Reply
- Meji
- in Sweden
- 2012/02/25 04:20
- Member since 2011/05/23
- Full Time Worker
Water from a hot spring? Seems sort of warm~
- Report
- Reply
1. - Ken_Works
  - in Tokyo, Japan
  - 2012/02/25 13:52
  - Member since 2010/06/06
  - Kansai-Jin
  Yes, exactly. That's hot water from 温泉 Onsen. There are many Onsen hot springs in Suwa district. http://maps.google.co.jp/maps?q=%E8%AB%8F%E8%A8%AA+%E6%B8%A9%E6%B3%89&hl=ja&ie=UTF8&ll=36.056316,138.096943&spn=0.084654,0.154324&client=firefox-a&fb=1&gl=jp&hq=%E6%B8%A9%E6%B3%89&hnear=%E9%95%B7%E9%87%8E%E7%9C%8C%E8%AB%8F%E8%A8%AA%E5%B8%82&sqi=2&t=m&z=13&brcurrent=3,0x601c55cc640541df:0xeda76322bde62046,0
  - Report
  - Reply
- LoganRunn
- in Miami
- 2012/02/25 07:01
- Member since 2008/11/30
- Boukenger
Looks like an awesome trip. Love the pics especially of the shrines and fountains.
- Report
- Reply
1. - Ken_Works
  - in Tokyo, Japan
  - 2012/02/25 13:58
  - Member since 2010/06/06
  - Kansai-Jin
  Yes. Where are you planning to go around for sightseeing in Japan this time?
  - Report
  - Reply
  1. - LoganRunn
    - in Miami
    - 2012/02/25 20:02
    - Member since 2008/11/30
    - Boukenger
    Well, so far I've visited Asakusa, Akiba, Ikebukuro, Yokohama, Roppongi and Hibiya. Got another 8 days to go and got the rest of Tokyo to go plus maybe Kamakura. Planning on doing the Sumida river cruise to Odaiba tomorrow and hitting several places including the Oedo Onsen.
    - Report
    - Reply
- black12
- in middle of nowhere, California
- 2012/02/25 09:27
- Member since 2010/03/01
its shaped like a Christmas tree
- Report
- Reply
1. - Ken_Works
  - in Tokyo, Japan
  - 2012/02/25 14:01
  - Member since 2010/06/06
  - Kansai-Jin
  Haha, that must be Cirno's artwork.
  - Report
  - Reply
- chun
- in love with cats~!
- 2012/02/26 10:48
- Member since 2007/01/09
- part time illustrationist, doll clothing seamstress
Wow! Amazing shots!
- Report
- Reply
1. - Ken_Works
  - in Tokyo, Japan
  - 2012/02/26 11:31
  - Member since 2010/06/06
  - Kansai-Jin
  Thanks:) Have you tried anime pilgrimages in Japan before?
  - Report
  - Reply
  1. - chun
    - in love with cats~!
    - 2012/02/26 13:23
    - Member since 2007/01/09
    - part time illustrationist, doll clothing seamstress
    Oh unfortunately not! I'm not sure if I am that hard core tho XD But it would be nice to be able to recognise places from anime in person XD Ikebukuro definitely felt a lot more awesome when I see it on Durarara for sure :3
    - Report
    - Reply
    1. Ken_Works
      
      in Tokyo, Japan
      
      2012/02/27 01:06
      
      Member since 2010/06/06
      
      Kansai-Jin
      
      My another pilgrimage^^ LuckyStar OP http://yfrog.com/hst6q8sj http://yfrog.com/kf0apxj
      
      
- EEG
- 2012/02/28 11:59
- Member since 2010/02/13
I'd like to go on a trip like that someday
- Report
- Reply
- touhoufan1
- in oklahoma
- 2012/04/21 14:06
- Member since 2012/04/14
- student
omg gensoyko is real i dant have to open a portal now to se flander yes she will be happy
- Report
- Reply
- touhoufan1
- in oklahoma
- 2012/04/24 06:40
- Member since 2012/04/14
- student
omg gensoyko is nice in the summer
- Report
- Reply

Touhou Pilgrimage

We are on ice, exactly.

Posted by

Tokyo Wande...

WF2013w My ...

WF2013w My ...

Kobato and ...

Madoka☆Magi...

Comments