Samurai Hat vs Samurai Sword (Toppai Jingasa vs Katana) Ronin Dave 2015-03-03 | Ashigaru were foot soldiers of Old Japan who over time achieved samurai status in most provinces but were still lower than a full fledged samurai. In most of the war epics they were the overlooked unsung heroes (or villains) who had to do most of the dirty work.In battle an ashigaru would often be outclassed by a samurai in armor, weapons, and training. Here, however, an ashigaru takes off his hat - the typical ashigaru conical hat known as a Toppai Jingasa - to teach a samurai to respect him.This was part of a martial arts demo at Budokan in February.
Medieval Shieldwall Fighting in Proper British Weather - Battle of Hastings #shorts Ronin Dave 2024-10-13 | #shorts Clip from the 2016 Battle of Hastings Re-enactment. After the main re-enactment had finished some of them gathered to practice as typical British weather came down.#uk #history #medieval
Cat Boops Nose of a Bakeneko 化け猫 - Japanese Supernatural Cat #shorts Ronin Dave 2024-10-12 | #shorts Kagurazaka Bakeneko Matsuri is a pre-Halloween festival celebrating supernatural cats known as Bakeneko. People dress as various Bakeneko as well as bring their pet cats to participate.#cat #japan #halloween
Tokyo Walk - 10K Walk From Gundam to Good Food at Soulfood House (Odaiba to Azabu Juban) Ronin Dave 2024-10-07 | Early Autumn walk (though late Summer weather) from Gundam Odaiba to the Soulfood House restaurant in Azabu Juban. We checked out some of Odaiba's diversions before heading over the Rainbow Bridge then to Zojoji Temple and Tokyo Tower and finally Soulfood House. Along the way we stopped at some shrines, an old battery for repelling Americans, and sampled some Matcha Beer. We did over 21,000 steps nearly 10k in our walk.#japan #walking #travel 0:00-1:11 Intro with Spare Paul1:12-1:20 Gundam1:45-2:36 Odaiba Architecture2:37-3:17 Odaiba History3:18-3:37 Monorail3:38-3:47 Statue of Liberty3:48-4:19 Rainbow Bridge History4:20-4:37 Hot Tokyo Summers4:38-4:44 Dog!4:45-5:07 Joypolis5:08-5:58 Daiba Itchome Shotengai5:59-7:21 Matcha Beer and Itchome Shotengai Background7:22-8:56 Classic Arcade Video Games8:57-10:34 Star Wars Pinball10:35-10:56 Sumo Arm Wrestling Game10:57-11:05 Marvel Action Figures11:06-11:50 Walking to Old Battery11:51-13:04 President Fillmore and Origins of Odaiba13:05-22:51 Crossing the Rainbow Bridge22:52-22:56 View of Tokyo Skytree22:57-23:17 Kyu Shiba Rikyu Garden - closed!22:18-24:09 Hamamatsucho24:10-25:40 Shiba Daijingu Shrine25:41-27:00 Walking to Zojoji Temple27:01-28:17 Zojoji Temple and Bell28:18-30:46 Zojoji History30:47-32:03 Buddhist chanting32:04-33:08 Zojoji and Tokugawa Shoguns History33:09-33:50 Zojoji Garden and Jizo Statues33:51-37:38 Tokyo Tower37:39-38:50 Paul reminiscences about Tokyo38:51-41:07 Maminari Inari Shrine - Tanuki legend41:08-41:54 Azabu Juban and Aki Kutsu41:55-44:31 Soulfood House and Legacy Lounge44:32-45:36 Closing
Shibuya Girls Carry Japanese Shrine in Tokyo - Shibuya Konno Hachimangu Festival #shorts Ronin Dave 2024-09-29 | #shorts Konno Hachimangu Shrine Festival - mikoshi carried up from Shibuya 109 Building#japan #festival #travel
Rocking Mikoshi - Japanese Portable Shrine Swung Hard at Fukuro Matsuri in Ikebukuro #shorts Ronin Dave 2024-09-29 | #shorts Mikoshi (portable shrine) swung back and forth at Ikebukuro's Fukuro Matsuri, an autumn festival in late September.#japan #travel #strength
Full Moon in Tokyo - Harvest Moon Art in Shimokitazawa #shorts Ronin Dave 2024-09-27 | To celebrate the Autumn Harvest Moon Shimokitazawa in west Tokyo puts up a model of the moon created by visual artist Luke Jerram. It's a scale model of the actual surface of the moon called Museum of the Moon.#japan #artwork #moon
Japanese Autumn Festival - Fukuro Matsuri in Ikebukuro ふくろ祭り Ronin Dave 2024-09-25 | Fukuro Matsuri is a big festival in Ikebukuro. It's a 2-part festival with a big mikoshi festival in late September and a Yosakoi dance in mid-October.The festival started by shopping centers on the West Side of Ikebukuro Station in 1968 to celebrate the coming of Autumn. 15 mikoshi gather around the station and jostle about throughout the day on Sunday.#Japan #festival #travel
Samurai Festival - Aizu Matsuri Ronin Dave 2024-09-20 | Aizuwakamatsu in Fukushima celebrates its history with a big festival around the third weekend of September. The main day of the festival starts at Tsuruga Castle then parades around the town.Although the history of the Aizu domain goes back centuries the largest focus is on the Battle of Aizu which took place from October to November in 1868. Aizu under the lordship of Matsudaira Katamori was seen as a main center of resistance to the new government. Aizu supported the old feudal system of the Shogun government as opposed to the new government which supported a constitutional monarchy under the Emperor.Several famous and tragic events occur during this battle most notably the deaths of members of the Byakkotai who thought the castle had fallen and committed seppuku (ritual suicide). In recent years actress Haruka Ayase has been in attendance portraying Yamamoto Yae (also known as Niijima Aya) who was a woman warrior skilled in gunnery who fought in the defense of Aizu. Haruka played her in the 2013 NHK drama Yae's Sakura.#Japan #samurai #history
Samurai Fighting Cinema-Style with Sword and Spear #shorts Ronin Dave 2024-09-16 | #shorts Clip of fighting samurai at Tendo Shogi Festival. Their differences not being able to be settled by arms they choose Shogi (Japanese Chess) instead.#japan #samurai #martialarts
Japanese Women carry Mikoshi Shrine to Nezu Shrine #shorts Ronin Dave 2024-09-13 | #shorts Women-only mikoshi (portable shrine) brought to Nezu Shrine during their Annual Festival in September.#japan #women #travel
Yamata no Orochi Kagura - Sacred Shinto Dance at Yakumo Hikawa Shrine in Tokyo Ronin Dave 2024-09-13 | Kagura is sacred Shinto dances that entertain the gods and depict various stories from ancient tales. Yamata no Orochi is a popular kagura dance that tells the story of Susanoo no Mikoto the Storm God slaying the dragon Yamata no Orochi. Susanoo saved the last daughter of a pair of earthly deities from the dragon by getting it drunk on sake. When he chopped up the dragon, Susanoo discovered a sword in its tail which would become one of the three Imperial Regalia of Japan.This kagura is performed in September at Yakumo Hikawa Shrine in Meguro for their annual festival.#Japan #dance #mask
Nezu Shrine Annual Festival in Tokyo 根津神社例大祭 Ronin Dave 2024-09-13 | In mid-September Nezu Shrine has its annual festival formerly known as tenkasai which started in 1714. Mikoshi (portable shrines) from the local area enter the shrine to get blessings before returning to their neighborhoods. There are also a lot of food stalls set up during the festival. #Japan #festival #food
Japanese Festival Singing while carrying Shrine - Jumangoku Matsuri #shorts Ronin Dave 2024-09-12 | #shorts Traditional Japanese song while carrying a mikoshi (portable shrine) at the Jumangoku Festival in Kaga, Ishikawa.#japan #singing #travel
Japanese Sword Dance #shorts Ronin Dave 2024-09-12 | #shorts Tsurugi-no-mai is a Japanese sword dance about the discovery of the sword that is one of the three Imperial Regalia of Japan. The dance is performed at Yakumo Hikawa Shrine during their annual festival in September.#japan #sword #dance
Giant Japanese Plates in Ishikawa #shorts Ronin Dave 2024-09-11 | #shorts Jumangoku Festival in Kaga, Ishikawa features a unique float with two giant porcelain plates. Kaga is famous for the Kutani style of porcelain.
Tsurugi no Mai - Japanese Sword Dance at Yakumo Hikawa Shrine Annual Festival Ronin Dave 2024-09-10 | Tsurugi-no-Mai is an ancient sword dance related to the god of Yakumo Hikawa Shrine in Meguro. The enshrined god is Susanoo-no-Mikoto is the turbulent Storm God who is brother to Amaterasu Omikami, the Sun Goddess and divine ancestor of the Imperial family.Susanoo encountered an 8-headed dragon known as Yamata no Orochi. He slew the dragon and found a sword in its tail. He named the sword Ame-no-Murakumo-no-Tsurugi (Heavenly Sword of Gathering Clouds) and presented it to his sister deity. This sword would become one of the three Imperial Regalia of Japan. In later times, the hero Yamato Takeru used the sword to cut grass and drive a fire made by his enemies back at them. He renamed the sword Kusanagi no Tsurugi. This sword is enshrined at Atsuta Shrine in Nagoya.Tsurugi-no-Mai is performed at Yakumo Hikawa Shrine during their Annual Festival in September.#japan #sword #dance
Jumangoku Matsuri - Big Japanese Porcelain Plate Festival 十万石まつり Ronin Dave 2024-09-09 | On the second weekend of September a small but curious festival known as Jumangoku is held in Kaga, Ishikawa to celebrate the old porcelain industry of the area. Ko-Kutani is a porcelain style first developed in 1650s on the order of Lord Maeda Toshiharu.Two large porcelain plates are carted about the area and in the evening a mikoshi with lanterns and kutani-style decorations is carried about.#japan #festival #porcelain
Japanese Big Mikoshi comes in for a Landing after 6 years #shorts Ronin Dave 2024-09-08 | #shorts Shimokitazawa Hachimangu Shrine Festival - the big mikoshi of the shrine was brought out for the first time in 6 years.#japan #travel #festival
Walking thru a Japanese Festival Food Area - Tachikawa Matsuri #shorts Ronin Dave 2024-09-03 | #shorts Walking thru the food stall area of Tachikawa Suwa Matsuri, a summer festival in August.#japan #food #travel
Anime Bon Odori at Kanda Shrine with Jashin-chan and AKB48 #shorts Ronin Dave 2024-08-23 | #shorts Bon Odori (traditional Japanese summer dance) at Kanda Myojin Shrine in Tokyo with Jashin-chan of Dropkick on My Devil anime series, her voice actress Aina Suzuki, and members of the idol group AKB48.#japan #anime #dance
Awa Odori in Kagurazaka - Traditional Japanese Dance 阿波踊り #shorts Ronin Dave 2024-08-06 | #shorts Awa Odori is a traditional dance from Tokushima in Shikoku and is a very popular summer dance throughout Japan. In late July Awa Odori is performed in Kagakurazaka.#japan #dance #travel
Shibuya Bon Odori - Japanese Traditional Summer Dance 渋谷盆踊り #shorts Ronin Dave 2024-08-04 | #shorts Bon Odori is a traditional Japanese dance during Obon, the Festival of the Dead when ancestral spirits return to the world. Shibuya hosts one in front of the Shibuya 109 building with their own on song, Shibuya Ondo.#japan #dance #shibuya
Dengaku - Traditional Japanese Dance at Oji Shrine in Tokyo #shorts Ronin Dave 2024-08-03 | #shorts Dengaku is a folk dance from the Kamakura Era (1192-1333) to pray for abundant crops. This event is held at Oji Shrine in Tokyo on the first Sunday in August.#dance #japan #travel
Thunderstorm in Tokyo ⛈️ #shorts Ronin Dave 2024-07-31 | #shorts July 2024 has been the month of Thunderstorms. Even as I write there is one outside my window. This was a thunderstorm that hit suddenly one night going from 1 to 11 in 5 seconds. Had to take shelter under a kind of funky patio of a bar that fortunately had a roof.#thunderstorm #japan #nature
Intense Tokyo Thunderstorm in Harajuku - Guerrilla Storm ゲリラ豪雨 ⛈🌩🌨 Ronin Dave 2024-07-24 | Early July I was going to the Arabian Festival at Yoyogi Park in Harajuku when I got caught out in a thunderstorm without an umbrella. I ran to the pedestrian bridge and took what little shelter there was to be had there under the bridge. It was so windy the rain was coming in at an angle. Thunderstorms used to be a rare occurrence but this summer and especially just the month of July has seen a lot of them. The thunderstorms are sometimes called guerrilla rainstorms as they can appear at short notice and be anywhere with any amount of intensity. The rain here poured heavily for about an hour, let up for a little while, then poured down again for another half hour. I and several people and one poor dog waited the storm out as thunder boomed and lightning flashed all about.#nature #japan #thunderstorm
Bon Odori - Japanese Dance for the Dead at Yoyogi Park #shorts Ronin Dave 2024-07-22 | #shorts Obon is the Festival for the Dead when spirits return to earth. Dances known as Bon Odori are done to celebrate ancestral spirits. They typically take place throughout the summer from July to September. This one took place in early July in Yoyogi Park.#japan #dance #travel
Japanese Summer Festival - Narita Gion Matsuri 成田祇園祭 Ronin Dave 2024-07-12 | Narita Gion Matsuri is a summer festival held in early July to pray for bountiful harvests and people's prosperity. The festival is over three hundred years old. Wooden cart floats are paraded night and day and on the third day they are pulled rapidly up a hill in the hot summer sun.#japan #travel #summer
Pulling a Japanese Float Up a Hill on a Hot July Day - Narita Gion Matsuri #shorts Ronin Dave 2024-07-06 | #shorts Clip of Narita Gion Matsuri of people pulling a float full of people up a steep hill on a hot humid Kuly day.#japan #summer #travel
Wild Dangerous Japanese Fire Festival #shorts Ronin Dave 2024-06-22 | #shorts Toba no Himatsuri is a fire festival where men compete to pull sacred branches out of towering infernos.#japan #travel #fire
Japanese Samurai Horseback Archery in Fuchu - Yabusame #shorts Ronin Dave 2024-06-16 | #shorts Short clip of two Yabusame archers hitting targets at Okunitama Shrine in Fuchu.#japan #samurai #horse
Amazing Japanese Acrobat - Chair Balancing #shorts Ronin Dave 2024-06-15 | #shorts Clip of an acrobat at a Golden Week Festival at the old palace site of Nara.#japan #acrobatics #travel
Japanese History Festival - Nara Heijokyo Tenpyosai 年春 天平祭 Ronin Dave 2024-06-15 | Tenpyosai Matsuri is a festival celebrating Nara's heyday as the first permanent capital of Japan when it was known as Heijo-kyo. Nara was the official capital from 710-794 (though technically Nagaoka-kyo was attempted as a new capital from 784 before deciding on Kyoto).A procession of guards and Japanese Emperors goes to and from Suzakumon Gate which was part of the old Heijo palace. Various Tenpyosai events take place 4 times a year. This one takes place during Golden Week from May 3rd. This particular one was in 2022 when Japan was still closed off and many of the participants wore specially made masks.Due to copyright issues I had to put a remake song over the juggling section so the audio may seem a little wonky.#japan #history #travel
72 Foot Tall Samurai Float - Shibaraku Tachi Neputa #shorts Ronin Dave 2024-06-13 | #shorts Goshogawara Tachi Neputa Festival - Samurai float from Kabuki play Shibaraku about Kamakura Gongoro Kagemasa, an 11th Century samurai.#samurai #japan #travel
Japanese Floats Crash Together - Tonami Yotaka Matsuri #shorts Ronin Dave 2024-06-13 | #shorts Clip of Tonami Yotaka Matsuri in Toyama where they crash floats together for good harvests.#japan #crash #travel
Star Wars Day - May the 4th Be With You in Japan Ronin Dave 2024-06-12 | Some random scenes of Star Wars Day (May the 4th) in Yokohama with amateur and professional cosplayers as Star Wars characters. Later I went to a Star Wars Quiz at Harry's Sandwich Company in Harajuku and got third place.#starwars #japan #cosplay
Mikoshi (Japanese Portable Shrine) in Shinjuku #shorts Ronin Dave 2024-05-26 | #shorts Mikoshi turns the corner in Kabukicho Area of Shinjuku for the Hanazono Shrine Grand Festival.#japan #travel #shinjuku
Japanese Sword and Fan Dance #shorts Ronin Dave 2024-05-09 | #shorts Japanese Sword Dance with Folding Fan at Teppozu Inari Shrine during Golden Week.#japan #samurai #dance
Bian Lian in Nara - Chinese Rapid Face Changing Art 變臉 #shorts Ronin Dave 2024-05-07 | #shorts Nara was the first permanent capital of Japan from 710-794. At this time Chinese culture was predominant at court. Bian Lian is Chinese Face Changing art from Sichuan Opera.There's some controversy on how it got out of China as the artform was a closely guarded secret.#japan #china #travel
Japanese Taiko Drumming at Shinto Shrine during Golden Week #shorts Ronin Dave 2024-05-03 | Taiko Drumming at Teppozu Inari Shrine during Golden Week #japan #music #travel
Takara-no-mai - Takarabune Treasure Ship of the Seven Lucky Gods for Childrens Day 宝の舞 Ronin Dave 2024-05-01 | Takara-no-mai is a Golden Week event for Kodomo-no-Hi (Children's Day) on May 5th. Children in fishermen costume pull a boat known as Takarabune which is the Treasure Ship for Shichifukujin (Seven Lucky Gods). This is done around Senso-ji Temple in Asakusa.#japan #travel #culture
Japanese Kite Battle - Hamamatsu Matsuri 凧揚げ合戦 Ronin Dave 2024-04-30 | Hamamatsu Matsuri is a 3-day festival over Golden Week (May 3-5) where in the evening they parade wooden carts about and in the daytime they fly kites in aerial combat.#japan #kite #travel
Samurai Festival for Golden Week - Odawara Hojo Godai Matsuri 小田原北條五代祭り Ronin Dave 2024-04-27 | Samurai Festival in Odawara on May 3rd during Golden Week. Odawara was once the seat of a powerful samurai clan, the Hojo or Go-Hojo as they are known by later historians. The Hojo Clan rose from obscurity to become a great power in the Kanto region. They had a network of castles to defend their capital of Odawara.The Odawara Godai Hojo Matsuri celebrates their illustrious past with a variety of performances and a large parade of people in samurai armor and period piece costumes.#japan #samurai #travel
Streetfighting Samurai and Ninja in Odawara - Chanbara Sword-fighting Ronin Dave 2024-04-25 | From the Odawara Hojo Matsuri, chanbara sword-fighting performances of samurai and ninja. Chanbara is the style of cinematic fighting for jidaieki (historical period films) where the emphasis is on spectacle rather than realistic fighting styles.#japan #samurai #ninja #martialarts
Dual-wielding Samurai Girl Dispatches Her Foes #shorts Ronin Dave 2024-04-25 | #shorts From the Odawara Hojo Festival - chanbara-style sword fighting.#japan #samurai #sword
Samurai Guns at Odawara Castle Ronin Dave 2024-04-23 | Matchlock Gun Demonstration at Odawara Castle for the Hojo Festival.#japan #samurai
Samurai Girl Shows How to Load and Shoot 16th Century Matchlock Gun #shorts Ronin Dave 2024-04-22 | #shorts At the Hojo Festival in Odawara, gun demonstration loading and firing a 16th Century matchlock gun replica by samurai girl.#japan #samurai #gun
Japanese Shinto Music Before an Ancient Kofun Tomb #shorts Ronin Dave 2024-04-22 | #shorts Gagaku is ancient court music often played at Shinto ceremonies. In West Tokyo is an ancient tomb known as a Kofun built between the 5th-7th Centuries.#japan #music #travel
Ashigaru Spear Tactic Demonstration - Samurai Foot Soldiers #shorts Ronin Dave 2024-04-21 | #shorts Ashigaru were foot soldiers in the samurai era. They were later given samurai status. Their main weapon was the spear. At the Okazaki Cherry Blossom festivals participants demonstrated a bit of their tactics - not professionals, keep in mind.
Japanese Sword Fight Demonstration on Culture Day #shorts Ronin Dave 2024-04-20 | #shorts Clip of a sword fight demo at Meiji Shrine on Culture Day (November 3rd).#japan #martialarts #samurai
Samurai Shogun Festival in Tokugawa Ieyasu Hometown #shorts Ronin Dave 2024-04-19 | #shorts Clip of Okazaki Cherry Blossom Festival. Okazaki is the birthplace of Tokugawa Ieyasu the inspiration for Shogun TV series.#japan #samurai #shogun
