“Matobi”, firelight for ancestor（in Kitaakita-gun Kamikoani-mura, Kitaakita-shi）
Yesterday was Vernal Equinox Holiday.
The mountain villages in this area has had an event that people kindle firelight to mourn for their ancestor at night.
Several days before and after the holiday, we hold a Buddhist mass for the deceased in Japan.
Annual event "Matobi"
【Contact】Kamikoani-mura Sangyo-ka 0186-77-2223
The information is as of March 20th 2017.
Radiation type electric heater
It runs by electricity and warms up close by its front quickly.
When in Tokyo I used them at the urban small living room, I never thought that they would work at the storeroom and bath dressing room in snowy Akita.
Traditional dyeing “Shikon-zome” & “Akane-zome” exhibition（in Hanawa, Kazuno city）
“Shikon-zome” is dyed with Lithospermum erythrorhizon, “Akane-zome” with Rubia akane, they are vegetable dyeing.
They have been inherited in this area for long time because Kazuno has a lot of the materials naturally.
Event: Traditional Dyeing “Shikon-zome” & “Akane-zome” on Display in the Streets
【Date】To March 20th 2017
【Address】Omachi & Shinmachi shopping streets in Hanawa, Kazuno-shi, Akita-ken, Japan
【Promotor】Kazuno Shikon-zome & Akane-zome Kenkyukai（http://kazuno-murasaki.net/）
【Contact】info@kazuno-murasaki.net
The information is as of March 19th 2017.
