Ogushi Shrine

Exploring Shizuoka City! (EP3 pt1)

We are back! Episode 3 part 1! And we have a lot of interesting and amazing adventures to show you from out time in Shizuoka Prefecture.

Ep3 aired originally inside Catch Japan on NHK World. The short piece focuses on the running into the Shizuoka mountains...that will come in Part 2 and Part 3!



This part of the episode focuses on a day in Shizuoka city and the things you can do and see, starting with Ogushi Shrine and of course, we eat ramen!

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In runAway: Sole of Japan, Dean and a team of foreigners embark on a journey which will take them to their physical limits, as they attempt to discover the Soul of this unique and wonderful nation.



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New Years Eve Shrine Pilgrimage

On New Year's Eve this year I decided to hop on my bicycle and make a tour of the Shizuoka area in order to visit as many Shinto shrines as I could within the final hours of 2009. I left the house at 9:00 PM and began my tour with a visit to our local community shrine which was dark and deserted. I next rode to the shrine of our neighboring community Kuniyoshida which, though devoid of people, was lit up and decorated with flags and paper lanterns. The sight was actually quite lovely and one of my most pleasant stops of the long evening. After a quick break at a convenience store I rode to Gokoku jinja which is located on a very large grounds and is the official shrine of Shizuoka prefecture. At this shrine I saw vendors and many decorations though the shrine was quite dark and deserted, possibly due to the early hour of my visit.

I choose Shizuoka's most famous shrine Sengen jinja as my next destination, though I made an impromptu stop at Shizuoka's Kyoumizu temple which was lit and attended by priests and assistants who expected a good turnout later in the evening. My arrival at Sengen shrine was roughly an hour before midnight and this shrine was accordingly quite active with vendors, priests, shrine visitors and a surprisingly large number of police officers overseeing the activities.

With less than 30 minutes to go before the New Year I hopped on my bicycle again with a plan to visit one of Shizuoka's oldest downtown shrines called Ogushi jinja. I spotted one more small shrine on the way to Ogushi and was still able to make it to my final shrine with less than 15 minutes to go before the end of the year. A warm fire was burning at Ogushi shrine and volunteers gave me a free bowl of Toshikoshi soba noodles (a traditional year-end meal) along with a cup of delicious and very sweet warm red bean broth. I met a nice woman from Germany and together we chatted around the fire until the crowd began a countdown (in Japanese of course) from ten to zero. With the New Year properly welcomed my new friend and I made our way to the altar to offer our prayers for the new year and to receive our fortunes (mine was happily very good!). I called home to wish my wife and daughter a happy New Year and then began the long ride home through the dark and deserted streets. Emily and Yumiko were fast asleep by the time I got home and I was warm in bed by 2:00 AM ready to enjoy my first dreams of the New Year.

Happy New Year everyone!

Running 36km to the Sumatakyo Valley! (EP3 pt3)

Next up, Episode 3 part 3! This time we head to Sumatakyo Onsen Valley and stay at the Kyumuso Ryokan...we get that by...a lot of running!

Ep3 aired originally inside Catch Japan on NHK World. The short piece focuses on the running into the Shizuoka mountains...that will come in Part 2 and Part 3!



This part of the episode focuses on a day in Shizuoka city and the things you can do and see, starting with Ogushi Shrine and of course, we eat ramen!

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In runAway: Sole of Japan, Dean and a team of foreigners embark on a journey which will take them to their physical limits, as they attempt to discover the Soul of this unique and wonderful nation.



runAway website:


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#runaway #deannewcombe #travel

火曜日ライブ(2012.8.5)3/3「ノーマン・ブレイク」

「ノーマン・ブレイク」 by 火曜日　　　　※　音量を調整し、再アップしました。
live at sunday sunny picnic(ogushi shrine,shizuoka,japan)
2012.8.5

火曜日 are
ノブヨ（vo）
牧野俊太（vo,gt）
ノダフルタ（gt）
ガヤ（bs）
ヒラクティ（dr）

火曜日ライブ(2012.8.5)1/3「ガールフレンド」

「ガールフレンド」 by 火曜日　　　　※　音量を調整し、再アップしました。
live at sunday sunny picnic(ogushi shrine,shizuoka,japan)
2012.8.5

火曜日 are
ノブヨ（vo）
牧野俊太（vo,gt）
ノダフルタ（gt）
ガヤ（ba）
ヒラクティ（dr）

火曜日ライブ(2012.8.5)2/3「里山（仮）」

「里山（仮）」 by 火曜日　　　　※　音量を調整し、再アップしました。
live at sunday sunny picnic(ogushi shrine,shizuoka,japan)
2012.8.5

火曜日 are
ノブヨ（vo）
牧野俊太（vo,gt）
ノダフルタ（gt）
ガヤ（bs）
ヒラクティ（dr）

蝉がうるさい。