Happy New Year

謹賀新年 - Kinga Shinnen - Happy New Year!

新年あけましておめでとうございます- Happiness to you on the dawn of a New Year

今年もよろしくお願いします - I hope for your favour again in the coming year.

不羈、吉原の舞妓 - Fuki, Maiko at Yoshiwara

breezy on the beach!

Fog horns all day!

ikea...

More shopping...

Braving the shopping crowds!

Happy Christmas

Happy Christmas to all followers... And I hope 2011 is a good one.

Friday msg from okaasan

I hope everyone has a safe and peaceful X-mas and a Hppy New Year. Thank you all so much for you friendship, and creativity this year, and for making Yoshiwara Okiya the best in SL.

Love and hugs
Okaasan

konnichiwa,
from all of the management here at Yoshiwara, we'd like to extend best wishes for X-mas and the New Year to all our members. Thankyou all so much for your support and friendhip in 2010, and we hope to see you all again when we reopen in the new year.

Domo arigato
Xuemei, Sorasu, and Shashe.

Christmas show...

Konnichiwa minna-san, The giesha of Little yoshiwara would like to invite you to a special christmas show that would be happening soon.

There be much holiday cheer as we present 3 classic holiday stoires to fill the heart and make ready for the jolly one who steals my cookies.

Show

konbanwa dear patrons

today at 2;30 PM SLT in LY pavillion the Yoshiwara okiya will be performing the second part of its holiday series show. the theme for today's show is childhood memories. we are going back to the past. we hope you can join us for this special show. arigatou

Senior maiko Hatsuoki

Away

Off to Manchester for a couple of days...

Show time

konnichiwa dear patrons
we will be performing our weekly sunday show today at LY pavillion. the show will start at 1;30 pm SLT. the theme this week is family, we hope you can join us for this special performance. arigatou
Senior maiko Hatsuoki

Presentation

Konnichi wa everyone and dear patron's of little yoshiwara...
It give's me great pleasure and the honour to invite you all today to a special presentation(Japanese mythology: the creation of the world) of a lovely flower Jr Maiko chise chan (san) my imouto.
4pm slt ...little yoshiwara ochaya

Domo arigatou Murasaki Geiko ¸.•*❤❤❤

Show

konbanwa dear patrons
we will be performing in 10 minutes here at asagao treasure. this week we will telling several stories on Bushido code. we hope you can join us, arigatou

senior maiko hatsuoki

ochaya

Konnichi wa friends and patrons,

The ochaya will be opening in about 10 minutes. If you have time, please enjoy some warm tea to ward off the winter chill.

Michiko

Show

╔.❀.═
Konnichiwa minnasan,
Tonight the geisha of Little yoshiwara shall perform on stage for you.
At 2:30PM there will be a show at the okiya stage.
A wonderful excuse to just sit down, watch the gracefull geisha, relax and recover from a busy day.
We sincerely hope to see you at 2:30 PM.
In case anyone didn't get the LM here's another one. ^^

Jr.maiko Chise~,.,
═.❀.╝

Show

there will be a performance ay 7pm at the pavillion stage in Yoshiwara. Please come and enjoy

Ochaya

Komban wa dear patrons of little yoshiwara....the ochaya is now open for refreshment s and entertainment tonight.
Please let our beautiful flowers performa nd enetertian you onthis lovely winter night!

murasaki kimono *geiko

The fans

Doumo...

Misedashi

Honorable patrons my misedashi is on Wednesday at 8 p.m. and I would especially like you to attend.

As part of the celebration for my official debut, I have attached a small gift in appreciation of your patronage.

Tomorrow I will send another gift, and each day leading up to the misedashi on Wednesday evening.

Fuki

Promotion

konnichiwa Mina san !
It is with great honor and pride that i am happy to tell you all that one of the most hardworking okiya member Fuki Heian has been approved to be promoted to Junior Maiko rank recently by our dear Okaasan, therefore I want to extend my most heartfelt congratulations to Junior Maiko Fuki Heian.
I am happy to tell you all that Junior Maiko Fuki Heian's Misedashi will take place on December 15th, 2010 at 8 pm SLT, we sincerely hope you can join us on this special event. arigatou .

Ochaya

Happy holidays everyone, tonight I like to invite you to join us at Little yoshiwara for some holiday cheer, cocoa, and the dread Fruitcake.

I would like to discuss Santaology tonight, this is good clean fun and may discuss how a candle can burn 8 days.

show

Konnichiwa minna-san.

The giesha of Little Yoshiwara would like to invite you to today show at 2:30 PM SLT, to share with you stories about the power of the storm. We hope you can join us as we share our beautiful dancing and music with you. :)

Fuki chan promotion

konnichiwa,
I've given Fuki the nod for promotion, and am asking Hatsu to announce it :)

Okaasan

2000groupmembersGift

　ヘブンさんのすてきな２０００メンバー記念スキンです^^
いままで一番ステキです　スキン買おうかと思っているひとは　絶対にオススめでーす✾(｡◠‿◠｡✿)　男性用スキンもあるよん: *:..｡♡**♡｡..:*

beach frozen

how hard is the beach!

Snow gone

Rain overnight and the snow has gone.
Now it's misty - ship's foghorns!

Another idiot bumping atsui chan

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Ochaya

Konnichi wa friends and patrons,

The ochaya will be opening in about 10 minutes. If you have time, please enjoy some warm tea to ward off the winter chill.

Promotion vote

I am very happy to announce that Fuki Heian has completed her promotion requirements for Jr Maiko. Please send in your vote on Fuki chan ASAP. She has worked very hard as a Minarai and is very loyal to LY.

Snow

Snow in southsea!

Ochaya open

It's another lovely week, and the beginning of one to boot. Already, the tea and sake have been put out, waiting for those who would take them up on their offer and sit with the geisha who humbly open their doors for the night.

Ofuku Hairstyle

Monday, 29 Nov 2010 15:59:07 GMT

Zashiki-gi is happy to announce the release of the ofuku hairstyle!!
This is worn after the wareshinobu hair and proclaims a maiko's status as a senior.
In the main shop. Please enjoy it!

::Zashiki-gi::

New Member.

Sunday, 28 Nov 2010 12:00:56 GMT

konnichiwa,
Pablyne Wheatcliffe is our newest sister and Minarai. Please add Pablyne chan as a friend and make her feel welcome.

Okaasan

Show coming

Konbanwa dear patrons,

Tomorrow evening at 5:00pm SLT the Geisha of Little Yoshiwara are presenting a sneak show about Chinese Zodiac! The show will be located at the LY pavilion stage, so come and cheer your favorite Geisha on! :)

Otano Moushimasu~
Jr. Maiko Michiru

HH

The Yoshiwara Jingu Association would like to wish all of the American Yoshiwara patrons and staff a happy and safe Thanksgiving. Best wishes to you and yours.

Negi

Utayo

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resident is Naru Haramori
If you use the URL above and just change the UUId you can identify any resident

Ochaya

The scent of food and tea dances in the air, melting with music and the giggles of the geisha of LY. Won't you come and join us for tonight?

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Ochaya

Konbanwa, minna-san! The candles have been lit, and the flowers of LY have briefly opened up to entertain and delight you. :)

Getting chilly

Winter is approaching!

Sunday show

konnichiwa dear patrons
we will be starting our sunday show in 10 minutes here at LY pavillion, we hope you can join us. Thank you

domo
Senior Maiko Hatsuoki

Kimono and kitsune discussion

Come join fellow kimono lovers for a discussion and lecture on kimono... learn about the basics or ask questions concerning advanced knowledge, tips on how to dress in SL, and even RL... We look forward to seeing you here!!
We will begin at 1 PM, in 10 minutes!
Ookini!

:: Zashiki-gi Kimono ::

Hols

Since this week is the big Thanksgiving holiday weekend here in the US I will be canceling some shows because most likey very few will be around. This Sunday and Wednesdays shows will go on as normal, but Friday and Sundays shows are cancelled due to long holiday weekend here as we do every year at this time.

Geisha Lian - LY Shows & Events Manager

Show

Konnichiwa Dear Patrons
tonight at 6 pm SLT, The Yoshiwara okiya will be peforming its weekly Friday night's show at asagao treasure. we hope you can join us. arigatou gozaimasu !

Senior Maiko Hatsuoki

Kimono class

Kwyet told me about an event a kimono store is doing i incourige you all to go learn!
At 12 pm SLT on Friday and 1 PM SLT on Saturday Zashiki-gi will be holding a discussion on kitsuke, how to dress properly in kimono for any and all situations.
All kimono wearers are welcome!!
LM attached

Show time

In a few moments, the geisha of little yoshiwara will perform a wonderful show full of poetry and storytelling. I would hope you will join us as we share this afternoon with you :)

Performing will be the talented Lucy-chan, the young Alzbeta-chan and the cookie-loving Miriya :0

Ochaya

Konbanwa, minna-san! The flowers of the night have opened up for a spell to entrace patrons coming by. :) With music, dance, and the occasional playful teasing, we will certainly keep you on your toes!

Admin

Konnichiwa all
The admins have cleared the banned listed bar a couple of names.
This so we can have a clear view of those been banned.
But can those with banning powers, if you have to ban folk, let the admin know in writing and why asap.
Thats either Xuemei Yiyuan, Sorasu Romano and Hiroko Yoshikawa.

Presentation

There will be an hour long presentation by the junior maiko Suzuharu on the topic of grief in Japanese poetry, classical literature, folk tales, and one modern film. All are invited to attend. Held in the upstairs room of the ochaya.

Show

Konnichi wa minna-san.
It brings me joy to announce that the asago-treasure show will start in about 10 minutes.
We would be delighted if you could join us for an hour of storytelling, dance and music.
If you would like to accompany us you are more that welcome to. ^_^
Hope to see you there ^^

Jr.maiko Chise.

Presentation

konnichiwa Dear Patrons
today at 4 pm SLT my little sister Minarai Fuki chan will be presenting her first research paper presentation here at LY ochaya. we hope you can join us to learn about symbolism in Japanese culture, i am sure it will be a interesting and enjoyable presentation. hope to see you there. thank you . please ask me for TP or direction if needed. thank you

Senior Maiko Hatsuoki

Ochaya

Ohayo Gozaimasu,
the Yoshiwara Geisha will be opening the the ochaya at in about 15 minutes for all our early risers. We look forward to your company for an hour of fine music, hot tea, and pleasant company in our beautiful tea house.
Please come share part of your morning with us.

Michiko

Show to come

When: Saturday, Nov 13 at 3pm slt
Where: LY Ochaya, upstairs

What: There will be an hour long presentation by the junior maiko Suzuharu on the topic of grief in Japanese poetry, classical literature, folk tales, and one more modern film. All are invited to attend.

Ochaya

Konbanwa, minna-san. Tonight, the ochaya will be ready with the sweet fragrance of music and drinking with the flowers blooming for the night.

Sunday show

konnichiwa dear patrons
this afternoon at 1:30 pm , the Yoshiwara Okiya will be performing its weekly sunday afternoon show here at LY pavillion. we hope you can join us. thank you
Senior Maiko Hatsuoki

Geisha freebie shop move

急な連絡となりますがやむを得ない事情で Fujiyama Geisha 's freebie shopを新しい場所に移動します。新しい予定地は
Fujiyama Geisha & Fujiyama Sa, J Moon island (171, 141, 24)
シムオーナーのjza Klaarさんのご協力でお借りすることが出来ました
付きましては参加のクリエターの皆さんにはお手数をおかけいたしますが新場所の準備ができましたらまた五級力をお願いいたします　見学してね

Dojo promo

This is to notify that XAVII ZAHM was promoted to YOSHIWARA DOJO DAN rank..after be tested by her sensei JS TREVES on Dojo etiquette, Combat etiquette and CSI Basic Skills . She fight at final test and was approved for her new rank.

Congratulations Xavii !!!

JS TREVES - UJI DOJO CSI Sensei

Ochaya open

konbanwa Mina san !
the ochaya will be opening tonight from 7;30 to 8;30 PM SLT. tonight we will be downstairs in the main room, we will start with a short performance . green tea and sake will be served. we hope you can join us.
thank you
Senior maiko Hatsuoki

Show

Today at 12pm noon for one week only.
The geisha of Little Yoshiwara will be appearing at their home stage.
Where there be music, stories and dance from Japan and the far east.
We welcome you to come and enjoy the show, with us and the surroundings of the Little Yoshiwara sim.

Ochaya

Tonight, I thought of doing something different. I thought to open up with a story, a sort of offering of food for thought before anything else. But what sort of story? You'll just have to come to find out.

More pumpkin soup

Ochaya

Konbanwa, minna-san! The ghosts have all cleared from the ochaya, it seems. Now that the mean ones have vanished, surely you would like to spend some time with the family of LY?

Pumpkin soup

Halloween face...

homes for rent

konnichiwa,
at the moment we have 3 homes available for rent at Yoshiwara, with 75, 100, and 150 prims - all at 2L/prim/week.
Contact me if you are interested.

Xuemei Yiyuan, Admin

Friday show

konnichiwa everyone,
Its time again for our weekly Friday show, which today will be held in the comfort of our tea house. We hope you can join us for our spooky Friday, as we tell tales of terror to get you in the mood for Halloween :)
Hope you can join Maiko Hatsuoki, Minarai Fuki, and myself a relaxing time and chilling horror hehe


Okaasan Xuemei

Ochaya open

Ohayo Gozaimasu,
the Yoshiwara Geisha will be opening the the ochaya at in about 15 minutes for all our early risers. We look forward to your company for an hour of fine music, hot tea, and pleasant company in our beautiful tea house.
Please come share part of your morning with us.

Michiko

Sunday show

I will be directing Sunday's Okiya show at 2 pm. Since it is Halloween , any Ghost, Spooky or Halloween story will be fine. Colors will be either orange or yellow or any thing halloweeny. Right now I need 2 preformers and a musican.

Geisha Lian

New kimono from toshiha

Two new kimono have just been released. "Murasaki Aki" and "Matsumori"!!
The new sets are both tsukesage, more formal than the casual komono, yet less formal than houmongi. Perfect for most any occasion. For women, married and older, and geiko/geisha.
Please enjoy!!
:: Zashiki-gi ::

directors needed

I still need 2 directors for this weeks shows. Tomorrow at 11 am at our Pravillion and Friday 6pm over at Asagao Treasures. Please IM me ASAP to get either one of these great showa.

Geisha Lian - LY Shows and Events Manager

Ocha open

The ochaya will be opening up, allowing you to take a walk amid the flowers blooming in the night. Perhaps the fragrance of music will allure you, with stories to be told as well..

Meeting

konnichiwa,
we really need to get together asap to get on the same page with some things, and talk about things i know some of you would like to propose. I'd like to have a meeting with US members at 7am Sunday if possible. Then I can hook up with European side to get their view on things.
I'll be here at that time, if too few come can we do it 7am during the week? arigato.
Jr Maiko may attend.
Okaasan

Bad news for HP chan

Being away
Friday, 22 Oct 2010 06:35:24 GMT

Sisters i have wonderfull real life news
My husband got the kidney he needs at 2 am this morning so I am going to be a way for a wile i dont know how long it could be as long as 6 weeks be asured i willreturn you cant keep me away for long

being away 2
Friday, 22 Oct 2010 14:40:20 GMT

well sisters everything has gone pair shaped
every thing has fallen thew teh kideny was unusable hubby is sleeping of the meds he was given and will be home soon ill be back in sl in a few days jsut need time to sort my self out
if you do see me i wont be wearing any tags for now i am not working
mata ne for now

Show

Ohayo Gozaimasu,
the Yoshiwara Geisha will be opening for the next hour, the ochaya at in about 5 minutes for all our early risers. We look forward to your company for an hour of fine music, hot tea, and pleasant company in our beautiful tea house.
Please come share part of your morning with us.

geisha Yoneyu

Ochaya open

Konbanwa, minna-san! Tonight, we'll be downstairs in the ochaya, passing tea and bibbling laughter. It's growing most pleasant tonight; why wouldn't you come by for a spell?

Free kimono at Little Yoshiwara

Free red kimono at LY...

Ochaya open

Konbanwa, minna-san. The LY ochaya will be open for an hour's length of pleasant conversation. Though, with fall's winds blowing, perhaps you might be in for a scary story as well?

Yoneyu needs performers

Konnichiwa all
I am directing Wednesday's show.
The theme is open.
The kimono colour is purple.
I need 3 performers and a musician

Geisha Yoneyu

Show

konnichiwa dear patrons
tomorrow yoshiwara okiya will perform its weekly sunday afternoon show at the pavillion. the show starts at 1;30 pm SLT. we hope you can join us tomorrow. thank you

junior maiko Hatsuoki

Show

konnichiwa dear patrons
another week is almost over, and we hope you all had a wonderful week. come to Asagao treasure tonight, and join us for a night of fun. the show will start 6 pm SLT. arigatou

junior maiko hatsuoki

Ochaya open

Ohayo Gozaimasu,
the Yoshiwara Geisha will be opening the the ochaya at in about 5 minutes for all our early risers. We look forward to your company for an hour of fine music, hot tea, and pleasant company in our beautiful tea house.
Please come share part of your morning with us.

Michiko

Show

Konnichiwa all
Today at 11am.
The geisha of Little Yoshiwara will be appearing at their home stage.
Where there be music, stories and dance from Japan and the far east.
We welcome you to come and enjoy the show, with us and the surroundings of the Little Yoshiwara sim.
We be using stream music aswell

Ochaya open

Painted moving amid candles and dull lights await to entertain you for just a window of time. So stop by, and feel at easy among among them.

Yoneu directing...

Konnichiwa all
I am directing this weeks show on Wednesday at the Pavillion.
It be an open theme this week.
Blue Kimono.
I am looking for 3 performers and 1 musician please

Geisha Yoneyu

Ochaya Opening, 7-8pm

The ochaya will be opening its doors in but a few moments, allowing you to bask among the flowers of LY for a brief hour. Of course, food will be served, as well as sake, and tea, of course!

Hunt

The Jingu will be hosting a Riddle Hunt today starting at 11:30. Contestants will be supplied with a riddle that will lead them to the location of the next riddle. The first person to locate and solve all of the riddles will recieve a 1000L prize.

The event starts at the Amaterasu shrine and will run until we have a winner.

Tournament

Konnichiwa!

Dust off that armor and polish those swords, it's DCS2 sword combat tournament time at the LY dojo! Prize money is 1000L (1st), 500L (2nd) and 250L (3rd), followed by a free for all worth 250L.

Tournament is this Saturday, October 9th at 7pm SLT. See attached notecard for rules and landmark.

Fan building contest.

The next festival event tonight is the fan building contest. Contestants will have one hour to build a hand fan using less than 20 prims.

The winners will take home 1000L for first, 750L for second, and 500L for third.

Fans must be complete in order to be judged.

Grrrr and another restart. wtf!!!!

Grrrrrrrrrrrrrr, 2 region restarts in a day!!!!

Show

Guten Tag, everyone. Today we will be presenting an oktberfest themed show to help kick off the wonderful month of october. my favorite month out of the year.

Please come join us in the fun as we we bring you stories from all around the world to celebrate all things beer.

Ochaya

Konbanwa, minna-san. The LY ochaya would like to open up their doors for a short while to those who would like to sample the fall sake amid painted, giggling faces.

Okiya

Konbanwa, minna-san. It seems as though the fall has snuck up on us! And with that comes cooler weather. Perhaps some yakitori, or a good cup of sake with some good compny?

Okiya show

konbanwa dear patrons
The yoshiwara okiya humbly invites to our special show tonight which will start soon at the LY pavillion. we hope you can join us. arigatou.

junior Maiko Hatsuoki

Sim stayed upfor a day, yay.................

Sim down again!!!!!!!!!!!1

wtf is going on??????

konnichiwa,
This weekend our dear friends at Karyukai okiya - Gion Kobu will be holding their Autumn Festival. We hope you can join in the celebrations, cultral events, and fun..
A schedule of events is attached :)

Xuemei

Sim down again!!!!!!!!!!!1

wtf is going on??????

Sim down again

what is going on?

Show today

Today at 11am at the Pavilion stage in Little Yoshiwara. The geisha of little Yoshiwara will perform at the pavilion stage. We be having a theme of old age, as this week makes the festival of the aged in Japan. There be stories, streamed music and traditional Japanese dance ...

Show off

Konnichiwa all
Due to technicial problems caused by today's restartng of the sim and login problems.
I am sorry that have to cancel this week show,
Please do look out for other shows that are on in the next few days.

Geisha Yoneyu

konnichi wa,
Yoshiwara will be holding its Autumn Festival on Oct 8-10. Could all group heads wanting to stage events or shows please NC me by the weekend with the day and time you'd like to run your event. (jingu need not respond as have yours)

domo
Xuemei

Little Yoshiwara show today

konnichiwa dear patrons
today at 1;30 pm SLT the yoshiwara okiya will be performing its weekly sunday show here at the LY pavaillion. we hope you can join us.

arigatoo
junior maiko Hatsuoki

weather turned cold!

chilly this morning!!!

weather turned cold!

chilly this morning!!!

Ochaya open

Tonight will be the last night I'll be opening the doors for the week. With the seasons changing, I thought that, perhaps, we should move downward, in the main room. ^.^

Show tomorrow

konnichiwa dear sisters
i will be directing Friday night's show at asagao treasure this week . still in need of 2 performers and 1 musican. the theme for this week is life, friendship, and pursuit of happiness. kimono is open however. please get back to me asap if you can. arigatoo

Floral Show, Pavillion Stage @ 11am

Flowers and plants have always had a good story to tell, all you just need is to listen closely to them. We bring you some of the stories that we've heard of, so why not come to the flower bed and linger for a while?

Unable to connect to a simulator!

Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

Jingu September Art Event..

This months event is a short story contest. The theme is the season of Fall. This is a broad subject open to interpretation in many ways, we hope to get some great submissions.

Any on wishing to participate should turn their story in to Anika Deschanel or Utayo Yengawa before midnight SL on Saturday. The results will be announced a day or two later depending on the number of submissions.

1000l for 1st, 750 for 2nd, 500 for third.

Yoshiwara Negi

Utayo

Grrrrr TWO region restarts in a few hours.

WHAT IS HAPPENING?????????????????????????????????????????????????

sunday show at pavillion

konnichiwa dear patrons
the Yoshiwara Okiya humbly invites you to join us for our weekly sunday show here at the Pavillion. the show will start at 1;30 pm SLT. i apologize for the time confusion last week, very sorry for the inconvenience. please join us, for this promise to be a very fun and enjoyable fun. arigatoo

junior maiko Hatsuoki

5 new momiji mugs...

show later...

konnichiwa dear patrons

i hope you all had a great week, and ready for what hopes to be a wonderful weekend. It's Friday , and the Yoshiwara Okiya cordially invites you to join us for our weekly Friday show at asagao treasure. the theme for this week is things we love, people we cared about. we have a new time for the show starting this week, the show will start at 6 pm tonight. light meals will be served too.

arigatoo

Got 4 more momiji dolls at lunch...

Karyukai Show 1st, 2nd 3rd October

Karyukai Show 1st, 2nd 3rd October
Wednesday, 15 Sep 2010 17:43:54 GMT

Konnichiwa all
Mulan singh of Karyukai okiya is setting up another meeting this Friday at 7pm for those wanting to take part.
Also before hand at 6pm there will be a practise for the play to be done that week at Karyukai okiya.
Please let me know or the okasan if you are interested.

Geisha Yoneyu

Grrrrr, looks like second hanamachi is dead....

Grrrr, sl keeps crashing

New kimono from ms magic

Show time...

konnichiwa dear patrons !
in about 1 hour's time , the Yoshiwara Okiya will be performing its weekly sunday's show at the Pavillion here at LY. This afternoon we will be telling various kinds of stories about seasonal flowers and trees, and hope it adds some peace and relief to your day. this will promise to be a wonderful show, and we do hope you can join us on this beautiful day.
arigatoo
please ask me or any of the okiya member for TP , directions, LM . we are more than happy to help.
Hatsuoki

Geisha show tomorrow

konnichiwa dear patrons
the Yoshiwara okiya humbly invites you to join us tomorrow for our weekly sunday show at the pavilion. the show will start at 1;30 pm SLT. the theme this week is sakura and seasonal flowers/trees.
please ask me or any okiya members for directions if needed, we are more than happy to help. thank you.
argatoo gazaimasu
junior maiko Hatsuoki

Ochaya open

konnichi wa,
at 7am (Thursday), the fabulous Yoshiwara Okiya geisha will be opening the okiya for the repose and entertainment of our patrons.
I hope you can join Geisha Yoneyu, Geisha Michiko, me and our little sisters for an hour of relaxation, and maybe a tale from Old Japan.

domo
Geisha Xuemei

Shop has 4 mojimi dolls we've not got...

Geisha show at 11 a.m.

New kami

Konnichi wa mina-san!

I would like to welcome everyone in Little Yoshiwara to come and celebrate the arrival of a new kami.. During the remodel of the main shrine area, we felt that the addition of another kami was necessary to bring a feeling of balance to the new layout. After considering the mission of the Jingu, we decided to enshrine Tenjin, the kami of knowledge and scholarship.

We will have an official ceremony and enshrinement celebration of Tenjin late September, so watch for announcements...

Ochaya open...

Multicultural festival was fun...

Need to get cracking on some Japanese lessons...

Asagao show today

Ochaya open at 7 p.m.

Geisha show at 11 a.m.

back to work after 10 days off...

yay, bank holiday monday...

international kite festival in southsea...

yay, bank holiday weekend

new kitchen install completes today

Ochaya open 3 days in a row...

Ochaya open again...

Ochaya open at 7 pm for an hour...

Momiji dolls have arrived

Full of Nepalese food...

Still waiting for momiji delivery...

Ochaya open...

Vacation for 10 days, yay...

Momiji case on order

Includes 15 cute momiji dolls...

Found a momiji case...

Brainstorm tomorrow re the sim...

Thai festival on Southsea castle fields...

Horse race at Little Yoshiwara today...

Found a Chinese shop that sells Momiji dolls

Cheaper than internet prices, spent £60!

Ochaya open for tea...

Show tomorrow is cancelled

Ochaya open today

Nagasaki remembrance day...

Sensei meeting?

Ochaya open at 7 p.m.

65th anniversary today....

Ochaya open today...

SL geisha show at 11 a.m. today

Lots more Japanese friends on Facebook...

Sea was super calm this morning...

Atsui chan in the water again

Have put a pose stund under the ground for her to sit on... Aren't some folks childish!

2 more Japanese friends on Facebook.

Kanji name signs by the sea-front

3 more Japanese friends on facebook...

Two presentations on saturday...

ANOTHER SIM RESTART, GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

Rain shower today...

HP chan wants to make our shop bigger...

Got to keep the silk pyjamas...

Got to keep the silk pyjamas...

Health qigong demo tomorrow in the guildhall square..

2 sim restarts in 2 days, grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.

Back to scorching sunshine...

A plague of flying ants, yuk...

Dentist, ouch...

Teach yourself Japanese

Bargain brand new book at a car boot sale, 50p...

Atsui chan in the water again....

free concert at the seafront...

Japanese resit papers marked,

That's it for another academic year...

Off to the Sqaure tower for a rare open day...

Summer festival is closed

Little yoshiwara - heian haiku show pics

Performance from the show:
The poetry form of tanka is 31 syllables in a 5-7-5-7-7 scheme and may seem strange to some people who expect poems to rhyme; tanka do not.

Although not all Tanka were written to describe romantic feelings, today I will present some of the romantic poems from a book called “The Ink Dark Moon”

Seeing you is the thread
that ties me to this life—
if that knot
were cut this moment,
I’d have no regret

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Awake tonight
with loneliness
I cannot keep myself
from longing
for the handsome moon

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The way I must enter
leads through darkness to darkness—
O moon above the mountains’ rim,
please shine a little further
on my path

In the Heian period, since men and women were divided, separated physically, so that anyone who hoped to have any encounter with the opposite sex had to do it through poetry. So it was an extremely important social medium.

It also became an important public medium because the ability to turn out a good verse put you in very good standing with those in higher authority.

Upper class women, as well as men, were expected to become experts in music, writing, and the art of dressing well, including what colors to wear when and the proper drape of a sleeve. Images from scrolls show ladies and men languidly lounging, eating, drinking and writing.

The most important writers in the Heian period were women who wrote between 950 and 1050. Much of what we know today about upper class life in those long ago times is from the detailed accounts found in their diaries, novels, poems, and letters.

At court the ability to write well was highly regarded. One might be called upon to demonstrate one's knowledge of a certain poem, and be able to write a poem on the spot. Highly formal "poetry parties" were staged, testing one's wit and cleverness.

An inept poem or misquoted phrase was laughed at and scorned. Poor calligraphy could also ruin a reputation.

A person who was learned and who knew how to write good poetry has a certain status. Poetry was often used as a go-between among men and women.

Some waka poems by Narihira no Ason and Ono no Komachi are good examples of this (although the poets did not actually write these particular examples to each other). Their poems show how ardent desire expressed by the man, may be countered in poetry by the woman's clever rebuff.

So, these poems are perfect examples to illustrate the type of compositions that might have been exchanged during courtship.

Narihira no Ason's poem begins:

aki no no ni
My sleeves are wetter

sasa wakeshi asa no
that night when we failed to meet

sode yori mo
than when of a moon

awade koshi yo zo
I have parted bamboo grass

hijimasarikeru
traversing autumnal fields

Ono no Komachi's poem provides a response:
mirume naki
There is no seaweed

wa ga mi o ura to
to be gathered in this bay

shiraneba ya
Does he not know it—

karenade ama no
the fisher who comes and comes

ashi tayuku kuru
until his legs grow weary?

In the second poem, you can see Komachi’s clever use of double entendre (mirume can mean both “no seaweed” and “you cannot see me”) and associated words (engo) about the sea (ura, bay; ama, fisher; mirume, seaweed).

The response serves to discourage the lover that is pursuing her.

A more successful courtship exchange might be seen in a poem sent by Prince Otsu to Lady Ishikawa. In this exchange she has taken Prince Otsu's poem and cleverly rearranged it. She repeats in the forth line what Prince Otsu has repeated in lines two and five of his poem.

In this first poem Prince Otsu first complains that she has stood him up:

Gentle foothills, and
in the dew drops of the mountains,
soaked, I waited for you--
grew wet from standing there
in the dew drops of the mountains.

Yet though poetry Lady Ishikawa (7th C. CE) cleverly reassures him of her continuing love

Waiting for me,
you grew wet there
in gentle foothills,
in the dew drops of the mountains--
I wish I'd been such drops of dew.

/me smiles

Off to the Isle of Wight for the afternoon...

Another scorcher on the south coast...

School's out for summer...

Got the car a parking permit...

Back on the South coast...

Back in the midlands, place of my birth...

Off to Birmingham for a 2-day CIPFA conference...

No takers for the paintings!

Bashed out some paintings for an art exhibition...

New car smell, gorgeous...

New car comes tomorow...

Only had to wait 10 weeks!

No football, phew...

Pics of mug

Got a lovely Japanese mug at a car boot sale...

Unlucky england.

Robbed again by a very poor decision...

power cut last night!

fire in a substation! most of portsmouth cut off in the early hours...

Yay, Japan. They did great...

Go go Japan!!!!

Geisha show today...

oh and England qualify to meet Germany then Argentina!!!

Go home french boys...

Wimbledon!!

Outdoor food show in southsea, yum yum...

Another scorcher in southsea...

School sports day...

Hope you liked the magazine...

Newsletter pics

New Little Yoshiwara newsletter

Will paste here when it arrives... SPIT. it's an object so can't reproduce the text, grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.

Had a chat with ichimaru, yay...

crashed this morning, time for a reboot...

pretty poor performance in south africa...

Sit back for a few footie matches...

More rain

Tested the new Burberry brolly. A bit on the small side, guess I need a man's size to keep dry...

Japanese exam results out today...

Plenty of happy students. (those that worked hard and got a first...)

Got the rod out...

Found a resident fishing so joined her...

Got the rod out...

Found a resident fishing so joined her...

Had to ban a swearing idiot....

D-day museum is free admission today...

65th anniversary of the landings...

Moscow state circus visit today...

Atsui chan in the water again...

Another scorcher today, same tomorrow...

Sunshine back on tap...

Rain, grrrr

Collected my prescription sunglasses today. First rainy day for two months! Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.

taxi to heathrow...

Another sunny day in Southsea...

taxi for heathrow...

Nearly 14000 paces today...

Got a pedometer....

Atsui in the water again...

SIM was restarted, grrrrr

WOW, My Nikon can focus on the moon!

Empty sky and nothing. Point the Nikon at the moon and BINGO, instant focus. A smidge less than infinity...

another scorcher, southsea beach beckons...

going to be hot, chichester bound...

Got a great book from the Art Gallery - Japanese prints. Lots of lovely pictures...

Got some prescription sun glasses, at last!

Was as blind as a bat when wearing sunglasses, now I'll be able to see and protect my eyes when it's sunny...

Went to hear Cara Black speak at lunch....

http://www.carablack.com/

Rounders in the park...

Back from Birmingham....

Off to Birmingham for a course...

England are T20 WORLD CHAMPIONS.

Unlucky Pompey...

The weekend starts with sunshine, yay...

380 mile round trip to Leicester...

First walk home in the rain since I started my new job...

Been to the vet! Expensive!

Doggie is ill...

Off to Southsea Castle today, free entry...

Fox show spectacular...

A hung govt, great! no decisions now...

Off to vote...

Japanese oral exams tonight for my students...

Wasabi peas have finished...

Heavy horses were magnificent...

Rain for the Heavy Horses at Southsea

Helped at the Asagao show

Just checked I was logged on and help was needed for a show. Musician was needed! Has been a while since I was a musician! There were only two performers with a couple of minutes to go so I got part two of the story ready for the narrator. There was a 3 part little mermaid story. Okaasan was listed to perfrom but could not get on. Director alena chan did her part. Stunning stage had been set out for the show. The stories were quite long so took an hour and a half. Generous folks in the crowd...

Great shopping in Winchester

Trip to Winchester tomorrow...

Full moon - photo opportunity

Hearing went well...

Grievance hearing tomorrow...

First rain after 3 weeks...

Confirmed meeting on Tuesday

Put together some figures for my loss

Comes to 1.3 million pounds assuming I live for 20 years after normal retirement age...

Need to fill in a legal form today re pension, grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

Training course tomorrow

Now burning sun, blame it on the volcano...

More Icelandic mist!!!

Thank you Iceland!

Our brand new car is covered in dust!!!!

Not sure why Atsui's tube failed...

Grrr, Atsui is in the water!

New ochya to open

Sim rebooted, grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

Tube works a treat

Made a tube for Atsui

Atsui chan keeps getting pushed into the water so I made a transparent tube to protect her...

Got 2kg of wasabi peas!

I love them, not sure if the folks at work will...

Took some sakura photos

Will post a couple when I've worked out how to get them on my laptop!

Made an AFK tag

Back to work. Loads of courses to do...

Back. A long day...

Off to Leicester for my dad's funeral

Sakura blossoms fall in Southsea

Been a gusty day and there's plenty of sakura blossom in the park...

Using metabolt now instead of sleek

Have a new camera to play with...

One day on and 4 days off, magic...

One day done...

Everything sorted out for a new career that starts tomorrow...

Grrrr, sim shutdown for maintenance...

Went looking at new cars...

Clocks went forward! Grrrrrrrrrrrrrr

To cap it all I've got a cold now...

Lost my dad...

03:15 this morning he passed away after being rushed to hospital. Mercifully quick and painless... He nearly made 80.

Need to think about an ISA for this tax year as well...

Looking at Nikon camera and lenses...

What a super choice...

BT grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr. Back online

2 days without a phone or bb. Broken wire in a box, how does that happen?????

Rain, rain, rain

Means indoor working... Lots of office stuff to sort through and tidy up...

blarh, blarh, blarh

Must be misty, the fog horns have been going all day...

Found a terrific kimono book

In Japanese but with pictures, like 27 steps to putting on a kimono. Lots of kimono pics as well, plus how to bow properly and loads of other goodies...

3rd day in the garden

Builders finished the balcony, it's a terrific job...

Another day in the garden

Spent all day in the garden

Planted 100s of bulbs. Massive tidy up completed...

Downloaded SHOGI

What a tricky game!! This will take some learning...

Stiull sorting out my office junk!

First week of retirement flew by

Property auction was interesting

All over in a flash, "I'm selling,... your property sir" seemed to be the call every couple of minutes... Quite an experience

What a busy day

No time for SL at the mo, hope I can get sorted for the weekend...

Another super sunny day

Day 2 of retirement.

Found over 100 friends so far

Ain't Facebook brilliant!

Been bashing Facebook

Unpacked my new laptop yesterday and have been thrashing Facebook. Am up to 98 contacts so far...

I am a pensioner

My retirement meal was a splendid bash. Got through a few bottles of champagne. Have got my first pension payslip via the postie. So nice to see only 1 deduction, tax. Need to go and unpack my shiny new Sony Viao, 4GB mem and 50GB HDD, yummy....

My last day

Has been so strange, 100s of people leaving today. I had a 30 minute speech prepared and only had 5 minutes, grrrrrrrrrrr.

Last day tomorrow

Sad..., so sad...

Doll festival

Show today at LY...

Been to check out my new team

Filled in all the paperwork for the new job this lunch time...

Yay, I got a new job

Finally made it for a show

No stage set out at Osho! We did a show on flower legends so I did the peony princess. Edited it while the others performed. I'd had a machine lockup just a couple of minutes into the show. BT grrrrrr.

I'll help on Saturday

No one seems to be up for the show. Yoneyu will direct. I bashed out the toothpick warriors story.

No one for the show on Saturday

Looks like Osho island is back on....

Tea theme show pics

Smoothly run show by Yoneyu, Yay... I'm on the right in dark blue...