Where  we  go  next  day?

 Mt.hachijo-­‐fiji  mt.hachijo-­‐fuji  was  built  by  motions  of  volcano  10,000  years  ago  and  its  hight  is  854m.  It  is  famous  for  ohachi-­‐meguri  which  is  the  pass  around  the  creator  or  mouth  of  volcano.  Climbing  on  the  volcano  is  difficult  but  reaching  on  the  top  of  volcano  makes  us  comfortable    Ashitaba  

Ashitaba  is  a  plant  grows  in  hachijo-­‐island  and  its  name  came  from  its  high  fertility  rate.  It  has  unique  and  bitter  flavor  with  their  healthy  effect.    You  can  use  it  in  food  especially  tempura  and  Japanese  salad,  e.t.c    It  can  also  be  used  in  making  sweets  

especially  cookie  and  ice  cream,  their  taste  is  like  green  tea.        Uramigataki  waterfall  this  water  is  in  mt.miharayama  and  its  name  came  from  the  Japanese  ward  “ura” which  means  walk  to  the  back.  The  waterfall  looks  very  beautiful  and  amount  of  water  is  less  than  the  amount  we  assume.  We   can   feel   the   humidity   that   is   a   climate   peculiar   to   the  Hachijo-­‐island.    

   

HAWWAII FEELING IN ONE OF TOKYO ISLAND

(HACHIJO ISLAND)

Hachijosima-island is a volcanic island consist of two large volcanoes name as

Hachijo-Fuji and Miharayama. The various facilities on the island utilize the energy

of the both volcanoes.

¡ Geothermal Power Energy Production

Hachijosima-island have a geothermal power

energy production station which is the only one

in Kanto area. That supplies the quarter of

electric energy used in Hachijosima-island

during one year. In the geothermal museum

“Chinetsukan” which is on the station, you can

do a lot of easy experiments about atmospheric

pressure and temperature, regarding power

production.

You can learn by enjoying experiment model.

¡ Eko-agurimato(directly management store)

Eko-agurimato store sells the agricultural products like

vegetables, fruits and flowers to the people live on the island

and also to the visitors. In the greenhouse of Eko-agurimato,

you can find the plants collected from all over the world.

You can enjoy the various flavors of the ice

creams like asitaba, kusaya, babagoroshi.

¡ Hot Spring

You can find the hot springs located near to the seaside, waterfall, and so on.

The hot spring gives the pleasant view of the island landscape.

You are lucky if you see the whales in the ocean from the hot spring.

Geothermal Power energy production station

The tree “Baobabu”

Recommended!

Recommended!

Recommended!

Do you know hachijo island’s gold?

Kihachijo is silk fabric which use in three colors yellow, russet, and black. It has been produced from Muromachi period (1300s). Kihachijo is traditional art which is inherited from generations to generations and practice in modern era.

Figure 1 drying the silk threads of kihachijo Figure 2 before(light brown color in left) and after(colored 3 in right) the colorfixing

Figure 3 cauldrons for dyeing

Is the yellow side color ? Kihachijo also use mild colors which makes it pattern and design complicated. ihachijo use yellow as main color, however there is no item that use yellow mainly in Yayoko’s Eikancho we saw at the Meyu-kobo.

What’s “Eikancho”? Eikancho is like a catalog used in Edo period. People in edo offered Kihachijo as taxes. They use Eikancho to choose designs and patterns.

Pick up Meyu Kobo Meyu Yamashita started the dye-workshop. And her daughter, Yaoko learned how to wave and developed their business. They became able to make stronger silk by using new machine. Figure 5 previous loom (using hand) Figure 6 new loom(using feet)

Figure 7 sample of kihachijo (belt of kimono) Figure 8 goods made with kihachijo Nowaday, there are not only clothes but also a lot of kihachijo goods which is on sale, such as coin purses, tie clips, or pouches made from kihachijo. These goods are accessible to youngsters.

Figure 4 “Eikancho”

 

Story of HACHIJO Taiko touches tradition and culture -We feel Hachijo drum by five senses-

《History》

Japanese drum introduced to Hachijo Island by Prisoner from

outside of island 200years ago. Some people say that Hachijo drum

is started by them when they used drum stick instead of their Katana.

On the other hand, it says that is started by women of Hachijo

Island to spend their time.

《About HACHIJO drum》

The sprite of playing Hachijo drum is freedom. We were the

beginners but the members of drum club help us in playing

the drum. In actually, the way to play the drum is very

important.

Who played the drum it need two players: 1, melody player 2, base

player.

The melody player listen to the drum beats of base player and

synchronized there beats.

《How to playing》

When we play Hachijo drum, we have to let stick parallel to the surface of drum and make sure

to not damage it, also we have to keep our legs spreading and just feel the rhythm by using

our knee. Also, the player decides how to move his body every time depended on the free

performance. It is not that they play the drum just freely but they can combine the established

the rhythm which they decided free first.

I want to convey my soul

to everyone.

We performed in the nature! The

performance by professional people

was very nice!