During the winter holidays in 2009-2010 Rik and I packed up our bikes and headed for a two weeks cycling trip around Shikoku. If you are interested in reading about our trip feel free to surf our blog entries.
As we were cycling in the rather remote area of the Tsurugi mountain range, we came upon these life size dolls of japanese people. First this young lad waiting perhaps for a bus.
冬休み自転車で四国を一周しました。剣山地の道沿いにこんなすばらしい手作りの人形達を発見しました。先ずはこの男の子です。バスを待っている姿なのでしょうか？
A living room scene complete with the entire extended family. Notice the middle age man drinking sake, the young boy with some sticky candy and the sandals carefully lined up at the entrance. I love all the careful attention to detail.
昔話みたいな大家族は素敵で細かな所まで作られていました。
Here is a close-up of grandma and grandpa preparing some goodies on an open stove. Looks almost good enough to eat, especially in our ravenous state.
祖父母が美味しい料理を作っている姿に詳細な点にも細心の注意を払っている。自転車は一日中漕いで、食べ物に飢えてきましたのでこの食べ物なんか美味しそうでした。
Further along the road we found this traditional new years scene complete with a playful kite flying scene.
The humor and the expression in all these scenes was wonderful and left us in a jolly mood for the rest of the day. We didn`t see a single live soul in these villages, but we were assured of their kind presence through these creative scenes from traditional rural japan.
伝統的な昔日本のお正月シーン。作品にはユーモアと表情があふれているように見えます。村では誰も見かけませんでしたが、このやさしい人形のせいで村のすばらしい印象が残っている。
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