菊池市サムライツアー　DAY1　Samurai Tour in Kikuchi, Kumamoto

2016/12/15

2回目の菊池サムライツアー。

今回は、福岡市内より8名の参加者です。

国籍はドイツ　6名、イギリス　1名、アメリカ　2名。

Participants are: 6 youth from Germany, 1 from UK, 2 from the US.

Foot bathing at Kikuchi Hot Spring right after our arrival.

Local people welcoming the participants with hand-made banner.

Special Bento lunch contained in bamboo box.

Also water bottle made from bamboo! A bit hard to drink.

Samurai (armor) fitting. It took 20 minutes to put on and actually so heavy….

Youth from Germany.

Looks so strong.

With Kimono ladies lined in front of Commander Kikuchi Statue.

Japanese archery place. Praying ritual before doing the archery.

この後、参加者は二人づつ4家族に分かれて農家民泊を楽しみました。

＜DAY2に続く＞