Pictures and words from February 20 to March 10

Daily blog articles of each day's activities and reflections there upon, https://ise2023prog.blogspot.com 

Photos and video with commentary from most days, https://www.flickr.com/photos/oldphotosjpkr 

Audio recordings of certain subjects suited to listening closely:

<>Nachi-no-taki mai [dance from the Kumano Nachi Taisha], 20 second selection with dancer shaking bells during dance with recorded Gagaku ensemble, https://archive.org/details/nachinotaki2023mai 

<>Late winter frogs on the shrine path for Kamikura Jinja on the mountain in Shingu City, Wakayama-ken, https://archive.org/details/frogs2023kamikura 

<>Blessing fragment from Kumano Hayatama Taisha on March 5, 2023 (Shinto prayer to request a successful study tour), https://archive.org/details/hayatama2023prayer 

<>Playback of popular 78 rpm record from World War II in Japan (wind-up record player with metal needle and no electricity), "Ise Odori" (the Ise-style Dance), https://archive.org/details/wartime78ise-dance 

<video> Playback of 78 rpm record of banter and singing from World War II in Japan, https://archive.org/details/ise78wartime-entertainment 

<video>Horagai (conch shell horn), https://archive.org/details/mt2023asama_horagai

Website for Ise and Japan Study Program, http://ise-japan.kogakkan-u.ac.jp