Grape-picking in season at Kyoho grape farms in Wakayama

Grape-picking in season at Kyoho grape farms in Wakayama

KAINAN, Japan - Grape-picking is now in season at Arida Kyoho Village, a farming co-operative in Aridagawa, Wakayama Prefecture organized by 28 grape farmers who grow mostly Kyoho grapes on 20 hectares of hilly grape farms. The grape-picking season for tourists begins on Aug. 19 and lasts through late September. According to Arida co-op officials, good weather this year has made Kyoho grapes sweeter. About 20,000 people visit the grape farms each year to pick Kyoho grapes.

Grape-picking in season at Kyoho grape farms in Wakayama

Grape-picking in season at Kyoho grape farms in Wakayama

KAINAN, Japan - Grape-picking is now in season at Arida Kyoho Village, a farming co-operative in Aridagawa, Wakayama Prefecture organized by 28 grape farmers who grow mostly Kyoho grapes on 20 hectares of hilly grape farms. The grape-picking season for tourists begins on Aug. 19 and lasts through late September. According to Arida co-op officials, good weather this year has made Kyoho grapes sweeter. About 20,000 people visit the grape farms each year to pick Kyoho grapes. (Kyodo)

A woman wearing a hood of nobility

A woman wearing a hood of nobility

The okosozukin hood was used mainly in the winter by women to avoid the cold, but some men also used them. During the Edo era, it was used from the Kyoho years, and it became very popular during the Horeki years and the Meiji era, and was used until the Taisho era.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number15‐12‐0]

Cherry trees at Mukojima

Cherry trees at Mukojima

The area across Sumida River from Asakusa is Mukojima. There is no official boundary, but area from Mokuboji Temple to Makura Bridge is referred to as Mukojima. The banks of Sumida River at Mukojima are called Sumida-tei or Boku-tei. Cherry trees were planted here during the Kyoho Period (1716-36) by the 8th Shogun Tokugawa Yoshimune, and saplings were planted from time to time thereafter. This area thus became the most popular place to enjoy cherry blossoms in Edo. Taken around 1898.==Date:unknown, Place:Tokyo, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number53‐40‐0]

A woman wearing a hood of nobility

A woman wearing a hood of nobility

The okosozukin (hood) has been popular since the Kyoho era. In the Meiji era, it was used frequently to avoid the cold. The material is silk crape. The colors were steel gray, dark blue and gray for middle-aged women and purple, light purple and red for younger women.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number18‐12‐0]