Monday Morning Star Count

This week I worked with the smaller 16 mm hexagons. I think they are very cute!

Shizuoka Prefectural Archeological Center

The location of this museum is a 30 minute walk from Kambara Station in Shizuoka Prefecture. The building is a former school and is open Monday - Friday 9:30 - 4:30 and the third Saturday. When we arrived, my friend and I were given a scavenger hunt type paper where we could find the picture item and write the number of its location. (We each won a prize at the end for finding all of the artifacts.)

As we were looking at the exhibits, we were invited to join three other visitors for a tour of the whole facility. I felt very lucky to see what was behind the scenes.

We were first led to a large room containing documentation of everything in the most minute detail. I think this man is the museum director, or maybe the supervisor of the collections.

After that, we visited artifact workshop rooms.

I wasn’t good at keeping up with pictures of everything on our fast paced tour. There were rooms and rooms full of carefully packed items and specialized rooms for photography and documenting. Oversized items had special places, smaller items were packed in storage boxes.

Several gymnasiums were also used as storage areas. It is amazing how much there is, all labeled.

This place is amazing, and the behind the scenes tour was icing on the cake! And, it’s free.

Ayudome Falls in Mishima

I took the train to Mishima and visited Kamiiwasaki Park and Ayudome Falls. The park has walkways and picnic tables and play areas and toilets. I ate a picnic lunch and walked along the river to the falls.

I love waterfalls.

Friday Finish - USA Map Wall Hanging

Lately, I’ve been trying to finish finish projects and use up some of the stitching things I’ve accumulated over the years. I finished stitching this map in 2015, then folded it and put it on a shelf. This week I spent a day turning the stitched map into a wall hanging. I used red fabric for the back and sleeve, and blue fabric for the binding, and a thin batting between the stitching and the backing.

I hung it on a tension rod in a small place, but may move it if I find a better place.  

Sogahachimangu Shrine

This Shrine is dedicated to the Soga Brothers, that I previously posted about here. They are famous in this area around Fuji.

These two statues are the fatherless young brothers.

The picture below is the sumo wrestling area. I recently saw this feature at another shrine.

I’m fortunate to have a friend who is interested in and knowledgeable about the local history and who introduces me to many places.

Work In Progress Wednesday

More stitching on fabric leftovers, to be finish finished later. I plan to put felt on the back of the bookmarks and make the kogin diamonds into buttons or pins.

Sudo-Senninzuka Kofun and Museum Artifacts

I have become quite interested in these ancient burial sites lately. This one (and others) were discovered when the new highway was built. This is a well done informational site, out in the country-side, with two parking places. 

The dots on the sign below represent all the burial sites in the area. The bigger red dot next to the highway represents this one.

This information sign shows the location of other nearby kofuns that were discovered in this area.

Inside is a motion light, so visitors can see the inside.

After we left the kofun site, we went to the local history museum to see these artifacts that were found inside the kofun.

Another recent interest of mine is the Soga Brothers, so I took a picture of them.

This is the museum from the outside. There is a free parking lot next to the museum.

Monday Morning Star Count

I have an idea for a new project, using the smaller size (16mm) hexagons. I went through my fabric crumbs and cut some fabric to get started. We’ll see how it goes.