1/09/2018

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　  　　　　蹴鞠はじめ

下賀茂神社や上賀茂神社の話題が出るたびに大学時代に友人の杜下さん宅に下宿したことが思い出される。大学の３年、勉強が忙しく部活も忙しかった頃、１年間下宿させてもらったが、素晴らしい環境の今まで経験したことがない生活をさせてもらった。京都が大好きになった理由でもある。今は杜下さんも亡くなって寂しいが、昔がこれで懐古される。

Heavy snow in Japan traps over 400 passengers on stranded train in Niigata

Kyodo

    

According to rescue workers, five passengers — a man in his 40s and four women in their teens and 20s — were found unwell when they arrived, and the man was taken to a hospital. The train, which was bound for Nagaoka from Niigata, resumed service Friday morning about 15 hours after getting stuck.

 

More than half of the passengers on the train on the East Japan Railway Co. (JR East) Shinetsu Line were evacuated earlier in the morning, with families arriving to pick them up by car.

While JR East said the train’s interior lights and heating worked properly, it only had one bathroom and the toilet paper ran out, passengers said. Some said they took turns using the seats to relieve passengers who were standing.

“I was standing and looking down the entire time,” said a woman who exited the train at around 4:40 a.m. when her family arrived.

“I just want to sleep,” a male passenger said.

A 50-year-old man who came to pick up his daughter said he was angry because she was preparing for an entrance exam.

“Tomorrow, she will sit for the university entrance exams so I want her to rest as soon as possible,” he said. “The operator kept saying the train would start moving, but they were wrong.”

The train was stranded at around 6:55 p.m. Thursday at a crossing between Tokoji and Obiori stations in Sanjo, where snowfall reached 77 cm around that time.

Due to other delays and cancellations caused by snow, the train ended up being packed, and JR East did not arrange for alternative transport.

“We put priority on safety,” a JR East official said.

Transport minister Keiichi Ishii said he instructed the railway to investigate why it took so long to help the passengers and resume service.

There were no snowplows operating near the site Thursday evening, and the only one deployed arrived at the site at around 9:30 a.m. Friday.

Two subsequent trains also came to a halt, temporarily stranding an additional 400 people who were later evacuated by buses.

Snow also caused about 300 vehicles to get stuck near two exits of the Ban-etsu Expressway in the Niigata town of Aga Thursday evening, but all were able to leave after about 12 hours of snow-clearing work.

In the meantime, another 410 vehicles got stuck on the Hokuriku Expressway in Toyama and Ishikawa prefectures, but there were no reports of injuries or sickness, according to local authorities.

 

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                 Tokyo stocks continue to climb amid global rally

Kyodo, AFP-JIJI, AP     

The 225-issue Nikkei stock average ended up 208.20 points, or 0.89 percent, from Thursday at 23,714.53 — its highest close since Jan. 6, 1992. The broader Topix index of all first section issues on the Tokyo Stock Exchange finished 16.52 points higher, a rise of 0.89 percent. Gainers were led by iron and steel, nonferrous metal, and electric power and gas issues.

 

On Thursday the Dow shot above 25,000 points for the first time as strong U.S. private-sector hiring data extended a stock rally already boosted by the recent U.S. tax reform.

“Tokyo stocks continued to advance as global markets were in a rally mode,” said Norihiro Fujito, senior investment strategist at Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley Securities Co. “There were strong expectations that (global) economic expansion will continue this year.”

Recent strong economic indicators, including manufacturing-related data in the U.S. and China, are keeping financial market participants upbeat, other brokers said.

Chihiro Ota, general manager of investment research at SMBC Nikko Securities Inc., said, “Foreign investors bought (Japanese) shares such as electric and gas, believing they lag behind other sectors.” Iron and steel and financial shares are also among such laggards, he added.

Brokers said geopolitical concerns over tensions on the Korean peninsula appear to be fading for the time being, after the United States and South Korea agreed to delay joint drills until after the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics.

Banks rose with Mitsubishi UFJ up 2.32 percent at ¥866.8 and Mizuho Financial up 1.24 percent at ¥212.1.

Firms in the oil industry also gained ground on higher crude prices. Japan Petroleum was up 2.13 percent at ¥3,115.

Toshiba jumped 2.16 percent to ¥330 after an agreement was reached to sell its troubled subsidiary Westinghouse to Brookfield Business Partners for $4.6 billion.

U.S. exchanges opened 2018 in full-throttle bull market mode bidding stocks up and continuing the succession of records seen last year, especially following the massive tax cut that U.S. President Donald Trump signed into law just before Christmas.

The blue-chip index hit the landmark within minutes of the opening bell and pushed higher from there before leveling off. The Dow Jones Industrial Average finished at 25,075.13, up 0.6 percent.

“Donald Trump may or may not have the biggest nuclear button in the world, but his country does currently have one of the strongest equity indices,” said James Hughes at AxiTrader.

“It’s currently a brave trader who bets against the strength in stock markets over the short to medium term as the juggernaut rolls on,” he said.

The Dow has made a rapid trip from 24,000 points on Nov. 30, partly on enthusiasm over passage of the Republican-backed tax package that could boost company profits this year with across-the-board cuts to corporate taxes.

“For a long while in 2017 I would say the biggest driver was excitement and anticipation over tax reform, but at a certain point I think there was a handover to global economic growth really helping to carry the stock market,” said Invesco Chief Global Markets Strategist Kristina Hooper.

Big gains in U.S. blue chip companies have powered the Dow’s relentless rise to new heights over the past year, including an 87 percent gain in aerospace giant Boeing, a 70 percent rise in construction equipment maker Caterpillar and a 49 percent increase in Apple.

The Dow, which was founded in 1896 and is the oldest barometer of the U.S. stock market, has nearly quadrupled in value from its low during the financial crisis in early 2009. But the global economy and spending by people and businesses and governments were much slower to recover than stocks were.

“Instead of fiscal stimulus, we relied on monetary policy stimulus, which inflates asset prices as opposed to the overall economy,” Hooper said. Stocks have continued to climb as investors saw signs economic growth was finally improving.

Technology companies, which put up some of the biggest gains in the last year, continued to lead the market higher. And there was more good economic news Thursday: A report showed private U.S. businesses added 250,000 jobs last month, with smaller businesses adding 94,000.

Japanese teen shogi sensation Sota Fujii scores first win over a title holder

JIJI     

 


Sota Fujii (right) and shogi master Yoshiharu Habu review their match as Fujii beats Habu for the first time in an official tournament in Tokyo’s Chiyoda Ward on Friday. | KYODO

Teen shogi whiz Sota Fujii wins Tokyo tourney, toppling legendary master Yoshiharu Habu

Kyodo     

  Sota Fujii, Japan’s youngest professional shogi player, blitzed a quick-play tournament on Saturday, defeating a field of much more experienced players that included master Yoshiharu Habu, holder of one of the most prestigious titles in the traditional game of Japanese-style chess.

At the finals of the Asahi Cup tournament in Tokyo, Fujii, 15, beat Akihito Hirose, earning him an instant promotion to sixth dan from fifth. That made him the youngest player in shogi history to win both a championship and elevation to sixth dan.

 

Fujii toppled 47-year-old Habu during the semifinals, bringing down one of the most talented players in the game’s history.

Before Saturday’s match commenced, Fujii said Habu was a player he has admired since he first began playing.

“I did my utmost to win the game and now I’m very happy,” Fujii said after besting the ninth-dan master. “It was a difficult game and I couldn’t tell if I could win” until near the end of the match, Fujii told reporters.

Last year Fujii became a shogi sensation by stringing together a record of 29 consecutive professional wins.

The Asahi Cup is a quick-play tournament where each player is given 40 minutes. It is open to all ranks of players, including amateurs.

Before Fujii, the youngest person to ever win a tournament organized by the Japan Shogi Association was Hifumi Kato, who won the Roku Go Yon Dan tournament, predecessor of the Kio title, in 1955 at the age of 15 years and 10 months. Fujii did it four months faster.

The teen phenom’s race to claim the all-time record for consecutive wins captivated the country last year, inspiring brisk sales of children’s books about shogi and enticing more young people to play it.

The feat was achieved on June 26 as he extended his unbeaten record since his December 2016 debut to 29, breaking the record of 28 wins set in 1987 by Hiroshi Kamiya.

The run sparked a level of interest unseen since 1996, when Habu made a clean sweep to claim all seven top shogi titles at once.

After Saturday’s game, Habu said he felt Fujii was “very composed” and moved his pieces “in a very level-headed manner.”

Fujii, who before the tournament held the second-lowest rank of fifth dan, and Habu, winner of the prestigious Ryuo title and a ninth-dan master, had only met in two unofficial matches, taking one apiece.

Fujii earned a spot in the semifinals after defeating Amahiko Sato, holder of the prestigious Meijin master title, in a quarterfinal match on Jan. 14. It was his first official win over any title holder.

Habu reached another high last December, capturing the Ryuo title for the seventh time overall and becoming the first champ ever to earn eisei lifetime honors in all seven major titles. Eisei is an honorific title bestowed after retirement.

The honor is only given for each title after one has cleared certain conditions including number of consecutive titles won or overall times for holding a title.

There are eight major titles in shogi, but the condition for receiving the eisei for the Eio championship, which was elevated to the elite group last year, has yet to be announced.

The government on Tuesday bestowed the People’s Honor Award on Habu, making him the first recipient of the prize in the world of shogi.

Commonly described as Japanese chess, shogi can be more complicated than chess. The players, given 20 pieces each, can reuse those captured from their opponent and bring them back into the game as their own.

The object of the game, thought to have originated from the ancient Indian game of chaturanga, is to capture your opponent’s king.

In shogi, the pros are ranked between fourth dan and ninth dan, the highest in the six-level system. There are around 200 active and retired players, according to the Japan Shogi Association.



 

 

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　今年開かれる見てみたい展覧会

 

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　エドヴァルド・ムンク

                                                                    叫び （ エドヴァルド・ムンク ）

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　ムンク展

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　藤田嗣治

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　プーシキン美術館

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 プーシキン美術館展

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　プラド美術館

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　ディエゴ・ベラスケス

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 プラド美術館展

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　兵庫県立美術館

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　伊藤若冲

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　長谷川等伯

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　上村松園

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　上村松篁

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　上村淳之

　私が関西テレビで仕事をしていた頃の遠い昔、奥さまリビングという朝のワイドショーのディレクターをしていた頃時々まだ若い中島潔さんが開く展覧会の告知、スタジオゲストなどで来られたがあの頃からずっと中島さんと関西テレビは

懇意なのか、今度の大阪での展覧会も朝日新聞などと一緒に後援をしているようだ。メルヘンチックな画が特徴の、、

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　中島潔


　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　国立国際美術館

商売繁盛を願う「十日えびす」（９～１１日）を前に、えべっさんの総本社・西宮神社（兵庫県西宮市社家町）で８日、「招福大まぐろ奉納式」が執り行われた。拝殿前にでんと置かれた大マグロに、参拝客が次々にさい銭を貼り付けていった。

　神戸市東部水産物卸売協同組合などが１９７０年から毎年、大マグロ１匹と大タイ２匹を奉納している。今年のマグロは沖縄県産で全長２・３メートル、重さ２２０キロ。刺し身にすると１２００人分になるという。

　この日午前、同組合員ら約２０人が神戸市東部中央卸売市場（同市東灘区）から軽トラックで運び、拝殿前に。周囲を供え物や大漁旗で飾り立てた。神事が終わると、本殿外で待ちわびた参拝客がどっと詰め掛け、「お金が身につくように」と願いを込めながら、硬貨を貼り付けては手を合わせていた。

　「大きなマグロを孫に見せたいと思って来た」という男性（６７）＝大阪市＝は家族４人で参拝。孫の小学１年の男児（７）は「始業式で発表するので、緊張しないよう祈りました」と話した。マグロは十日えびす最終日の１１日まで供える。（三津山朋彦

2018/1/10 10:54神戸新聞NEXT

福男選び、一番福は芦屋の高校生　西宮神社          
開門と同時に勢いよく駆け出す参加者たち＝１０日午前、西宮市社家町（撮影・斎藤雅志）
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開門と同時に勢いよく駆け出す参加者たち＝１０日午前、西宮市社家町（撮影・斎藤雅志）
一番福の佐藤玄主さん（中央）と二番福の竹内紘生さん（右）、三番福の渡部涼さん（左）＝１０日午前、西宮市社家町、西宮神社
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一番福の佐藤玄主さん（中央）と二番福の竹内紘生さん（右）、三番福の渡部涼さん（左）＝１０日午前、西宮市社家町、西宮神社

　本えびすを迎えた１０日早朝、兵庫県西宮市社家町の西宮神社で、一番福を目指して境内を駆け抜ける恒例の「福男選び」があった。約５千人が参加し、尼崎市立尼崎高校３年の佐藤玄主さん（１８）＝芦屋市＝が５回目の挑戦で一番福を手にした。

　江戸時代ごろに始まり、神事として定着。開門と同時に走って本殿一番乗りを目指し、到着した順に１～３番が福男となる。

　午前６時、太鼓の音が響いて朱色の表大門が開けられると、一気に参加者がなだれ込んだ。約２３０メートルの石畳を全力疾走し、カーブや坂を走り抜けて本殿へ。一番福が決まると「福男」の連呼が沸き起こった。

　一番福の佐藤さんは昨年１１月に陸上部を引退。大学受験を控え、この日も日本史の勉強をしながら開門を待ったという。「勉強もラストスパート。皆さんが健康で、日本が明るくなるよう福を授けたい」と笑顔を見せた。

　二番福は明石商業高校３年の竹内紘生さん（１８）＝明石市、三番福は昨年の二番福だった川西市消防本部の渡部涼さん（２５）＝川西市＝だった。（土井秀人）


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