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About Jess Gerrity ジェシカ
Jess Gerrity ジェシカ (@jess.gerrity) is a Digital creator creator on Instagram, also filed under Travel. The account has 47,375 followers and 313 published posts. Recent posts average 25,903 likes and 163 comments, an engagement rate of 46.27%.
With 47.4K followers, Jess Gerrity ジェシカ is a micro creator by the common 10,000 to 100,000 definition. Jess Gerrity ジェシカ follows 2,509 accounts, so the audience is roughly 19 times the size of the list followed. Jess Gerrity ジェシカ uses an Instagram professional account. Flinque files Jess Gerrity ジェシカ under Digital creator, with Travel as a secondary category.
The Instagram bio for Jess Gerrity ジェシカ runs to 19 words across 6 lines. The bio mentions @jessintokyo. The latest activity Flinque has on record for Jess Gerrity ジェシカ dates from September 2023.
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Of the 10 most recent posts shown for Jess Gerrity ジェシカ, 7 are videos, 2 are carousels and 1 is a single image. That mix leans toward videos. 313 published posts give Jess Gerrity ジェシカ a moderate archive on Instagram. Against the audience, that is roughly 151 followers for each post published. Jess Gerrity ジェシカ also keeps 9 story highlights on the profile. All 10 carry captions, averaging 163 words each. The captions are written mainly in English. Words that recur across them include japan, archery, kyudo, samurai and school. The captions tag #japan, #archery, #samurai, #longbow and #history.
📌Takeda -Ryu is a traditional school of kyubajutsu or mounted archery with a history of over 600 years.
I was very honoured to be able to meet Takehara Soke and several members of Takeda-Ryu the other day in Nikko during a yabusame ritual shinji performed by Ogasawara-Ryu
The Kumamoto Prefecture based Takeda-Ryu Yabusame Preservation Society is an organisation that is dedicated to preserving and passing down yabusame, the traditional Japanese martial art of mounted archery. They plan to perform Yabusame and hold workshops in Christchurch City at the 2026 Japan Fiesta
熊本県に古くから伝わる武道のひとつに流鏑馬があります。武田流流鏑馬保存会（熊本県重要無形文化財）は2026年10月にニュージーランドにて流鏑馬を実施します。
📌In order to bring their archers, traditional garments, horse tack, and archery equipment all the way to Christchurch, they have started a crowdfunding project.
Everyone is welcome to help if they can. For those with a Japanese address, thank you gifts will be sent to you. Support with a share, like or follow to their social media, is also warmly welcomed🙏🏻
📌The Takeda school traces its origins to a prince of the retired Emperor Seiwa. Even though the Wakasa Takeda family line ended during the Sengoku period, the now over 600 year old Takeda Ryu traditions and techniques were inherited by the Takehara family. The descendants of the Takehara family have continued to preserve this tradition in Kumamoto Prefecture since 1632
🎯Performing at Japan Festa
October 3rd, 2026, Christchurch
#history #Japan #samurai #archery #伝統文化
Sometimes, the whistling arrowhead doesn't make much of a sound at all!! Luckily, I have a spare one at home🫣
Filmed in Yamanashi (Narusawa) wearing Heian Period Oyoroi
Whistling arrows in Japan are called kabura ya. I love the sound they make. If you want to hear what one actually sounds like, search for the word 👉kaburaya
Usually carved from wood, the arrow tip is hollow with openings at specific points in the top.
When shot into the air the arrow becomes a sort of wind instrument and I think it sounds amazing!
矢じりが空洞になってて、飛ばすと管楽器なようにヒョーーーーと音します
Kaburaya were used by the samurai class of feudal Japan. Before battle an army archer was said to have shot 5 kaburaya with specific fletching in succession to signal the start of a battle.
鏑矢は封建時代の武士が使用したようです。戦闘の時、射手が戦闘開始合図するために、特定な鏑矢5本の鏑矢を引きましたという話ありました。
Fletched on purpose with cursed feathers, in order to insult, intimidate, and cast bad fortune on the enemy. *1 敵を侮辱し、威嚇し、不幸を投げかけるために呪いにかかったような羽が使用されていました。
📌Kaburaya for good wishes kyūjutsu or koryu archery schools perform a Shinto ceremony involving the kaburaya and ritual purification. The arrow is then called hikime蟇目. It seems that instead of wood the tip is sometimes made from deer horn. The whistling sound when flying through the air is believed to scatter evil spirits and purify the area.
蟇目（ひきめ）の神事、鏑矢が空中で音を発して飛び悪霊を退散させる。蟇目の神事は神社で行われる行事です。蟇目の飛ばす音が邪を払い、場を清めるとされ、飾り矢として親しまれています。
These days in Japan, cursed arrows used for battle are very rare. More often than not if you pass by a temple and you are very lucky, you will see the hikime ritual ceremony instead.
現代日本では呪いをかけた鏑矢、呪いをかけるために
💜5月31日はコバトンの誕生日💜
Kobaton is the official Saitama Prefectural mascots inspired by the official Saitama prefectural bird: shirakobato (Eurasian collared dove)
I've had the pleasure of working with Kobaton twice on Japanese TV and it was interesting but fun trying to transport a giant mascot around in a van🤭 I have a collection of 4 plushies at home all received as presents form my position with the Saitama Prefectural Government.
I often get comments about him as I have him attached to my bag also I always reply *he is my boss* 🤭which usually elicits laugher but its true🤭 he is a wonderful boss and today is his birthday!
⚔️Please don't confuse kobaton with kabuto🤭コバトン と カブトは間違いのないように(笑)
📌About Kobaton:
Kobaton was designated
as Saitama's first prefectural mascot in 2005. Known for its cute expressions, Kobaton travels far and wide, and has appeared in movies, flown into space on a space shuttle, and lent its name to an asteroid.
💜子バトンについて(埼玉県庁HPより)
📌生年月日：平成12年5月31日
📌モチーフ：県民の鳥「シラコバト」
📌特徴：パステルカラーの癒し系、おっとりマイペースな性格だけど、フットワークがとっても軽い！
📌As you can tell this video is just a bit of fun but if you are interested in learning about Saitama, please stick with me🫶
#埼玉県広報アンバサダー
#コバトン
#samurai
#Happybirthday
#singing
Interview with kyudo practitioner Matthew Collins from Australia🇦🇺弓道家インタビュー:マシュー•コリンズさん
Matthew has been studying as a special course student at The International Budo University in Chiba. In this time, he has visited many places in Japan and met many different types of people, all with unique backgrounds and stories, many of them kyudo or bow practitioners.
Getting hands-on experience and meeting people from all walks of life has really opened him up to experiences and ways of thinking that wouldn't otherwise have been available to him if he had been located in Australia.国際武道大学で別科生として一年過ごしました。日本のいろんな所で弓引きました。色んな生き方、色んな考え方を持った人々と出会い、満喫した一年なようです。
He has now arrived back and is moving smoothly with his plans to open a Kyudo Club called Mikan.
今はオーストラリアに帰って、ご自身の弓道クラブの企画開始してます。
The full interview is on my channel. Ease have a watch🫶
フルインタビューが私のチャネルにあります、日本語字幕もあります、是非ご覧ください🥰
#lifeinjapan
#wayoflife
#Japan
#growth
#interview
Takeda Ryu a traditional school of kyubajutsu (based in Kymamoto) is starting a crowdfunding project. They hope to perform in New Zealand in Christchurch later in the year.
They need all the support that they can get, and as a New Zealander living in Japan and practicing kyubajutsu myself I am really want to support them to reach their goal.
The link to the crowd funding project is on their IG
And I will post to stories. Please visit the crowdfunding site to learn more!
#Takedaryu
#武田流
#Kumamoto
#Newzealand
#伝統文化
📌I often get asked:
📌How do you aim for kyudo?
弓道の狙いはどうなってるの？
どこを狙う？
The answer is a bit multifaceted and dependent on each person and their eye dominance. In addition, different types of kyudo/kyujutsu have different steps and words for the aiming process.引きながら狙いを確認するポイントいくつかあります。
Head(eye) angle both horizontal and vertical throughout the draw is important and once set it shouldn't move as doing so will change the aim.
ものみ 頭の角度、目線により狙いが変わります。
The main school I practice under (All Nippon Kyudo Federation) notes there are several points of aim throughout the draw.
4 in fact. 全日本弓道連盟によりますと狙い四つあります。
📌The 1st during uchiokoshi:raising the bow.
📌2nd during daisan the stage before drawing open.
📌3rd is san bun no ni the arrow is at eye height
📌4th is kai or full draw.
一 打越し
二 大三
三 三分の二
四 会
We aim with both eyes open and what we see in the 4th aim depends on the person. Roughly divided into
📌mangetsu (the target is fully on the left of the bow)
📌yami (the target can be seen through the bow as if covered by clouds)
📌hangetsu (half of the target peeks out from the left of the bow)
*Japanese names may differ
会に入って、的と弓の位置付けが人によりますがだいたい、満月、闇、半月というさんパターンになります。
In addition, the feelings of
📌the string on the chest in full draw: munazuru
📌the feeling of the arrow on the side of the face/mouth (houzuke/kuchiwari)
are integral parts of aiming too.
胸弦と口和り/ほつけも大事です
It's a little difficult to explain aiming in a 1 min video so for more info please as a sensei, senpai or check online🙏🏻
#archery #longbow #Japan #history #tradition
This week、 I was appointed as Public Relations Ambassador for the Saitama Prefectural Government for the 3rd year in a row.㊗️この度、令和8年度埼玉県広報アンバサダーに任命致しました🫶
I have been working with the Saitama Prefectural Government since 2018. First, in my role as Love Saitama Ambassador (Tourism related) and then from 2024 as PR Ambassador. In both roles, I specifically focus on traditional culture, products, people (artisans and craftspeople), and historic places (castles, buildings)in Saitama.
今年もよろしくお願いいたします🙇♀️一年間埼玉県の伝統文化、伝統工芸品、職人、深い歴史のある場所を自ら収財、インスタで取り上げていきたいと思います。2018年から努めてるラブ埼玉アンバサダーの活動は変わらず、2024年から勤める広報アンバサダーで国内外に向かって埼玉県の魅力をメディアとSNSで発信します。
📌Stick with me and discover some interesting and cool things about Saitama!
📌今年度も引き続き応援よろしくお願いします🙇♀️
👘Chichibu Meisen kimono x hakama with Gyoda tabi (Crayon Shinchan) and antique geta
👘秩父銘仙着物 x 袴
行田足袋 (クレヨンしんちゃん柄)
アンティーク下駄
🔹More info:
📌埼玉県
📌埼玉県農産物
📌Saitama tourism related
📌埼玉観光
#埼玉県広報アンバサダー
#Japan
#lifeinjapan
#smile
#work
I wear tatsukebakama on the bottom, dougi on the top. Put on waraji or straw sandals. They are really comfortable and great for horseriding.
Put on my senate or shin guards, then kusazuri or tasset. The video starts from me putting on the kote which is th3 arm armour. Each sleeve ties under the opposite arm.
Then I put the dou on and shit everything with an obi or sash.
It only takes 5 or 10 minutes to dress yourself. Armour is replica produced in the late 80s it weighs about 20kg.
On horseback the horse takes most of the weight of the armour so it's very comfortable. When not on horseback, as long as it's worn correctly, I could wear it for hours.
Horses are a Japanese indigenous breed called kisouma. Originally ridden by samurai their top speed is about 40 km/h
#Japan #armour #armor #samurai #samuraiarmor
When people see kyudo their opinions are quite divided.
People will usually either like it or say it's too slow/dislike it.
This school of archery was established in 1953 and is a blend of Ogasawara ryu and Honda ryu which are two koryu styles.
Compared to standard recurve ea h arrow does take time as the kata for the martial art must be performed with each arrow.
The calm nature of kyudo is something that really appeals to me as a busy person with a lot happening everyday. At the dojo I can step into a space of control and autonomy on my mind, movements and thoughts. The outside world is left at the door to the dojo.
#kyudo #弓道 #archery #longbow #assymetry
My main account is
Come visit for horseback archery, armour, kyudo and more🤗
The things that make you happy🤗
弓引くって幸せです
#kyudo #弓道 #archer #archery #longbow
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