kaidan

Labels: japan in a wheelchair, kaidan, monkeys, Onsen posted by Elizabeth McClung at 9:48 AM

Archive 2008-04-01 Elizabeth McClung 2008

Labels: japan in a wheelchair, kaidan, monkeys, Onsen posted by Elizabeth McClung at 9:48 AM

Japan Trip April 11 (Day 11): Miyajima, “Kaidan”, monkeys & an Onsen. Elizabeth McClung 2008

So we called some hotels back three times to find out that yes they had twin western room and yes it was available but NO on 'kurumaisu' because there are “kaidan” many stairs.

Archive 2008-02-01 Elizabeth McClung 2008

So began Japan's latest kaidan, or ghost story, a spine-chiller set in a typical small town.

They're Heeere! 2008

We bought the tickets for the gondolas (two of them), round trip and were told that there were “kaidan” (some stairs) but that it was 15.

Japan Trip April 11 (Day 11): Miyajima, “Kaidan”, monkeys & an Onsen. Elizabeth McClung 2008

We bought the tickets for the gondolas (two of them), round trip and were told that there were “kaidan” (some stairs) but that it was 15.

Archive 2008-04-01 Elizabeth McClung 2008

So we called some hotels back three times to find out that yes they had twin western room and yes it was available but NO on 'kurumaisu' because there are “kaidan” many stairs.

Immature, depressed and 4+ hours to reserve a room: my saturday Elizabeth McClung 2008

Otherwise known as Onna ga kaidan wo agaru toki, this is the story of a middle aged geisha who has to choose whether to get married or to buy a bar of her own and build a business.

Filmstalker: Weekend Films to Stalk 2007

Traditional Japanese kaidan-dansu also turn stairs into storage, but the drawers open from the side.

Stairs and storage 2007

The same is true of the lovely movie Kwaidan, which is actually pronounced kaidan.

languagehat.com: CORPORATE ETYMOLOGIES. 2004

Hijikata revived a literary form which had flourished in the feudal era: the kaidan, or ‘weird tale’.

Richard Lloyd Parry · Ghosts of the Tsunami · LRB 6 February 2014 Richard Lloyd Parry 2019