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Are you satisfied listening to the sound from a distance?

Not only young people, but more and more senior people bring binoculars to the concerts of their favorite musicians and singers. It depends on the width of the hall, but with binoculars you can experience the impressions as if you were in the front row.
You can enjoy the special scene you’ve never experienced before such as dripping sweat and the expression of the musician, the gesture of drinking at the break of the performance, the way they wipe their face and hair with a towel and the color and the shape of the shoes.
But it is not good to use the binoculars all the time and neglect the singing voice. You should only use it when it comes to a point or someone might suffer from a symptom like seasickness using them all the time if you are not used to them.
It is important to thoroughly consult beforehand with the shop about which binoculars are good for you. You should face the day after you get accustomed to using and to focusing them.

Binoculars are convenient for little –movement plays, art exhibitions or museums.

Binoculars are useful for plays, an art exhibition of famous artist which a rope is set up and you cannot approach, expositions, other exhibitions, etc.
Binoculars double the action and the expression of the actor who continues the convincing performance, the movement of flowing fingers and even the tears on a cheek. With only binoculars, you can enjoy the elaborate structure of the casually placed stage properties.
Binoculars are also useful at a museum. You can be surprised at the beauty of the inapproachable picture and get absorbed the artist’s feeling at the moment when he signed the finished piece.
The important thing is to choose which is capable of focusing in the close distance. Binoculars of 5∼8 magnifications is recommended.

Binoculars are crucial for a sightseeing trip by car, train or bus.

If there are binoculars on a sightseeing tour, you can enjoy particular pleasures such as famous mountains, clouds flowing in the sky, notable sites and historic scenes. You can watch the subtle points of the historic scenes or Buddha’s image and enjoy the wonderful starry sky at a secluded hot spring spot. You can use them infinitely.
One of the ways to enjoy the binoculars is walking early in the morning and watching the wild birds and the lake glittering in the morning sun.
Binoculars of more than 5 magnifications are enough. If possible drip-proof rubber type binoculars are recommended to prevent them from rain.

Less is more.

Someone wrote in his blog;
When he went to a concert held at Budokan, a young girl next to him watched the stage with binoculars. The next year, he bought the same expensive binoculars at a large shop on his way and want to the concert with great fanfare. But the binoculars were too powerful to focus on the musician. Moreover, they were so heavy that his hands were tired.
Beginners often tend to think the more powerful the binoculars are better. But binoculars that are too powerful cannot see the whole thing and have problems. You can be satisfied by light and low-power opera glasses for watching an indoor play.

Details of gorgeous clothes.

Someone who went to see Kabuki said;
For the first time she went to see it with binoculars, she paused, moved by the beautiful costumes. There were amazing embroideries of gold and silver thread on the brilliant red and blue cloth. Before that she only watched the plot, but now she could enjoy Kabuki in a different way, she told me excitedly. Of course, she could enjoy not only the clothes, but the foot movement of the famous female impersonator, his feminine hands with a fluid gait, which were more feminine than a real woman, and all the detail of makeup of the leading star. She renewed her awareness of the splendor of binoculars.
photo credit : Zaidanhouzin SeikoKimonoZaidan
http://www.suzunoya.com/
museum/

At Nikko Toshogu, for example:

Nikko Toshogu is famous as a World Heritage.
The present figure is said to be built only in 1 year and 5 months by 4,540,000 organized people, costing approximately 16 billion yen in current yen, It staked the Tokugawa Shogunate’s prestige by the third shogun Iemitsu about 370 years ago.
The number of shrine pavilions and buildings such as Yomei-mon are 55 in total. There are so many breath taking sculptures in the corridors and gates.
Most notable is the Yomei-mon (11m in height), which represents Japanese gates. It has more than 500 carvings and is called “Gate of the close of the day” because people will never be tired even they see the gate all day long.
Now, when visiting Nikko Toshogu never forget your binoculars.
（Nikko Toshogu Youmeimon /
photo credit : Nikko Toshogu http://www.toshogu.jp/