Thursday, April 9, 2009
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Buddhist temples in Japan, like temples, shrines, and churches all over the world, are often repositories of a lot of art. Some temples ha... -
This is one of the more than 1000 Hina dolls on display at the Nagashibina Doll Museum in Mochigase Town, Tottori Nagashibina refers ... -
Mukade Caught this little bugger yesterday crawling across my floor. In japanese it is called Mukade, which means "100 legs"... -
While in Miyakonojo I stopped by a strange piece of architecture, the Miyakonojo Civic Center. It was built in 1966 and was designed b... -
A Buke Yashiki is best translated as samurai residence, and this one in the castle town of Matsue belonged to middle -ranked samurai. It i... -
A Teahouse Garden, called roji or chatei, differs from the other two main types of Japanese garden, the karesansui, dry garden, often call... -
Gokurakuji Temple is hidden away in a corner of Kinosaki Onsen and is barely visited by the majority of visitors to the resort town, who w... -
The former Kajimura Residence in the Joto Historic District along the Izumo Kaido in Tsuyama is now known as Joto Mukashi Machiya which ... -
Yutoku Inari Shrine near Kashima in Saga is considered one of the three great Inari shrines of Japan. Though not so easy to access it stil... -
The next big temple after Daionji along Teramachi in Nagasaki is Kotaiji, and there was a little bit more to see here. The first building ...
Interesting pic. Especially noteworthy is the complete lack of romaji on the war-era label.
ReplyDeleteI'd have to say the Kirin Beer building in Asakusa, particularly its accompanying Flame by Philippe Starck is one of the worst examples of modern architecture I've ever seen... good job the product is well worth drinking
ReplyDeleteJK, Melbourne