Wednesday 21 October 2015

Fire ramen at Men Baka Ichidai, Kyoto, Japan.

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road to mount fuji

Pottery shop, Kyoto, Japan

✯ Crimson Forest - Hokkaido, Japan...yet another reason going to Japan will also be on my bucket list.

Hiroshima, Japan. - The Kimono Gallery

Stained Glass Staircase, Kanagawa, Japan

Friday 9 October 2015

Tea plantation in Kyoto, Japan

click to escape to another world

Fushimi Shrine, Kyoto, Japan

Fushimi Inari Shrine, Kyoto, Japan - ©Kyle Raven (escape-is-at-hand) via deviantART

Kanabiki Falls, Kyoto, Japan

Autumn in children Jizo at Enko-ji Temple, Kyoto, Japan

Torii gates at Fushimi Inari shrine, Kyoto, Japan 伏見稲荷 京都

Statue Stairs, Kyoto, Japan >>> love to take a walk here! weeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

Tuesday 1 September 2015

Tokashiki Island, Okinawa, Japan; one of the highest rates of centenarians

Tree of Life at Shurijo Castle, Okinawa

Okinawa, Japan

Koyasan Cemetery in Japan

Eternal flame at the Okinawa Prefectural Peace Memorial, Japan

Wednesday 15 July 2015

Roller Coaster in Yokohama, Japan

cherry petals at Nagoya castle, Japan

Nagoya Castle, Japan

Nagoya Castle

is a Japanese castle located in Nagoya, central Japan. During the Edo period, Nagoya Castle was the center of one of the most important castle towns in Japan—Nagoya-juku— and it included the most important stops along the Minoji, which linked the Tōkaidō with the Nakasendō.
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Japan

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Japanese lantern lighting ceremony

Toro Nagashi (灯籠流し)

is a Japanese ceremony in which participants float paper lanterns (chōchin) down a river; tōrō is traditionally another word for lantern, while nagashi means “cruise, flow”.

Yamaga Lantern Festival, Yamaga city, Kumamoto, Japan

During this festival, about 20,000 lanterns are lit, drawing the viewer into a world of fantasy.Oita,Japan

Bamboo fountain

This is the Ryōan-ji tsukubai .

The kanji written on the surface of the stone are without significance when read alone. If each is read in combination with 口 , which the central bowl is meant to represent, then the characters become 吾, 唯, 足, 知. This is read as "ware, tada taru shiru" and translates literally as "I only know enough" (吾= I, 唯 = merely, 足 = be sufficient, 知 =know).

Kamakura, Kanagawa-Ken, Japan

Japanese Kimono Kokeshi Dolls

Japanese dolls

Japanese doll

Japanese dolls, Ohina-sama

Japanese Hina doll.

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