Friday, April 17, 2009
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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... -
Thursday November 24th, 2016, day 39 of my walk along the Saigoku Pilgrimage, and I descended from Kannonshoji Temple in the mountains nea... -
Tuesday 25th November 2014 and I begin day 22 of my walk along the Chugoku Kannon Pilgrimage with a visit to Jyoeiji Temple in Yamaguchi C... -
Komyozenji Temple is a 13th Century Rinzai Zen Temple adjacent to Dazaifu Tenmangu Shrine in Fukuoka. The temple is famous for its two gar... -
Hiroshima is one of the better-known Japanese cities to people outside Japan because of its unfortunate history, but the city did not begi... -
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... -
Kobori Enshu ( 1579 - 1647 ) was an aristocrat most well known for being a Tea Master. He was also a painter, poet, and probably the most ... -
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 ...
Love the third and last photo. Very cool.
ReplyDeleteAre they all ladies bikes?
ReplyDeleteUnisex bikes :)
ReplyDeleteThe proper term for these kind of bikes is a "safety frame" bike.Very sad to see the shaft drive one rusting away in the water.This style of bike is starting to make a comeback in North America mainly for urban short trip useage.Where I live in Canada something similar to the second from the top will cost you about $600.00.Made in China of course.Is there a bike racing track anywhere near you Ojisanjake? I have a link to "Shikoku Keirin" racing on Lee 1.It's a challenge trying to get around the site but I manage. cjg of eroticalee
ReplyDeleteHi cjg
ReplyDeleteYou're right... mostly they are used by housewives and schoolkids. They are a lot cheaper here, probably due to the volume sold. No, no bike racing near here... too far from the cities.