More glimpses of unfamiliar Japan

Here are a few more blogs that I've recently discovered and added to my links list. Enjoy! Flightytemptress365 One photo a day from an i...

The new year so far has been cold and windy with snow flurries and sleet. I've stayed in my nest close to woodstove. Yesterday there was...

A final look at the Riverwalk complex in Kokura, Kitakyushu. More details can be found in the previous posts For those of you who don't...

Continuing with a further look at Japan's favorite building material, concrete. In Japan tetrapod is the generic name for a variety of c...

This is the bottom half of a huge painting titled "Mukai Tora" (Welcome Tiger) The painting is 4.3 M high, and was painted by Sato...

I paid another visit to Ichibata Yakushi, the mountaintop temple to the buddha of healing Yakushi Nyorai, located between Lake Shinji and th...

Some shots from inside the Riverwalk complex in Kokura. For details see yesterdays post . I recently learned that the Jerde Partnership that...

Riverwalk, designed by the Jerde Partnership. is located in Kokura, Kitakyushu. Opened in 2003, the complex houses shops, cinemas, auditoriu...

Today is a National Holiday in Japan in celebration of the Emperor's birthday. Actually his correct title is "Tenno" which tra...