To travel is to take a journey into yourself. ~ D. Kaye
Always packed food stalls in Chinatown, Kobe.
Kobe Tower.
Fish Dance. Designed by Frank Gehry and created by Tadao Ando.
27mar16. Kobe, Japan.
Month: March 2016
KOBE (NADA) JAPAN: GUARDIANS OF THE GATE
27mar16. Kobe, Japan.
KOBE (SHIN-NAGATA) JAPAN: TETSUJIN 28-GO 2016
In 1995’s Great Hanshin Earthquake, Japan’s Hyogo Prefecture was destroyed, especially specific areas in Kobe. In an effort to rebuild their community and to gain a symbol of strength in the aftermath, Wakamatsu Park (5 minute walk from Shin-Nagata Station) became home to a 59 foot statue of “Gigantor,” Tetsujin 28, the famous Manga character from 1956’s “Tetsujin 28-go” by Mitsuteru Yokoyama.
It is huge and serves as a symbol of rebirth and strength for the area after the tragedy, as well as being a popular tourist site.
28mar16. Kobe, Japan.
KOBE, JAPAN: alone in a strange town
To awaken quite alone in a strange town is one of the pleasantest sensations in the world. ~ F. Stark
24mar16. Kobe, Japan.
OSAKA (NISHINARI) JAPAN: a change that goes on
Travel is more than the seeing of sights; it is a change that goes on deep and permanent, in the ideas of living. ~ Miriam Beard
23mar16. Osaka, Japan.
OSAKA (NISHINARI) JAPAN: COMFORT ZONE
A comfort zone is a beautiful place, but nothing ever grows there. ~ anonymous
23mar16. Osaka, Japan.
OSAKA (NISHINARI) JAPAN: BETTER TO SEE
Better to see something once than to hear about it a thousand times. – Asian proverb
23mar16. Osaka, Japan.
KOBE, JAPAN: FOR LIFE NOT TO ESCAPE US…
We travel not to escape life, but for life not to escape us. ~ anonymous
17mar16. Kobe, Japan.
KOBE, JAPAN: ONE’S DESTINATION IS NEVER A PLACE
One’s destination is never a place, but a new way of seeing things. ~ Henry Miller
17mar16. Kobe, Japan.
KOBE & OSAKA, JAPAN: LIFE IS TOO SHORT TO LIVE WITH A ‘SOMEDAY’ MENTALITY
Life is too short to live with a ‘someday’ mentality. ~ L. Walker
13mar16. Kobe & Osaka, Japan.