jun14. Kobe, Japan.
Tag: hipstamatic
KOBE, JAPAN: THE ABANDONED MAYA HOTEL, FAREWELL
What an amazing experience. So few things can match the feeling of walking through the past, through other people’s memories and experiences, and trying to imagine for yourself what it must have been like. Yet another way for us all to connect in the past, present, and future.
Photos of me by: Sarah Nickerson
28apr14. Kobe, Japan. Maya Hotel, Mt. Maya.
KOBE, JAPAN: THE ABANDONED MAYA HOTEL via HIPSTAMATIC & INSTAGRAM, PT. 1
KOBE & OSAKA, JAPAN: IT GOES ON
“In three words I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life: it goes on.”
― Robert Frost
apr14. Kobe & Osaka, Japan.
KOBE, JAPAN: KUMANO SHRINE
KOBE, JAPAN: KANTEIBYO TEMPLE
In 1887, the overseas Chinese community living in Kobe, established Kanteibyo. It is dedicated to Guan Yu, a famous Chinese warrior from the Three Kingdoms Period. He is known to the Japanese as Kan-u. On 5 June 1945, Kanteibyo was destroyed by allied bombing in WWll. On 16 January 1977, it was destroyed by fire, and then again, in 1995, it was damaged by the Kobe earthquake. The last restoration was 14 February 1999. (http://www.chinatownology.com/kobe_kanteibyo.html)
8apr14. Sannomiya/Motomachi area, Kobe, Japan.