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Tag: japanese
OSAKA (FUKUSHIMA), JAPAN: LEAVE IT THE FASTEST WAY YOU CAN
“I have learned that if you must leave a place that you have lived in and loved and where all your yesteryears are buried deep, leave it any way except a slow way, leave it the fastest way you can. Never turn back and never believe that an hour you remember is a better hour because it is dead. Passed years seem safe ones, vanquished ones, while the future lives in a cloud, formidable from a distance.”
― Beryl Markham, West with the Night
july2016, Osaka and Kobe, Japan.
KOBE, JAPAN: A MOODY DAY AT IKUTA SHRINE
OSAKA (BENTENCHO), JAPAN: WHEN I LET GO OF WHAT I AM
“When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.” – Lao Tzu
12jul16. Osaka, Japan.
OSAKA (TAISHO), JAPAN: BRIDGES, DECAY, & BEAUTY
3july16. Osaka, Japan.
TOKYO, JAPAN: HISTORIC TOKYO STATION
A beautiful brick station originally opened in December 1914. It has undergone (and continues to undergo) renovation and refurbishment.
14jun16. Tokyo, Japan.
HIMEJI, JAPAN: BE READY TO ABANDON
“For things to reveal themselves to us, we need to be ready to abandon our views about them.” ~ Thich Nhat Hanh
29may16. Himeji, Japan.
HIMEJI, JAPAN: HIMEJI CASTLE
Himeji Castle (姫路城 Himeji-jō) is a hilltop Japanese castle complex located in Himeji, in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. The castle is regarded as the finest surviving example of prototypical Japanese castle architecture, comprising a network of 83 buildings with advanced defensive systems from the feudal period. The castle is frequently known as Hakuro-jō or Shirasagi-jō (“White Egret Castle” or “White Heron Castle”) because of its brilliant white exterior and supposed resemblance to a bird taking flight. Himeji Castle dates to 1333, when Akamatsu Norimura built a fort on top of Himeyama hill. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Himeji_Castle
29may16. Himeji, Japan.
NAGASAKI, JAPAN: URAKAMI CATHEDRAL
Replica of 1925 original. Destroyed by the atomic bomb in 1945 and rebuilt in 1959.
15may16. Nagasaki, Japan.
OSAKA, JAPAN: 一寸先は闇
“Who can see in the future? Expect the unexpected.” ~ Japanese proverb
12may16. Osaka, Japan.