I saw the park during the spring and during the summer. I didn’t really expect it to be so beautiful and during the autumn and I was wrong. The park is a mixture of traditional Japanese and English styles. It combines pretty much the best of both. Here are the photos. I will start with [...]
I didn’t know where I am going. At all me prevoius visitis in Tokyo I was on “the other side” of the Shinjukiu station – the side of the “Keyo plaza” and “Hilton” hotels and the “Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building”. Now I asked in the agency for the cheapest hotel (if possible in Shinjuku area) [...]
A very nice traditional Japanese garden 15 min walk from Sannomiya or 10 min. walk from Motomachi JR stations (just walk straight toward the mountain from the Motomachi station and ask somebody after 10 min. walk – you will most probably be next to it). The garden was created in 19 century but completely finished [...]
All the pictures are from our recent trip to Okinawa. Shisas are demons with body of dog and head of a lion. You can see them everywhere in Okinawa. Usually they sit on both side of the entrance door of the house but you can find them on the roofs also. One of them is [...]
Yup – it is Christmas time already. The main theme of the decoration – pigeon (or an angel). Anyway – I think it is piece related just as the last year. The luminaria preparations are also starting (it was supposed to be the last luminaria previous year but apparently the profit is too good to [...]
The supercomputer project on Kobe Port Island may be frozen but the Shimin Byoin one continues at full speed. Shimin Byoin is the biggest hospital in the area and at present time is located several hundred meters up the Port Liner line (direction Sannomiya). The new one must be operational by 2012. On the place [...]
OK. This was the first trial and I must admit it was a little bit premature one. The real Koyo (autumn leaves) will be in 1 or rather 2 weeks. Another important point – if you really want to take some nice shots – go early (before noon). The Minoo river valley is very, very [...]
Nothing too interesting these week but today is the first sunny day so I could take some morning shots from Kobe with my mobile phone. I am starting with them a new category – Kobe Daily (thank you Joshua for the idea). Here is the first one (It was taken from 13 floor of Kobe [...]
This entry is continuation of From HAT Kobe to Maya Mountain (and behind) so I start from where I stopped – the Maya view line Yume-Sanpo . Just a short note for the view line – there are several more rope lines in Kobe (shin-Kobe rope line and Rokko cable car) but if you want [...]
I could call this entry Deep in Nada-ku 3 (as a continuation of Deep in Nada-ku 1 and 2) if it was not for the Maya mountain detour. But this was an important detour and I can not resist but to break the chronological sequence and start with a single photo from the Maya mountain [...]
