This is a continuation of my previous entry abut the “yellow sakura” and it shows/describes some of our further discoveries in Aotanicho (青谷町) the Blue Valley district of Nada ward. I will start with the statue of Batou Kannon (馬頭観音) – the Horse Head Kannon (also known as Hayagriva). Yes, indeed – there was a [...]
Yesterday we went all the way to Maya mountain. We followed a road next to Oji Zoo and up the slope to a place where Saigo river (西郷川) enters the city. We knew there was a temple complex at the very end of the road but its doors were always closed. This time we had [...]
One of my favorite in Kobe. Particular for the shrine is that it is completely submerged in ancient forest – not only the honden (the main building) but the complete complex including the path to it (you will see it on one of the photos). The easiest way to reach is Hankyu railway line (Rokko [...]
Yet another shrine in chttomatte’s blog ever growing collection. The shrine is located in Nada-Ku, Kobe and the closest station to it is Oishi (Hanshin railway). If you are coming from Sannomiya you just have to walk a hundred or so meters back next to the railway (on the side of the sea) and you [...]
Just two photos of a Japanese ornamental Kale I took today. First – the pink(u) one: And the white one: Tweet This Post
One of the oldest in Japan (opened 1915). In the guide it was written that it is a small family type Zoo. Both small and family do not sound very encouraging even if you are with small kids but we had no choice and once the Tennoji Koen was reached the Zoo was our main [...]
Build in 1912, dismantled in 1943 (because of the war). Re-build in 1956. The only one with enshrined American lucky charm figure in it – Billiken. This is the story of Osaka tower in brief and you can find much more in Internet. I always thought it must be a boring one because it is [...]
Today we visited Tennoji Koen, Osaka. The park actually consists of several attractions – a modern part with many flowers and fountains (from this part will be the pictures today), a more traditional Japanese garden part and a Zoo. May be a fourth part is the Art Museum of Osaka which is also situated here. [...]
We knew it is “coming of age day” so we expected to see many girls in kimono on the streets but what we didn’t expect is to end up in the center of coming of age day and Ebisu (the god of fisherman and luck) festival. It was pure luck to decide to go to [...]
I thought that our China Town is most beautiful by night and I was wrong! Today we visited it again (mainly because of the fruit shop there) and I took a number of pictures. Here they are so Enjoy! ————————————————————————————————————————————————— ————————————————————————————————————————————————— ————————————————————————————————————————————————— ————————————————————————————————————————————————— ————————————————————————————————————————————————— ————————————————————————————————————————————————— ————————————————————————————————————————————————— ————————————————————————————————————————————————— ————————————————————————————————————————————————— Tweet This Post
