Oct. 27, 2020

JAPAN TRAVELOGUE – LAST PICTURES OF DAY 11

♫♫ Beatle Zebra Crossing ♫♫ Zebra Crossing a poem by Helen There it was just sitting in the middle of the street all black and white waiting…

by angil

Oct. 25, 2020

JAPAN TRAVELOGUE – DAY 11 – OSAKA STATION III – TAKASHIMAYA…

♫♫ Takashimaya Osaka ♫♫ A long-established department store that operates overseas shops as well. Located at Minami's transportation hub, Namba, it sells…

by angil

Oct. 25, 2020

Viajes y Locuras [Japón] II

Si leyeron el primer blog entonces ya deben tener una idea de como llegue hasta Japón, en esta nueva entrada quiero meterme en detalles que tal vez sean un poco…

by natfonck

Oct. 25, 2020

Viajes y Locuras [Japón]

En mi primer entrada me gustaría hablar de un país mágico:  Japón, el lugar que siempre soñé visitar. La familia de mi novia es una de esas que no le tiene…

by natfonck

Oct. 16, 2020

JAPAN TRAVELOGUE – DAY 11 – OSAKA STATION II

♫♫ Crossword – Jethro Tull ♫♫ marina sunday morning crosswords i don't want to live in the s p a c e s between your …

by angil

Oct. 14, 2020

JAPAN TRAVELOGUE – DAY 11 – OSAKA STATION

♫♫ Time Lapse (Osaka Station) HD ♫♫ Osaka Station City Osaka Station (大阪駅, Ōsaka-eki) is a major railway station in Osaka's Umeda district (also known as…

by angil

Oct. 12, 2020

JAPAN TRAVELOGUE – DAY 11 – LUNCH TIME IN OSAKA

♫♫ Patti LuPone - Ladies Who Lunch ♫♫ We Eat Out Together By Bernadette Mayer My heart is a fancy place Where giant reddish-purple cauliflowers & white…

by angil

Oct. 12, 2020

Ginkgo biloba

The Ginkgo is my favourite tree, particularly at this time of year. Where I used to live I identified three places where they grew nearby and used to check them…

by gethinthomas

Oct. 09, 2020

JAPAN TRAVELOGUE – DAY 11 – KUROMON ISHIBA MARKET - II

Almost all pufferfish contain tetrodotoxin, a substance that makes them foul tasting and often lethal to fish. To humans, tetrodotoxin is deadly, up to 1,200…

by angil

Oct. 07, 2020

JAPAN TRAVELOGUE – DAY 11 – KUROMON ISHIBA MARKET

A love hotel is a type of short-stay hotel found around the world operated primarily for the purpose of allowing guests privacy for sexual activities. The…

by angil

Oct. 05, 2020

JAPAN TRAVELOGUE – DAY 11 – NEXT STOP: OSAKA

♫♫ Train Driver by Gareth Dunlop ♫♫ LIFE IS LIKE A TRAIN DRIVER In life you're like a train driver Ready just to drive.…

by angil

Oct. 03, 2020

JAPAN TRAVELOGUE – DAY 11 – BACK TO KYOTO STATION

♫♫ Infinite Escalators ♫♫ Escalator By Jacob Demlow As Kids We run up the down escalator And down the up escalator Enjoying Playing…

by angil

Oct. 01, 2020

JAPAN TRAVELOGUE – DAY 11 – FUSHIMI INARI TAISHA – THE…

♫♫ Fox - Inari ♫♫ Fushimi Inari is the most important of several thousands of shrines dedicated to Inari, the Shinto god of rice. Foxes are thought to be…

by angil

Oct. 01, 2020

Pteris nipponica

[57-365] 1st. October 2020- I warned you. Incoming ferns. Although it sounds more like a flying dinosaur extra in a Godzilla film in this case. Pteris (brake)…

by gethinthomas

Sept. 29, 2020

JAPAN TRAVELOGUE – DAY 11 – FUSHIMI INARI TAISHA – THE…

♫♫ Fushimi Inari Taisha Shrine ♫♫ Torii Story By Kirstie Pelling Beyond the gate lies sacred space. A thousand times. Shinto mountain shrine.

by angil

Sept. 27, 2020

JAPAN TRAVELOGUE – DAY 11 – FUSHIMI INARI TAISHA – THE…

♫♫ Fushimi Inari Taisha Shrine ♫♫ Fushimi Inari Shrine (伏見稲荷大社, Fushimi Inari Taisha) is an important Shinto shrine in southern Kyoto. It is famous for…

by angil

Sept. 25, 2020

JAPAN TRAVELOGUE – LAST PICTURES OF DAY 10

♫♫ Evanthia Reboutsika - The Railway Station (A Touch of Spice) ♫♫ At the Railway Station by Sir Charles George Douglas Roberts Here the night is fierce…

by angil

Sept. 23, 2020

JAPAN TRAVELOGUE – DAY 10 – EXPLOSION OF RED

♫♫ Billie Holiday - I'm Painting The Town Red ♫♫ The Color Red Explained Without Sight the closer you get the warmer you get it is spicy and startlingly…

by angil

Sept. 23, 2020

Day 15: Koya-san

My alarm went off shortly after dawn, and I hurried to turn it off still with my eyes closed and sticky. Makoto was still snoring gently in the bunkbed below,…

by villa_aguilar

Sept. 21, 2020

JAPAN TRAVELOGUE – DAY 10 – TREES ON FIRE

♫♫ The Autumn Leaves By Nat King Cole ♫♫ The Mighty Krishnochra Tree On Fire Some say that the mighty krishnochura tree placed on shore of the lake is on…

by angil