JAPAN 2013
Japan, the land of the rising sun, with population of 126 million living on only 377'944 square kilometres. It was a dream since 10 years to visit this country and finally ....
1. TOKYO
1.1 The beginning of the trip
1.2. Tokyo is very modern city: if you are put in the city centre with closed eyes and there are no local people in the street you will have difficulties to determine where you are - New-York, Toronto or some where else :-)
1.3 Very famous intersection at Ginza district
1.4 How can a western man understand this? :-)
1.5 Tokyo from the bay.
1.6. Modern technology in the hotel :-)
But of course we travelled in Japan to see the cultural and hystorical things and not the modern cities :-)
1.7 The entry point in the Meiji Jingu Shrine
1.8 Meiji Jingu Shrine
1.9 The light in the park of the shrine
1.10 The garden
1.11 Asakusa Shrine
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2. Kanazawa
Kanazawa is a city stepped in tradition and culture, and its core are the Maeda family and the samurai that lived here. From their discipline and spirit, Kanazawa was shaped into a city full of culture and life.
2.1 Beautiful entry to the Kanazawa railways station
2.2 Nomura-Ke house. This house represents how high-ranking samurai would have lived.
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2.5 The district of samurai's houses
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2.7 Just a street
2.8 Higashi Chayagai - geisha district
2.9 Kanazawa Castle
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2.11 Kenrokuen Garden. Kenrouken means "the 6 perfect attributes". The attributes that all true japanese gardens must have are: spaciousness, seclusion, antiquity, artificiality, panoramic views and waterways. There is a phrase in Japanese, "ichigo ichie" that translates to "this time only" or "never again". It is a philosophy of living in the moment and cherishing the present because you will never be able to relive this moment again. Nowhere is this idea more apparent than in Kenrokuen.
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3. Kyoto
3.1 Somewhere between Kanazawa and Kyoto
3.2 Railways Station of Kyoto
3.3 Street
3.4. The Jidai Matsuri festival takes place every year on October 22, the anniversary of the foundation of Kyoto.
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3.15 Kinkaku (The Golden Pavilion) Rokuon-ji Temple
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4. Kii-Tanabe
4.1 The train to Kiitanabe
4.2 Railways station
4.3 Street
4.4 Ueshiba Morihei, the founder of Aikido was born in the city of Tanabe. His resting place is located on the Kozan-ji Tempel grounds.
4.5 Bronze statue of Ueshiba Morhiei in the Ogigahama Park
1. TOKYO
1.1 The beginning of the trip
1.2. Tokyo is very modern city: if you are put in the city centre with closed eyes and there are no local people in the street you will have difficulties to determine where you are - New-York, Toronto or some where else :-)
1.3 Very famous intersection at Ginza district
1.4 How can a western man understand this? :-)
1.5 Tokyo from the bay.
1.6. Modern technology in the hotel :-)
But of course we travelled in Japan to see the cultural and hystorical things and not the modern cities :-)
1.7 The entry point in the Meiji Jingu Shrine
1.8 Meiji Jingu Shrine
1.9 The light in the park of the shrine
1.10 The garden
1.11 Asakusa Shrine
1.12
2. Kanazawa
Kanazawa is a city stepped in tradition and culture, and its core are the Maeda family and the samurai that lived here. From their discipline and spirit, Kanazawa was shaped into a city full of culture and life.
2.1 Beautiful entry to the Kanazawa railways station
2.2 Nomura-Ke house. This house represents how high-ranking samurai would have lived.
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2.5 The district of samurai's houses
2.6
2.7 Just a street
2.8 Higashi Chayagai - geisha district
2.9 Kanazawa Castle
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2.11 Kenrokuen Garden. Kenrouken means "the 6 perfect attributes". The attributes that all true japanese gardens must have are: spaciousness, seclusion, antiquity, artificiality, panoramic views and waterways. There is a phrase in Japanese, "ichigo ichie" that translates to "this time only" or "never again". It is a philosophy of living in the moment and cherishing the present because you will never be able to relive this moment again. Nowhere is this idea more apparent than in Kenrokuen.
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3. Kyoto
3.1 Somewhere between Kanazawa and Kyoto
3.2 Railways Station of Kyoto
3.3 Street
3.4. The Jidai Matsuri festival takes place every year on October 22, the anniversary of the foundation of Kyoto.
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3.10
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3.15 Kinkaku (The Golden Pavilion) Rokuon-ji Temple
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4. Kii-Tanabe
4.1 The train to Kiitanabe
4.2 Railways station
4.3 Street
4.4 Ueshiba Morihei, the founder of Aikido was born in the city of Tanabe. His resting place is located on the Kozan-ji Tempel grounds.
4.5 Bronze statue of Ueshiba Morhiei in the Ogigahama Park