Posted in Ishikawa, Photography, tagged Buddhism, Buddhist temple, Ishikawa, japan, Natadera, photography, temple, Travel on 2013/05/01| Leave a Comment »
I’ve mentioned the precipitation of Ishikawa quite a few times on my photo posts. Even though it makes biking unpleasant and battling household mold a challenge in older homes, the constant rain in Ishikawa does make for a lush landscape.
Posted in Architecture, Gender, Kamakura, Photography, tagged constitution, divorce, japan, Kamakura, nunnery, photography, temple, tokeiji, 東慶寺 on 2012/07/02| 1 Comment »
“Tokeiji is the place where men are deprived of their pride.”
Normally I ask for the Japanese version of the maps and flyers at tourist sites, because 1. I can read Japanese and 2. the Japanese version is often more detailed. When we got to Tokeiji, I told the staff member “either language is fine” in Japanese, so I received an English version. I’m going to let you draw your own conclusion to that interaction; suffice it to say that the solution to the language problem is to let customers pick up their own brochures at the counter if desired. However, the Japanese version is unlikely to have had such an awesome statement as the one above, so I think I secretly won this round.
Posted in Architecture, Culture, Kanazawa, Photography, tagged architecture, European, japanese, Kanazawa, log cabin, photography, shrine, temple on 2011/09/13| 6 Comments »
Happy 100th post to me!
There’s a lot of Kanazawa that visitors don’t see. This is probably because the main roads, which are the bus routes, are easier to stick to when walking, particularly those that lead from the station to Kohrinbo and Katamachi, the heart of downtown. The narrow back streets, however, are much easier to use when biking, and biking everywhere in Kanazawa has really opened my eyes to this area I didn’t know existed.
