Hyvät myöhäiset uudet vuodet siis! Kävimme mutkan Shimonosekissä 31.12. Lisäksi pari kuvaa seuraavilta päiviltä, Japanissahan tuo tärkein päivä ei ole 31.12. vaan oikeastaan 1.1. :)
Kuvat ovat hyvin epäloogisessa järjestyksessä, mutta en millään jaksa järjestellä niitä uusiksi, valitan! Syyttäkää Bloggeria...
I visited Shimonoseki on New Year's eve, and the rest of the pictures are taken the day or two after. The pictures are in a pretty illogical order, but I'm too tired to rearrange them. Blame Blogger for this!
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| Kaikyo Yume Tower in Shimonoseki. We also had a bit different nickname for it *cough* |
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| I got to eat Belle |
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| The entrance to Akama shrine |
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| Fugu are everywhere |
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| Durrrp |
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| House in a house...houseception?? |
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| Omikuji |
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| More Akama shrine |
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| Like I said...more fugu |
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| The view from the tower |
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| Akama shrine, dedicated to emperor Antoku who was only six(or seven)
when he died...the legend is really sad:"The colours and style of the
gate are inspired by Ryūgū-jō. The source states that Antoku's
grandmother, Nii-no-Ama, who drowned with Antoku, wished for their
palace to be created underwater as she jumped into the sea. Ryūgū-jō is a
mythical underwater palace, belonging to the dragon god of the sea. In
the Tale of Heike, Nii-no-Ama told Antoku, before jumping, that they
would go to an underwater palace. |
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| Antoku and a dragon. |
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| A pile of faces. |
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| European style architecture, hmm? |
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| "The fishermen say the Heike samurai wander the bottoms of the Inland
Sea still - in the form of crabs. There are crabs to be found here with
curious markings on their backs, patterns and indentations that
disturbingly resemble the face of a samurai. When caught, these crabs
are not eaten, but are returned to the sea in commemoration of the
doleful events at Danno-ura." |
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| The 25th hour? Apparently the time flows differently in Japan... |
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| Derpy dragon emas |
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| A New Year's decoration that I made. The leaves show the lighter side, because in Japan white is considered holy |
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| HalloDay: Amusement Food Holes (What the...) |
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| A dragon bun to celebrate the Year of the Dragon! |
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| I love caterpillars! This baby was found on my balcony. |
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| I returned to Yamaguchi before midnight, and visited the Rurikoji temple. |
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| I really like how the pagoda looks in the dark! |
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| A cute girl buying candy apples. |
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| Apparently you are supposed to fo around the sides of the circle first, before finally going through it... |
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| I just thought this picture was funny...the Yamaguchi prefecture is hugging the kids and the blowfish is dressed as policeman... |
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| It was quite atmospheric at the temple.. |
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| This face amuses me. |
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| Some new year's stuff I bought: a couple of arrows with a dragon ema+dragon statue+a couple of charms. The gay colored charm wards off bad luck XD |
Lopuksi video, jossa buddhalaista messuamista!
You can listen to some buddhist chanting in the video!
