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Abandoned Shizuoka: Ivy Building in Otowa Cho, Aoi Ku, Shizuoka City!

August 13, 2014 dragonlife Leave a comment

In shizuoka City, except for obvious designs, a lot of ivy is almost certainly a sign of abandonment considering the mild and humid climate!

i had to cycle past it to finally notice this old building, obviously a company of some kind in Otowa Cho, Aoi Ku, Shizuoka City!

I actually noticed it first from an angle across a car park!

The nearer you get the thicker the ivy appears!
Mind you this full summer!

They haven’t opened windows for ages!

Covered with ivy on at least three sides!

I truly wonder what’s hiding inside! LOL

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Japan, Photography, Shizuoka City

Abandoned Shizuoka: Ivy Chimney in Shizuoka City!

July 24, 2014 dragonlife 2 Comments

I was cycling around Yamato machi in Suruga Ku, Shizuoka City when I espied a green column poking out of a cluster of houses and decided to investigate!

That is when I realized it was an old chimney completely overgrown with ivy!

Getting near enough was nigh impossible as it was completely surrounded with no open access to it!

It is positively enormous by Japanese standards and would cost a fortune to pull down.
The company in front seemed to have ceased business.
They must have used an incinerator at their back.

There was some kind of access for a better view with a flight of stairs but it was safely locked!

I tried to walk though the high grass covering the small lane to another side access to what seemed a house or shed.

Unfortunately the gate was safely locked and the whole place overgrown with the trees of an abandoned garden, especially loquat trees!

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Romantic Gofuku Street in Shizuoka City?

July 18, 2014 dragonlife Leave a comment

There is little romantic about Gofuku Street in Shizuoka City!
It just shows you can easily transform any dour place into a destination with some appropriate photos!

You don’t even need a professional camera and whatever paraphernalia.
I took all these pictures with my mobile telephone! It is a Sony Ericsson they don’t make anymore, but I use it for all my blogs, although I do not use the flash!

I was in Gofuku Street, walking aimelssly, at around 7:00 pm, just before dog and wolf as we say in French, but it was particularly dark.

The contrast was naturally accentuated by the lamps focused by the camera.

If you know the whims of your camera, or mobile phone for that matter, I’m sure you can come up with some very interesting shots indeed!
And you don’t need to be a pro!

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Photography, Plane, Shizuoka City

Plane, but not a “Zero”, along the Warashina Riwer, Shizuoka City, Aoi Ku, Tomizawa!

June 9, 2014 dragonlife 4 Comments

Cycling gives you the great advantage to be able to stop anywhere and take photographs for posterity!

Yesterday i was cycling along the Warashina River in Aoi Ku, Shizuoka City when I found (for the second time actually. I had seen it there too many years ago) when Ifound this plane perched in front of a gasoline station in Tomizawa!

The owner had obviously tried to redecorate it to make it look like a “zero sen”, the famous WWII Japanese fighting plane!

The cockpit may make you think so, but the landing gear is far too modern!

At the very least it has become a useful landmark!

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Photography, Shizuoka City, Sunset

Blazing Sunset Before The First Drink in Shizuoka City!

June 4, 2014 dragonlife Leave a comment

With the rainy season around the corner evening skies are more cloudy than usual and it results into some spectacular sunsets!

The Shichiken Cho area in Aoi Ku, Shizuoka City is a very interesting location to take pictures of urban sunsets thanks to some retro decorations existing along the streets!

Even simple high rise buildings contribute to a special atmosphere!

My favorite picture just before entering a hidden lair for the first drink of the evening!

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Weird Japan (48): English Disaster Drinks and Weird Hearts!

June 2, 2014 dragonlife 4 Comments

“When you have felt thirst
in your heart,
You are in need of an oasis for
quench your thirst.
Your heart are thirsting for
a good feeling of place”

English teachers, it is about time to warn your students about the dangers of Google Translation Services!

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Weird Japan (46): Rabbit Road Guard Rails!

June 2, 2014 dragonlife 4 Comments

Japan is a safe country to the point of decorating part-time road guard rails when proceeding with works on their roads!

Yes, rabbits!
One way to keep the kids off dangerous roads!
And it is one example!
I’ve already seen blue ducks and blue and white Mount Fuji!

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Cherry Blossoms-Mizuochi Police Box, Aoi Ku, ShIzuoka City!

March 29, 2014 dragonlife 2 Comments

“Of all places!”, you might say and I tend to agree as the occupants of MIzuochi Police Box in Aoi Ku, Shizuoka City, are famously hopeless in a city where’s crime is almost inexistent and where the police is reduced to lurk on bicycles behind large signs to catch traffic offenders!

I didn’t include the police box in my pictures lest its denizens use it as a proof of my malfeasance!

The Mizuochi Police Box is located at the corner of Kitakaido Street and the Eastern Wall of Sumpu Castle Park.
There you can admire the wall and part of its moat.

It is a great spot right now for cherry blossoms visewing, although it will last only a few days especially with rain forecast tomorrow!

The trees are perched on top of the wall and cascade down to the moat!

Good (not like me!) photographers should be able to avoid modern distractions and achieve great results!

Little gems!

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Japan, Photography, Yokohama

Yokohama City: Minatomirai from Dusk to Dawn!

March 11, 2014 dragonlife Leave a comment

I stayed last night on the 16th floor of a hotel facing the sea in Minatomirai, one of the top touristic spots in Yokohama City!
The weather and clear all day and night and I did some experiments with the various stages from dusk to night with the landscape provided through our bay window!

The time was 05:26 PM on the big wheel!

The rainbow bridge and Yokohama Bay!

The strangely shaped moon crescent hotel on the left!

05:45 PM!

Hazy The rainbow bridge and Yokohama Bay!

Grey moon crescent hotel!

06:01 PM!

The rainbow bridge and Yokohama Bay starting to light up!

Futuristic hotel?

06:12 PM!

Only lines and dots in The rainbow bridge and Yokohama Bay!

Space base?

10:26 PM! The wheel had stopped moving!

Better lit The rainbow bridge and Yokohama Bay!

But the space station had gone quiet!

05:40 AM!

The rainbow bridge and Yokohama Bay probably at its best and most unknown at dawn!

Still looks like an alien vessel!

06:03 AM!

Fiery sky!

Apparently I awakened before the aliens!

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Weird Japan (45): Lost Umbrellas at Odawara JR Station!

March 9, 2014 dragonlife 7 Comments

Today I managed to take the wrong train back home in Shizuoka City from Mishima City and found myself marooned in Odawara Station waiting for the next Shinkansen train back home!

There is very little you can do on a Shinkasen track platfrom in Japan.
Just on a hunch I looked outside through th large bay window and noticed women employees taking out garbage, used cans in particular!

On the left of the picture you can see some cans offloaded from trains. I can’t imagine how many are taken out on week days.
But on the right I discovered something unusual!

Lost umbrellas on trains!
Now, what are they going to do with them? LOL

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Hamamatsu City, Japan, Manhole covers, Photography, Tourism

Manhole Covers in Shizuoka Prefecture 29: Hamamatsu City

March 6, 2014 dragonlife Leave a comment

This is basically the second part of manhole covers found in Hamamatsu City!
This a big city, actually the largest in area in Japan, so one can expect a mind-bogling variety of them, and I haven’t visited all the villages and towns merged into Hamamatsu City yet!

Fire hydrant found south of the JR Station. Probably one of the very first decorated manhole covers in the City!

Another old fire hydrant cover found just in front of the Fire Station!

The same as above!

Water access but related to the gas company?

Spent water flow regulating manhole cover. Note the Hamamatsu City symbol in the center!

Sewer manhole Cover.

Similar as above but with holes if the “circles” and no extra mention of the sewerage!

A far older rain water manhole cover fabricated by Kaneso Foundry!

A water access manhole cover by Hinode Foundry!

Another ancient sewer manhole cover type!

A private sewer manhole cover!

A modern type trying hard to blend in the its environment!

Same again!

And again!

A traffic lights machinery access manhole cover!

A very large unmarked, probably sewer. manhole cover!

Another different modern sewer manhole cover type!

Similar to above but for rain waters!

The same as above but the blending with its environment is off!

A large double valve pit!

A small electricity control access manhole cover!

Unusual gas valve pit!

Water valve pit!

A very old sewer manhole cover!

A different valve pit!

An old gas company pressurized water access valve pit!

Another old valve pit!

Another gas valve pit!

A private valve pit?

An old medium size valve pit!

Another old valve pit type!

Large Chubu Electric Company manhole cover!

A large municipal manhole cover!

An ancient fire Hydrant manhole cover!

Another large fire hydrant manhole cover type!

A tiny valve pit!

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Hagoromo, Japan, Photography, Tourism

Hagoromo Legend Statue in Shimizu Ku, Shizuoka City!

February 23, 2014 dragonlife 2 Comments

Not far from S-Puls Dream Plaza in Shimizu, Shizuoka City, a new bridge crosses the Tome River.
At bot end you will see a difefrent statue of a deity-like woman!

The bridge bears the name of Hagoromo Bridge/はごろもはし!

it was completed in March 1993!

As for the second statue, it is magnificent. It is a pity that the background is somewhat ugly!
But I deserves many pictures!

now, what is the story/legend of Hagoromo?

Hagoromo or 羽衣 means “Winged Veil”.
The 1200 year-old legend has many versions.
As for our local version, which is the most famous in Japan, it happened on the beach of matsubara in Miho, Shimizu Ku, Shizuoka City.
The deity/天女/”Tenjyo” lights down on the beach in the shape of bird. She turns into a human woman leaving her wings in the shape of a veil while she bathes in the sea.
An old man espies her and hides her veil lest she disappears again.
The deity who cannot fly back to heavens marries the old man and gives him a son to please him.
The old man takes pity on her and gives her back her veil that the deity puts to fly back to heavens.

Naturally the last line of the legend is where it varies from region to region!
Every year a Noh Dance is enacted on the beach of Matsubara to relate the legend!

Do walk along the bridge.
Th e statues are not that big but they are beautiful!

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Giant Wheel Mount Fuji in Shimizu Ku, Shizuoka City!

February 23, 2014 dragonlife Leave a comment

Took this picture todaynear S-Pulse Deam Plaza in Shimizu Ku, Shizuoka City!

Mount Fuji seemed in a somber mood for not being able to ride the giant wheel!

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Manhole Covers in Shizuoka Prefecture 27: Fire Hydrant Covers! (消火栓のマンホール) Part 2 (Abstract Symbols))

February 20, 2014 dragonlife Leave a comment

Splendid arrow motif in Kusanagai, Shimizu Ku, Shizuoka City! (credit: Atsuko Kurata)

Fire hydrant manhole covers, or more precisely manhole covers over water and water Tanks accesses for firemne were among the first to be decorated by municipalities with other water access manhole covers and come in three distinct kinds of motifs, either round or rectangular:
1) Fire trucks, firemen and Firefighter’ symbols
2) Regional symbols
3) Abstract symbols

More arrows with blue and yellow backgrounds in Yui, Shimizu Ku, Shizuoka City!

Can you distinguish the sakura ebi/cherry shrimp in the middle of this manhole cover in Yui, Shimizu Ku, Shizuoka City?

Found in Kambara, Shimizu Ku, Shizuoka City!

Similar in design but less intricate in Shizuoka City!

An old type in Ryuuyoo now merged into Iwata City!

Yoshiwara in Fuji City has at least 3 varieties on that design! Check the central motifs!

2nd variety in Yoshiwar, Fuji City!

3rd variety in Yoshiwara, Fuji City! Double manhole cover!

Similar typpe, but in Fujinomiya City!

A smaller one in Yui, Shimizu Ku, Shizuoka City, but use clearly indicated by yellow paint circle!

Rectangular fire hydrant manhole covers are also quite common but a second look will tell you soon enough that there are many differences in general motifs and city crests!
Found in Shizuoka City!

Shizuoka City!

An ancient one in Shimada City!

A smaller ancient one in Kikugawa City!

A manhole cover easy to find at night in Yui, Shimizu Ku, Shizuoka City!

Found in Okabe, now merged into Fujieda City!

Found in Kikugawa City, but still bearing “Kikugawa Cho” as it was called before being upgraded to city level!

There are also quite a few types in Kakegawa City which saw so many vilages merged into the city!

Similar as above but smaller in Kakegawa City!

A different type in Kakegawa City!

Still a different type in Kakegawa City, but far more ancient!

Found in Atami City, although it is a type found elsewhere!

Such rectangular manhole covers cut with a diagonal line are not very common and might denotate a different foundry!
Found in Shimizu Ku, Shizuoka City!

Found in Shizuoka City!

Found in Fujieda City!

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Recommended Lunch Restaurants In Shizuoka Prefecture: Asian (as of February 19th, 2014)

February 19, 2014 dragonlife Leave a comment

Bain Seo, the Vietnamese equivalent, but a lot lighter, of a Japanese okonomiyaki at Annam, Shizuoka City!

Many people only have time to visit restaurants at lunch and it is certainly not easy to find a restaurant with a better lunch with all those cheap diners around!
Here is the sixth installment of a series of reports on recommended lunch restaurants in Shizuoka Prefecture which will be classified as follows:
-French
-Italian
-Western (American, European, et al)
-Japanese
-Asian
-Vegan & Vegetarian
-Ethnic
-Healthy
-For families

CHAO CHINESE DINING

Service: Kind, smiling and attentive in spite of a crowded place!
Equipment & Facilities: Very clean overall. Shared washroom with Cenove Department Store but very excellent. Entirely non-smoking!
Prices: Reasonable
Strong points: Mild but very healthy All-Chinese gastronomy

CHAO CHINESE DINING

Shizuoka City, Aoi Ku, Takajyo, 1-1-1 Cenova Department Store, 5F
Tel.: 054-266-3095
Opening hours: 11:00~21:00
Private space possible for up to 7 guests
Parties welcome
Credit cards OK
Entirely non-smoking!

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NAMASTE NIPPON

Service: Very friendly, polite and smiling
Facilities & Equipment: Very clean overall. Spacious washroom
Prices: Reasonable
Strong points: A great blend of Indian and Nepalese cuisines. More than sufficient drinks list. Vegetarian set or single dishes available. Very generous portions!

NAMASTE NIPPON Nepalese-Indian Restaurant
420-0845 Shizuoka City, Aoi Ku, Oda Cho, 31-1, Ono Bldg, 1F (along the Kitakaido Street, 10 minutes walk from Cenova Department Store)
Tel. & Fax: 054-247-6775
Opening hours: 11:00~15:00, 17:00~22:30
Closed on Thursdays
Credit Cards OK
Paries welcome!
Take outs OK!

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ANNAM

Service: Very friendly, smiling and attentive
Facilities: Great overall cleanliness. Superb separate washrooms.
Prices: Reasonable to slightly expensive.
Strong points: Authentic Vietnamese Cuisine prepared and served by Vietnamese staff. Great use of local products. Vietnamese shochu!

ANNAM
420-0852 Shizuoka City, Aoi Ku, Kooyamachi, 6-6, Mitduhisa Building, 2F
Tel.: 054-250-2266
Fax: 054-250-2323
Business hours: 11:30~14:00, 17:30~22:30
Closed on Mondays
Parties welcome
HOMEPAGE (Japanese)
Entirely non-smoking!

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SHIKINJO

Service: Friendly and attentive!
Facilities & Equipment: Very clean overal. Clean washroom
Prices: Reasonable
Strong points: Authentic Chinese gastronomy. Great dimsung/gyoza in 3 different forms!

SHIKINJO
Shizuoka City, Aoi Ku, Takajo Machi, 3-21-20, Kawai Bldg 1F
Tel. & fax: 054-2742727
Opening hours:
Weekdays: 11:30~13:30 & 17:30~22:00
Saturdays, Sundays & National Holidays: 17:00~22:00
Closed on Wednesdays.
Parties welcome
10 minutes walk from Shin Shizuoka Station in Cenova Department Store

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