Tag: Art
06
Mar
Manhole Covers in Shizuoka Prefecture 29: Hamamatsu City
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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...
04
Mar
Postage Stamps Bus in Iwata City?
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Buses are not decorated for advertisement only in Shizuoka but more or less everywhere! I found this private bus in Iwata City the other day!...
04
Mar
Manhole Covers in Shizuoka Prefecture 28: Iwata City & Fukuroi City
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Yesterday as I had to go there for many reasons I took plenty of pictures in Iwata City and Fukuroi City which are neighbors in...
19
Feb
Manhole Covers in Shizuoka Prefecture 26: Fire Hydrant Covers! (消火栓のマンホール) Part 1 (Firefighting & Regional symbols))
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Fire Truck in Hamamatsu City! Fire hydrant manhole covers, or more precisely manhole covers over water and water Tanks accesses for firemne were among the...
13
Feb
Manhole Covers in Shizuoka Prefecture 25: Mount Fuji Manhole Covers! (富士山のマンホール)
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The mint Manhole Cover in Shimizu City before it was merged in Shizuoka City depicting the World Cultural Heritage of Mount Fuji and Miho Matsubara...
13
Feb
Kura: Japanese Traditional Warehouses in Shizuoka Prefecture 10
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Partly stone-built kura in Yoshiwara, Fuji City! “Kura” (in Japanese 蔵 or 倉) means “warehouse” or “Storehouse”. In traditional Japan, especially during the Edo Era,...
12
Feb
Guiness World Record: Kappa Collection at Tach-chan’s Kappa Museum in Yaizu City!
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We do hold quite a few records in Shizuoka Prefecture but in Yaizu City one can discover a most unusual world record: The biggest collection...
11
Feb
Traditional Japanese Houses: Shimizu Bank Branch in Kakegawa City!
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In Kakegawa City on the way to the Kakegawa Castle you will discover and old traditional house with some interesting story! On a bright day...
11
Feb
Steam Locomotive CS 50 96 (December 1929) in Yaizu City!
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If you get off the South Exit of Yaizu JR Station, walk down the steps on you right and walk along the the tracks on...
11
Feb
Weird Japan (44): Ramen-eating Skeleton Restaurant Sign in Yaizu City!
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I knew there was something strange about that restaurant sign board in Yaizu City, even from a distance! I understand that some restaurants will go...
11
Feb
Kappa (Water Goblins) Street in Yaizu City!
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Kimono-clad female kappa! If you get off at Nishi Yaizu JR Station and go to the Kappa Museum, you will discover at one moment little...
10
Feb
Daruma Festival at Bishamonten Myohouji Temple in Yoshiwara, Fuji City!-富士市吉原で毘沙門天大祭!
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Every year one of the three biggest Daruma Doll Festival is held in Yoshiwara, Fuji City! This year it was held a bit earlier than...
08
Feb
Gastronomic Art and Humor: “Chawan Mushi (“Mushi”=”Steamed” or “Insect”!) at Art Gallery Pumpkin 2 in Yaizu City!
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Yuuji Iwasaki/岩崎祐司さんi holding a very interesting exhibition until February 23rd where you can both admire some very unusual art and learn about Japanese puns! Yuuji...
08
Feb
Art Gallery: Pumpkin 2 in Yaizu City!
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When it comes to art galleries you do sometimes need some kind of radar to find them! But it is certainly worth the search! now...
07
Feb
Manhole Covers in Shizuoka Prefecture 24: Yoshiwara (now merged to Fuji City)
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kaguyahime/The Bamboo Cutter Daughter, considered by many as the most beautiful manhole cover in Japan! The same. It is framed in yellow on the road...