Tag: Statues

03 Dec

Hiroshige Wood Block Prints for All in Gofuku Cho Street in Shizuoka City! 31~45

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Wood Block Print 31) Hamamatsu (Hamamatsu City, Shizuoka Prefecture)! SYNOPSIS Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese: 歌川広重), also Andō Hiroshige (Japanese: 安藤広重; 1797 – 12 October...

02 Dec

Hiroshige Wood Block Prints for All in Gofuku Cho Street in Shizuoka City! 21~30

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Wood Block Print 21) Sanjo Bridge at Keishi (Kyoto). Not a station but the end of the Tokaido Trail! SYNOPSIS Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese: 歌川広重),...

29 Nov

Hiroshige Wood Block Prints for All in Gofuku Cho Street in Shizuoka City! 11~20

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Wood Block Print 11) 28th Station: Mitsuke (Tenryuu, presently Hamamatsu City, Shizuoka Prefecture)! SYNOPSIS Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese: 歌川広重), also Andō Hiroshige (Japanese: 安藤広重;...

02 Nov

Butterfly by Bernard Buffet in Mishima City!

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If you visit Mishima City in the Eastern part of Shizuoka Prefecture you ought to visit The Clematis Garden and the Bernard Buffet Museum in...

31 Oct

Skiing Ants in Mishima City!

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I’ve just come from a short trip and overnight stay in Mishima City and Izu Peninsula where I had the occasion to discover a few...

04 Oct

Street Statues in Numazu City

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People Dance If you walk along the main street leading from Numazu JR Station to the Numazu harbor you will notice quite a few statues...

18 Sep

Edo Era Travelers in Shizuoka City (Sumpu)!

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The City of Shizuoka (as of the Prefecture) was always called so, but until the end of the beginning of the modern era it was...

29 Oct

Japan Tourism: The 57 “Red Berets” at Kansyouin Temple in Mariko, Shizuoka City!

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“Red Berets” or “Stooges? The other day when I was strolling at the foot of the mountains surrounding Mariko I happened onto an unusual site!...