Yomei-Mon Gate

I’m fascinated about Japan and who wouldn’t be of such a great culture – as I like to say it is not Earth but a new planet, Japan. I got the card via Postcrossing and it is showing Yomei-Mon Gate, one of the most exquisite buildings of Old Japan – as you can read on the card. It is a part of a Tōshō-gū temple from Nikkō, a World Heritage Site of UNESCO from 1999. It is a tōshō-gū because the Shinto temple was dedicated to Tokugawa Ieyasu, also known as Tōshō Daigongen, the founder of the last shogunate. The Nikkō site has 103 buildings and the one from the card is the most famous one. The gate is also known as higurashi-no-mon because you can admire it until sundown and you’ll never get bored. 

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Sunt fascinat de Japonia şi sunt convins că şi voi aţi visat să ajungeți acolo. De curând am primit o vedere absolut minunată prin Postrcrossing (Google-it :D) ce reprezintă poarta Yomei-Mon, one of the most exquisite buildings of Old Japan, aşa cum scrie pe vedere. Este parte a unui templu Tōshō-gū din Nikkō şi este parte din Patrimoniul UNESCO din 1999. De ce tōshō-gū este o denumire generică? Pentru că astfel este numit orice templu Shinto dedicat lui Tokugawa Ieyasu, cunoscut şi ca Tōshō Daigongen, fondatorul ultimului shogunat ce a condus Japonia. Templul din Nikkō este format din 103 clădiri şi cea din vedere este una din cele mai renumite. Un alt nume al porţi este higurashi-no-mon ceea ce înseamnă că te poţi uita la ea până la apusul soarelui şi nu o să te plictiseşti.

Time-lapse video of Mt Fuji, Miyajima, Iwate

The latest time-lapse video by Tokyo-based photographer Samuel Cockedey features captivating views of Mt. Fuji, Miyajima (Itsukushima Shrine), and Iwate prefecture.

(autumn) from Samuel Cockedey on Vimeo.

Square Watermelon in Japan

Citrullus lanatus, a scientific name for watermelon. Melons are refreshing and most delicious fruit I loved. It is rich with many nutrients which is good for the health. Normally a watermelon’s shape is circle, which becomes a common problem in storing inside the refrigerator because it rolls. But, have you seen a square watermelon here in the Philippines? In foreign countries, square watermelon exists. Square watermelons are developed at Zentsuji Southern Japan. It is sold for about 10,000 yen or $82 that only the rich can afford to buy. Japan’s regular watermelon costs only $15 - $25 each.