Those dog masks never cease to fascinate me. This one is located in the tiny museum in the Ritsurin Garden in Takamatsu. I can’t remember the details, there must be some noticeable ones if it’s there, at least its age. The day I saw it was my very […]
Monthly Archives: August 2011
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One of these days, heading to Zentsūji and Konpirasan, we stopped in Sanuki Kokubunji, a town that has actually been incorporated into Takamatsu in 2006, more precisely in its library (not sure if it was the municipal library though) to go see a Bonsai exhibit. Those were not any […]
Yesterday reached 40°C (about 100°F), today should be the same. Yes, contrarily to popular belief the hottest place in France in August is not Provence, but my home area. In other words, it’s too hot to blog. So today, I’ll mostly do this instead:
Last June, we ventured a little bit in Okayama Prefecture for a nice day trip there. We started with Okayama city, and more precisely its castle. And the very first thing that stroke me was that Okayama Castle (Okayama-jō 岡山城) is as black as its famous neighbor, Himeji-jō is white. […]
It’s too hot to write anything of substance today (35°C/95°F, remember, no A/C in Frrench homes) to instead a picture, that I hope you’ll find as “cooling” as I do: This picture was taken from Ōshima‘s beach. I hope you recognize Ogijima in the background. 😉
A few days ago I told you about how Takamatsu Castle’s main tower is in the process of being rebuilt. Sometime this week I’m planning on telling you about Okayama Castle which has been rebuilt in 1966. Coincidentally, KuyshuDan at Japanese Castle Explorer posted a couple of days ago a […]
At least part of the Takamatsu castle. If I’m not wrong, it’s the Tsukimi Yagura (Moon Viewing Turret), well, it’s the one next to the road between the castle and the port. Recently, I heard of two people who visited Takamatsu and didn’t go to Tamamo Park (the […]
Not too long ago I told you about the Benesse House and the Benesse Art Site on Naoshima. Here are a few more lines and pictures about it, although today, we are going to mainly focus on the Benesse House Park and Beach. This section of the Benesse House includes […]