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  • Tokyo Tower stands 333 meters tall and is principally a radio tower that was built in 1958. It is illuminated at night and the colors change by season and also for special holidays and events. Though it may resemble its model, the Eiffel Tower, it stands 13 meters taller than its cousin in Paris. It stands as a symbol of Japan's postwar rebirth as a major economic power.  Tokyo Tower was the country's tallest structure until 2012 when it was surpassed by the Tokyo Skytree.<br />
Because of the tower's central location, the observatory offers an interesting view of the city despite its relatively moderate height.
    tokyo-tower-8.jpg
  • Tokyo Tower stands 333 meters tall and is principally a radio tower that was built in 1958. It is illuminated at night and the colors change by season and also for special holidays and events. Though it may resemble its model, the Eiffel Tower, it stands 13 meters taller than its cousin in Paris. It stands as a symbol of Japan's postwar rebirth as a major economic power.  Tokyo Tower was the country's tallest structure until 2012 when it was surpassed by the Tokyo Skytree.<br />
Because of the tower's central location, the observatory offers an interesting view of the city despite its relatively moderate height.
    tokyo-tower-6.jpg
  • Tokyo Tower stands 333 meters tall and is principally a radio tower that was built in 1958. It is illuminated at night and the colors change by season and also for special holidays and events. Though it may resemble its model, the Eiffel Tower, it stands 13 meters taller than its cousin in Paris. It stands as a symbol of Japan's postwar rebirth as a major economic power.  Tokyo Tower was the country's tallest structure until 2012 when it was surpassed by the Tokyo Skytree.<br />
Because of the tower's central location, the observatory offers an interesting view of the city despite its relatively moderate height.
    tokyo-tower-2.jpg
  • Tokyo Tower stands 333 meters tall and is principally a radio tower that was built in 1958. It is illuminated at night and the colors change by season and also for special holidays and events. Though it may resemble its model, the Eiffel Tower, it stands 13 meters taller than its cousin in Paris. It stands as a symbol of Japan's postwar rebirth as a major economic power.  Tokyo Tower was the country's tallest structure until 2012 when it was surpassed by the Tokyo Skytree.<br />
Because of the tower's central location, the observatory offers an interesting view of the city despite its relatively moderate height.
    tokyo-tower-1.jpg
  • Tokyo Tower stands 333 meters tall and is principally a radio tower that was built in 1958. It is illuminated at night and the colors change by season and also for special holidays and events. Though it may resemble its model, the Eiffel Tower, it stands 13 meters taller than its cousin in Paris. It stands as a symbol of Japan's postwar rebirth as a major economic power.  Tokyo Tower was the country's tallest structure until 2012 when it was surpassed by the Tokyo Skytree.<br />
Because of the tower's central location, the observatory offers an interesting view of the city despite its relatively moderate height.
    tokyo-tower-7.jpg
  • Tokyo Tower stands 333 meters tall and is principally a radio tower that was built in 1958. It is illuminated at night and the colors change by season and also for special holidays and events. Though it may resemble its model, the Eiffel Tower, it stands 13 meters taller than its cousin in Paris. It stands as a symbol of Japan's postwar rebirth as a major economic power.  Tokyo Tower was the country's tallest structure until 2012 when it was surpassed by the Tokyo Skytree.<br />
Because of the tower's central location, the observatory offers an interesting view of the city despite its relatively moderate height.
    tokyo-tower-3.jpg
  • Daijo-in garden was designed by Zenami in the mid Muromachi Period and fell into ruin with the demise of the temple of the same name. In 1958 the site was designated as a National Scenic Place then the Japan National Trust restored the garden to its original brilliance.  The former Daijo-in temple prospered as a temple whose chief priest was a member of the imperial family but now only the garden remains.
    AMBER-LOTUS-2023-20.jpg
  • Tokyo Bay Kannon is a 56m-high statue of Kannon built at the Minami Boso National Park at the top of Mt. Otsubo overlooking Tokyo Bay.<br />
This statue was erected in 1958 and has been a landmark ever since.  Its appearance is of a peaceful face that wishes for our happiness and a peaceful world.  The sculptor of Tokyo Wan Kannon is Mr. Ko Hasegawa, a sculptor who won the International Grand Prix. There are many other works by Mr. Hasegawa in Kannon's womb. The view of Tokyo Bay from the “heavenly world” the height of the crown) is superb, and on a clear day, Mt. Fuji and the sunset can be seen.
    tokyo-bay-kannon--02.jpg
  • Butsugyoji is a temple related to Kajiwara Kagetoki, located in a quiet residential area of Fueda Kamakura.  It is most famous for its pond garden and azaleas and rhododendrons ithat are in bloom in April and May.  The azaleas are planted, helter-skelter in an undulating pattern on the hill facing Mt. Fueda which has a large and popular public park.  Above the temple itself, there is a hiking trail through the azaleas, that leads to the tomb of Kajiwara at the top.   In 1958 the main hall collapsed due to a landslide but was quickly rebuilt.
    Butsugyoji-13.jpg
  • Butsugyoji is a temple related to Kajiwara Kagetoki, located in a quiet residential area of Fueda Kamakura.  It is most famous for its pond garden and azaleas and rhododendrons ithat are in bloom in April and May.  The azaleas are planted, helter-skelter in an undulating pattern on the hill facing Mt. Fueda which has a large and popular public park.  Above the temple itself, there is a hiking trail through the azaleas, that leads to the tomb of Kajiwara at the top.   In 1958 the main hall collapsed due to a landslide but was quickly rebuilt.
    Butsugyoji-12.jpg
  • Butsugyoji is a temple related to Kajiwara Kagetoki, located in a quiet residential area of Fueda Kamakura.  It is most famous for its pond garden and azaleas and rhododendrons ithat are in bloom in April and May.  The azaleas are planted, helter-skelter in an undulating pattern on the hill facing Mt. Fueda which has a large and popular public park.  Above the temple itself, there is a hiking trail through the azaleas, that leads to the tomb of Kajiwara at the top.   In 1958 the main hall collapsed due to a landslide but was quickly rebuilt.
    Butsugyoji-10.jpg
  • Butsugyoji is a temple related to Kajiwara Kagetoki, located in a quiet residential area of Fueda Kamakura.  It is most famous for its pond garden and azaleas and rhododendrons ithat are in bloom in April and May.  The azaleas are planted, helter-skelter in an undulating pattern on the hill facing Mt. Fueda which has a large and popular public park.  Above the temple itself, there is a hiking trail through the azaleas, that leads to the tomb of Kajiwara at the top.   In 1958 the main hall collapsed due to a landslide but was quickly rebuilt.
    Butsugyoji-03.jpg
  • Butsugyoji is a temple related to Kajiwara Kagetoki, located in a quiet residential area of Fueda Kamakura.  It is most famous for its pond garden and azaleas and rhododendrons ithat are in bloom in April and May.  The azaleas are planted, helter-skelter in an undulating pattern on the hill facing Mt. Fueda which has a large and popular public park.  Above the temple itself, there is a hiking trail through the azaleas, that leads to the tomb of Kajiwara at the top.   In 1958 the main hall collapsed due to a landslide but was quickly rebuilt.
    Butsugyoji-02.jpg
  • Daijo-in garden was designed by Zenami in the mid Muromachi Period and fell into ruin with the demise of the temple of the same name. In 1958 the site was designated as a National Scenic Place then the Japan National Trust restored the garden to its original brilliance.  The former Daijo-in temple prospered as a temple whose chief priest was a member of the imperial family but now only the garden remains.
    AMBER-LOTUS-2023-55.jpg
  • Daijo-in garden was designed by Zenami in the mid Muromachi Period and fell into ruin with the demise of the temple of the same name. In 1958 the site was designated as a National Scenic Place then the Japan National Trust restored the garden to its original brilliance.  The former Daijo-in temple prospered as a temple whose chief priest was a member of the imperial family but now only the garden remains.
    daijo-in-20.jpg
  • Daijo-in garden was designed by Zenami in the mid Muromachi Period and fell into ruin with the demise of the temple of the same name. In 1958 the site was designated as a National Scenic Place then the Japan National Trust restored the garden to its original brilliance.  The former Daijo-in temple prospered as a temple whose chief priest was a member of the imperial family but now only the garden remains.
    daijo-in-18.jpg
  • Daijo-in garden was designed by Zenami in the mid Muromachi Period and fell into ruin with the demise of the temple of the same name. In 1958 the site was designated as a National Scenic Place then the Japan National Trust restored the garden to its original brilliance.  The former Daijo-in temple prospered as a temple whose chief priest was a member of the imperial family but now only the garden remains.
    daijo-in-17.jpg
  • Daijo-in garden was designed by Zenami in the mid Muromachi Period and fell into ruin with the demise of the temple of the same name. In 1958 the site was designated as a National Scenic Place then the Japan National Trust restored the garden to its original brilliance.  The former Daijo-in temple prospered as a temple whose chief priest was a member of the imperial family but now only the garden remains.
    daijo-in-13.jpg
  • Daijo-in garden was designed by Zenami in the mid Muromachi Period and fell into ruin with the demise of the temple of the same name. In 1958 the site was designated as a National Scenic Place then the Japan National Trust restored the garden to its original brilliance.  The former Daijo-in temple prospered as a temple whose chief priest was a member of the imperial family but now only the garden remains.
    daijo-in-10.jpg
  • Daijo-in garden was designed by Zenami in the mid Muromachi Period and fell into ruin with the demise of the temple of the same name. In 1958 the site was designated as a National Scenic Place then the Japan National Trust restored the garden to its original brilliance.  The former Daijo-in temple prospered as a temple whose chief priest was a member of the imperial family but now only the garden remains.
    daijo-in-11.jpg
  • Daijo-in garden was designed by Zenami in the mid Muromachi Period and fell into ruin with the demise of the temple of the same name. In 1958 the site was designated as a National Scenic Place then the Japan National Trust restored the garden to its original brilliance.  The former Daijo-in temple prospered as a temple whose chief priest was a member of the imperial family but now only the garden remains.
    daijo-in-12.jpg
  • One of the quirkiest, yet most interesting attractions in Vientiane would have to be Xieng Khuan, commonly called "Buddha Park". Xieng Khuan or "Spirit City" is just as much a monument to one man's eccentric and bizarre ambition as it is an impressive collection of massive ferro-concrete sculptures dotted around a riverside meadow. Although the brontosaurian reclining Buddha and strange edifice resembling a pumpkin - there are statues of every conceivable deity in the Buddhist/Hindu pantheon. Even if you are not up on your Buddhist/Hindu deities you will enjoy strolling around some of the more fantastic shapes.  Xieng Khuan was designed and built in 1958 by Louang Pou Bunleua Sulilat a self style holy man who took Hinduism and Buddhism and merged them into his own iconography. After the revolution in 1975, he fled from Laos to Thailand where he built another sculpture park, Sala Keoku in Nong Khai.. He fled because his anti-Communist beliefs conflicted with the views of the Pathet Lao.
    xieng-khuan-2.jpg
  • One of the quirkiest, yet most interesting attractions in Vientiane would have to be Xieng Khuan, commonly called "Buddha Park". Xieng Khuan or "Spirit City" is just as much a monument to one man's eccentric and bizarre ambition as it is an impressive collection of massive ferro-concrete sculptures dotted around a riverside meadow. Although the brontosaurian reclining Buddha and strange edifice resembling a pumpkin - there are statues of every conceivable deity in the Buddhist/Hindu pantheon. Even if you are not up on your Buddhist/Hindu deities you will enjoy strolling around some of the more fantastic shapes.  Xieng Khuan was designed and built in 1958 by Louang Pou Bunleua Sulilat a self style holy man who took Hinduism and Buddhism and merged them into his own iconography. After the revolution in 1975, he fled from Laos to Thailand where he built another sculpture park, Sala Keoku in Nong Khai.. He fled because his anti-Communist beliefs conflicted with the views of the Pathet Lao.
    xieng-khuan-4.jpg
  • Tokyo Tower is a communications and observation tower located in Shiba Park, Tokyo, with a remarkable likeness to the Eiffel Tower in Paris. At 332  metres (1000 ft), it is the tallest self supporting steel structure in the world and the tallest artificial structure in Japan.  Built in 1958, the tower's main sources of revenue are tourism and broadcast antenna leasing.
    tokyo-tower-04.jpg
  • The Ramen Museum, Yokohama, bills itself as the first museum in Japan devoted to food, that is - Japanese ramen noodles and features a recreation of Tokyo in the year 1958 - significantly the year instant noodles were invented.  Within the museum are branches of famous ramen restaurants from all over Japan from Kyushu to Hokkaido, each with their own distinctive styles of ramen noodles.
    ramen-museum-1.jpg
  • The Ramen Museum, Yokohama, bills itself as the first museum in Japan devoted to food, that is - Japanese ramen noodles and features a recreation of Tokyo in the year 1958 - significantly the year instant noodles were invented.  Within the museum are branches of famous ramen restaurants from all over Japan from Kyushu to Hokkaido, each with their own distinctive styles of ramen noodles.
    ramen-museum-2.jpg
  • The Ramen Museum, Yokohama, bills itself as the first museum in Japan devoted to food, that is - Japanese ramen noodles and features a recreation of Tokyo in the year 1958 - significantly the year instant noodles were invented.  Within the museum are branches of famous ramen restaurants from all over Japan from Kyushu to Hokkaido, each with their own distinctive styles of ramen noodles.
    ramen-museum-4.jpg
  • The Ramen Museum, Yokohama, bills itself as the first museum in Japan devoted to food, that is - Japanese ramen noodles and features a recreation of Tokyo in the year 1958 - significantly the year instant noodles were invented.  Within the museum are branches of famous ramen restaurants from all over Japan from Kyushu to Hokkaido, each with their own distinctive styles of ramen noodles.
    ramen-museum-6.jpg
  • The Asian Art Museum of San Francisco has one of the most comprehensive collections of Asian art in the world. Until recently housed at the de Young Museum in Golden Gate Park, the Asian Art Museum reopened in 2003 in the former San Francisco city library building. The museum owes its origin to a donation to the city of San Francisco by Chicago millionaire Avery Brundage, who was a major collector of Asian art. The Society for Asian Art, incorporated in 1958, was the group that formed specifically to gain Avery Brundage's collection.
    asian-art-museum-2.jpg
  • The Asian Art Museum of San Francisco has one of the most comprehensive collections of Asian art in the world. Until recently housed at the de Young Museum in Golden Gate Park, the Asian Art Museum reopened in 2003 in the former San Francisco city library building. The museum owes its origin to a donation to the city of San Francisco by Chicago millionaire Avery Brundage, who was a major collector of Asian art. The Society for Asian Art, incorporated in 1958, was the group that formed specifically to gain Avery Brundage's collection.
    asian-art-museum-1.jpg
  • Tokyo Bay Kannon is a 56m-high statue of Kannon built at the Minami Boso National Park at the top of Mt. Otsubo overlooking Tokyo Bay.<br />
This statue was erected in 1958 and has been a landmark ever since.  Its appearance is of a peaceful face that wishes for our happiness and a peaceful world.  The sculptor of Tokyo Wan Kannon is Mr. Ko Hasegawa, a sculptor who won the International Grand Prix. There are many other works by Mr. Hasegawa in Kannon's womb. The view of Tokyo Bay from the “heavenly world” the height of the crown) is superb, and on a clear day, Mt. Fuji and the sunset can be seen.
    tokyo-bay-kannon--03.jpg
  • Tokyo Bay Kannon is a 56m-high statue of Kannon built at the Minami Boso National Park at the top of Mt. Otsubo overlooking Tokyo Bay.<br />
This statue was erected in 1958 and has been a landmark ever since.  Its appearance is of a peaceful face that wishes for our happiness and a peaceful world.  The sculptor of Tokyo Wan Kannon is Mr. Ko Hasegawa, a sculptor who won the International Grand Prix. There are many other works by Mr. Hasegawa in Kannon's womb. The view of Tokyo Bay from the “heavenly world” the height of the crown) is superb, and on a clear day, Mt. Fuji and the sunset can be seen.
    tokyo-bay-kannon--01.jpg
  • Butsugyoji is a temple related to Kajiwara Kagetoki, located in a quiet residential area of Fueda Kamakura.  It is most famous for its pond garden and azaleas and rhododendrons ithat are in bloom in April and May.  The azaleas are planted, helter-skelter in an undulating pattern on the hill facing Mt. Fueda which has a large and popular public park.  Above the temple itself, there is a hiking trail through the azaleas, that leads to the tomb of Kajiwara at the top.   In 1958 the main hall collapsed due to a landslide but was quickly rebuilt.
    Butsugyoji-14.jpg
  • Butsugyoji is a temple related to Kajiwara Kagetoki, located in a quiet residential area of Fueda Kamakura.  It is most famous for its pond garden and azaleas and rhododendrons ithat are in bloom in April and May.  The azaleas are planted, helter-skelter in an undulating pattern on the hill facing Mt. Fueda which has a large and popular public park.  Above the temple itself, there is a hiking trail through that passes by several caves, the trail leads up to the tomb of Kajiwara at the top.   In 1958 the main hall collapsed due to a landslide but was quickly rebuilt.
    Butsugyoji-15.jpg
  • Butsugyoji is a temple related to Kajiwara Kagetoki, located in a quiet residential area of Fueda Kamakura.  It is most famous for its pond garden and azaleas and rhododendrons ithat are in bloom in April and May.  The azaleas are planted, helter-skelter in an undulating pattern on the hill facing Mt. Fueda which has a large and popular public park.  Above the temple itself, there is a hiking trail through that passes by several caves, the trail leads up to the tomb of Kajiwara at the top.   In 1958 the main hall collapsed due to a landslide but was quickly rebuilt.
    Butsugyoji-11.jpg
  • Butsugyoji is a temple related to Kajiwara Kagetoki, located in a quiet residential area of Fueda Kamakura.  It is most famous for its pond garden and azaleas and rhododendrons ithat are in bloom in April and May.  The azaleas are planted, helter-skelter in an undulating pattern on the hill facing Mt. Fueda which has a large and popular public park.  Above the temple itself, there is a hiking trail through the azaleas, that leads to the tomb of Kajiwara at the top.   In 1958 the main hall collapsed due to a landslide but was quickly rebuilt.
    Butsugyoji-08.jpg
  • Butsugyoji is a temple related to Kajiwara Kagetoki, located in a quiet residential area of Fueda Kamakura.  It is most famous for its pond garden and azaleas and rhododendrons ithat are in bloom in April and May.  The azaleas are planted, helter-skelter in an undulating pattern on the hill facing Mt. Fueda which has a large and popular public park.  Above the temple itself, there is a hiking trail through the azaleas, that leads to the tomb of Kajiwara at the top.   In 1958 the main hall collapsed due to a landslide but was quickly rebuilt.
    Butsugyoji-07.jpg
  • Butsugyoji is a temple related to Kajiwara Kagetoki, located in a quiet residential area of Fueda Kamakura.  It is most famous for its pond garden and azaleas and rhododendrons ithat are in bloom in April and May.  The azaleas are planted, helter-skelter in an undulating pattern on the hill facing Mt. Fueda which has a large and popular public park.  Above the temple itself, there is a hiking trail through the azaleas, that leads to the tomb of Kajiwara at the top.   In 1958 the main hall collapsed due to a landslide but was quickly rebuilt.
    Butsugyoji-06.jpg
  • Butsugyoji is a temple related to Kajiwara Kagetoki, located in a quiet residential area of Fueda Kamakura.  It is most famous for its pond garden and azaleas and rhododendrons ithat are in bloom in April and May.  The azaleas are planted, helter-skelter in an undulating pattern on the hill facing Mt. Fueda which has a large and popular public park.  Above the temple itself, there is a hiking trail through the azaleas, that leads to the tomb of Kajiwara at the top.   In 1958 the main hall collapsed due to a landslide but was quickly rebuilt.
    Butsugyoji-05.jpg
  • Butsugyoji is a temple related to Kajiwara Kagetoki, located in a quiet residential area of Fueda Kamakura.  It is most famous for its pond garden and azaleas and rhododendrons ithat are in bloom in April and May.  The azaleas are planted, helter-skelter in an undulating pattern on the hill facing Mt. Fueda which has a large and popular public park.  Above the temple itself, there is a hiking trail through the azaleas, that leads to the tomb of Kajiwara at the top.   In 1958 the main hall collapsed due to a landslide but was quickly rebuilt.
    Butsugyoji-04.jpg
  • Daijo-in garden was designed by Zenami in the mid Muromachi Period and fell into ruin with the demise of the temple of the same name. In 1958 the site was designated as a National Scenic Place then the Japan National Trust restored the garden to its original brilliance.  The former Daijo-in temple prospered as a temple whose chief priest was a member of the imperial family but now only the garden remains.
    AMBER-LOTUS-2023-61.jpg
  • Daijo-in garden was designed by Zenami in the mid Muromachi Period and fell into ruin with the demise of the temple of the same name. In 1958 the site was designated as a National Scenic Place then the Japan National Trust restored the garden to its original brilliance.  The former Daijo-in temple prospered as a temple whose chief priest was a member of the imperial family but now only the garden remains.
    daijo-in-15.jpg
  • Daijo-in garden was designed by Zenami in the mid Muromachi Period and fell into ruin with the demise of the temple of the same name. In 1958 the site was designated as a National Scenic Place then the Japan National Trust restored the garden to its original brilliance.  The former Daijo-in temple prospered as a temple whose chief priest was a member of the imperial family but now only the garden remains.
    daijo-in-14.jpg
  • One of the quirkiest, yet most interesting attractions in Vientiane would have to be Xieng Khuan, commonly called "Buddha Park". Xieng Khuan or "Spirit City" is just as much a monument to one man's eccentric and bizarre ambition as it is an impressive collection of massive ferro-concrete sculptures dotted around a riverside meadow. Although the brontosaurian reclining Buddha and strange edifice resembling a pumpkin - there are statues of every conceivable deity in the Buddhist/Hindu pantheon. Even if you are not up on your Buddhist/Hindu deities you will enjoy strolling around some of the more fantastic shapes.  Xieng Khuan was designed and built in 1958 by Louang Pou Bunleua Sulilat a self style holy man who took Hinduism and Buddhism and merged them into his own iconography. After the revolution in 1975, he fled from Laos to Thailand where he built another sculpture park, Sala Keoku in Nong Khai.. He fled because his anti-Communist beliefs conflicted with the views of the Pathet Lao.
    xieng-khuan-3.jpg
  • One of the quirkiest, yet most interesting attractions in Vientiane would have to be Xieng Khuan, commonly called "Buddha Park". Xieng Khuan or "Spirit City" is just as much a monument to one man's eccentric and bizarre ambition as it is an impressive collection of massive ferro-concrete sculptures dotted around a riverside meadow. Although the brontosaurian reclining Buddha and strange edifice resembling a pumpkin - there are statues of every conceivable deity in the Buddhist/Hindu pantheon. Even if you are not up on your Buddhist/Hindu deities you will enjoy strolling around some of the more fantastic shapes.  Xieng Khuan was designed and built in 1958 by Louang Pou Bunleua Sulilat a self style holy man who took Hinduism and Buddhism and merged them into his own iconography. After the revolution in 1975, he fled from Laos to Thailand where he built another sculpture park, Sala Keoku in Nong Khai.. He fled because his anti-Communist beliefs conflicted with the views of the Pathet Lao.
    xieng-khuan-1.jpg
  • One of the quirkiest, yet most interesting attractions in Vientiane would have to be Xieng Khuan, commonly called "Buddha Park". Xieng Khuan or "Spirit City" is just as much a monument to one man's eccentric and bizarre ambition as it is an impressive collection of massive ferro-concrete sculptures dotted around a riverside meadow. Although the brontosaurian reclining Buddha and strange edifice resembling a pumpkin - there are statues of every conceivable deity in the Buddhist/Hindu pantheon. Even if you are not up on your Buddhist/Hindu deities you will enjoy strolling around some of the more fantastic shapes.  Xieng Khuan was designed and built in 1958 by Louang Pou Bunleua Sulilat a self style holy man who took Hinduism and Buddhism and merged them into his own iconography. After the revolution in 1975, he fled from Laos to Thailand where he built another sculpture park, Sala Keoku in Nong Khai.. He fled because his anti-Communist beliefs conflicted with the views of the Pathet Lao.
    xieng-khuan-5.jpg
  • Tokyo Tower is a communications and observation tower located in Shiba Park, Tokyo, with a remarkable likeness to the Eiffel Tower in Paris. At 332  metres (1000 ft), it is the tallest self supporting steel structure in the world and the tallest artificial structure in Japan.  Built in 1958, the tower's main sources of revenue are tourism and antenna leasing.
    tokyo-tower-01.jpg
  • The Ramen Museum, Yokohama, bills itself as the first museum in Japan devoted to food, that is - Japanese ramen noodles and features a recreation of Tokyo in the year 1958 - significantly the year instant noodles were invented.  Within the museum are branches of famous ramen restaurants from all over Japan from Kyushu to Hokkaido, each with their own distinctive styles of ramen noodles.
    ramen-museum-5.jpg
  • Butsugyoji is a temple related to Kajiwara Kagetoki, located in a quiet residential area of Fueda Kamakura.  It is most famous for its pond garden and azaleas and rhododendrons ithat are in bloom in April and May.  The azaleas are planted, helter-skelter in an undulating pattern on the hill facing Mt. Fueda which has a large and popular public park.  Above the temple itself, there is a hiking trail through the azaleas, that leads to the tomb of Kajiwara at the top.   In 1958 the main hall collapsed due to a landslide but was quickly rebuilt.
    Butsugyoji-01.jpg
  • Daijo-in garden was designed by Zenami in the mid Muromachi Period and fell into ruin with the demise of the temple of the same name. In 1958 the site was designated as a National Scenic Place then the Japan National Trust restored the garden to its original brilliance.  The former Daijo-in temple prospered as a temple whose chief priest was a member of the imperial family but now only the garden remains.
    daijo-in-19.jpg
  • Daijo-in garden was designed by Zenami in the Muromachi Period and fell into ruin with the demise of the temple of the same name. In 1958 the site was designated as a National Scenic Place then the Japan National Trust restored the garden to its original brilliance.  The former Daijo-in temple prospered as a temple whose chief priest was a member of the imperial family but now only the garden remains.
    daijoin-garden-03.jpg
  • Daijo-in garden was designed by Zenami in the mid Muromachi Period and fell into ruin with the demise of the temple of the same name. In 1958 the site was designated as a National Scenic Place then the Japan National Trust restored the garden to its original brilliance.  The former Daijo-in temple prospered as a temple whose chief priest was a member of the imperial family but now only the garden remains.
    daijoin-garden-01.jpg
  • Tokyo Tower is a communications and observation tower located in Shiba Park, Tokyo, with a remarkable likeness to the Eiffel Tower in Paris. At 332  metres (1000 ft), it is the tallest self supporting steel structure in the world and the tallest artificial structure in Japan.  Built in 1958, the tower's main sources of revenue are tourism and antenna leasing.
    tokyo-tower-03.jpg
  • The Ramen Museum, Yokohama, bills itself as the first museum in Japan devoted to food, that is - Japanese ramen noodles and features a recreation of Tokyo in the year 1958 - significantly the year instant noodles were invented.  Within the museum are branches of famous ramen restaurants from all over Japan from Kyushu to Hokkaido, each with their own distinctive styles of ramen noodles.
    ramen-museum-3.jpg
  • 2018 is a Year of the Dog. In Chinese astrology, each year relates to the Chinese zodiac animal using a  12 year cycle. 2018 is specified as an Earth Dog Year.  Years of the Dog are 1934, 1946, 1958, 1970, 1982, 1994, 2006, 2018 and 2030. Dog year characteristics: lucky flowers: rose, cymbidium orchids; lucky colors: red, green, and purple; lucky numbers: 3, 4 and 9. In Each zodiac sign is associated an element: metal or gold, Wood, Water, Fire, and Earth -a person's personality traits & characteristics are decided by their birth year's animal sign AND element. Consequently there are five types of Dogs, each with different characteristics. 2018 is an Earth Dog that show an emphasis on communicative, are serious and responsible.
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  • 2018 is a Year of the Dog. In Chinese astrology, each year relates to the Chinese zodiac animal using a  12 year cycle. 2018 is specified as an Earth Dog Year.  Years of the Dog are 1934, 1946, 1958, 1970, 1982, 1994, 2006, 2018 and 2030. Dog year characteristics: lucky flowers: rose, cymbidium orchids; lucky colors: red, green, and purple; lucky numbers: 3, 4 and 9. In Each zodiac sign is associated an element: metal or gold, Wood, Water, Fire, and Earth -a person's personality traits & characteristics are decided by their birth year's animal sign AND element. Consequently there are five types of Dogs, each with different characteristics. 2018 is an Earth Dog that show an emphasis on communicative, are serious and responsible.
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