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  • Inatori Fishing Port, Inatori, Izu . Fresh fish is an important form of food for the Japanese, who consume it nearly every day.
    japanese-fish-10.jpg
  • Japanese Fishmonger at Inatori Fishing Port . Fresh fish is an important form of food for the Japanese, who consume it nearly every day.
    inatori-izu-3.jpg
  • Dried Squid.  Fresh fish is an important form of food for the Japanese, who consume it nearly every day.
    dried-squid-2.jpg
  • Japanese Ocha Green Tea Canisters - Japanese green tea ocha is the most common drink in Japan.  Not only is it loaded with vitamin C and caffeine, but its healthy antioxidant properties are making the drink a hit all around the world. Shizuoka Prefecture accounts for almost 50% of all of Japan's total green tea production. Consequently, tea shops are a common staple in almost every Japanese town.  Traditionally, loose tea or loose green o-cha tea has always come in vast wooden boxes or jars to keep it fresh.  In modern times, Japanese green tea tends to come packed in smaller aluminum or steel boxes.
    green-tea-containers-1.jpg
  • In Japanese cuisine, sushi is vinegared rice topped with other ingredients, especially fish.  Sliced raw fish alone is called sashimi, as distinct from sushi. Combined with hand-formed clumps of rice it is called nigirizushi. Sushi items served rolled inside or around nori is makizushi, toppings stuffed into a small pouch of fried tofu is inarizushi; and toppings served scattered over a bowl of sushi rice called chirashi-zushi.
    sushi-3.jpg
  • Dried herring, a popular Japanese fish dish curing on a rack.
    dried-herring.jpg
  • Drying Fish at Japanese Fish Market
    japanese-fish-1.jpg
  • Japanese New Years cuisine is called osechi-ryori, and consists of many different kinds of dishes.  Traditionally, people finish cooking osechi dishes by New Year's Eve so they have food for a couple days without cooking. Most of the dishes can last a few days in the refrigerator or at cool room temperature. Colorful osechi-ryori dishes are packed in layers of lacquer boxes, called jubako.  Each dish and type of food in osechi has meaning, such as good health, fertility, good harvest, happiness, long life...
    osechi-ryori-1.jpg
  • Dango Mochi is a Japanese rice cake made of glutinous rice pounded into paste and then molded into shape. Many types of traditional wagashi and mochigashi or Japanese traditional sweets are made with mochi. For example, daifuku is a soft round mochi stuffed with sweet filling such as bean paste.
    dango-mochi-2.jpg
  • Kamaboko is a kind of cured, Japanese processed seafood product, in which fish is pureed, formed and then steamed until fully cooked and firm. The kamaboko are typically added to noodle dishes such as soba. Some kamaboko include artistic patterns, such as the pink spiral on each slice of narutomaki, named after the well-known tidal whirlpool near the Japanese city of Naruto.  Although the Japanese kamaboko is becoming increasingly common outside of Japan some English names for kamaboko are fish paste, fish loaf, fish cake, fishcake and fish sausage
    kamaboko-2.jpg
  • Sake set is a generic term for the flask and cups used to serve sake, the traditional Japanese drink made from rice. Sake sets are commonly ceramic, but may be glass, lacquer and even cedar wood.  The flask and cups may be sold individually or as a set.  The flask is called a tokuri and the cups are known as shoko in Japanese.
    tokuri-4.jpg
  • Japanese green tea, or ocha (o-cha) is the most common drink in Japan.  Not only is it loaded with vitamin C and caffiene, but its antioxidant and healthy properties are making this drink a hit all around the world.
    green-tea.jpg
  • 37. Washoku  和食 traditional Japanese cuisine has drawn attention from all over the world for being healthy, decorative and delicious.  It is simultaneously both simple yet complicated, plain yet sophisticated with an emphasis on artful presentation.  Seasonal specialties play an important role in Japanese cuisine.  Preparation involves maximizing natural flavors of the ingredients, while enhancing its beauty through artful presentation.  The most accessible version of this cuisine for most Japanese is the New Years feast.
    37.INTANGIBLE-WASHOKU-06.jpg
  • Japanese New Years cuisine is called osechi-ryori, and consists of many different kinds of dishes. Traditionally, people finish cooking osechi dishes by New Year's Eve so they have food for a couple days without cooking. Most of the dishes can last a few days in the refrigerator or at cool room temperature. Colorful osechi-ryori dishes are packed in layers of lacquer boxes, called jubako. Each dish and type of food in osechi has meaning, such as good health, fertility, good harvest, happiness, long life...
    osechi-ryori-22.jpg
  • Japanese New Years cuisine is called osechi-ryori, and consists of many different kinds of dishes. Traditionally, people finish cooking osechi dishes by New Year's Eve so they have food for a couple days without cooking. Most of the dishes can last a few days in the refrigerator or at cool room temperature. Colorful osechi-ryori dishes are packed in layers of lacquer boxes, called jubako. Each dish and type of food in osechi has meaning, such as good health, fertility, good harvest, happiness, long life...
    osechi-ryori-20.jpg
  • Manju is a popular traditional Japanese confection. There are many varieties but most have an outside made from flour, rice powder and buckwheat with a filling of red bean paste, made from boiled azuki beans and sugar.
    manju-1.jpg
  • Mochi is a Japanese rice cake made of glutinous rice pounded into paste and then molded into shape. Many types of traditional wagashi and mochigashi or Japanese traditional sweets are made with mochi. For example, daifuku is a soft round mochi stuffed with sweet filling such as bean paste.
    mochi-2.jpg
  • Mochi is a Japanese rice cake made of glutinous rice pounded into paste and then molded into shape. Many types of traditional wagashi and mochigashi or Japanese traditional sweets are made with mochi. For example, daifuku is a soft round mochi stuffed with sweet filling such as bean paste.
    mochi-5.jpg
  • Mochi is a Japanese rice cake made of glutinous rice pounded into paste and then molded into shape. Many types of traditional wagashi and mochigashi or Japanese traditional sweets are made with mochi. For example, daifuku is a soft round mochi stuffed with sweet filling such as bean paste.
    mochi-3.jpg
  • Natto is a traditional Japanese food made from fermented soybeans and is popular especially as a breakfast food. As a rich source of protein, natto and miso paste formed a vital source of nutrition in feudal Japan. Natto can be an acquired taste because of its powerful smell, strong flavor, and sticky texture and is considered a "challenge" for foreigners in Japan.
    natto-01.jpg
  • Tofu or bean curd is made by coagulating soy milk and then pressing the resulting curds into blocks. Although it is of Chinese origin, it is most commonly associated with Japanese cuisine where many varieties exist.  Nowadays it has become fashionable as a meat substitute, with added ingredients to enhance its normally bland flavour.
    japanese-tofu-1.jpg
  • Tofu or bean curd is made by coagulating soy milk and then pressing the resulting curds into blocks. Although it is of Chinese origin, it is most commonly associated with Japanese cuisine where many varieties exist.  Nowadays it has become fashionable as a meat substitute, with added ingredients to enhance its normally bland flavour.
    japanese-tofu-2.jpg
  • 37. Washoku  和食 traditional Japanese cuisine has drawn attention from all over the world for being healthy, decorative and delicious.  It is simultaneously both simple yet complicated, plain yet sophisticated with an emphasis on artful presentation.  Seasonal specialties play an important role in Japanese cuisine.  Preparation involves maximizing natural flavors of the ingredients, while enhancing its beauty through artful presentation.  The most accessible version of this cuisine for most Japanese is the New Years feast.
    37.INTANGIBLE-WASHOKU-02.jpg
  • 37. Washoku  和食 traditional Japanese cuisine has drawn attention from all over the world for being healthy, decorative and delicious.  It is simultaneously both simple yet complicated, plain yet sophisticated with an emphasis on artful presentation.  Seasonal specialties play an important role in Japanese cuisine.  Preparation involves maximizing natural flavors of the ingredients, while enhancing its beauty through artful presentation.  The most accessible version of this cuisine for most Japanese is the New Years feast.
    37.INTANGIBLE-WASHOKU-01.jpg
  • Mochi is a Japanese rice cake made of glutinous rice pounded into paste and then molded into shape. Many types of traditional wagashi and mochigashi or Japanese traditional sweets are made with mochi. For example, daifuku is a soft round mochi stuffed with sweet filling such as bean paste.
    mochi-4.jpg
  • Japanese Green Tea Set - Japanese green tea, or ocha (o-cha) is the most common drink in Japan.  Not only is it loaded with vitamin C and caffiene, but its healthy antioxidant properties are making this drink a hit all around the world.
    japanese-green-tea-1.jpg
  • Japanese Green Tea Shop - Shizuoka Prefecture accounts for  almost 50% of Japan's total green tea production.  Consequently, tea shops are a common staple in almost every Japanese town, particularly Shizuoka its source.  Japanese green tea, or ocha (o-cha) is the most usual drink in Japan.  Not only is it loaded with vitamin C and caffiene, but its antioxidant properties are making this drink a hit all around the world.
    green-tea-boxes.jpg
  • Yokan is a Japanese jellied dessert made of red bean paste and sugar. It is usually sold in a block form and eaten in slices. Yokan also contain chopped chestnuts, persimmons, figs, sweet potato among other seasonal additions.
    yokan-1.jpg
  • Yokan is a Japanese jellied dessert made of red bean paste and sugar. It is usually sold in a block form and eaten in slices. Yokan also contain chopped chestnuts, persimmons, figs, sweet potato among other seasonal additions.
    yokan-2.jpg
  • Japanese Mochi is a rice cake made of  rice pounded into paste and then molded into shape - in this case covered with a leaf for freshness. Many types of Japanese traditional sweets are made with mochi: daifuku is a soft round mochi stuffed with sweet filling such as bean paste.
    mochi-1.jpg
  • Sake set is a generic term for the flask and cups used to serve sake, the traditional Japanese drink made from rice. Sake sets are commonly ceramic, but may be glass, lacquer and even cedar wood.  The flask and cups may be sold individually or as a set.  The flask is called a tokuri and the cups are known as shoko in Japanese.
    tokuri-2.jpg
  • Japanese New Years cuisine is called osechi-ryori, and consists of many different kinds of dishes.  Traditionally, people finish cooking osechi dishes by New Year's Eve so they have food for a couple days without cooking. Most of the dishes can last a few days in the refrigerator or at cool room temperature. Colorful osechi-ryori dishes are packed in layers of lacquer boxes, called jubako.  Each dish and type of food in osechi has meaning, such as good health, fertility, good harvest, happiness, long life...
    osechi-ryori-2.jpg
  • Japanese New Years cuisine is called osechi-ryori, and consists of many different kinds of dishes.  Traditionally, people finish cooking osechi dishes by New Year's Eve so they have food for a couple days without cooking. Most of the dishes can last a few days in the refrigerator or at cool room temperature. Colorful osechi-ryori dishes are packed in layers of lacquer boxes, called jubako.  Each dish and type of food in osechi has meaning, such as good health, fertility, good harvest, happiness, long life...
    osechi-ryori-3.jpg
  • Daikons, Japanese Radishes
    daikon-radish-1.jpg
  • Japanese New Years cuisine is called osechi-ryori, and consists of many different kinds of dishes. Traditionally, people finish cooking osechi dishes by New Year's Eve so they have food for a couple days without cooking. Most of the dishes can last a few days in the refrigerator or at cool room temperature. Colorful osechi-ryori dishes are packed in layers of lacquer boxes, called jubako. Each dish and type of food in osechi has meaning, such as good health, fertility, good harvest, happiness, long life...
    osechi-ryori-23.jpg
  • Japanese New Years cuisine is called osechi-ryori, and consists of many different kinds of dishes.  Traditionally, people finish cooking osechi dishes by New Year's Eve so they have food for a couple days without cooking. Most of the dishes can last a few days in the refrigerator or at cool room temperature. Colorful osechi-ryori dishes are packed in layers of lacquer boxes, called jubako.  Each dish and type of food in osechi has meaning, such as good health, fertility, good harvest, happiness, long life...
    osechi-ryori-05.jpg
  • Yokan is a Japanese jellied dessert made of red bean paste and sugar. It is usually sold in a block form and eaten in slices. Yokan also contain chopped chestnuts, persimmons, figs, sweet potato among other seasonal additions.
    yokan-3.jpg
  • Ice cream stands, known in Japan as "soft cream" keep gaining in popularity, thanks to new flavours and colours.  Green tea flavour is not at all new these days, how about wasabe mustard, pumpkin or seaweed flavour?
    japanese-soft-cream.jpg
  • Toji Market Tea, Japanese green tea, or ocha (o-cha) is the most common drink in Japan.  Not only is it loaded with vitamin C and caffiene, but its healthy antioxidant properties are making this drink a hit all around the world.
    japanese-loose-tea-2.jpg
  • Japanese New Years cuisine is called osechi-ryori, and consists of many different kinds of dishes.  Traditionally, people finish cooking osechi dishes by New Year's Eve so they have food for a couple days without cooking. Most of the dishes can last a few days in the refrigerator or at cool room temperature. Colorful osechi-ryori dishes are packed in layers of lacquer boxes, called jubako.  Each dish and type of food in osechi has meaning, such as good health, fertility, good harvest, happiness, long life...
    osechi-ryori-06.jpg
  • Yokan is a Japanese jellied dessert made of red bean paste and sugar. It is usually sold in a block form and eaten in slices. Yokan also contain chopped chestnuts, persimmons, figs, sweet potato among other seasonal additions.  This version of yokan is from Kanazawa with tiny flecks of real gold embedded in the confection.
    gold-sweets-1.jpg
  • Japanese soft cream, or rather ice cream, comes in a ming-boggling array of flavors including green tea, sweet potato, yuzu (a kind of citrus like lemon), and even combos of the above.
    japanese-soft-cream-1.jpg
  • Sake set is a generic term for the flask and cups used to serve sake, the traditional Japanese drink made from rice. Sake sets are commonly ceramic, but may be glass, lacquer and even cedar wood.  The flask and cups may be sold individually or as a set.  The flask is called a tokuri and the cups are known as shoko in Japanese.
    tokuri-3.jpg
  • Sake set is a generic term for the flask and cups used to serve sake, the traditional Japanese drink made from rice. Sake sets are commonly ceramic, but may be glass, lacquer and even cedar wood.  The flask and cups may be sold individually or as a set.  The flask is called a tokuri and the cups are known as shoko in Japanese.
    tokuri-1.jpg
  • In Japanese cuisine, sushi is vinegared rice topped with other ingredients, especially fish.  Sliced raw fish alone is called sashimi, as distinct from sushi. Combined with hand-formed clumps of rice it is called nigirizushi. Sushi items served rolled inside or around nori is makizushi, toppings stuffed into a small pouch of fried tofu is inarizushi; and toppings served scattered over a bowl of sushi rice called chirashi-zushi.
    sushi-2.jpg
  • Tomonoura Port Squid - The Inland Sea separats Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu, the three main islands of Japan.  Almost all the smaller villages in and around the Inland Sea or "Seto Naikai" as it is called are devoted to fishing.
    dried-squid.jpg
  • In Japanese cuisine, sushi is vinegared rice topped with other ingredients, especially fish.  Sliced raw fish alone is called sashimi, as distinct from sushi. Combined with hand-formed clumps of rice it is called nigirizushi. Sushi items served rolled inside or around nori is makizushi, toppings stuffed into a small pouch of fried tofu is inarizushi; and toppings served scattered over a bowl of sushi rice called chirashi-zushi.
    sushi-1.jpg
  • Japanese New Years cuisine is called osechi-ryori, and consists of many different kinds of dishes.  Traditionally, people finish cooking osechi dishes by New Year's Eve so they have food for a couple days without cooking. Most of the dishes can last a few days in the refrigerator or at cool room temperature. Colorful osechi-ryori dishes are packed in layers of lacquer boxes, called jubako.  Each dish and type of food in osechi has meaning, such as good health, fertility, good harvest, happiness, long life...
    osechi-ryori-04.jpg
  • Manju, a special type of Japanese confectionary filled with sweet bean paste and steamed. Manju are typically eaten as a snack.
    manju-2.jpg
  • Beijing's Panjiayuan Market, once known as the "dirt market" is a huge arts, crafts and antiques market - though it must be noted that most of the "antiques" are repros these days.  A wide array of items are available here including pottery, lacquerware, porcelain, paintings, clocks, statuettes, beads, jade, coins, brass-ware, books, records, scrolls or fans.  On weekends the number of customers reaches 70,000 visitors a day - the name of the game is to get here early.
    Panjiayuan-6.jpg
  • Pak Khlong Talat or "market at the mouth of the canal" is a flower market in Bangkok that sells not only flowers, but fruits and vegetables as well. It is the primary flower market in Bangkok. The market accommodates both consumers and wholesalers and has a wide variety of customers. Many local florists visit the market in the early morning hours to stock their shops for the coming day.
    bangkok-flower-market-1.jpg
  • Pineapple tarts are small, bite-size pastries filled with or topped with pineapple jam, popular in Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia and Brunei. The Malaysian town of Malacca is particularly famous for producing good commercial pineapple tarts.  The pastry consists of a large proportion of butter and egg yolk, besides using corn starch, giving it a rich, buttery, tender and melt-in-the-mouth texture. The pineapple jam is usually made by slowly reducing and caramelizing grated fresh pineapple that has been mixed with sugar and spices - usually cinnamon, star anise and cloves. Typical shapes include a flat, open tart topped with pineapple jam under a lattice of pastry, rolls filled with jam that are open at the ends and jam-filled spheres.  Considered a "festive cookie", pineapple tarts are usually consumed during the Chinese New Year period. However, they are sold all year round by commercial bakeries and by souvenir stores serving tourists.
    pineapple-tarts-1.jpg
  • Food mileage highway produce stand.  Japan imports a huge amount of its food from overseas sources.  Because of this, the government protects local farmers to a high degree.  Thanks to a high Yen, imports are usually far cheaper than the local variety at the market, plus various layers of distribution.  As a result, individual farmers set up stands along highways and sell directly to the public.  This is good for the farmer, the consumer and helps offset 'food mileage' carbon offsets.
    food-mileage-1.jpg
  • Amerikamura or American Village is usually referred to by locals in Osaka as "Ame-mura." It is a retail and entertainment area near Shinsaibashi in Minami district of Osaka, and caters to young Japanese consumers with countless clothing shops carrying the latest trendy goods.  Though Japanese high schools are notoriously strict in their dress codes, overlooked are accessories such as flashy charms to dangle from cellphones, exotic socks or mufflers and hats that can be put on before or after school.
    america-mura-3.jpg
  • Inatori Fishing Port, Izu - Fresh fish is an important form of food for the Japanese, who consume it nearly every day. Izu supplies much of the fresh fish and seafood for Shizuoka prefecture.
    japanese-fish-3.jpg
  • Enceladus Fountain - Bosquet de l'Encelade - The Enceladus Fountain was made of lead by sculptor Gaspard Marsy in 1675.  The subject is from the fall of the Titans. The sculptor portrayed the giant Enceladus halfway buried under rocks struggling to survive. Bosquet de l'Encelade was created at the same time as the Bosquet de la Renommee, the fountain of this bosquet shows Enceladus who was a fallen Giant condemned to live below Mt. Etna.  The rocks show him, being consumed by volcanic lava.
    enceladus-fountain-02.jpg
  • Enceladus Fountain - Bosquet de l'Encelade - The Enceladus Fountain was made of lead by sculptor Gaspard Marsy in 1675.  The subject is from the fall of the Titans. The sculptor portrayed the giant Enceladus halfway buried under rocks struggling to survive. Bosquet de l'Encelade was created at the same time as the Bosquet de la Renommee, the fountain of this bosquet shows Enceladus who was a fallen Giant condemned to live below Mt. Etna.  The rocks show him, being consumed by volcanic lava.
    enceladus-fountain-01.jpg
  • Grilled Ayu Fish, served robotayaki style. Fresh fish is an important form of food for the Japanese, who consume it nearly every day
    grilled-fish-1.jpg
  • Pak Khlong Talat or "market at the mouth of the canal" is a flower market in Bangkok that sells not only flowers, but fruits and vegetables as well. It is the primary flower market in Bangkok. The market accommodates both consumers and wholesalers and has a wide variety of customers. Many local florists visit the market in the early morning hours to stock their shops for the coming day.
    bangkok-flower-market-8.jpg
  • Pak Khlong Talat or "market at the mouth of the canal" is a flower market in Bangkok that sells not only flowers, but fruits and vegetables as well. It is the primary flower market in Bangkok. The market accommodates both consumers and wholesalers and has a wide variety of customers. Many local florists visit the market in the early morning hours to stock their shops for the coming day.
    bangkok-flower-market-9.jpg
  • Pineapple tarts are small, bite-size pastries filled with or topped with pineapple jam, popular in Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia and Brunei. The Malaysian town of Malacca is particularly famous for producing good commercial pineapple tarts.  The pastry consists of a large proportion of butter and egg yolk, besides using corn starch, giving it a rich, buttery, tender and melt-in-the-mouth texture. The pineapple jam is usually made by slowly reducing and caramelizing grated fresh pineapple that has been mixed with sugar and spices - usually cinnamon, star anise and cloves. Typical shapes include a flat, open tart topped with pineapple jam under a lattice of pastry, rolls filled with jam that are open at the ends and jam-filled spheres.  Considered a "festive cookie", pineapple tarts are usually consumed during the Chinese New Year period. However, they are sold all year round by commercial bakeries and by souvenir stores serving tourists.
    pineapple-tarts-2.jpg
  • Americamura Mural - Amerikamura or American Village is usually referred to by locals in Osaka as "Ame-mura." It is a retail and entertainment area near Shinsaibashi in Minami district of Osaka, and caters to young Japanese consumers with countless clothing shops carrying the latest trendy goods.  Though Japanese high schools are notoriously strict in their dress codes, overlooked are accessories such as flashy charms to dangle from cellphones, exotic socks or mufflers and hats that can be put on before or after school.
    america-mura-1.jpg
  • Amerikamura or American Village is usually referred to by locals in Osaka as "Ame-mura." It is a retail and entertainment area near Shinsaibashi in Minami district of Osaka, and caters to young Japanese consumers with countless clothing shops carrying the latest trendy goods.  Though Japanese high schools are notoriously strict in their dress codes, overlooked are accessories such as flashy charms to dangle from cellphones, exotic socks or mufflers and hats that can be put on before or after school.
    america-mura-4.jpg
  • Pak Khlong Talat or "market at the mouth of the canal" is a flower market in Bangkok that sells not only flowers, but fruits and vegetables as well. It is the primary flower market in Bangkok. The market accommodates both consumers and wholesalers and has a wide variety of customers. Many local florists visit the market in the early morning hours to stock their shops for the coming day.
    bangkok-flower-market-5.jpg
  • Japanese Fishmonger . Fresh fish is an important form of food for the Japanese, who consume it nearly every day.
    japanese-fish-8.jpg
  • Japanese Fishmonger Ito, Izu - Fresh fish is an important form of food for the Japanese, who consume it nearly every day. Izu is a big source of seafood for Shizuoka.
    japanese-fish-6.jpg
  • Japanese Fishmonger, Ito, Izu . Fresh fish is an important form of food for the Japanese, who consume it nearly every day.
    japanese-fish-7.jpg
  • Grilled Ayu Fish, served robotayaki style. Fresh fish is an important form of food for the Japanese, who consume it nearly every day
    robotoayaki-2.jpg
  • Roses at Pak Khlong Talat or "market at the mouth of the canal" is a flower market in Bangkok that sells not only flowers, but fruits and vegetables as well. It is the primary flower market in Bangkok. The market accommodates both consumers and wholesalers and has a wide variety of customers. Many local florists visit the market in the early morning hours to stock their shops for the coming day.
    bangkok-flower-market-2.jpg
  • Pak Khlong Talat or "market at the mouth of the canal" is a flower market in Bangkok that sells not only flowers, but fruits and vegetables as well. It is the primary flower market in Bangkok. The market accommodates both consumers and wholesalers and has a wide variety of customers. Many local florists visit the market in the early morning hours to stock their shops for the coming day.
    bangkok-flower-market.jpg
  • Amerikamura or American Village is usually referred to by locals in Osaka as "Ame-mura." It is a retail and entertainment area near Shinsaibashi in Minami district of Osaka, and caters to young Japanese consumers with countless clothing shops carrying the latest trendy goods.  Though Japanese high schools are notoriously strict in their dress codes, overlooked are accessories such as flashy charms to dangle from cellphones, exotic socks or mufflers and hats that can be put on before or after school.
    america-mura-2.jpg
  • Pak Khlong Talat or "market at the mouth of the canal" is a flower market in Bangkok that sells not only flowers, but fruits and vegetables as well. It is the primary flower market in Bangkok. The market accommodates both consumers and wholesalers and has a wide variety of customers. Many local florists visit the market in the early morning hours to stock their shops for the coming day.
    bangkok-flower-market-7.jpg
  • Inatori Fishing Port, Inatori, Izu . Fresh fish is an important form of food for the Japanese, who consume it nearly every day.
    inatori-izu-1.jpg