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  • Tokyu Plaza Omotesando Harajuku - Harajuku displays these unusual fashion, shopping, and architecture trends like no other place in Japan. Tokyo is a city that's usually dressed to the nines - a place that prides itself on being well turned out.  But an architectural revolution has been going on for years in Harajuku with buildings that are outlandish, fun, colorful and quirky. Most fashion houses try to out-do each other with buildings that defy description.
    tokyu-plaza-harajuku-4.jpg
  • Audi Showroom Harajuku is now known as the Iceberg Building - Harajuku displays these unusual fashion, shopping, and architecture trends like no other place in Japan. Tokyo is a city that's usually dressed to the nines - a place that prides itself on being well turned out.  But an architectural revolution has been going on for years in Harajuku with buildings that are outlandish, fun, colorful and quirky. Most fashion houses try to out-do each other with buildings that defy description.
    iceberg-building-3.jpg
  • Artist's House or in Thai Baan Silapin - Long ago, these types of old Thai teak houses were very typical along the klongs but today are becoming rare, usually replaced by concrete buildings. Baan Silapin has been beautifully restored, with unusual features such as human statues sitting by the water, gazing at life passing by.  Artist House is owned by Chumpol Akkapantanon - the house was run down when it was bought before being restored to its present glory.  It's a great escape from the crazy traffic of Bangkok - it has beauty in its rustic sort of way with its own 600 year old chedi in the back yard.  There is a coffee shop inside and tradtional puppet shows are performed every afternoon, using puppets from the famous Joe Louis theatre that was once held at the Suan Luan Bazaar.
    bangkok-artists-house-08.jpg
  • Artist's House or in Thai Baan Silapin - Long ago, these types of old Thai teak houses were very typical along the klongs but today are becoming rare, usually replaced by concrete buildings. Baan Silapin has been beautifully restored, with unusual features such as human statues sitting by the water, gazing at life passing by.  Artist House is owned by Chumpol Akkapantanon - the house was run down when it was bought before being restored to its present glory.  It's a great escape from the crazy traffic of Bangkok - it has beauty in its rustic sort of way with its own 600 year old chedi in the back yard.  There is a coffee shop inside and tradtional puppet shows are performed every afternoon, using puppets from the famous Joe Louis theatre that was once held at the Suan Luan Bazaar.
    bangkok-artists-house-04.jpg
  • Bangkok Artists House - Artist's House orThai Baan Silapin - Long ago, these types of old Thai teak houses were very typical along the klongs but today are becoming rare, usually replaced by concrete buildings. Baan Silapin has been beautifully restored, with unusual features such as human statues sitting by the water, gazing at life passing by. Artist House is owned by Chumpol Akkapantanon - the house was run down when it was bought before being restored to its present glory. It's a great escape from the crazy traffic of Bangkok - it has beauty in its rustic sort of way with its own 600 year old chedi in the back yard. There is a coffee shop inside and tradtional puppet shows are performed every afternoon, using puppets from the famous Joe Louis theatre that was once held at the Suan Luan Bazaar.
    bangkok-artist-house-17.jpg
  • Bangkok Artists House - Artist's House orThai Baan Silapin - Long ago, these types of old Thai teak houses were very typical along the klongs but today are becoming rare, usually replaced by concrete buildings. Baan Silapin has been beautifully restored, with unusual features such as human statues sitting by the water, gazing at life passing by. Artist House is owned by Chumpol Akkapantanon - the house was run down when it was bought before being restored to its present glory. It's a great escape from the crazy traffic of Bangkok - it has beauty in its rustic sort of way with its own 600 year old chedi in the back yard. There is a coffee shop inside and tradtional puppet shows are performed every afternoon, using puppets from the famous Joe Louis theatre that was once held at the Suan Luan Bazaar.
    bangkok-artist-house-12.jpg
  • Tokyu Plaza Omotesando Harajuku - Harajuku displays these unusual fashion, shopping, and architecture trends like no other place in Japan. Tokyo is a city that's usually dressed to the nines - a place that prides itself on being well turned out.  But an architectural revolution has been going on for years in Harajuku with buildings that are outlandish, fun, colorful and quirky. Most fashion houses try to out-do each other with buildings that defy description.
    tokyu-plaza-harajuku-1.jpg
  • Artist's House or in Thai Baan Silapin - Long ago, these types of old Thai teak houses were very typical along the klongs but today are becoming rare, usually replaced by concrete buildings. Baan Silapin has been beautifully restored, with unusual features such as human statues sitting by the water, gazing at life passing by.  Artist House is owned by Chumpol Akkapantanon - the house was run down when it was bought before being restored to its present glory.  It's a great escape from the crazy traffic of Bangkok - it has beauty in its rustic sort of way with its own 600 year old chedi in the back yard.  There is a coffee shop inside and tradtional puppet shows are performed every afternoon, using puppets from the famous Joe Louis theatre that was once held at the Suan Luan Bazaar.
    bangkok-artists-house-06.jpg
  • The Flying Mud Boat is a  mysterious building with trees protruding from the roof. The four protruding wooden pillars are made of locally-made trees, reflecting motifs of Suwa's nature and medieval faith. Stairs for going to the library on the left, windows, etc. are also unusual. The archives are built on the grounds of Moriya, who was a priest of Suwa Taisha Shrine from ancient times who keep and publish documents that have passed down through the generations. There is also an exhibition of the the head of a deer from Suwa Shrine, which is a little grotesque.  Nonetheless, The Moriya Historical Museum archives and publishes documents that have been transmitted by the Moriya family since the Kamakura period.  Moriya Shihokan introduced these works by architect Terunobu Fujimori, who was born and raised here.
    flying-mud-boat-05.jpg
  • Bangkok Artists House - Artist's House orThai Baan Silapin - Long ago, these types of old Thai teak houses were very typical along the klongs but today are becoming rare, usually replaced by concrete buildings. Baan Silapin has been beautifully restored, with unusual features such as human statues sitting by the water, gazing at life passing by. Artist House is owned by Chumpol Akkapantanon - the house was run down when it was bought before being restored to its present glory. It's a great escape from the crazy traffic of Bangkok - it has beauty in its rustic sort of way with its own 600 year old chedi in the back yard. There is a coffee shop inside and tradtional puppet shows are performed every afternoon, using puppets from the famous Joe Louis theatre that was once held at the Suan Luan Bazaar.
    bangkok-artist-house-18.jpg
  • Bangkok Artists House - Artist's House orThai Baan Silapin - Long ago, these types of old Thai teak houses were very typical along the klongs but today are becoming rare, usually replaced by concrete buildings. Baan Silapin has been beautifully restored, with unusual features such as human statues sitting by the water, gazing at life passing by. Artist House is owned by Chumpol Akkapantanon - the house was run down when it was bought before being restored to its present glory. It's a great escape from the crazy traffic of Bangkok - it has beauty in its rustic sort of way with its own 600 year old chedi in the back yard. There is a coffee shop inside and tradtional puppet shows are performed every afternoon, using puppets from the famous Joe Louis theatre that was once held at the Suan Luan Bazaar.
    bangkok-artist-house-14.jpg
  • Bangkok Artists House - Artist's House orThai Baan Silapin - Long ago, these types of old Thai teak houses were very typical along the klongs but today are becoming rare, usually replaced by concrete buildings. Baan Silapin has been beautifully restored, with unusual features such as human statues sitting by the water, gazing at life passing by. Artist House is owned by Chumpol Akkapantanon - the house was run down when it was bought before being restored to its present glory. It's a great escape from the crazy traffic of Bangkok - it has beauty in its rustic sort of way with its own 600 year old chedi in the back yard. There is a coffee shop inside and tradtional puppet shows are performed every afternoon, using puppets from the famous Joe Louis theatre that was once held at the Suan Luan Bazaar.
    bangkok-artist-house-16.jpg
  • Bangkok Artists House - Artist's House orThai Baan Silapin - Long ago, these types of old Thai teak houses were very typical along the klongs but today are becoming rare, usually replaced by concrete buildings. Baan Silapin has been beautifully restored, with unusual features such as human statues sitting by the water, gazing at life passing by. Artist House is owned by Chumpol Akkapantanon - the house was run down when it was bought before being restored to its present glory. It's a great escape from the crazy traffic of Bangkok - it has beauty in its rustic sort of way with its own 600 year old chedi in the back yard. There is a coffee shop inside and tradtional puppet shows are performed every afternoon, using puppets from the famous Joe Louis theatre that was once held at the Suan Luan Bazaar.
    bangkok-artist-house-13.jpg
  • Bangkok Artists House - Artist's House orThai Baan Silapin - Long ago, these types of old Thai teak houses were very typical along the klongs but today are becoming rare, usually replaced by concrete buildings. Baan Silapin has been beautifully restored, with unusual features such as human statues sitting by the water, gazing at life passing by. Artist House is owned by Chumpol Akkapantanon - the house was run down when it was bought before being restored to its present glory. It's a great escape from the crazy traffic of Bangkok - it has beauty in its rustic sort of way with its own 600 year old chedi in the back yard. There is a coffee shop inside and tradtional puppet shows are performed every afternoon, using puppets from the famous Joe Louis theatre that was once held at the Suan Luan Bazaar.
    bangkok-artist-house-11.jpg
  • Tokyu Plaza Omotesando Harajuku - Harajuku displays these unusual fashion, shopping, and architecture trends like no other place in Japan. Tokyo is a city that's usually dressed to the nines - a place that prides itself on being well turned out.  But an architectural revolution has been going on for years in Harajuku with buildings that are outlandish, fun, colorful and quirky. Most fashion houses try to out-do each other with buildings that defy description.
    tokyu-plaza-harajuku-3.jpg
  • Artist's House or in Thai Baan Silapin - Long ago, these types of old Thai teak houses were very typical along the klongs but today are becoming rare, usually replaced by concrete buildings. Baan Silapin has been beautifully restored, with unusual features such as human statues sitting by the water, gazing at life passing by.  Artist House is owned by Chumpol Akkapantanon - the house was run down when it was bought before being restored to its present glory.  It's a great escape from the crazy traffic of Bangkok - it has beauty in its rustic sort of way with its own 600 year old chedi in the back yard.  There is a coffee shop inside and tradtional puppet shows are performed every afternoon, using puppets from the famous Joe Louis theatre that was once held at the Suan Luan Bazaar.
    bangkok-artists-house-09.jpg
  • Artist's House or in Thai Baan Silapin - Long ago, these types of old Thai teak houses were very typical along the klongs but today are becoming rare, usually replaced by concrete buildings. Baan Silapin has been beautifully restored, with unusual features such as human statues sitting by the water, gazing at life passing by.  Artist House is owned by Chumpol Akkapantanon - the house was run down when it was bought before being restored to its present glory.  It's a great escape from the crazy traffic of Bangkok - it has beauty in its rustic sort of way with its own 600 year old chedi in the back yard.  There is a coffee shop inside and tradtional puppet shows are performed every afternoon, using puppets from the famous Joe Louis theatre that was once held at the Suan Luan Bazaar.
    bangkok-artists-house-07.jpg
  • Artist's House or in Thai Baan Silapin - Long ago, these types of old Thai teak houses were very typical along the klongs but today are becoming rare, usually replaced by concrete buildings. Baan Silapin has been beautifully restored, with unusual features such as human statues sitting by the water, gazing at life passing by.  Artist House is owned by Chumpol Akkapantanon - the house was run down when it was bought before being restored to its present glory.  It's a great escape from the crazy traffic of Bangkok - it has beauty in its rustic sort of way with its own 600 year old chedi in the back yard.  There is a coffee shop inside and tradtional puppet shows are performed every afternoon, using puppets from the famous Joe Louis theatre that was once held at the Suan Luan Bazaar.
    bangkok-artists-house-02.jpg
  • The Flying Mud Boat is a  mysterious building with trees protruding from the roof. The four protruding wooden pillars are made of locally-made trees, reflecting motifs of Suwa's nature and medieval faith. Stairs for going to the library on the left, windows, etc. are also unusual. The archives are built on the grounds of Moriya, who was a priest of Suwa Taisha Shrine from ancient times who keep and publish documents that have passed down through the generations. There is also an exhibition of the the head of a deer from Suwa Shrine, which is a little grotesque.  Nonetheless, The Moriya Historical Museum archives and publishes documents that have been transmitted by the Moriya family since the Kamakura period.  Moriya Shihokan introduced these works by architect Terunobu Fujimori, who was born and raised here.
    flying-mud-boat-06.jpg
  • Bangkok Artists House - Artist's House orThai Baan Silapin - Long ago, these types of old Thai teak houses were very typical along the klongs but today are becoming rare, usually replaced by concrete buildings. Baan Silapin has been beautifully restored, with unusual features such as human statues sitting by the water, gazing at life passing by. Artist House is owned by Chumpol Akkapantanon - the house was run down when it was bought before being restored to its present glory. It's a great escape from the crazy traffic of Bangkok - it has beauty in its rustic sort of way with its own 600 year old chedi in the back yard. There is a coffee shop inside and tradtional puppet shows are performed every afternoon, using puppets from the famous Joe Louis theatre that was once held at the Suan Luan Bazaar.
    bangkok-artist-house-15.jpg
  • Bangkok Artists House - Artist's House orThai Baan Silapin - Long ago, these types of old Thai teak houses were very typical along the klongs but today are becoming rare, usually replaced by concrete buildings. Baan Silapin has been beautifully restored, with unusual features such as human statues sitting by the water, gazing at life passing by. Artist House is owned by Chumpol Akkapantanon - the house was run down when it was bought before being restored to its present glory. It's a great escape from the crazy traffic of Bangkok - it has beauty in its rustic sort of way with its own 600 year old chedi in the back yard. There is a coffee shop inside and tradtional puppet shows are performed every afternoon, using puppets from the famous Joe Louis theatre that was once held at the Suan Luan Bazaar.
    bangkok-artist-house-10.jpg
  • Audi Showroom Harajuku is now known as the Iceberg Building - Harajuku displays these unusual fashion, shopping, and architecture trends like no other place in Japan. Tokyo is a city that's usually dressed to the nines - a place that prides itself on being well turned out.  But an architectural revolution has been going on for years in Harajuku with buildings that are outlandish, fun, colorful and quirky. Most fashion houses try to out-do each other with buildings that defy description.
    iceberg-building-2.jpg
  • Artist's House or in Thai Baan Silapin - Long ago, these types of old Thai teak houses were very typical along the klongs but today are becoming rare, usually replaced by concrete buildings. Baan Silapin has been beautifully restored, with unusual features such as human statues sitting by the water, gazing at life passing by.  Artist House is owned by Chumpol Akkapantanon - the house was run down when it was bought before being restored to its present glory.  It's a great escape from the crazy traffic of Bangkok - it has beauty in its rustic sort of way with its own 600 year old chedi in the back yard.  There is a coffee shop inside and tradtional puppet shows are performed every afternoon, using puppets from the famous Joe Louis theatre that was once held at the Suan Luan Bazaar.
    bangkok-artists-house-05.jpg
  • Artist's House or in Thai Baan Silapin - Long ago, these types of old Thai teak houses were very typical along the klongs but today are becoming rare, usually replaced by concrete buildings. Baan Silapin has been beautifully restored, with unusual features such as human statues sitting by the water, gazing at life passing by.  Artist House is owned by Chumpol Akkapantanon - the house was run down when it was bought before being restored to its present glory.  It's a great escape from the crazy traffic of Bangkok - it has beauty in its rustic sort of way with its own 600 year old chedi in the back yard.  There is a coffee shop inside and tradtional puppet shows are performed every afternoon, using puppets from the famous Joe Louis theatre that was once held at the Suan Luan Bazaar.
    bangkok-artists-house-03.jpg
  • Artist's House or in Thai Baan Silapin - Long ago, these types of old Thai teak houses were very typical along the klongs but today are becoming rare, usually replaced by concrete buildings. Baan Silapin has been beautifully restored, with unusual features such as human statues sitting by the water, gazing at life passing by.  Artist House is owned by Chumpol Akkapantanon - the house was run down when it was bought before being restored to its present glory.  It's a great escape from the crazy traffic of Bangkok - it has beauty in its rustic sort of way with its own 600 year old chedi in the back yard.  There is a coffee shop inside and tradtional puppet shows are performed every afternoon, using puppets from the famous Joe Louis theatre that was once held at the Suan Luan Bazaar.
    bangkok-artists-house-01.jpg
  • Sand Bath at Beppu - in addition to all the natural hot thermal water baths of Beppu are unusual sand baths and even mud baths.  The Beppu sand bath is conveniently located on Shoningahama Beach. A group of friends or family can enjoy being immersed in the hot sand bath together. A distinctly unique experience, having to have a bath after your sand bath to get rid of the sand.  Still, the experience will ease the muscles by sinking in the warm sand while gazing over the vast, blue ocean
    beppu-sand-bath-1.jpg
  • Audi Showroom Harajuku is now known as the Iceberg Building - Harajuku displays these unusual fashion, shopping, and architecture trends like no other place in Japan. Tokyo is a city that's usually dressed to the nines - a place that prides itself on being well turned out.  But an architectural revolution has been going on for years in Harajuku with buildings that are outlandish, fun, colorful and quirky. Most fashion houses try to out-do each other with buildings that defy description.
    takeshita-street-7.jpg
  • Audi Showroom Harajuku is now known as the Iceberg Building - Harajuku displays these unusual fashion, shopping, and architecture trends like no other place in Japan. Tokyo is a city that's usually dressed to the nines - a place that prides itself on being well turned out.  But an architectural revolution has been going on for years in Harajuku with buildings that are outlandish, fun, colorful and quirky. Most fashion houses try to out-do each other with buildings that defy description.
    iceberg-building-5.jpg
  • Artist's House or in Thai Baan Silapin - Long ago, these types of old Thai teak houses were very typical along the klongs but today are becoming rare, usually replaced by concrete buildings. Baan Silapin has been beautifully restored, with unusual features such as human statues sitting by the water, gazing at life passing by.  Artist House is owned by Chumpol Akkapantanon - the house was run down when it was bought before being restored to its present glory.  It's a great escape from the crazy traffic of Bangkok - it has beauty in its rustic sort of way with its own 600 year old chedi in the back yard.  There is a coffee shop inside and tradtional puppet shows are performed every afternoon, using puppets from the famous Joe Louis theatre that was once held at the Suan Luan Bazaar.
    bangkok-artists-house-10.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
  • The Exploratorium created the hands on movement among museums.  There are about a thousand museums in the world that trace themselves to the Exploratorium in terms of exhibits or programs. This innovative museum of science, art, human perception and technology provides for even those with the most limited scientific knowledge and gives them back the joy of discovery. It is an experience that inspires young and old to understand science and nature.<br />
The Exploratorium in San Francisco is a public educational institution for peoples of all ages. Its audience numbers over 20 million each year, as its exhibits travel to science centers and other locations worldwide. At least 90 percent of the nation’s other science museums have borrowed ideas from Exploratorium exhibits or programs.
    exploratorium-1.jpg
  • Tokyo Godzilla Statue, Hibiya
    tokyo-godzilla.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
  • The Takenokuzoku in Harajuku are the forerunners of the costume players, and still make occasional appearances regularly in Harajuku on Sunday, dancing their hearts out after carefully coiffing their hair-dos.
    Takenokozoku.jpg
  • Halloween in the San Francisco Castro District
    castro-street.jpg
  • Bay to Breakers is an annual footrace which takes place in San Francisco. The name reflects the fact that the race starts a few blocks from San Francisco Bay and runs west through the city to finish at the Pacific coast, where breakers crash onto Ocean Beach. The race is 12 kilometers long and takes place on the third Sunday in May and more of a costume party than a real marathon.
    bay-to-breakers-2.jpg
  • Bay to Breakers is an annual footrace which takes place in San Francisco. The name reflects the fact that the race starts a few blocks from San Francisco Bay and runs west through the city to finish at the Pacific coast, where breakers crash onto Ocean Beach. The race is 12 kilometers long and takes place on the third Sunday in May and more of a costume party than a real marathon.
    bay-to-breakers-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-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-4.jpg
  • Literally hundreds of penises or rather phallus statue or statuettes from small wooden carvings to big stone sculptures that stand ten feet tall and decorated with ribbons - make this shrine quite unique. It honors Chao Mae Tubtim, a female fertility spirit. Women visit this shrine when they are trying to conceive, leaving offerings of lotus and jasmine.
    tuptim-shrine-5.jpg
  • Lantau Island, also Lantao, is the largest island in Hong Kong, located at the mouth of the Pearl River.  Originally the site of sleepy fishing villages, in recent years has been increasingly developed.
    lantau-5.jpg
  • Lantau Island, also Lantao, is the largest island in Hong Kong, located at the mouth of the Pearl River.  Originally the site of sleepy fishing villages, in recent years has been increasingly developed.
    lantau-4.jpg
  • Sanrio Puroland is an indoor theme park located in Tama Center, Tokyo that attracts over 1.5 million visitors per year and hosts various musicals, restaurants, attractions, and theme rides using popular characters such as Hello Kitty, Pochacco, Keroppi, and many more. While many of the shows are only in Japanese, Puroland nevertheless attracts many visitors from overseas as well as Japan because of the worldwide popularity of these characters.   Puroland has become one of Japan's most popular attractions.
    sanrio-puroland-11.jpg
  • Hello Kitty Show at Sanrio Puroland - an indoor theme park located in Tama Center, Tokyo that attracts over 1.5 million visitors per year and hosts various musicals, restaurants, attractions, and theme rides using popular characters such as Hello Kitty, Pochacco, Keroppi, and many more. While many of the shows are only in Japanese, Puroland nevertheless attracts many visitors from overseas as well as Japan because of the worldwide popularity of these characters.   Puroland has become one of Japan's most popular attractions.
    sanrio-puroland-2.jpg
  • Hello Kitty Show at Sanrio Puroland - an indoor theme park located in Tama Center, Tokyo that attracts over 1.5 million visitors per year and hosts various musicals, restaurants, attractions, and theme rides using popular characters such as Hello Kitty, Pochacco, Keroppi, and many more. While many of the shows are only in Japanese, Puroland nevertheless attracts many visitors from overseas as well as Japan because of the worldwide popularity of these characters.   Puroland has become one of Japan's most popular attractions.
    sanrio-puroland-1.jpg
  • Sanrio Puroland is an indoor theme park located in Tama Center, Tokyo that attracts over 1.5 million visitors per year and hosts various musicals, restaurants, attractions, and theme rides using popular characters such as Hello Kitty, Pochacco, Keroppi, and many more. While many of the shows are only in Japanese, Puroland nevertheless attracts many visitors from overseas as well as Japan because of the worldwide popularity of these characters.   Puroland has become one of Japan's most popular attractions.
    sanrio-puroland-12.jpg
  • Sanrio Puroland is an indoor theme park located in Tama Center, Tokyo that attracts over 1.5 million visitors per year and hosts various musicals, restaurants, attractions, and theme rides using popular characters such as Hello Kitty, Pochacco, Keroppi, and many more. While many of the shows are only in Japanese, Puroland nevertheless attracts many visitors from overseas as well as Japan because of the worldwide popularity of these characters.   Puroland has become one of Japan's most popular attractions.
    sanrio-puroland-9.jpg
  • Jiji Elderly Man at Mengake Kamakura - Mengake or Masked Parade at Goryo Jinja shrine.  At this festival held in September a group of ten people take part in this annual ritual: 8 men and 2 women. Wearing comical or grotesque masks that signify different demons, legends and dieties  leave the shrine and parade through the nearby streets accompanied by portable shrine and festival music.
    mengake-kamakura-22.jpg
  • Drummers at Mengake Kamakura - Mengake or Masked Parade at Goryo Jinja shrine.  At this festival held in September a group of ten people take part in this annual ritual: 8 men and 2 women. Wearing comical or grotesque masks that signify different demons, legends and dieties  leave the shrine and parade through the nearby streets accompanied by portable shrine and festival music.
    mengake-kamakura-07.jpg
  • Glico Man - Dotombori is a district of Osaka famous for its neon and mechanized signs, most famously for the sign of the candy manufacturer Glico.  The Glico Man sign shows a giant electronic display of a runner crossing a finish line.  Along the streets, to advertise their products and menus visitors are amazed at the moving giant crabs, puffed out blowfish, smoking dragons and other dramatic kitsch.  Dotombori is a district has always been known for its historic theaters, night life, shops and restaurants and in modern times its many neon and mechanized signs,
    dotombori-signs-22.jpg
  • Godzilla Slide, Kurihama Flower World - Ever since 1954, Godzilla has becomie a pop icon around the world.  The creature has appeared in novels, comic books, video games, TV shows and several sequels to the original film both in Japan and Hollywood.  Godzilla is usually portrayed as an enormous, scary sea creature with atomic breath.  Godzilla is so ingrained in the culture that there are numerous Godzilla statues all over Japan. Huge Godzilla statues can be found in several locations including Shinjuku, Oshima Island, Hibiya Square and Kurihama Flower World where you can even enter Godzilla’s crotch to go down a slide from his backside… whee!!!!
    godzilla-slide-01.jpg
  • Haw Par Villa is a one-of-a-kind theme park in Singapore with over a thousand statues and a hundred dioramas depicting scenes from Chinese mythology,  Confucian stories, folklore and legends.  Originally called Tiger Balm Gardens, the park was built by the Burmese-Chinese brothers Aw Boon Haw and Aw Boon Par  who were the developers of Tiger Balm ointment. They created the park in 1937 for teaching the public traditional Chinese values. The most renowned attraction at Haw Par Villa is the Ten Courts of Hell featuring gruesome depictions of hell in  Buddhism and Chinese mythology.
    haw-par-villa-5.jpg
  • Phuket Fantasea is cultural and entertainment theme park at Kamala Beach Phuket.  The park features various attractions with a focus on Thai culture and myths. Classical dances from Thailand’s regions play a prominent part in the theme park's signature show.  Some have described Phuket Fantasea as a Las-Vegas-style spectacle blending Thai culture with 4-D effects, acrobatics, pyrotechnics, special effects, elephant performances all in one unique theatrical show.  Fantasea adds a whole new spin on theme park entertainment, with attractions not found elsewhere in the world
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  • Faces at Dotonbori Hotel in Osaka with an amazing entrance featuring four huge columns with faces depicting the special qualities in human beings. The face columns act as a landmark and define the hotel's traditional architecture.
    Dotombori-Hotel-1.jpg
  • Puerto Galera is well known by diving enthusiasts for its coral reefs and professionally run diving operations.; Asia Divers is one of the originals that not only set up dives but offer PADI instruction; and certification.
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  • Rakan statues represent the 500 disciples of Buddha. Although many Buddhist sculptures are carved to represent exquisite beauty or terrifying ferociousness, rakan almost always seem to be carved in the spirit of humour and good fun
    rakan-zentsuji-1.jpg
  • Fukurokokuji Diety of Good Fortune at Mengake Procession Kamakura - Mengake or Masked Parade at Goryo Jinja shrine.  At this festival held in September a group of ten people take part in this annual ritual: 8 men and 2 women. Wearing comical or grotesque masks that signify different demons, legends and dieties  leave the shrine and parade through the nearby streets accompanied by portable shrine and festival music.
    mengake-kamakura-28.jpg
  • Midwife at Mengake Kamakura - Mengake or Masked Parade at Goryo Jinja shrine.  At this festival held in September a group of ten people take part in this annual ritual: 8 men and 2 women. Wearing comical or grotesque masks that signify different demons, legends and dieties  leave the shrine and parade through the nearby streets accompanied by portable shrine and festival music.
    mengake-kamakura-23.jpg
  • Shinto Priests at Mengake Procession - Mengake or Masked Parade at Goryo Jinja shrine.  At this festival held in September a group of ten people take part in this annual ritual: 8 men and 2 women. Wearing comical or grotesque masks that signify different demons, legends and dieties  leave the shrine and parade through the nearby streets accompanied by portable shrine and festival music.
    mengake-kamakura-04.jpg
  • Mengake Procession - Mengake or Masked Parade at Goryo Jinja shrine.  At this festival held in September a group of ten people take part in this annual ritual: 8 men and 2 women. Wearing comical or grotesque masks that signify different demons, legends and dieties  leave the shrine and parade through the nearby streets accompanied by portable shrine and festival music.
    mengake-kamakura-02.jpg
  • Dotombori Dragon - Dotombori is a district of Osaka famous for its neon and mechanized signs, most famously for the sign of the candy manufacturer Glico.  The Glico Man sign shows a giant electronic display of a runner crossing a finish line.  Along the streets, to advertise their products and menus visitors are amazed at the moving giant crabs, puffed out blowfish, smoking dragons and other dramatic kitsch.  Dotombori is a district has always been known for its historic theaters, night life, shops and restaurants and in modern times its many neon and mechanized signs,
    dotombori-signs-16.jpg
  • Dotombori Dragon - Dotombori is a district of Osaka famous for its neon and mechanized signs, most famously for the sign of the candy manufacturer Glico.  The Glico Man sign shows a giant electronic display of a runner crossing a finish line.  Along the streets, to advertise their products and menus visitors are amazed at the moving giant crabs, puffed out blowfish, smoking dragons and other dramatic kitsch.  Dotombori is a district has always been known for its historic theaters, night life, shops and restaurants and in modern times its many neon and mechanized signs,
    dotombori-signs-15.jpg
  • Don Quijote Dotombori Branch - Dotombori is a district of Osaka famous for its neon and mechanized signs, most famously for the sign of the candy manufacturer Glico.  The Glico Man sign shows a giant electronic display of a runner crossing a finish line.  Along the streets, to advertise their products and menus visitors are amazed at the moving giant crabs, puffed out blowfish, smoking dragons and other dramatic kitsch.  Dotombori is a district has always been known for its historic theaters, night life, shops and restaurants and in modern times its many neon and mechanized signs,
    dotombori-signs-2.jpg
  • Godzilla Slide, Kurihama Flower World - Ever since 1954, Godzilla has becomie a pop icon around the world.  The creature has appeared in novels, comic books, video games, TV shows and several sequels to the original film both in Japan and Hollywood.  Godzilla is usually portrayed as an enormous, scary sea creature with atomic breath.  Godzilla is so ingrained in the culture that there are numerous Godzilla statues all over Japan. Huge Godzilla statues can be found in several locations including Shinjuku, Oshima Island, Hibiya Square and Kurihama Flower World where you can even enter Godzilla’s crotch to go down a slide from his backside… whee!!!!
    godzilla-slide-02.jpg
  • The Kappa Kawataro is a water spirit of Japan, with webbed hands and feet and a tortoise shell.  Crowning their head of page-boy style hair is a circular depression filled with water. Such demons are said to be the ghosts of drowned souls.  They have immense strength - the source of this power comes from the stored water within the dish on their head.  Activities from this demon can range from mischievous to deadly. It enjoys passing gas and forever gives off a fishy odour.  The kappa enjoys vegetarian cuisine particularly eggplants and cucumbers.
    kappa-4.jpg
  • Legendary Sage, Jiang Zi Ya at Haw Par Villa - a one-of-a-kind theme park in Singapore with over a thousand statues and a hundred dioramas depicting scenes from Chinese mythology,  Confucian stories, folklore and legends.  Originally called Tiger Balm Gardens, the park was built by the Burmese-Chinese brothers Aw Boon Haw and Aw Boon Par  who were the developers of Tiger Balm ointment. They created the park in 1937 for teaching the public traditional Chinese values. The most renowned attraction at Haw Par Villa is the Ten Courts of Hell featuring gruesome depictions of hell in  Buddhism and Chinese mythology.
    haw-par-legendary-sage-2.jpg
  • Tiger car at Haw Par Villa - a one-of-a-kind theme park in Singapore with over a thousand statues and a hundred dioramas depicting scenes from Chinese mythology,  Confucian stories, folklore and legends.  Originally called Tiger Balm Gardens, the park was built by the Burmese-Chinese brothers Aw Boon Haw and Aw Boon Par  who were the developers of Tiger Balm ointment. They created the park in 1937 for teaching the public traditional Chinese values. The most renowned attraction at Haw Par Villa is the Ten Courts of Hell featuring gruesome depictions of hell in  Buddhism and Chinese mythology.
    haw-par-tiger-car-1.jpg
  • Haw Par Villa is a one-of-a-kind theme park in Singapore with over a thousand statues and a hundred dioramas depicting scenes from Chinese mythology,  Confucian stories, folklore and legends.  Originally called Tiger Balm Gardens, the park was built by the Burmese-Chinese brothers Aw Boon Haw and Aw Boon Par  who were the developers of Tiger Balm ointment. They created the park in 1937 for teaching the public traditional Chinese values. The most renowned attraction at Haw Par Villa is the Ten Courts of Hell featuring gruesome depictions of hell in  Buddhism and Chinese mythology.
    haw-par-villa-3.jpg
  • Savan Vegas Hotel and Casino has 499 hotel rooms and 5000 square meters of gaming and entertainment space. Savan Vegas regularly hosts gaming tournaments and other events. The facility attracts an average of 4000 visitors per day.  The resort facility employs a staff of nearly 2000 people, 90% of which are Lao citizens.  Savan Vegas provides housing, meals, clothing, medical care, and language instruction to many of its employees at no cost.  Savan Vegas provides complementary shuttle service for all guests arriving at Savannakhet Airport and the nearby Thai border.
    savan-vegas-casino-4.jpg
  • Taking a trishaw ride through Melaka seems to be the thing to do for every visitor.  There are dozens of them offering this service and the price is fixed these days at 40 Malaysian Ringgit per hour. Unlike other towns where rickshaws still ply the streets, the fixed rate ensures a reasonable fare for passengers and an equitable income for the driver. The trishaws in Melaka are colorful with lots of decorations, each with their own individual design and add flambouyant colors to the streets of Melaka..
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  • Agung Rai Museum or ARMA as it is known in Ubud is more than a museum. It is a center for the arts, and provides opportunities to enjoy the permanent collections, special temporary exhibitions, theatre performances, dance, music, and painting classes.  There is also a library and reading room, and the museum offers regular cultural workshops, seminars and training programmes in its spacious grounds.
    arma-museum-05.jpg
  • A Balinese togog, this one with an extremely long tongue,  is a decorative sculpted head, often decorated with flowers.  The facial expressions taking form from Balinese folk tales and legends.
    balinese-togog-1.jpg
  • Teruhisa Kitahara's collection of 3,000 tin toys produced from the 1890's to the 1960's is displayed here. Christmas goods can be purchased at any time of the year at 'Christmas Toys'.
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  • The bright yellow pumpkin covered with a pattern of black dots stands about two meters high. Created by Kusama Yayoi in 1994 it has  served as a symbol of the entire Naoshima art project and over time it has been joined by other pieces integrated with Naoshima's landscape.
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  • Manila Street Fashion - Nothing explains the Filipino character better than the word exhuberance.  A passion for costumes, dressing up, funny hats and beauty pageants makes the Philippines a natural when it comes to street fashion.  Although the country's hot, humid climate usually requires casual, comfortable clothing, there is usually a bit of flair added for extra value and fun.
    manila-street-fashion-02.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.
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  • Japanese university festivals are annual events held by most schools in Japan at which their students display their everyday achievements. Prospective students may come to see what the school and atmosphere are like. .However, most people who visit these cultural festivals come just for fun. Food is served, and often classrooms or gymnasiums are transformed into temporary restaurants or cafés. Dances, concerts and plays are usually performed by  by various clubs such as the dance club, the orchestra club or the drama club..The "bunkasai" is intended to be a fun event, but it is also intended to enrich people's lives by increasing social interaction. Cultural festivals are frequently depicted in Japanese animation and manga, with an increasing number of students dressing up in costume play outfits.
    japanese-university-festival-1.jpg
  • La Machine at Minato Mirai, celebrating Yokohama's 150 years as a seaport and Japan's opening to the world.   No ideas why the French "La Machine" spider was invited to participate but it's a crowd pleaser.
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  • Buckingham Palace Replica at Tobu World Square - a theme park near Nikko and Kinugawa Onsen. The theme park boasts 42 exquisitely crafted scale models of famous UNESCO  Heritage Sites, complete  with 140,000 miniature people.  Along with the World Heritage Sites, more mundane buildings are Tokyo Station, Narita Airport and Tokyo Dome, along with show pavilions for various hokey performances.
    tobu-world-square-5.jpg
  • Oni are creatures from Japanese folklore, variously called demons, devils, ogres or trolls. They are popular characters in Japanese art, literature and theatre. Depictions of oni vary widely but usually portray them as hideous, gigantic, creatures with sharp claws, wild hair, and two long horns growing from their heads. They are humanoid for the most part, but occasionally, they are shown with unnatural features such as odd numbers of eyes or extra fingers and toes. Their skin may be any number of colors, but red and blue are particularly common.
    oni-1.jpg
  • Oni are creatures from Japanese folklore, variously called demons, devils, ogres or trolls. They are popular characters in Japanese art, literature and theatre. Depictions of oni vary widely but usually portray them as hideous, gigantic, creatures with sharp claws, wild hair, and two long horns growing from their heads. They are humanoid for the most part, but occasionally, they are shown with unnatural features such as odd numbers of eyes or extra fingers and toes. Their skin may be any number of colors, but red and blue are particularly common.
    oni-5.jpg
  • Japanese couple checking cellphones on a park bench overlooking the Pacific Ocean.  Don't want to miss a single text message!
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  • Japanese "Love hotels" attempt various themes to lighten the mood of such assignations,  this particular love hotel likes soft lights and moody colors.  this particular love hotel could almost pass for a real, normal hotel except for the smoked glass dark windows for privacy and the hidden entrance...Japanese love hotels always have a discreet entrance. More commonly they are "drive-through" with hidden parking lots or at least giant mud flaps hiding cars, or that is to say, car license plates in case the wife happens to drive by.
    japanese-love-hotel-1.jpg
  • The Mall of Asia, also known as MOA, is  the second largest shopping mall in the Philippines and occupies more than 410,000 square meters. The mall is located on Manila Bay and attracts daily foot traffic of 200,000 people.  Besides a huge array of shops, there is also entertainment such as mimes and even a Mall of Asia marching band that troupes through every hour or so...
    mall-of-asia-1.jpg
  • The Festival of the Phallus or Kanamara Matsuri is a Shinto fertility festival held in Kawasaki at Kanamara Shrine. The phallus forms the central theme of the event that is reflected everywhere: decorations, candy, and even sake bottles.  The grand finale is a huge parade going through the streets with penis floats. The festival is centered around Kanamra shrine, once popular among prostitutes who wished to pray for protection against diseases and other sexual problems.
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  • Kanamara Matsuri or Festival of the Phallus is an annual Shinto fertility festival held in Kawasaki in spring. The penis forms the central theme of the event that is reflected everywhere: candy, carved vegetables, decorations, sake bottles and a parade. The Kanamara Matsuri is centered around a local penis venerating shrine once popular among prostitutes who wished to pray for protection against sexual problems and diseases.
    kanamara-shrine-3.jpg
  • Long Nosed Mengake Mask at  Mengake Parade Procession at Goryo Jinja shrine.  At this festival a group of ten people take part in this annual ritual: 8 men and 2 women. Wearing grotesque or comical masks  leave the shrine and parade through the nearby streets accompanied by portable shrine and festival music.
    mengake-6.jpg
  • Mengake Mask Procession - Mengake or Masked Parade at Goryo Jinja shrine.  At this festival a group of ten people take part in this annual ritual: 8 men and 2 women. Wearing grotesque or comical masks  leave the shrine and parade through the nearby streets accompanied by portable shrine and festival music.
    mengake-2.jpg
  • At various festivals around the Japanese Islands, shishimai dances are performed to consecrate the festival ground and open the festival. A wooden lion mask and wooly-looking costume of woven and dyed banana/choma strips is worn, and the dance is performed to loud music featuring gongs, drums, bells, flutes, sanshin, and various other instruments. Some lion dances feature two or more dancers.
    shishimai-6.jpg
  • At various festivals around the Japanese Islands, shishimai dances are performed to consecrate the festival ground and open the festival. A wooden lion mask and wooly-looking costume of woven and dyed banana/choma strips is worn, and the dance is performed to loud music featuring gongs, drums, bells, flutes, sanshin, and various other instruments. Some lion dances feature two or more dancers as the lion.
    shishimai-3.jpg
  • At various festivals around the Japanese Islands, shishimai dances are performed to consecrate the festival ground and open the festival. A wooden lion mask and wooly-looking costume of woven and dyed banana/choma strips is worn, and the dance is performed to loud music featuring gongs, drums, bells, flutes, sanshin, and various other instruments. Some lion dances feature two or more dancers as the lion.
    shishimai-5.jpg
  • Harajuku Goths.  A wide variety of "costume play" getups are shown here: goths, cartoon characters from Japanese manga, anime,  the sweet-and-innocent frilly look or combinations in between (goth lolly)  Every Sunday, these cosplay characters converge on Harajuku, Tokyo's fashion quarter. Most casual observers say that cosplay is a reaction to the rigid rules of Japanese society. But since so many cosplay girls congregate in Harajuku and Aoyama - Tokyo headquarters of Fendi, Hanae Mori and Issey Miyake, others consider it is a reaction to high fashion. Whatever the cause, cosplay aficionados put a tremendous amount of effort into their costumes every Sunday. One wonders what they wear on Monday morning...
    costume-play-goths-4.jpg
  • Takeshita Street Samurai - A wide variety of "costume play" getups are shown here: goths, cartoon characters from Japanese manga, anime,  the sweet-and-innocent frilly look or combinations in between (goth lolly)  Every Sunday, these cosplay characters converge on Harajuku, Tokyo's fashion quarter. Most casual observers say that cosplay is a reaction to the rigid rules of Japanese society. But since so many cosplay girls congregate in Harajuku and Aoyama - Tokyo headquarters of Fendi, Hanae Mori and Issey Miyake, others consider it is a reaction to high fashion. Whatever the cause, cosplay aficionados put a tremendous amount of effort into their costumes every Sunday. One wonders what they wear on Monday morning...
    takeshita-street.jpg
  • Sand Bath at Beppu - A group of friends or family can enjoy being immersed in the hot sand bath together. A distinctly unique experience, having to have a bath after your sand bath to get rid of the sand.  Still, the experience will ease the muscles by sinking in the warm sand while gazing over the vast, blue ocean
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  • Niijima Moai Though they are called "moai" these artifacts are more like outdoor sculptures, dotted along the coastline of Niijima. Oddly enough, Niijima Island is a part of Tokyo although it in no way resembles the crowded city or any city for that matter.  In fact, it is more of a tropical paradise and hangout for surfer dudes, with huge wages and surf.  To make life more interesting, or some other reason, Niijima also has a smattering of moai or public art sculptures along the coast.  Though they are called "moai" these artifacts are more sculptures, dotted along the coastlines of Niijima.  Most of them are made of ryolite, a precious volcanic rock that is mined only on Niijima.  These sculptures are actually called moyai by the locals which means ‘work together’ in their dialect.
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  • Marie Laveau's House of Voodoo offer a wide variety of items to help in practicing spiritual and religious ceremony. Tribal masks and statues from around the world symbolizing our ancestors connection with the spirit and earth. Talismans and charms directed towards many different supplications, including voodoo dolls, are available here.
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  • Rakan at Eirinji - Rakan and Arhat statues represent the 500 disciples of Buddha. Although many Buddhist sculptures are carved to represent exquisite beauty or terrifying ferociousness, rakan often seem to be carved in the spirit of humour and good fun, or at least they usually appear to have comical faces, even though their message or what they represent may be dead serioues.
    eirinji-rakan-2.jpg
  • Rakan at Eirinji - Rakan and Arhat statues represent the 500 disciples of Buddha. Although many Buddhist sculptures are carved to represent exquisite beauty or terrifying ferociousness, rakan often seem to be carved in the spirit of humour and good fun, or at least they usually appear to have comical faces, even though their message or what they represent may be dead serioues.
    eirinji-disciples-3.jpg
  • Lion at Mengake Kamakura Procession - Mengake or Masked Parade at Goryo Jinja shrine.  At this festival held in September a group of ten people take part in this annual ritual: 8 men and 2 women. Wearing comical or grotesque masks that signify different demons, legends and dieties  leave the shrine and parade through the nearby streets accompanied by portable shrine and festival music.
    mengake-kamakura-24.jpg
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