Morioka City Hotel
8-14 Moriokaekimaedori Morioka, Iwate, Tohoku, 020-0034, Japan
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Why Japan will Overcome this Crisis
... believe with propel the Japanese people to recover and rebuild their lives and their country.
In light of the recent events, I’ve tried to get in touch with my homestay family over email but to no avail. According to news reports there are 57 shelters set-up in Morioka housing over 3200 victims. I would not be surprised if the Ishigame family has opened their own doors to welcome victims with the same generosity and kindness that they once showed ...
Kakunodate, Nyuto Onsen Hot Spring, Zuihoden
... decorations influenced by the Momoyama Culture. They were beautiful, but I was not much impressed, because I knew the mausoleum was rebuilt after it was destroyed in the WWII and it was not designated as a national treasure any more. Date Tadamune's Kansenden and Tsunamune's Zennoden Mausoleums were located close to Zuihoden. Zennoden was rebuilt from imagination, because there were no materials enough to rebuild it.
After that, I headed for Tokyo. That ...
Encounter with a samurai
... to find the right place to exchange my rail pass voucher, everything today worked out perfectly - found the right trains, didn't miss any (yes, yes, I know there's a bet out there as to how many trains I'd miss ;-) I was amazed again about how well the Japanese shinkansen work - the places where the doors of the cars are are marked on the platform, car numbers are displayed on the platform so that you can queue up exactly where the doors of your car will open... As ...
Thoughts on the Train
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I was concerned over the younger generation. Whether they bought into the strict rules of the society placed upon them and most importantly whether they bought into this idea of Japan as a peaceful, non-violent nation. I feel the potential for a bubbling resentment, a need for the outlet for youthful rebellion. Is there no anger at the lot many people have drawn in life? Is there no hunger for a bit of a good old-fashioned punch-up, a bout of pointless violence?
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Set Views
... way the sun happens to be cascading through the trees here or the detailed shadow of the spiders web on this chilly morning. In these photos there is no appreciation of light, of colour balance - only of subject matter.
And a photo is not worth its salt, the subject matter is without a key ingredient, unless a friend or a loved one, or even a random stranger, is stood in front of the prescribed view and holding up two fingers in a cutsey V.
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