Japanese traditional means of keeping cool – wind and water
Feeling the heat? Then get out of the kitchen and check out these two great blog posts by my Nara Lady English bloggers: wind chime temple by Nara storyteller, and have a bit of coolness, by Sarah Need still more cooling? Check out these Nara Lady English Bloggers: Heaven @ 2700 metres Alpine Meadow and [...]
Charles Jencks’ Mind-Bending Landscape Architecture – My Modern Metropolis
Jencks’ latest project is in northern England and is called Northumberlandia (the “Goddess of the North”). Commissioned by a UK coal-mining company, Jencks is creating to a giant land goddess sculpture that’s 112 feet high and 1,300 feet long. Due for completion in 2013, it will be the world’s largest human form sculpted into the [...]
Observing Generation Gaps – My Modern Metropolis
Looking at the two figures, there are apparent (no pun intended) likenesses and gaps. For a lot of the images, it feels like looking at a split-screen of the same person at different stages in their life. via Observing Generation Gaps – My Modern Metropolis. I recommend the following guides: Brett Kelly’s “Evernote Essentials 3.0″, [...]
Autumn Glory in Japan – photo roundup
I have the honour of knowing personally some great Japanese amateur photographers and bloggers. These ladies blog in English which is not their native language (I blush to think of the results if I tried blogging in Japanese), and they do a great job, don’t you think? Let me introduce some of them to you [...]
The week in pictures 19/08/2011 Photos | The week in pictures 19/08/2011 Pictures – Yahoo!
The week in pictures 19/08/2011 Photos | The week in pictures 19/08/2011 Pictures – Yahoo!. Want a laff? Click the link above and see the slideshow. Great pics, but the comments are pretty funny. (You need to register if you want to add your own comments.) I recommend the following guides: Brett Kelly’s “Evernote [...]
Inside Fukushima – interactive guide | World news | guardian.co.uk
Earlier this month, Kazuma Obara became the first photojournalist to gain unauthorised access to the power plant and produced an exclusive glimpse of life inside the facility via Inside Fukushima – interactive guide | World news | guardian.co.uk. Mouse-tip to EX-SKF Some interesting nuggets of information provided by Obara: The plant has its own petrol [...]
Survivor’s tale caught on camera | The Japan Times Online
This guy was lucky: he survived. Many did not. Read the story here. via Survivor’s tale caught on camera | The Japan Times Online. I recommend the following guides: Brett Kelly’s “Evernote Essentials 3.0″, Dan Gold’s $5 guides to Getting Everything Done with Evernote and Springpad, and DocumentSnap Solutions’ Paperless Document Organization Guides. Be sure [...]
One Time One Meeting: Current Anthology of Ten Thousand Leaves
One Time One Meeting blogger narastoryteller tells the unusual story of 2 modern Japanese poets: one a murderer in prison in the U.S., and the other an enigmatic homeless person. As usual, narastoryteller includes her own stunning photos in this blog entry. Take a break and read her latest post. One Time One Meeting: Current Anthology of [...]
Stardust English Talk: Passing sakura
Personally, I like the cherry blossom when they start falling off the trees, falling like snow. So I really enjoyed Stardust’s photos and text about the “passing sakura”. Here’s one. There are more beautiful photos and text at Stardust English Talk: Passing sakura. I recommend the following guides: Brett Kelly’s “Evernote Essentials 3.0″, Dan Gold’s [...]
Autumn at Sheffield Park Gardens, East Sussex
Autumn at Sheffield Park Gardens, East Sussex Originally uploaded by Anguskirk In a November 4th article in the Daily Yomiuri, Mike Guest wrote about marked language: “phrases like, “Japan’s four seasons” instead of the seasons, or “American joke” for any joke told by a foreigner. Marked by redundancy. ” Many Japanese will insist that Japan [...]
