15 Fukuoka / Last days

Fukuoka Asian Art Museum

India Culture display.

Museum Hall

Great exhibition from Hokusai ukiyo-e

including the display of the 36 works of Henri Rivière (1902) following Hokusay style but Eiffel tower recreation.

Image take from Google, it was not allowed to take picture in the exhibition.

Fukuoka

ACROS Fukuoka is an Asian crossroad, a center for cultural exchange of all Asian countries.

Emilio Ambasz & Associates were the architect team. Ecological building within a wonderful roof garden.

Old Municipal Guest Palace of Fukuoka.

Night sky line.

Joten-ji

Joten-ji

Joten-ji

Tocho-ji temple

Tocho-ji

Tocho-ji

Shofuku-ji

Toka ebisu shrine.

 Statue of the Emperor Kameyama in Hihashi koen.

Nichiren statue.

Detail of the basement of Nichiren statue.

Ôhori koen.

I must give thanks to all Japanese friends who were some parts of this trip with me, some of them so old friendship as we meet on my first visits in 1989 and 1991, others more recently, some since this last trip.

Now I remember the Okinawa saying :

"ichariba-chode"  -Okinawa tamashï-

"Once we have met, we are like brothers and

 sisters"

Nice to hear it in our short Life.

Carlos

Remaining walls from the castle.

Fukuoka Art Museum features works from Dali, Miró, Rothko, Warhol...
"Pumpkin" from Yayoi Kusama.

 Lake view at Ôhori koen.




See you soon / Matane / またね

14 Kii Katsuura

Arriving Kii Katsuura there are beautiful scenes of coomb beside the river.

Thanks to Yuki san and Yama san, we did together this trip.

Kii Katsuura is a quiet fishermen village.

Hinamatsuri detail. Each March 3 is cellebrated the Girls´Day.
Platforms covered with a red carpet are used to display a set of ornamental dolls representing the Emperor, Empress, attendants, and musicians in traditional court dress of the Heian period.

Pictures from Hachiman shrine :

Hachiman shrine torii.

Shoji (puerta corredera japonesa) en el Ryokan.

Japanese comfort room.

View to the harbour from the Yukai Resort.

Maguro (tuna) in the street.

Fish market.

Searching "kujira" (whale)

Taiji.

Whale´s Museum.

All aspects of Kujira -whale- are depicted along the Museum. Fishing. History. Aquarium.

Grampus and dolphins exhibition.

Aquarium.

Tiny jinja on the top of Kii Katsura little hill.








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