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Weekly Photo Challenge: Eerie

11/2, 201310/13, 2014 tanu

I’m not sure what this really is. Is it a kind of gargoyle? Anyway,I saw this strange object at the Tōshō-gū (東照宮) shrine, Nikko and felt some eerie thing. Probably, it is an imaginary elephant which was carried from China long long ago. (footnoted)

From ancient days, Tōrō (灯籠) has a eerie face. Some stories says you might see someone eerie around midnight and it would be a light tower.

This challenge was set by the Daily Post.

Note: 6 Nov. 2013

Yukitten taught me that the animal in the first picture is Baku, imaginary one from China, having nose of elephant, feet of tiger, etc. Now I understand why such figure is there.

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Horizon

10/27, 201310/13, 2014 tanu

A horizon for me has been always a ridge line probably because I like skiing, tramping, water skiing on a lake. I don’t know the reason why I was far from the sea. Exactly saying, I lived in a house very close to a shore, 2 minutes to walk, for several years. It would be a likely reason that I was too close to the sea.

The picture is not where I lived but I like there.

This challenge was set by the Daily Post.

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Photo panoramique: autumn roses

10/20, 201310/13, 2014 tanu

秋の薔薇は春に比べると少しさびしいが、横浜イングリッシュガーデンには多くの薔薇が咲いている。先日の台風のせいか、多くの花が傷ついている。それでも十分である。この季節は、花が徐々に少なくなる季節なのだから。

Autumn roses looks quieter than spring but you would see so many roses at Yokohama English Garden. Many flower’s petal are scratched probably by typhoon having gone through close to Yokohama last week.

間もなく、ハロウィン。イングリッシュガーデンではあるが、華やかに。

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Weekly Photo Challenge: The Hue of You

10/19, 201310/13, 2014 tanu

Usually, I’m writing here about cross cultural things of France or Europe in Japanese. Basically, prominent colors of France seems to be a kind of earth color like brown, green, gray and so on, especially for common Japanese. However, I think, it comes from a color of building and brilliant red or pink can be a symbolic color of Europe.

Honestly saying, I prefer blue of sky and I believe it shines with bright colors. One of easy ways to see a shinning blue is to visit tropical islands but it is possible to do it in north Europe.