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liresiusI went to the gym today and took a stroll around the neighbourhood. I managed to coax my dying camera battery into a few more snaps before it really bit the dust! And when I say 'coax', I mean 'not take "No" for an answer' *g*. It gasped out a few more and here are the results. Photos for ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
sonadorita, raptor47 and miso_no_tsuki
Forsonadorita 1) your favorite place where you live!
I'm gonna give you an inside and an outside version for this first one ...
This is my POV FROM my favourite (inside) place i.e. my computer chair *g*. I love what I look at when I'm in it - my second hand coffee table, the treasures I've collected permananently on display on it and the Christmas tree of course, when it's seasonal.
This garden is just down the street from me and the only redeeming quality about said street! I love it cycling home in the heat of summer at night and when I get to this point I'm assailed by the pungents aromas of life, decay and the earth ... Bliss!
2) the view from any of your windows
There's not much to see from my windows, so I went up one floor onto the roof (that's 3rd floor for Brits and 4th for Amers.). I mentioned before that Japan was an infrastructural nightmare!! They don't bury the electrical/power lines here, I think because the frequent earthquakes would make it impossible to fix broken lines, so we have to put up with the ugliness of lines strewn across our skyscapes. But at least I have some mountains nearby. This is the reality and I didn't wanna sugarcoat it for you *g*
3) your neighborhood
Keiyaki-dori (what I called tree-lined street) - avenues of this sort are a rare thing here. This is taken from the nearest major intersection to my place. The street is lined with bronzes from a European art tradition, although you can't see them in this pic. See below formiso_no_tsuki's "something *you* like", which is 50m down this street behind the phone box in the foreground right hand corner.
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Forraptor47 3 things that are distinctly representative of Japan to you. Something:
1. historical
A typical historical house, architecturally. Not a fancy one, but an ordinary middle class home of people I think probably can't afford to update to something more plastic (thank God!)
2. modern
Ya know how our banks are falling over themselves to assure us of their responsibility, their maturity and how much they will take care of our money? Well, the banks here just adopt cute, frivolous characters and people flock to them, depending on their particular affinity to cuteness. Here we have the Moomins representing Gifu New Gold Bank (Gifu Shin Kin Ginko) on the glass door of the ATM (Cash Corner), and while I've got credit cards with Warner Bros. characters, Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck .. you name it! the Moomins are representative of this local Gifu bank.
3. natural
I took this pic last Saturday (29th) while I was skiing. It's at the top of the mountain, just after getting off the gondola. It's representative because it doesn't matter how far you get out ... into nature in Japan, there will always be something man-made in your peripheral vision (to remind you of human impact!) Note the red post! *g* And, hey, they have vending machines on the top of Mt Fuji, so this isn't all THAT bad!
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Formiso_no_tsuki
1. Something old
This is my queen-sized patchwork quilt ... well the central part of it. The hexagon is made of hand stitched silks, satins, and all manner of old fabrics, hand embroidered by yours truly about 20 years ago. The materials themselves are second hand and so, are quite a bit older I suspect!
2. Something new/modern - I couldn't decide which one to use here, so you get two for the value of one ...
This is a common sight right now in Japan - the New Year door decoration - equivalent to our Christmas wreath. There were so many to choose from, on my way to the gym today, and this was just on some anonymous door.
Ah, I love the gleam of guttering on the houses here - the design is old but it's all shiny and new in its coppery sheen.
3. Something *you* like
I mentioned above about the European bronzes on my favourite tree-lined street in my neighborhood. Well, this is the magna opus of those bronzes. Isn't she magnificent?!!! On the base of the statue it just says "Egyptian Queen". I know nothing else about her, but she is my favourite of all the ones on the street. She isn't blue, although she is starting to discolour on the flower at her temple and on her wristband! "Oh, fierce and terrible queen, pity me, spare me, your poor creature!
That's it!
sonadorita, raptor47 and miso_no_tsukiFor
sonadorita 1) your favorite place where you live!I'm gonna give you an inside and an outside version for this first one ...
This is my POV FROM my favourite (inside) place i.e. my computer chair *g*. I love what I look at when I'm in it - my second hand coffee table, the treasures I've collected permananently on display on it and the Christmas tree of course, when it's seasonal.
This garden is just down the street from me and the only redeeming quality about said street! I love it cycling home in the heat of summer at night and when I get to this point I'm assailed by the pungents aromas of life, decay and the earth ... Bliss!
2) the view from any of your windows
There's not much to see from my windows, so I went up one floor onto the roof (that's 3rd floor for Brits and 4th for Amers.). I mentioned before that Japan was an infrastructural nightmare!! They don't bury the electrical/power lines here, I think because the frequent earthquakes would make it impossible to fix broken lines, so we have to put up with the ugliness of lines strewn across our skyscapes. But at least I have some mountains nearby. This is the reality and I didn't wanna sugarcoat it for you *g*
3) your neighborhood
Keiyaki-dori (what I called tree-lined street) - avenues of this sort are a rare thing here. This is taken from the nearest major intersection to my place. The street is lined with bronzes from a European art tradition, although you can't see them in this pic. See below for
miso_no_tsuki's "something *you* like", which is 50m down this street behind the phone box in the foreground right hand corner.~*~
For
raptor47 3 things that are distinctly representative of Japan to you. Something:1. historical
A typical historical house, architecturally. Not a fancy one, but an ordinary middle class home of people I think probably can't afford to update to something more plastic (thank God!)
2. modern
Ya know how our banks are falling over themselves to assure us of their responsibility, their maturity and how much they will take care of our money? Well, the banks here just adopt cute, frivolous characters and people flock to them, depending on their particular affinity to cuteness. Here we have the Moomins representing Gifu New Gold Bank (Gifu Shin Kin Ginko) on the glass door of the ATM (Cash Corner), and while I've got credit cards with Warner Bros. characters, Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck .. you name it! the Moomins are representative of this local Gifu bank.
3. natural
I took this pic last Saturday (29th) while I was skiing. It's at the top of the mountain, just after getting off the gondola. It's representative because it doesn't matter how far you get out ... into nature in Japan, there will always be something man-made in your peripheral vision (to remind you of human impact!) Note the red post! *g* And, hey, they have vending machines on the top of Mt Fuji, so this isn't all THAT bad!
~*~
For
miso_no_tsuki1. Something old
This is my queen-sized patchwork quilt ... well the central part of it. The hexagon is made of hand stitched silks, satins, and all manner of old fabrics, hand embroidered by yours truly about 20 years ago. The materials themselves are second hand and so, are quite a bit older I suspect!
2. Something new/modern - I couldn't decide which one to use here, so you get two for the value of one ...
This is a common sight right now in Japan - the New Year door decoration - equivalent to our Christmas wreath. There were so many to choose from, on my way to the gym today, and this was just on some anonymous door.
Ah, I love the gleam of guttering on the houses here - the design is old but it's all shiny and new in its coppery sheen.
3. Something *you* like
I mentioned above about the European bronzes on my favourite tree-lined street in my neighborhood. Well, this is the magna opus of those bronzes. Isn't she magnificent?!!! On the base of the statue it just says "Egyptian Queen". I know nothing else about her, but she is my favourite of all the ones on the street. She isn't blue, although she is starting to discolour on the flower at her temple and on her wristband! "Oh, fierce and terrible queen, pity me, spare me, your poor creature!
That's it!
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Date: 2008-01-02 06:50 pm (UTC)Keiyaki-dori
Now you may guess why I like that name ;D
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Date: 2008-01-02 08:34 pm (UTC)The copper guttering is just gorgeous. Are they all that ornate? The wreath is interesting too, presumably they *don't* celebrate Christmas as such in Japan? Is the New Year like the Chinese version? (We have a big Chinese community in Southampton and they do the whole thing with the Lion dance and the Dragon in the street.)
Your quilt is fascinating. That's a very unusual design, very mathematical in nature. I admire your skill, I can't sew for toffee. *g*
The Warrior Queen, she is *WOW*! More Boris Vallejo than Classical Egyptian canon though.Wonder why she was called "Egyptian"? And what an amazing thing to find on a Japanese street.
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Date: 2008-01-02 11:34 pm (UTC)New Year is the big family time here - people go bck to their families homes if they are not living with them. it's very quiet until the countdown on NY's Eve. and then most people visit the shrine. The women get dressed up in kimono, often with "fur" stoles/trims. No dragon dances, but there are stalls of food at the shrines. I'm going today with a girlfriend for the fisrt visit of the year.
The quilt IS mathematical - based on the spiral of a shell - I forget which one *g* You've got a keen eye!
Ah, I'll have to google Boris Vallejo. Yeah, not classical Egyptian, but for some unknown reason that's what she's called. She's pretty amazing!
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Date: 2008-01-03 04:53 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-01-09 10:43 am (UTC)Yep, I kid you not re the vending machines on Mt Fuji and there's also heaps of litter on the climb up - at least that's what I hear, since I've never attempted the grueling 6-8 hour climb.
Thank you! Yes, I made the quilt and it was such fun doing it! doing all the math research on the shell angles and then working out how to fit curved edges to curved edges. It was a real challenge in that.
Glad you like the gutter photo. I was very pleased with how that came out.