Last weekend I spent camping with family and friends at Mimosa Rocks National Park. Mimosa Rocks National Park is located 20 kilometres south of Bermagui and 413 kilometres south of Sydney on the Sapphire Coast of NSW. One of NSW’s most attractive parks it stretches for 17 km along a strip of coastal beaches, caves,...
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Friday, November 27, 2009 Posted in Okayama
Okayama Castle, also known as “Crow Castle” (U-jo) due to its black exterior, was built in 1597 in the style of the Azuchi-Momoyama Period. It is located in the Okayama city on the Asahi River, which was used as a moat, and next to the famous Korankuen Garden. The original castle was destroyed on June...
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Thursday, November 26, 2009 Posted in Okayama
Korakuen (Koraku-en) Garden is one of Japan’s official Three Great Gardens (along with Kanazawa’s Kenrokuen and Mito’s Kairakuen) and hence Okayama’s number one attraction. The name means “Garden of Pleasure After”, a reference to a famous Confucian quote stating that a wise ruler must attend to his subjects’ needs first and only then attend to...
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Monday, November 23, 2009 Posted in Hiroshima
Hiroshima is the capital of Hiroshima Prefecture, and the largest city in the Chugoku region of western Honshu, the largest island of Japan. When the first atomic bomb was dropped over Hiroshima on August 6, 1945, the city became known worldwide for this unenviable distinction. The destructive power of the bomb was tremendous and obliterated...
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Monday, November 16, 2009 Posted in Iwakuni
The Kintai-kyo or “Brocade Sash Bridge”, has been Iwakuni’s most distinguished landmark and a subject of admiration for hundreds of years. The 210m long bridge spans the Nishiki river and was originally built in 1673 under daimyo Kikkawa Hiroyoshi, without using a single nail. It was swept away by floods caused by Typhoon Kezia in...
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Thursday, November 12, 2009 Posted in Miyajima
Belfry at the Daisho-in Temple, Miyajima, Japan. The bell was rung to tell the time in the morning, afternoon and evening in the past. Now it is rung to start the time for worship.
Daisho-in Temple is an ancient one of the most important temples of Shingon Buddhism built at the foot of the sacred Mtount...
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