Showing posts with label Japan. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Japan. Show all posts

Hitsujiyama Park

Sunday, April 28, 2013 - oh_noob
Moss pink, or shibazakura, could be a flower that grows near the bottom in good colours of magenta, pink, and white. The season for nonvascular plant pink, that is from late Apr to period of time, comes once the additional well-known cherry and peach blossom season in Japan. a preferred thanks to fancy nonvascular plant pink is to travel to a pink nonvascular plant pageant or park and see the assorted styles created by arrangement the nonvascular plant pink by color. one in every of the most effective places to fancy the blooming of nonvascular plant pink is at Hitsujiyama Park near the town of Chichibu, in Saitama Prefecture.

About 400,000 Shibazakura plants of eight varieties bloom from Apr to could on the slope of the Hitsujiyama Hill at the foot of Chichibu’s symbolic Mt. Buko, making a chic carpet of pink, purple and white. Winding ways lead you across the surreal pink and purple incline dominating the town. The backside of the Daisetsuzan chain of mountains offers its pointy snowy peaks as a background and tulips adorn the the wide gently-sloped ways on your journey across the Hill. apart from Shibazakura, just about one,000 cherry trees, as well as yoshino cherry, weeping cherry, and double-petal cherry trees, planted within the park, develop in Apr.

Also see Flower Paradise at Hitachi seacoast Park and Ashikaga Flower Park, each in Japan
















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Aogashima Island

Monday, April 22, 2013 - oh_noob
Aogashima is a volcanic Japanese island in the Philippine Sea. The island is administered by Tokyo and located approximately 358 kilometres (222 mi) south of Tokyo and 64 kilometres (40 mi) south of Hachijō-jima. It is the southernmost and most isolated inhabited island of the Izu archipelago.
The village of Aogashima administers the island under Hachijō Subprefecture of Tokyo Metropolis. As of 2009, the island's population was 205. Aogashima is also within the boundaries of the Fuji-Hakone-Izu National Park.








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Kiska

Saturday, April 20, 2013 - oh_noob
Kiska (Aleut: Qisxa) is an island in the Rat Islands group of the Aleutian Islands of Alaska. It is about 22 miles (35 km) long and varies in width from 1.5 to 6 miles (2.4 to 9.7 km)
The Japanese occupation site on the island is now considered a National Historic Landmark (the highest level of recognition accorded to historic sites in the US) and is protected under federal law. The island is also a part of the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge (AMNWR) and contains the largest colony of Least Auklets (over 1,160,000 birds) and Crested Auklets. Research biologists from Memorial University of Newfoundland have been studying the impact of introduced Norway Rats on the seabirds of Kiska since 2001.
Much of the aftermath left behind from World War II is still evident in Kiska. The slow erosion processes on the tundra have had little effect on the bomb craters still visible both from the ground and in satellite images on the hills surrounding the harbor. Numerous equipment dumps, tunnels (some concrete-lined), Japanese gun emplacements, shipwrecks, and other war relics can be found all untouched since 1943.
In 1983, a memorial plaque was placed on Kiska by the 87th Mountain Infantry Regiment. The plaque's inscription reads:
To the men of Amphibious Task Force 9 who fell here August 1943 placed here August 1983 by 87th Mountain Infantry Regiment.
On August 22, 2007, the submarine USS Grunion, which disappeared with a crew of 70 during World War II, was found in 1,000 metres (3,300 ft) of water off Kiska.










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Kinkaku-ji

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Kinkaku-ji officially named Rokuon-ji  is a Zen Buddhist temple inKyoto, Japan. The garden complex is an excellent example of Muromachi period garden design. The Muromachi period is considered to be a classical age of Japanese garden design.The correlation between buildings and its settings were greatly emphasized during this period. It was a way to integrate the structure within the landscape in an artistic way. The garden designs were characterized by a reduction in scale, a more central purpose, and a distinct setting. A minimalistic approach was brought to the garden design, by recreating larger landscapes in a smaller scale around a structure.
It is designated as a National Special Historic Site and a National Special Landscape, and it is one of 17 locations comprising the Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto World Heritage Site. It is also one of the most popular buildings in Japan, attracting a large number of visitors annually.











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