the other half of
the Looniverse

Japan

Kawasaki

Nihon Minka-en

Architecture Museum

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Beautiful park with a collection of 24 traditional Japanese buildings.


Japan may be, probably is, one of the most beautiful countries in the world. But the going used to get heavy for those who had to live there. Of course, my (I guess) West European ancestors weren't much better off. Even then, look at everything they did to carry that load of snow on their houses. The eternal struggle with rotting wood and leaking roofs. How they built layers of floors to at least try and keep the cold out.
As Willy remarked: Oh, how lucky I've been to live in other times and places!


guard window

azalea fence

bamboo gate

foliage lantern

bark window

colors in green

colors in green

flat bamboo wall

roof grass and blossoms

split bamboo gate

park bench

roof detail

colors in green

colors in green

straw roof cherry

Tokyo


warped roof

colors in green

wicker horse

In quite another place, we were told those warped ceilings served to combat claustrophobia.
Now that's interesting.


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