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More of Rinku Town in Osaka, a silent town where you can find peace away from the big cities. In my last photo article about Rinku Town and the Kansai Institute I didn’t show this side of Rinku Town.
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Buddha Statues at night taken by fellow blogger Muza-chan. Some days ago I wrote a photo trip article to Asakusa, Tokyo, home of the most beautiful temples and shrines in Tokyo. My pictures are mostly of daytime crowded Asakusa, but Muza-chan shows another beautiful side of Asakusa at night time. Be sure to check it out!
On other news, I’ve finally filled the footer of Instant Ramen with links to news and the Google Friend Connect widget which was missing since a long time ago ^^; along with threaded comments and the “related posts”, I’m planning on redesigning the front page so that people can catch what’s hot around here and I’m also planning on featuring posts from other bloggers who have great content. In the meantime, sorry if you see something strange walking around here!
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If I were to call any place in Japan home, it would definitely be Osaka. Rinku Town is located just next to Kansai International Airport (the one on an artificial island), and is an excellent spot to relax, and so is the Kansai Japanese-Language Institute, with an excellent view all around of the sea. BTW: This article is a blog entry for April’s Japan Blog Matsuri!
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Pictured above is Maruoka Castle by Dan, originally constructed in 1576 and one of the oldest castles that is the real deal. Since Dan describes it perfectly head over to his website to see the description and other beautiful pictures of Japan :)
As I mentioned in my Asakusa Photo Trip, unfortunately, many structures of cultural importance in Japan were destroyed by nature, wars, and what else! Fortunately for us modern dwellers, Japan has made a great job rebuilding most of them, including one of my favorites — Castle Osaka!
Do you prefer Japanese castles, temples, shrines, or nature?
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Though Kyoto is my favorite place for temples and shrines sight-seeing, one place that really caught my attention is Asakusa (浅草）, in Tokyo. Asakusa has Tokyo’s most beautiful, biggest, and oldest temples and shrines, and tons of festivals all year round too!
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Mount Fuji in Autumn (Photo: Kazuhiko Teramoto)Fuji-san is Japan’s highest mountain at 3,776 m, and Japan’s most recognized symbol of landscape beauty. One of the Three Holy Mountains (三霊山 — Sanreizan) it is actually an active volcano, supposed to erupt and create more damage than Godzilla did to Tokyo back in the 50’s. Fortunately, it last erupted more than 300 years ago, with no signs of any activity.
I was fortunate enough to see Fuji-san for about ten seconds on my way back to Osaka from the Shinkansen’s window. Though I come from a country where volcanoes are all too common (including active ones), I was mesmerized by the greatness and beauty of that which left me speechless. Anyway, keep on reading for more beautiful pictures and other curious facts!
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View from my window, near Kansai International AirportWell, today I felt the need to write my own “view from my window” post with a fancy title. That’s right, that was my view from the 9th floor of the Kansai Japanese-Language Institute, located in Osaka, Rinku Town, a lovely place to be. I’m not sure what that building is, but the bridge to the left leads to the Kansai International Airport, the one located in an artificial island, remember? Keep on reading for more images!
UPDATE: I just found out that the not-so-interesting building is actually the 256-meters tall Rinku Gate Tower Building, one of the tallest in Japan and the whole world. Whoops!
Tasty~
