Who knew that Osaka looks so much better from the water? I revisited some old favourite places during the Silver Week holiday but saw them from a whole new angle. And the significance of the giant rubber duck? I have no idea; it was just floating on the river near Tenmanbashi.
Tag: sculpture
Kiyosato
Wet weather, magnificent mountain scenery covered in by clouds, a terse exchange with a vacuous local who treated the foreigner like an exhibit in the zoo, and a railway signal breakdown causing an almost unheard of 2 hour train delay. That sounds like a bad weekend, but a getaway to Kiyosato was actually not a bad escape from Tokyo.
Osaki
Sharp sculpture outside tax office next to Osaki Station, the next stop (No 7) on our Yamanote Line circuit ride.
Umi Hotaru, Sculpture Park & the mountains
A day of golf via the Umi Hotaru in the middle of Tokyo Bay, a suburban sculpture park and a day on Tanigawa-dake – a trifecta report.
Sculpture park, wine tasting, a picnic with the kookaburras and soaking in an onsen
Today’s trip took around 16 of us on a minibus to three wineries on the Mornington Peninsula, with some other assorted stops along the way. Well done Glen for organising and being tour-guide/announcer. Keeping with the Japanese theme, we finished at the Peninsula Hot Springs, a Japanese-style onsen next to the Moonah Links golf course at… Continue reading Sculpture park, wine tasting, a picnic with the kookaburras and soaking in an onsen