There are statues and manhole covers dedicated to the Peach Boy! He (and a dog, monkey and pheasant) removed the ogres from an island. The boy was found inside a peach...hence the name. Must have been one very big peach.
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| Left: Peach boy stature (with dog & monkey) Right: Manhole cover with Peach boy motif |
Kyoto has height limitations on buildings, no neon, and no billboards on buildings. Okayama. Not so much.
Travel here was easy...rode the shinkansen...or bullet train. My favourite mode of travel. Can a train be exciting? Even...sexy? Think...Concorde...Corvette...Space Shuttle...
Or not.
My hotel room overlooks the train station. I thought it would be a great opportunity to take a photograph of the shinkansen...but it doesn’t exude the same kind of excitement when viewed from above. I’ll have to take a picture while in the station. Truly...it sets the pulse racing when it arrives. Okay. Maybe just mine. So sleek. Aerodynamic. Futuristic.
Meh. Okay. I’ll move on.
Checked in way ahead of time, so wandered over to...not a shrine or temple, but a garden. Filled with...school children. Very, very small school children. Now that the cherry blossoms are over, it is time for the azaleas to take centre stage. Lovely.
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| Okayama Korakuen |
So...catching up on other stuff...
The things in the middle of the roads (and on sidewalks) in Kanazawa? Those are sprinklers used to remove snow!
Sake is served hot, warm, room temperature or cold. Depending on the kind of sake.
Electric cars here aren’t plugged in, but parked over charging stations.
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| Car parked over charging station |
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