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Showing posts with label global geopark. Show all posts
Showing posts with label global geopark. Show all posts
Thursday, November 16, 2023
Exploring the Kuniga Coast
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global geopark,
nishinoshima,
oki
Thursday, September 21, 2023
Kuniga Coast
The Kuniga Coast is a picturesque piece of coastline on Nishinoshima Island in the Oki Island group in the Sea of Japan off of Shimane.
The Kuniga coast includes cliffs, rock spires and formations, and the Tsutenkyo Arch.
The previous post in this series on the Oki Islands was on the horses and cattle roaming free across the island.
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global geopark,
nishinoshima,
oki
Saturday, December 24, 2022
Red Cliff Sekiheki
Red Cliff Sekiheki
Chiburijima is the southernmost, smallest, and least-popu lated of the 4 inhabited islands of the group of islands known as Oki off the coast of Shomane.
The Oki Islands are one of my favorite three places in Japan and other posts from them can be found by clicking this link.
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chiburijima,
global geopark,
oki
Monday, February 22, 2021
Historic streets of Kiragawa
There are about 120 of these preservation districts throughout Japan, and while some are very touristy and disneyfied, i find the less visited sites like Kiragawa more appealing. A longer guide to Kiragawa I wrote can be found here.
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Architecture,
global geopark,
henro,
kochi,
preservation district
Friday, January 22, 2021
Hiyoriyama Seacoast
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global geopark,
hyogo,
toyooka
Sunday, October 4, 2020
Palace of the Dragon King
Whenhe returned to the surface he discovered that in the few days he had spent in the undersea world a hundred years had passed up on the surface. He opened the box and suddenly transformed into a very old man. Another version has him transforming into a crane. Both the turtle and crane are Daoist symbols of longevity very prevalent in Japanese culture and art.
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daoism,
dragon king,
global geopark,
shinwa,
toyooka,
turtle
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