Ueno Park, Sakura
Picture perfect for this picnic. Wish I could have sat down and joined in. Beautiful Sakura. So many people enjoying themselves, whether they were sitting down and drinking or just walking on by. Japanese life under the Sakura wave The empty bottles are lined up, the drawings left behind. Cameras out in force to document the great scene for many. Lots of happy hanami revelers. Plenty of blue tarpaulin laid out for the lucky ones who have reserved their spot. Rilakkuma slippers waiting for their owners to claim the space. Somebody get that dog a beer ! So many different groups of people coming together to watch the sakura. The sakura trees seem to come together to form a sea of cherry blossoms. The crowds always come to Ueno Park to see the sakura at this time of year. Local Shrine with some nice red color. As at any good matsuri, there is always plenty to eat. A mixture of many things. Tasty corn ready to go. These looked really tasty. Lots of heads bobbing along the road. Pretty in pink.
Japan Guide: definitive guide to Japan | Japan Guide
On 04.24.09, In Japan Guides, by Ryuichi I have always searched for a complete guide to Japan, with all useful information and tourist available at once. Since I couldn’t find it, I gathered everything: when you should go in Japan, what to bring with you, customs rules, tourist information about most beautiful Japanese places and so on. You can read everything online or you can download everything in PDF files, so you can print it and bring it with you. Here all the details For simplicity, this guide is divided in sections. When you should go to Japan If you would like to appreciate Japan you should visit it in April or May, during the Spring. I have personally visited Japan in August, but humidity is very high and if you can’t stand it you really should consider to visit in in April or in October, with lower prices. What bring with you in Japan First of all take with you a large variety of clothes, better in your hand-luggage. Be sure to have a credit card (see below) for any needs. Customs ?
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Japanese people often wear masks. There are 3 reasons to wear a mask in Japan: You're sick. As a courtesy to others you wear a mask to prevent transmission of your germs. You have allergies. Your coworkers are sick. Foreigners and Masks Most newcomers to Japan find masks amusing. Why You Have to Wear A Mask If you're sick and you don't wear a mask you're breaking local customs. It's like not taking a shower for three days — people might not say anything but it's not good for your social life or career. The Mystery Japanese culture generally doesn't consider masks to be unappealing.
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10 craziest hotels in the world.
Hôtel de Glace, Canada – an ice hotel opened only during winter Made entirely of ice and snow, this unique one-story structure has been rebuilt each year since 2000. The 9th season of the Ice Hotel lasted from January 4th through March 29th 2009. The Ice Hotel has become an unparalleled and world-famous winter experience. It takes 5 weeks, 500 tons of ice, and 15,000 tons of snow to craft the Ice Hotel with its ceilings as high as 18 feet, walls covered with original artwork and furniture carved from ice blocks. Waterworld Hotel, China – an amazing aquatic themed hotel Atkin's Architecture Group won first prize for an international design competition with this stunning entry. Sala Silvergruva, Sweden: a single room hotel inside a silver mine Picture this A single suite, 155m underground in historic Sala Silvermine, one of the world's best preserved mine settings. Das Park Hotel, Austria: a hotel where rooms are made of concrete pipes Jumbo Hostel ( Stockholm ): World's First Aircraft Inn
2D Hollywood Sign Redesigned as a Huge 3D Hillside Hotel
The Hollywood Sign is an icon of modern times – but perhaps one of the flimsiest of famous world landmarks, with a long and storied history (that might even make a good film) of being destroyed and rebuilt over time. One design idea proposes a way not only to preserve the character of this unique California movie monument, but to make it profitable (and inhabitable!) as well. Bayarch is a Danish architectural design firm with an unusual idea for transforming the sign into a livable structure, converting each letter into a component of a larger construction project: a set of luxury condos and hotel rooms built into behind and spanning the whole word. It sounds far fetched, but over the years the sign has been damaged many times – pranksters have rearranged letters, vandals have defaced them and (yes, this is true) drunks have even driven into and destroyed them.
