Japan, as a non-Christian country, does not celebrate Christmas. December 25th is not a national holiday. But Japanese people, as great lovers of festivals and celebrations, try to celebrate it in a commercial way. Local government and big companies decorate parks and buildings with colorful illumination. Last Saturday, I went to Tokyo Midtown, Shiodome, and [...]
Categories: Feature, Japan, Photowalk
Tagged: christmas, Feature, illumination, Japan, Photowalk, roppongi, shiodome, tokyo, tokyo midtown, tokyo tower
- Published:
- December 21, 2009 – 2:00 pm
- Author:
- By jesslee
Rikugien Garden, in Bunyo-ku, Tokyo, is one of the best-preserved Japanese landscape gardens of the Edo period. The name, Rikugi-en, came from “six elements of Waka poems” that had been derived from “six styles of poems” written in the old Chinese poetry book “Mao-shi”. The garden is most beautiful in the autumn season because trees [...]
Categories: Japan, Photowalk
Tagged: autumn, garden, illumination, Japan, Photowalk, rikugien, tokyo
- Published:
- December 2, 2009 – 2:00 pm
- Author:
- By jesslee
