I love Japanese walls for some reason. The texture of the various types of stone, the colors, the different styles with the top caps, etc. The wall below was interesting because of the door. The door is about 3 to 4 feet tall (0.9 to 1.2 meters). I really like the arched stone above this small door and the rough stone looks very nice. The stone lip about a foot from the ground also really makes this wall look nice in my opinion. This photo is one I took from Otawara in Tochigi prefecture in August 2010.
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I like this picture - reminds me of something out of a Ghibli movie.
ReplyDeletePersonally I'm partial to Japanese roofs.
Thank you. Yeah, I love Japanese roofs too. Next time I go to Japan I will have to take a lot of photos of roofs.
ReplyDeleteThat is one small door!
ReplyDeleteI went to the west side of Sendai yesterday (not even by the coast) and saw a lot of walls on the ground. (There were a lot of roofs being fixed too.) It was amazing how much of a difference there was 15 minutes away from me.
ReplyDeleteMaybe there was more ground motion on that side of Sendai, softer ground, more liquefaction, etc. I notice a lot of walls in Japan are kind of thin so I am not surprised they might fall over. But walls everywhere including California often fall over in quakes. Just the way it is.
ReplyDeleteInteresting! Is this door in the wall of a normal house? Not a castle? I'm dying to find out what's behind it - can't you go back and check that out instead of doing a roof? ;)
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Lol Ri sorry but it just a regular old house in Otawara. No castle. :) Not to many foreigners in this town and neighborhood so I might freak them out if I go back behind the wall to check it out.
ReplyDeleteI see these all the time, of course. Never do think to take photos of them. What always kind of amazes me is just how small they are. I wonder how often they are actually used or if they are more just for effect.
ReplyDeleteThanks for commenting Dave. Sorry I had not responded sooner or that your comments had not shown up. For some reason Blooger was blocking them as spam. I hope I was able to fix that.
ReplyDeleteI guess the door is maybe an access to a side area but only for very occasional times. Still, a typical wall in the U.S. probably would have a normal size door, even for a rarely used area. I like how they decided to place an arch over this little door.