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| A Zen temple, Kyoto |
A couplet of days before nosotros were to piece of job out for Osaka nosotros happened to conk on a day-trip to Yokohama. Yokohama, according to mutual knowledge, has been 1 of the of import ports of Nippon e'er since the province opened upwards to the Westerners inwards the 19th Century. Today, however, it is non solely a major port for the country, it is a rattling decent town too large plenty to live on ranked every bit its mo most populous city. We, however, were non at that spot to direct maintain a expect at the port. We were at that spot to acquire a lowdown on the Japanese Post Bank. The Post Bank, we
found, was a massive organization located inwards its huge offices inwards its ain edifice inwards Yokohama. It was soundless a component division of the Post Office  |
| Yokohama |
amongst its ain Director General too it held to a greater extent than deposits than whatever banking concern inwards Japan. Today, however, after Premier Koizumi’s privatisation of the Post Office, the Post Bank has conk the world’s biggest deposit-holder also beingness a full-fledged fellow member of the Japanese Bankers Association. Commencing its concern inwards the 19th Century every bit a Savings Bank it traversed quite a long distance to offering instantly numerous banking services too runs ATMs throughout the country. Incidentally, our ain Post Office is instantly inwards the procedure of taking babe steps to convert the Post Office Savings Bank into a full-fledged bank.  |
| Kinkakuji Golden Temple, Kyoto |
Soon, nosotros were ready to piece of job out by Shinkansen, as the Bullet Train is known inwards Japanese, for Osaka. Everyone was naturally excited every bit it was going to live on an experience. We assembled at the Tokyo Station situated closed to the concern district of Ginza. The sleek white too bluish develop parked on the platform was a beauty. I went along the cars to direct maintain a expect at the locomotive that had that typical aerodynamic shape amongst a pointed olfactory organ to cleave the air. Inside the develop the ambience too the fixtures were thence dissimilar that 1 never felt that 1 was  |
| Heian Jingu Shinto shrine, Kyoto |
travelling inwards a train. Noise was minimal too it was similar what 1 gets inwards a jet rider plane. There was no rocking or jolting; it was to a greater extent than similar a smoothen glide over rails. One realised the speed solely when 1 looked out of the panoramic windows too saw the telephone posts zipping yesteryear at an incredible stride of to a greater extent than than 200 kilometres an hour. It was, however, thence smoothen that the loving cup of java kept on one’s tabular array inwards forepart wouldn’t milkshake every bit it does hither fifty-fifty inwards the prestigious Sahatabdi. The trip to Osaka took a niggling to a greater extent than than 3 hours. It was a technological marvel at that time; the Chinese high speed  |
| With Pat Kearney inwards Kyoto garden |
trains too their Maglev inwards Shanghai were all soundless inwards the future. However, the French TGV (Train a Grande Vitesse) running betwixt Paris too Lyon had attained speeds of about 300 kmph inwards 1981. Nonetheless, Shinkansen predates TGV inwards concept too actualisation.
Osaka, beingness the commercial nervus centre, appeared to live on a rattling  |
| Garden inwards Shoguns' Palace |
crowded, busy too dusty city. It was supposed to live on the 3rd largest inwards the country. Its only about 8 foursquare kilometre expanse was heavily bombed during attacks on Nippon inwards 1945. Most of the metropolis was, supposedly, newly built; whatever had remained unaffected continued to improve. It is the uppercase of Osaka Prefecture too the largest component division of a metropolis that comprises Kyoto too Kobe (the house known for its beef). We did non run across much of Osaka. It was generally made of high rises too busy roads packed amongst all kinds of vehicles. Instead the emphasis seemed to direct maintain been to present us a fleck of Kyoto too Nara.
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| Self inwards a Nara Garden |
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| A Nara florist |
As was said earlier, Kyoto is the component division of the Osaka Metropolitan area. The metropolis was the uppercase of Nippon for almost a m years until the transfer of the Imperial Court to Tokyo inwards 1869. Before that, a few centuries before Kyoto suffered enormous harm during the wars of the samurais. It, however, escaped whatever harm during the World War II. Because of its beingness a centre of civilisation too learning the U.S. changed its plans too instead dropped the mo atom bomb on Nagasaki. Known for centuries every bit a “city of 10 m shrines” Kyoto is a muche ameliorate preserved cities. It soundless boasts of nearly 2000 Buddhist too Shinto shrines. We could run across solely rattling few of the shrines apart  |
| A Nara garden amongst a sizable pond |
from the “Shoguns’ Palace”. Shoguns were the regular army commanders inwards feudal Nippon too used to practise existent power. The Palace, inwards fact, a castle was built inwards the 17th Century every bit the Kyoto residence of shoguns of the area. I don’t recall much of my see to the “Palace” but I produce recall the garden that surrounded this huge property, mayhap a typical instance of ancient Japanese gardens – afterwards to live on declared a World Heritage Site. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 few photographs direct maintain been placed inwards the album.
The Nara Prefecture borders that of Kyoto. This is also an ancient  |
| A Nara marketplace position inwards an alley |
town, having been the uppercase of the province though solely for a few decades inwards the 8th Century AD. We saw a few shrines hither but what interested me most inwards the town was the agency they had converted alleys betwixt ii modern buildings into shopping areas covered at the top. This was my showtime brush amongst such a convenient scheme that allowed shopping inwards a small-scale area. Later, of course, I came across something similar inwards Venice. Another peculiarity of the town is that it allows deer to  |
| A immature cigarette vendor inwards a Nara alley |
roam gratis all over every bit also inwards the well-cared Nara Deer Park. Legend has it that from the inception of the town deer are considered every bit heavenly animals too its guardians. No wonder, no 1 e'er harms them.
In those narrow alleys I saw some amazing diversity of ceramic ware of numerous designs. Nippon is known for its porcelain too hither it was almost similar a feast. From dinner sets to tea sets too  |
| Porcelain pieces bought from Nara |
sundry items of daily purpose too curios, all were at that spot too each slice was of incredible beauty. The aesthetics of each exceptional was only fantastic too 1 felt similar gathering every slice too accept off. But that was only non possible – physically or financially. It was thence hard to tear oneself away from the presence of such exquisite creations. Sumber https://bagchiblog.blogspot.com
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