The highway... that was left behind

　There was the village in the close bottom of the gorge.
　Though still noon, only here is already dusk.

　100 years ago, this post town was full of travelers.




　Most of the passersby do not walk this way.
　There are only the inns calmly.

　While waiting for a visitor without an expectation...




　A small light seems to be turned on.
　Time has passed. Most people will forget all.

　Memory may return to here again someday, by chance.


　The embers of an old prosperity. 　
　Here is Tsumago, Nagano Prefecture.


　The relations of this post, " The way of the Middle Ages, Nakasendō "
01.16.2010 i contributed it.

"Walk" Japanese calligraphy

　"歩" (ho, aruku). It is translated as walk, step.
　This character is written by Kanzi, Regular script.

　Etymology :　Compound ideograph
　止 (stop) + 少 (few)

　This character is a pair of the hieroglyphs of the right foot and the left foot.
　The state that both legs move in turn.

　As for the ancient people, the power of observation is sharp.

　The step of the history is slow.
　However, it will advance surely...

The Passion to the Snow Festival

　The snowy sculptures show the figure.
　The details are similar to a genuine article.

　They float in darkness.




　A feeling of the life.
　The animals seem to begin to move.

　The creation enthusiasm seems to inspire snow with the soul.




　The human will.
　The source of every creation.

　The spectators may admire it every year.


　Here is Sapporo, Hokkaidō.


　The relations of this post. "Ephemeral construction, snow festival" 　01.22.2010 i contributed it.

　Peaceful weekend for you and yours...
　From Far East, Japan.

"Shape" Japanese calligraphy

　"形" (kei, katachi). It is translated as form, shape, appearance.
　This character is written by Kanzi, Regular script.

　Etymology :　Phono-semantic compound
　形 ⇒　井 (well)　+ 彡 (hair)

　Form, Shape, Appearance...

　They are one of the most important elements of the calligraphy.
　In the Orient, the calligraphy took a part of the art with literature, picture.

　The beauty of the form.
　The beauty of the inside.

The legendary snow-white village

　The villagers keep this life about 1000 long years.
　Great descendants...

　The loftiness of the human is maintained.




　A lot of steep mountains shut in them.
　The way such as the thread leads to the village.

　It may be good that don't look back on the course came.




　Quietness.
　There is the world without the noise.

　and the human origin.



Here is Shirakawa-gō ("White River Old-District"), Gifu Prefecture.

The relations of this post. "The legendary Old-District".　And
　　　　　　　　　　　"Four seasons Panorama of Shirakawa-go" , 01.25.2010　i contributed it.




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