Comments on: A lotus grows in Takayama: blogging about Japan

By: Blogs on Japan

Blogs on Japan — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 04:21:23 +0000

[...] If you could introduce one of your posts to new readers which one would it be and why? “A lotus grows in Takayama: blogging about Japan” [...]

By: You, madam, are no Sei Shonagon

You, madam, are no Sei Shonagon — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 03:08:31 +0000

Talk about contradictions, see what Abraham says above about the Japanese reusing parts from demolished buildings, can you imagine that now?

By: fightingwindmills

fightingwindmills — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 01:32:29 +0000

That maneki-neko is crazy! Japan is the land of contradictions. Great photo!

By: You, madam, are no Sei Shonagon

You, madam, are no Sei Shonagon — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 11:33:53 +0000

I will check out your other blog. Thanks for answering my question. I love your photos on Sendai-shi Japan in the 50s is fascinating to me.

By: Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 08:51:48 +0000

If you click on my name I think it will show you my Brookville City Blog. It is more popular than my Japanese blog because the people don’t remember how Japan was in the early 1950s. So I have the sendai-shi.blogspot.com blog you visited and sent me an email. I saw your blog name and decided to come here. I will list your blog when I do my next post and I am sure some of the old guys will click it and come see what’s happening in Japan today. I like your photos in the blog except the one of the demolition. I am surprised that Japan does that because when we were there more than half a century ago, things were taken apart and reused. The B-29 and B-17 fire bombings destroyed most things so building something traditional was nearly impossible — a bit of this and that made homes and hibachis made them warm and gave soldiers their fire worse than migraine headaches. I really like the thatched roof photo as that is what was plentiful when we were there in Japan. Thanks for visiting sendai-shi.