The entrance to Rikiya

 

Yoro-dofu, shrimp and okra

 

 Steamed local abalone, sea bream and squid 

 

Common Japanese conger with flavorful soup

 

Broiled butterfish, a turbo cooked in the shell and grilled green peppers  

 

Pacific ocean perch and burdock boiled in soy sauce 

 

Local blue crab and yama-imo yam

 

Grilled local eggplant, prawn and raw sea urchin 

 

Box sushi with grilled local conger on top

 

Wa-san-bon ice cream 

 

 

Shariden Kinkaku, commonly called the Golden Pavilion, is located within

the temple precinct of Hokuzan-Rokuonji Temple in kyoto.

 

The second and the third floors, covered with gold leaf, are reflected in

the Kyokochi Pond.  And a mythological phoenix perches on the top of

the roof.  This is the Pure Land Paradise that Yoshimitsu Ashikaga imagined,

who was the third shogun of the Muromachi Shogunate in the 14th century.

 

 

Rikusyu-no-mastu is a pine tree shaped like a sail boat.  It is said to have

started from the Bonsai planted by Yoshimitsu.  

 

Anmintaku is is a pond which was made in the villa of Kintsune Saionji

who was a grand minister of state in Kamakura period. 

 

This is a tea house, Sekkatei.  Nandin is used for the alcove pillar of the house.

 

Sekkatei was built in Edo period.

 

Beautiful garden in the precinct of the Rokuonji

 

 

Nice people from the City of Sausalito, California 

 

 

 

JR Shinkansen at Okayama Station

 

Shinkansen Kodama at Okayama

 

Shinkansen Nozomi at Okayama, by which it takes one hour from Okayama

to Kyoto  

 

 

 The Shimanto is the longest river in Shikoku: 196kilometers.

 

 

This is the middle reaches of the Shimanto with a clear stream. 

 

This river is rich in fish, shrimp and nori: a kind of edible river weed. 

 

You can enjoy going down in canoes. 

 

You can enjoy different kinds of views along the river.

 

There are many kinds of bridges.

 

This is Iwama-chinka-bashi.  There are many chinka-bashi, which are submerged

below the surface in such cases as typhoons or rainstorms.  These are important

bridges for local people around here.

 

A red bridge near Ekawasaki

 

 

 

One of the main industries in Imabari is shipbuilding.

 

Imabari Shipbuilding Co.,Ltd., based in Imabari City is one the biggest shipbuilding companies in Japan.

 

Many ships are being built annually in some eight shipyards along the

Seto Inland Sea.

 

More than 10 shipbuilding companies concentrate in Imabari City, building

the largest number of ships in Japan.

 

In the 15th century, this area had the largest sea power or militia in Japan.