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Japanese Av Star Bunko Kanazawa
2007-10-07 14:58:00 Bunko Kanazawa was good at mathematics and science, but bad in Japanese and English studies.Her hobbies as an adult include cooking, snowboarding and karaoke.Kanazawa was introduced to the AV industry by a friend.Her stage name, given to her by her agency, is taken from Kanazawa Bunko, a train station, museum and historic library in Kanagawa Prefecture, where she lived at the start of her career.An Exclusive Interview with her..How did she get the name Kanazawa Bunko: and what does she think about being photographed? Here she'll tell you everything you want to know...Interviewer:First of all, what do you think about today's photo shoot for the cover? It sure was cold today.Bunko:: Yeah, it was. I can't take the cold. And I am terrible in the mornings. Actually, I overslept today. It was a real mess.Bunko:: I have had quite a few photo sessions for Bejean in a blazer-type uniform. The uniform I had on today had a collar like a sailor suit. Almost like a junior high uniform. When I...
Firework Festival in Kanazawa ward
2007-08-26 13:08:00 On Augusut 25th, my friend and I went to see fireworks at beach. We went there wearing Yukata which is an informal cotton kimono for summer wear. Enjoy videos and a few photos!
By: Discover Japan!
Kanazawa Castle
2007-08-20 07:44:00 ??????Crossing the Ishikawa Bridge from the Kenrokuen Garden brings the visitor to one of Kanazawa's other top attractions Kanazawa Castle.Formerly the seat of power of the powerful Maeda clan (the Maeda family were the hereditary feudal lords (daimyo) of the Kaga province from 1583) Kanazawa Castle has a chequered history.Burnt down several times, only the impressive Ishikawa Gate and the Sanjikken Nagaya samurai dwelling house survive from the original construction. However as with Kumamoto Castle in Kyushu, a recent 2001 reconstruction program carried out by Sumitomo Corp. has restored the huge Gojikken Nagaya storehouse and arsenal and the Hishi-yagura and Hashizumemon Tsuzuki-yagura watchtowers adjoining the storehouse to their original state. Gojikken Nagaya means literally "the long building of fifty ken", a ken being an ancient measurement equal to about 1.8m, making the building about 90m in length.Traditional construction methods were employed in the renovation from the o...
Kenrokuen Kanazawa
2007-08-18 05:02:00 ??????The main attraction in Kanazawa is undoubtedly the garden of Kenrokuen. Kenrokuen attracts thousands of visitors every day from all over Japan and abroad.Formerly the site of Lord Maeda's mansion (the Maeda family were the hereditary feudal lords of the Kaga area from 1583) the strolling, landscape garden was built and added to from the 17-19th centuries.At 114,435 square meters, Kenrokuen is the largest of Japan's "Big 3" gardens - the others being Kairakuen in Mito and Korakuen in Okayama.As Kenrokuen was over 200 years in the making it is not really one complete garden but scores of smaller gardens grouped together to form the overall harmonious effect.The name, Ken-roku-en, refers to "combined-six-garden", a reference to the six attributes of perfection of Sung-dynasty gardening in Luoyang, China: abundant fresh water, antiquity, artificiality, seclusion, space and pleasing panoramas.Pools, lakes, streams and waterfalls are certainly a major feature of Kenrokuen, which b...
21st Century Museum Of Contemporary Art
2007-08-14 16:34:00 ?????????A good place to beat the present 37 degree Centigrade heat after visiting Kanazawa Castle and Kenrokuen Garden in Kanazawa is the 21st Century Museum Of Contemporary Art.Fully air-conditioned and with Morning Glory flowers growing up over the glass walls to further shade the building, the museum was providing a welcome refuge for the tourist hordes coming from Kenrokuen's Mayumizaka entrance just across the road.Even a tour group from Barcelona were finding the summer weather hard-going in Kenrokuen, so a cooling off period is just what is needed after all that outdoor sightseeing.The 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art which opened in 2004 is a beautiful, cool, low-rise glass circle by Japanese architects Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa and features contemporary art from around the world.One particularly popular exhibit was the submerged swimming pool with a glass roof which visitors can enter through a basement floor and look up at people taking their photos from ab...
Nine Day in Japan - Osaka, Kyoto, Kanazawa, Odate, Tokyo
2007-08-06 15:15:00 ?What do you think of India and how is it different from Japan? ?. An innocuous question by my Indian colleague to Japanese appeared to have flummoxed him so much that it took him more than six hours to muster the strength to say it ? First ? Cleanliness, Second : Car Honking and Third : Punctuality ?; For me, it was all summed up as ? Public Behaviour?. The comments may have been in jest but conveyed the truth. For an Indian and that includes me, there is no way but to concede to his argument. I wish one day, one small part of India will defy his statement making it punctual, disciplined city free from any pollution be it noise, water or air.This was another visit to Japan within a span of one year but this visit was different from previous one and few others before that. As my Kansai airport bus entered Hankyoo terminal in Osaka downtown, I could see few men on a make shift podium next to Yodobashi electronic stores, screaming on microphone with motley of crowd listening to him. N...
By: goggly
Kanazawa Station Water Jet Clock
2007-06-26 13:25:00 John from The Hacker’s Bench has put together a selection of crazy clocks, this water clock that is located in Kanazawa Station is my favorite. It uses jets of water to either display the time or messages. If you know where we can find some more details of the build I would love to hear ...
By: Hacked Gadgets
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