Notices tagged with japan, page 6

Mimetizing between the yuzu trees in the orchard, we found another of those giant yellow spiders.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuzu
#tokyo #japan

Her mother lives in this "reformed" rural house.

Not visible in this picture, the back of the house retains the original structure with an engawa (縁側).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engawa
#japan #tokyo #inaka

Another friend has an orchard in
Higashimurayama, which retains the inaka feeling while being in Tokyo-to.

#tokyo #japan

Sayama Nature Park and, beyond it, Tokorozawa City (所沢市).

Some of my best friends live there. With a 50 minutes train ride to Shinjuku, it's the perfect balance between nature and city access.

#tokyo #saitama #japan

Also in this area, the beautiful Tokyo Toritsu Sayama Natural Park (東京都立狭山自然公園), which surrounds the Sayama Lake (狭山湖).
#saitama #japan

The fund keeps adding new patches of forest, with number 60 acquired last month for 25 million yen! 😍

https://www.totoro.or.jp/national_trust/
@linuxfrickler #miyazaki #ghibli #totoro #totoronomori #japan

It seems Miyazaki is still actively involved in the efforts to preserve and expand the forest. Totoro no Mori nr. 52 through 55 were established in 2020.

https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2022-06-09/hayao-miyazaki-assists-tokorozawa-city-to-preserve-forest-that-inspired-my-neighbor-totoro/.186473
@linuxfrickler #anime totoro #ghibli #japan

@linuxfrickler My friends told me that Miyazaki bought what remained of the forest which inspired Totoro in order to prevent it from being destroyed by urbanization.

More details here:
https://ghibli.fandom.com/wiki/Totoro_no_Mori
#totoro #miyazaki #ghibli #japan

Can't complain about the quality of the onboard #vegetarian food options offered by Zipair...

@keadamander
@benoit
#japan

And by the way, 食 means "eat", and 死 means "die". Good to know! 😉

@linuxfrickler #japan #totoro #food #death

With a reservation, you can get into an elevator to the 4th and 5th floor of the "factory" to get a backstage view of the show.

#anime #mecha #gundam #japan

what the... 😮

Seeing an 18-meter tall mecha is always a bit shocking, and this one actually *moves*!

#gundam #anime #mecha #japan

Last week I went to Yokohama with some friends to see Gundam Factory.

#anime #gundam #yokohama #japan

lol 😜
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akanbe
#japan

A giant yellow spider is blocking our path!This species is common in #japan (or at least in this area), and not very dangerous.

Visiting Totoro Forest
(トトロの森).
#japan

The train I got on at the end of the video is the Yamanote line (山手線), with trains coming in every 2-3 minutes on rush hours 🤩

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yamanote_Line
#tokyo #japan

Walking through Shinjuku, the world's busiest railway station.

https://photos.app.goo.gl/Zzr9JkdrDp5N7vMi9
#japan

And after that I *had* to play "Zankoku na Tenshi no Thesis", the immortal opening song of Evangelion! I never get tired of it...
https://youtu.be/b9TE3226T-g
@sotolf #anime #gaming #japan

I played Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, the opening theme of Paripi Koumei, an #anime I watched recently.
https://youtu.be/gNn9NxZH2Vo
@sotolf #tokyo #gaming #japan