Marine and Centum City, Millak, and Gwangan.
A dog in the trail.
Bones on the boulders.
Category Archives: viajes
Fukuoka | 10/28
Japanese riot police guarding the Korean Embassy.
Inspiration?
Komainu (狛犬)
“Meant to ward off evil spirits, modern komainu statues are almost identical, but one has the mouth open, the other closed. This is a very common characteristic in religious statue pairs at both temples and shrines. This pattern is however Buddhist in origin and has a symbolic meaning. The open mouth is pronouncing the first letter of the Sanskrit alphabet, which is pronounced “a”, while the closed one is uttering the last letter, which is pronounced “um”, to represent the beginning and the end of all things. Together they form the sound Aum, a syllable sacred in several religions like Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism.” Wikipedia article.
Gokoku Shrine 護国神社. 
Yayoi Kusama 草間 彌生 pumpkin パンプキン sculpture at Fukuoka Art Museum 福岡市美術館. Ohori Park. More Yakoi Kusama pumpkins (INHALE MAG).
Ohori Park.
Fukuoka Castle ruins 福岡城.
October 28, 2014.
Fukuoka 福岡 and Hakata 博多 | 1
See
Fukuoka Art Museum 福岡市美術館 at Ohori Park 大濠公園
Daimyo, Canal City, Tenjin, Hakata, Marinoa City article.
Back-street stores in Imaizumi.
Food
Gyoza 餃子 (mandu)
Yuu Shin (restaurant | map )
Shin Shin (Ramen restaurant)
Eating and drinking in Tenjin | blog
Hakata ramen ラーメン with tonkotsu 豚骨
Tenjin and Daimyou area food.
Hakata Station and Nakasu Area food.
Fukuoka Ramen map.
Coffee at Manu coffee shop.
Bar Klug cave-like bar location & website
Yatai 屋台
Oden, Yakitori (chicken skewers).
Ramen at Yatai Ajifu.
Yatai menu in Tenjin: Mentai Gyoza, Tomato roll with bacon, Yaki Ramen.
Outside Fukuoka:
Boat tours on the Naka River
Dazaifu city (太宰府市) (25 mins outside the city)Tenmangu Shrine, Kyushu National Museum.
Ainoshima Island (stray cat island) 相島 near Fukuoka. Cat Heaven article.
Imazu stone fortification.
Articles:
Fukuoka Food Guide (Mentaiko, Ramen, Motsunabe, Gyoza).
NYT article on Fukuoka.
Cool Fukuoka blog.
Fukuoka Japan guide website.
Lonely Planet Fukuoka.
10 things to do in Fukuoka article.
Busan to Fukuoka by Ferry
Robot building near the ferry terminal in Busan (Jung-gu).
I catch the Beetle JR to Japan.
Busan Hangdaegyo.
The open sea. 
Japan at dusk.
Tonkatsu 豚カツ.
Demon juice boxes.
<October 27, 2014>
Sumo wrestler in Hakata
A 19th century statue of a sumo wrestler in a Sumiyoshi shrine in Hakata, Japan. See Sumiyoshi taisha 住吉大社 and Sumiyoshi sanjin 住吉三神.
Pilgrimages and Trails I
Pilgrimages and trails
Pilgrimage around Mount Kailash གངས་རིན་པོ་ཆེ in Tibet
Pacific Crest (Mexico to Canada) | website
Appalachian Trail (US)
88 Temple Pilgrimage 八十八ヶ所巡り (Shikoku, Japan)
Santiago de Compostela (Europe)
Tour du Mont Blanc (France, Switzerland, Italy) (100 miles) NYT article
The Hajj (Mecca, Saudi Arabia)
Pilgrimage to Sanctuario Jesús Nazareno de Atotonilco (Guanajuato, Mexico)
Glastonbury Tor to Stonehenge (UK) (68 KM)
Books:
Bill Bryson ‘‘A Walk in the Woods’’ Appalachian Trail
Adapted into a movie:
Cheryl Strayed ‘‘Wild” Pacific Crest (Mexico to Canada) | website.
Adapted into a movie:
Paulo Coelho O Diário de Um Mago (The Pilgrimage) and O Alquimista (The Alchemist)
Leal Senado | 民政總署大樓
Extraterrestrial Skies
Planets to scale.
Pluto. Norgay and Hillary Mountains. July 2015. NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Southwest Research Institute via Wikimedia.
Nasa Photojournal
A cat named Karen~ respuesta de memoria
A cat named Karen~ respuesta de memoria
Madre: Lo unico del pequeño bullshit de tu parte, era que era una de esas casa super antiguas. Subimos por una escalera oscura y angosta hasta el segundo o tercer piso y ahi entre varias piezas habia una con la puerta cerrada. En la pieza vacia habia una mama con varios gatitos chicos y una ventana abierta que daban a los techos. (en todo caso por no saber de naturaleza, jamas aprendio a escalar arboles).
En Los Andes, la casa y patio eran tan grande para ella despues de haberse criado en una pequeña pieza it somewhat freaked her out y se mantuvo en la cocina en alto, sobre mesones, sobre refrigerador, por eso aprendio tan rapido a abrir el freezer.
Yeosu
