Sadaharu Oh Baseball Museum
Oh Sadaharu Baseball Museum (王貞治ベースボールミュージアム)
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Posts tagged fukuoka
Tochoji pagoda (東長寺 五重塔)
Fukuoka’s five-story pagoda
I’m still in Mexico, but here is a photo from Japan for you. Tomorrow I have a 7-hour layover in LAX so I will process some more photos of Mexico for next week during that time.
Hell of Incessant Suffering (muken jigoku or 無間地獄)
Hell of Incessant Suffering (無間地獄) @ 東長寺
I previously showed you Great Shrieking Hell at Fukuoka’s Tochoji. That place is nothing compared to the Hell of Incessant Suffering. Muken Jigoku is the most horrible of the eight hot hells. Go here and you will suffer without a moment’s respite. No one can escape this place. I suppose a miserable life isn’t so bad after all if you believe such a place exists.
Fukuoka Blue Hour (before the storm)
Naka River (那珂川) Fukuoka, Japan
Temizuya (手水舎) @ Kushida-jinja (櫛田神社)
Temizuya and vending machines (jidohanbaiki) @ Fukuoka Shinto shrine
Chikuzen Province (筑前国)
Diorama in Hakata Machiya Folk Museum (Fukuoka, Japan)
I read a good chunk of Samurai Revolution when I was the passenger on our way to and from Portland this past weekend. I just finished an exciting part of the book (about when Satsuma and Choshu formed their alliance in 1866).
Reading about the Five Banished Nobles (including the future Prime Minister of Japan, Sanjo Sanetomi 三条実美), and how they bid their time in Dazaifu, reminded me of this photo. Because immediately after taking this picture, a retired Japanese history professor struck up a conversation with me and before I knew it he was escorting me to Dazaifu.
Now I feel like I need to return to Japan to check out some more spots mentioned in Samurai Revolution which I have yet to visit. Also, I will be able to ask some more educated questions of my retired Japanese history professor since I more fully understand the history of this part of Japan. And yet there’s so much more fascinating history that I could never fully consume in my lifetime.