Thursday, September 13, 2007

A summertime trip to Iwate Prefecture




















A Kappa is a mischevious creature from Japanese folk tales. They live in rivers and resemble frogs.










A river in Iwate Prefecture where Kappa are said to live.



































A magariya is a type of old Japanese house.This one is at a cultural park, but in times past, the left side of this house was the horse stable, and the right side where the people lived.












Magariya roof























A fishing boat along the Pacific coast.





Where is Iwate Prefecture?

(Tokyo is number 13. Iwate is number 4)


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4 comments:

Tara Ulrich said...

Yay for posting a new post! Im glad to see more pics! Hope you are well. Miss you lots!

Anonymous said...

Yeah! I finally get to see your blogspot! What great pics! I looovee the dragons!!

Anonymous said...

Heather; These pictures are stunning and I am so very happy that you are happy!!!!! Love MOM

Anonymous said...

Look at my skinny sister!!

~Jenni