Kawai, not Kawaii

Kawai (ka-why) means scary.

Kawaii (ka-whyyy) means cute.

Just hold the E sound a bit longer and you go from scary to cute!

But you want to know what is kawai and not kawaii?  Earthquakes.  Holy hotdogs, do I really not like them!  I haven't even had one yet, not really.  What I've experiences are likely tremors, and not even big ones at that.  My Japanese neighbours probably don't even notice them, but they have me rooted in place, trembling (I kid you not, actually trembling) in fear!  It is a fear that is rooted deep in the bowls of my body, and holds me there, on the verge of screaming.  I am okay, don't worry about me, these tremors last all of 3 seconds or so and if there was an earthquake, I'm sure my fight or flight instinct would kick in after about 5 seconds and I would make my way to the nearest doorway.  I just wanted to share that little slice of my life with you.  But wasn't really supposed to be what this post was about.

You see, I've decided to do some posts as picture blogs, of a sort.  I've taken a few pictures and don't share many.  I thought if I have enough pictures on a theme, then I could do a picture based post, with only small captions about location, some tidbit of info, or the like.  That way you can see a bit more of what I get to see.

Don't worry, for all of you who pretend to like what I write, and for those of you that actually do, I will still do posts with me blathering on about things.  Just to keep things interesting, and to give you some visuals, picture posts might be fun.  This also may encourage you to ask questions, and thus I get more emails/comments.  Speaking of which, I'd like to thank Janice for her email promoting my blog to family.  I will respond to said email soon. :P

So with out further ado, PICTURES!  Today's Theme:  Buildings, Structures, and general decorative streets.

NAGOYA

Waiting for the Shinkansen, looking out at Nagoya.

Grounds at Nagoya Castle, part of the moat.

Nagoya Castle.

 AROUND KAWANISHI, OSAKA, AND SOME OF MY SCHOOLS

My building, with a little snowfall!

 

Woo, woo, woo looking out my backdoor (front door really).

Crazy narrow building on the corner.

Little shrine.  You see these everywhere.

Walking across the river, to Ikeda (near one of my schools).

Mosaic on the sidewalk in Sanada (near one of my schools).

Covered shopping street, Shinsaibashi-Osaka.

VARIOUS OTHER AREAS

Nikon shop in Kumatori ( near a school I cover at).

Crazy building, I think it is a church?? Tondobayashi (not so near a school I cover at).

Outside Tenri Station at night.

Castle grounds at Fukuchiyama.

Kawaii monkey barrier holders in Kobe.

Another look at the Golden Temple (from behind).  Kyoto

Noh Theatre in Kyoto.

 That's it for now, there are some other buildings I've left out.  May post at a later date, if I get enough for a picture post.  What do you think?  Do you like the picture post idea?  Just so you can see some of Japan, rather than hear tidbits about it.  I like it, so I hope you do to, plus this may inspire me to take more pictures!  Next theme?  Maybe food?  Ideas?  Drop me a line, ask me a question, tell me to update more often...