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Day 3b --- Visits in Kurashiki (倉敷) |
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D03-05 --- Visiting Yurin-so (有鄰莊) in the Bikan Quarter (美觀地區) |
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| 03-05-01a Map of Bikan Quarter (美觀地區) in Kurashiki, which we visited | ||
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03-05-02 The house at the left-side of the villa |
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03-05-03 A pretty stream (called Kurashiki River 倉敷川) outside the villa through the Bikan area |
03-05-04 A bird swimming in the stream |
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03-06-01 The front scene of the museum, Ohara Museum of Art, founded in 1930 by local philanthropist Ohara Magosaburo |
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03-06-01a The main exhibition hall of the museum; the museum offers private tours (包館參觀) for our group upon reservation. |
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03-01-02 The statue of the Burghers of Calais at the left-side of the entrance of the museum |
03-01-03 The statue of St. John the Baptist at the right-side of the entrance of the museum |
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03-01-04 "The Annunciation" by El Greco or his workshop, early 17th century (image obtained from Wikipedia of the museum) |
03-06-05 "Apple Picking" by Camille Pissarro, 1886 (image obtained from Wikipedia of the museum) |
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03-06-05a "Water Lilies" by Claude Monet, circa 1906 (image obtained from Wikipedia of the museum) |
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03-01-06 "The Canal at Auxerre" by Paul Signac, 1906 (image obtained from Wikipedia of the museum) |
03-06-07 "Haystacks" by Claude Monet, 1890-1891 (image obtained from Wikipedia of the museum) |
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03-06-08 A practical work painted by Kojima Torajiro (兒島虎次郎) who collected the initial paintings exhibited in the museum when visiting Europe |
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D03-07 --- Strolling in Bikang Quater (美觀區域) along Kurashiki River |
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| 03-07-01a Pretty scene of Kurashiki River | ||
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03-07-01 Pretty scenes along Kurashiki River A |
03-07-02 Pretty scenes along Kurashiki River B |
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03-07-03 Pretty scenes along Kurashiki River C |
03-07-04 --- Pretty scenes along Kurashiki River D |
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03-07-05 Pretty scenes along Kurashiki River E |
03-07-06 A section of the shops along the river |
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03-08-01 The first experience in Japan (I have ridden three-sheeled rickshaws in the childhood) |
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| 03-08-02 The rickshaw puller was young and friendly, and used iPhone for language translation | 03-08-03 There are old buildings in the street | |
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| 03-08-04 We rode the vehicle to go around the Bikan quarter | 03-08-05 The old streets are really nostalgic | |