- nara - Nara Centennial Hall

Located on the 'other side' of the station. Away from deers.
Architecture by Arata Isozaki & Associates.
Facade of ibushi (oxidised clay) tiles reminescent of traditional roofing.
6th pantadome construction in the world.
Pantadome construction consists of prefabricating the wall and roof on ground and lifting constituent parts vertically up to form the structure.
Nani (What), Black Death and Gougal say HI.

- osaka - Maishima Incinerator

The funkiest garbage handling facility I've ever laid eyes on. Architecture by Friedensreich Hundertwasser. Bitch to get to. Ok. It wasn't SO bad.

- osaka - dotombori

Something from my trip. 13/01/06 :D

- intermission -

Ladies and gentlemen we will now take a break from the silence.

When frogs ingest inappropriate material they throw up their stomach. The everted stomach is then wiped down with the right hand in an act called 'gastric grooming'. It is then retracted.

Promise I will be back in action from February 1st. Right now I got a jacket to think about.

The housefly hums in the middle octave, key of F.