tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-606053054967125285.post4882720109447273572..comments2023-09-01T02:10:41.465-07:00Comments on Asian Haiku Travelogue: Okamoto Toy StoreGabi Grevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-606053054967125285.post-6475759176776051742008-05-25T16:43:00.000-07:002008-05-25T16:43:00.000-07:00Gabi sanThank you for the photo-walk. The walk thr...Gabi san<BR/><BR/>Thank you for the photo-walk. The walk through the town brought some<BR/>memories. Although, I find the Japan's countryside fascinating, there seems a repeated formula for town design. Is this because of the Shintoism-Buddhaism influences? <BR/>It is true in many cities in different countries, too. There is a saying (if I have it correct)<BR/>about German towns that the first structure to go up is sometimes a competition between the brewery and the church... for almost every town and hamelet in Germany there is the town brewery, or so my German friend tells me. The olde-lore beliefs have deeper historical<BR/>roots in brewing spirits from product of the earth, I think!<BR/><BR/>Japan, much to my delight, has married in quite a wonderful way, both, with Shintoism absorbing Buddhaism, I feel. What do you think? <BR/>This, I also feel, can not help but influence strongly the<BR/>KIGO of HAIKU, too.<BR/><BR/>CHIBIAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-606053054967125285.post-40306231903598088472008-05-25T16:40:00.000-07:002008-05-25T16:40:00.000-07:00Thanks for your greetings, Terry !I hope to meet h...Thanks for your greetings, Terry !<BR/>I hope to meet her again and tell her about it.<BR/><BR/>GABIGabi Grevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-606053054967125285.post-11915330715700881672008-05-25T12:34:00.000-07:002008-05-25T12:34:00.000-07:00grandma Okamoto so good to meet you from so far aw...grandma Okamoto <BR/>so good to meet you <BR/>from so far away <BR/><BR/>terrytip<BR/><BR/><BR/>(Slidell, Louisiana USA)terrytiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10386235938787416585noreply@blogger.com