Just love it, the darker the better :).
You have bajillion photos but don't know which to post today. Does it happen to you, too? I'm back with not so appealing photos from the street in front of my apaato. I was heading to an Indian restaurant, when got caught by rain. I liked it, unfortunately my camera didn't..JPG)
He kept staring at me. What's so special? :).JPG)
Each person can only register one seal to avoid fraud things. Starting as lowest as 100Yen to the most expensive one, it depends on the quality..JPG)
Yesterday while wandering the area behind my apaato I saw this little shop selling all seal stuff. Inkan or signature seal is a personal seal used in place of signature. There are registered seals (jitsuin) for official document purpose and private seals (mitomein). Is it interesting to have our own stamp-seal like those Japanese, Korean and Chinese people do?. 
This lid is about 50cm diameter, fits one man. It is for dirty water pipe hole.
For covering drinking water valve.
Looking down on the street, I found many steel lids covering holes that may compete the numbers of vending machines around the town. Don't stop your car on this orange lid, something electrifying is happening beneath.
What a great time they had.
An intimate escape.
While others were speaking loudly, these people spending their time in silence using sign language.
And the winner is....
A show performed by one of the sake house employees.
Not only adults, children also took part performing a drama of sake making.
Sake brands from some region in Japan. From left top clockwise, Shikoku Kyushu region, Chugoku region ( Hiroshima area), Kinki region and Chubu region.
For your sake and green tea.
Sake barrels in front of a house.
Get the brochures for free.
Next to the Kamoizumi, another sake house with a display room. When I went there, it's open, yet closed :).
The man is carrying a basket of pure rice.
Pure water and pure rice are the two ingredients that make Saijo sake as one of the best.
Right across the house I posted yesterday, our today sake house is Kamoizumi. On the top of the house is an ornament which is usually found hanging on the front.
The door for employees to enter the house.
Ignore the empty pet bottles :). This is at the back of the house. My guess again, the door is closed permanently.
It's not open for public during normal days. There's a schedule available at the Communication Corner if you want to visit these places, and they will provide you with a guide to take the tour. But the best time to come is of course when the festivals.
This is probably the biggest sake house in town. It is situated between two streets.
Just last night I read an article on the NG magazine about the Taqwa Community Farm in NY city that raises chickens to feed the community. Now I've got my own chicken, the zombie one!
You can buy sake in a ceramics container or in a wine-bottle-like.
Sakagura Yokocho, is the first sake house when you enter the area from the station.
The same house I posted yesterday. I love the details in every traditional house in Saijo. It's either a place of worship or a museum. Perhaps it's only open during the sake festival. I couldn't enter as you can see there's a barrier on the stairs up to the house..
A traditional house in old part of Saijo not far from Saijo Station. In this area we can find many sake production houses, and it is one of must see places in the town.
Seems like my photo blog is in a mess. Random picture pops up everyday.
I missed yesterday post. Not that I went back to the City Hall to take this pic :). It's already in my file. I should have post this first before.
A photo taken at Saijo City Hall during winter.
As a leading sake town, it's easily to see chimneys like this. It is a symbol of a sake house.
Typical beauty salon for young people in downtown Saijo.
After rained all day yesterday, today's weather was totally warm made you feel so sleepy like this small restaurant. Already 1pm, it was still half opened. Another place found not far from Saijo Eki. How do you like the curtain? Care to have one? Wish your weekend was going well.
Another burnt out Sakura photo, sorry... I just love the bench with garbage can and the red signs.
Don't forget Onigiri, rice ball.....
Hanami today took place on the hill. I'm sorry the house in the background is blurred.
It seemed that the plan to Sakura sightseeing was not going very well, raining all day. I had to struggle with camera in my right hand and umbrella in the other hand :). Just hope the camera is okey since it got quite wet because of rain. Well, that's my excuse for not getting some good photos, haha....I did post processing, of course. Why it is always burnt out? Oh, from what I read last night, it's called white clipped.....
Seen from different pov.
A big lampion hung over in the old market not far from Hiroshima Station.
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