Place to see: Kitakata, Fukushima-ken, Japan

Silence of the end of Summer

Silence of the end of Summer

Lanterns on the path tu a small Temple in Kitakata, Japan, a quiet evening at the end of the Summer.

About this place:

Kitakata is in the Fukushima Prefecture, North of Japan in the middle of the island, between Fukushima (Pacific Ocean coast) and Niigata (Japanese See coast). Is a quiet and small town famous for his great Ramen, a noodle soup. Are famous also traditional buildings, this region architectural stile is called Kurà: white building with white very thick windows covers on pivots, like Italian "persiane" but with a 3 steps shape, that resemble of a safe.

Kitakata, Fukushima-ken, JP
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Discovered by Flavio Gallozzi
on 15 February 2008.
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