#okayama

[inefekt69]

Seto Ohashi Bridge - Okayama, Japan

[zombilenium]

Abandoned Resort Hotel, Okayama, Japan

[sergio-quatraro]

[arc-hus]

Hotel A&A, Okayama, Japan - Go Hasegawa

Go Hasegawa and Associates

Official site of Go Hasegawa Architects.

[ktadge]

Korakuen Garden in Okayama, Japan with my Mamiya C330 on Kodak Portra 160

@kevintadge

[mensministry]

Jonathan Hasegawa , Okayama, Japan,

The hotel is part of the Ishikawa Foundation’s ‘A&A’ project to revitalise Okayama by working with artists to create residences from which to discover the city’s arts and culture.

Designed by Jonathan Monk, in collaboration with Go Hasegawa & Associates architects.

[telcoquelicot]

AshEiji on vacation in Okayama

[emmyinjapan]

A Family of Daruma Dolls...

Behind the main hall of Achi Shrine, we found a small area filled with rows of Daruma dolls — all those round, red faces staring out with their wide eyes. It was such a striking sight, almost a sea of bright red watching over the shrine.

Daruma (達磨) dolls are modelled after Bodhidharma, the founder of Zen Buddhism, and are seen as symbols of perseverance and good luck. Traditionally, people paint in one eye when they make a wish or set a goal, and fill in the other once it’s achieved. Seeing so many together felt powerful — like the collective hopes and dreams of everyone who’d visited.

It was a quiet little spot behind the shrine, but full of colour, history, and that hopeful energy that makes you pause for a moment before heading back down the hill

—Emmy