Travelog for: FoxForce

Then, I found a gold statue outside.
Yumi told me that the statue was 'A man measures clouds'

Then, I found a big green wall and read the leaflet again...Green Bridge Patric Blanc/ The wall of 13x5m is covered with 70 different kinds of plants collected in the areas neighboring Kanazawa.

In the evening, I went to an old bridge named Nakano-hashi.
Hashi means 'bridge' in Japanese.

Then, I went to Higashi chaya district where is preserved Japanese old traditional houses.

An event/show was held there...lanterns/lamps which were used  paper and Kimono clothes made in local area were displayed along the street.
It was very beautiful.

Today, I said good-bye to Tokio and Warren Bunny and left for Malaysia to join Teddy Bear party.

I know I am FOX... I'm looking forward to meeting bear toyvoyagers and Aliah.
I hope I arrive at the party place in time.

I arrived at Yul's and Aliah place this afternoon. Everyone gives me a warm welcome. We will post some photos later.

We're at National Monument which was built to pay tribute to valiant Malaysian soldiers who gave their lives defending the country during Communist Insurgensy in the 1950s. It is one of the largest freestanding sculptures in the world.

We're at one of the sculptures at the ASEAN Sculpture Garden.

We're at Tun Abdul Razak Memorial, Malaysia's second Prime Minister. The memorial used to be his residence & now it exhibits documents, mementos, souvenirs & his personal belongings.

We're at Rumah Penghulu Abu Seman, a fine example of a traditional Malay house. We love the beautiful carvings of the house as well as its beautiful grounds.

Here I am at the Teddy Bear party and I have so much fun! I even won the musical chair 

I came back to Japan and saw Tokio again!
(JamaBana and I was sent to Yumi with the same packeage)

I met Jan who came from Switzerland.

In the afternoon, we (JamaBana, Jan, Tokio and I) went to Takaoka by train.
Takaoka is the 2nd biggest city of Toyama prefecture. Toyama is next to Ishikawa Yumi lives in.

When I was walking, I found a shrine (I forgot the name though...)

Then I went to Yamachosuzi where 42 mud-walled houses are conserved at a 600m street.
The house on the photo is conserved as a histrical significant architecture by nation.

Then I found some statues. Yumi told me that the statues were Doraeomon and other characters. Have you ever watched Doraeomon before? It is a very populaer comic(manga) and cartoon!

I went to the beach called Amaharashi.
Amaharashi means 'rain clears' in Japanese.

Nobody was at the beach...it seemed my private beach!
I wanted to swim there as the weather was sunny and hot!

If we were lucky, we could see about 3000m mountains beyond the sea where is only one in the world!!

Today, I visited Nara with my toyvoyager friends Jan and JamaBana.

Nara has a big park where many deer live.
I could see some deer very close.
They were so cute!

A historical city Nara was the capital from 710 to 784.
Nara has 9 shrines/temples which are registered as UNESCO world heritage.
We visited three of them!

First, we visited Kofuku-ji temple.
The temple has a pagoda
The pagoda was first built in 730, but it was burned down again and again.
The 6th pagoda is about 50m tall, the sedond tallest in Japan.