APR 13, Japan Visit: Matsumoto

"Hey there boy. Is this the Matsumoto station?"

Matsumoto Castle, preserved feudal site.
You can climb to the top
on difficult internal stairways!

a samurai on duty

      

Kaichi School,
first Western school in Japan

The Matsumoto City Art Gallery, 
sculpture by Yoyoi Kasuma

manga-inspired sculptures

the gallery features works by Kasuma
(unfortunately photos
 not allowed for most)

 

a polka-dot bus

TODAY'S POEM (senryu *) 

dishes circulate --

fresh conveyor-belt sushi.

choose what you will eat.

Giorgio Coniglio 

 * learn more HERE about senryu, a term that designates a lesser-known Japanese short poem that shares the physical characteristics of haiku (nominally 17 'on' / syllables in three non-rhyming lines), but deals in a satiric or humorous way with human foibles rather than with Nature. 

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