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Monday, 17 March 2014

Namba Parks | Osaka, Japan

Fukuoka skyline

Totoro House (Fukuoka, Japan)

My Neighbor Totoro (Japanese: となりのトトロ Hepburn: Tonari no Totoro) is a 1988 Japanese animated fantasy film written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki and produced by Studio Ghibli. The film – which stars the voice actors Noriko Hidaka, Chika Sakamoto, and Hitoshi Takagi – tells the story of the two young daughters (Satsuki and Mei) of a professor and their interactions with friendly wood spirits in postwar rural Japan. The film won the Animage Anime Grand Prix prize and the Mainichi Film Award and Kinema Junpo Award for Best Film in 1988. It also received the Special Award at the Blue Ribbon Awards in the same year.

Hakata, Fukuoka: Yatai (屋台 / やた)い)lined up offering food and drink for their evening customers. Hakata is famous for their Yatais.

“Fukuoka Castle Sakura Festival 2013” in Maizuru Park, Fukuoka’s famous cherry blossom viewing spot (Japan)

Autumn in Kawachi Wisteria Garden, Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, Japan

Wisteria tree at Kawachi Wisteria Garden in Fukuoka, Japan