Another Japanese postcard showing their fastest bullet train “Shin-Kansen” and Mount Fuji in the background. Mount Fuji (Fujisan) is with 3776 meters Japan’s highest mountain. It is not surprising that the nearly perfectly shaped volcano has been worshipped as a
Bullet Train on the New Tokaido Line
A Shinkansen bullet train speeds by Mount Fuji. Services on the Tokaido Line linking Tokyo and Osaka began in 1964. The fastest trains now reach a maximum speed of 270 kilometers per hour and cover the distance between the two
Locquirec’s Harbour
Another postcard from beautiful Locquirec in my collection. It shows the Locquirec’s harbour at low tide.
Kinkakuji Temple in Kyoto
Kinkakuji Temple (Golden Pavilion) in Kyoto, Japan. Kinkakuji (Golden Pavilion Temple) is the common nickname of the Rokuonji (Deer Garden Temple) Zen temple in Kyoto, Japan. The best known feature of the temple complex is the Golden Pavilion (kinka-ku) situated