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Finally Yukuhashi

n0041-22bAfter finishing my Master’s thesis in the autumn of 2014, I had the opportunity to spend a little more than two months in Japan, visiting my fiancée’s family in the city of Yukuhashi. While my fiancée had to work during the day, there was ample time for me to explore the city and its surroundings.

Yukuhashi itself is situated on the coastline in the northeast of Kyushu, the southernmost of Japan’s four main islands. It is part of Fukuoka Prefecture and not far from the urban center of Kitakyushu. The population is about 72.000.

Because I only speak a few words of Japanese, this time I had to concentrate mostly on the architecture and scenery of the place. Still I feel I managed to get an impression of the current condition of rural or small-town Japan.

I will post thematically organized groups of photos in the coming weeks.

Map of the inner area of the city on display near the central bus station.
Map showing the inner area of the city on display near the central bus station.

Little boxes

Appartment houses on the northern bank of Wusong river, photographed from Jiangning lu bridge.
Appartment houses on the northern bank of Wusong river, photographed from Jiangning lu bridge.

With this picture, all of the “Shanghai Civilized Park”-project is online. Over the coming days I will move them to their own, final page on this blog and move on to other things.

Next up will be the Yukuhashi-project, through which I hope to offer a glimpse at the scenery of small-town Japan.