I went to a very small katana museum in osaka. It was actually home of person who makes "that finishing touch" to katanas, polishes them and so on. so let's get to the pictures!
stages of making the sword
different types of stones, all used for polishing
the guy at work
the sword he was working on, you can small bits of stone he is using now
once more the sword he was working on.
it apparently takes about two weeks to polish the katana. cool, isn't it?
ok, to the next update!
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I have been playing around tokyo this week. Now Im jus looking out of the window at a cafe and watching people go by. and waiting for the bus, of course.
I will write a tokyo update later I think.. look forward to it!
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Okay, I'm finally uploading some picture from tokyo!
I had some free time, and I wanted to go somewhere, and my friend told me to come to tokyo. So I went there! Hmm I'll just leave these pictures here..
This from Meiji Shrine.. It has great history! That I didn't learn about, haha^^
My hotel room!pretty nice, place called Sakura hotel
It was snowing in Tokyo. View outside of the hotel
Asakusa, Sensouji shrine. It's one of the most popular places to go if you're tourists.
Backyard of Ramen shop.
Shinjuku. those are three big screens. The quality is just bad.
And last picture from my friends apartment.
Okay, that's all, 'till next time!
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So, in preparation for the future trip.. I decided to do a "practise round" and went to Kyoto by bicycle. around 70-80 km, took me about 6 hours(if I didn't lose the way in the end, maybe 5 hours) with average speed of 12 km/h.
So some pictures I took on the way...
Scenery from a bridge.
Peyton place! There's place with same name near my home in Tampere..
Kyoto 35 km.. "puolimatkan krouvi"
And last, some early cherry blossoms.
Till next time!
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