KAWAIYA: Try Nagoya's famous...
by flyingkiwi
KAWAIYA: Try Nagoya's famous flat Kishimen noodles that resemble fettuccini. Kawaiya's delicious kishimen is a bargain at JPY500. If you don't want your noodles plain, order the ebi oroshi kishime, noodles with shrimp tempura and grated daikon radish at JPY1200.
Regional noodles, inexpensive. Noodles!
replica of the mayan ruins, COPAN, honduras
by cheesecake17
Official name
Republic of Honduras
Easthern Honduras,Nicaragua, Costa rica and panama are located between the ancient mesoamerican and andean civilization...
From 300 BC to 700AD these regions were influence by the mesoamerican civilizations which led to the emerge of the JADE CIVILIZATIONS....
From 800 to 1000 the GOLD CIVILIZATION, inspirate by the Andean civilization blossomed in Panama and costa rica....
On display was the ....ALTAR Q a monument built in AD 776 by YAX PAC, the last king of COPAN..Reliefs depicting all 16 kings of COPAN are visible on the altar..
The altar has 4 faces, each of which bears carved images of 4 of the 16 kings...The first king,,YAX KUK MO is depicted facing YAX PAC and handing him the baton of power...
This desing clearly emphasizes the authnticity of the throne..........
Tokoname
by cheychey
"The Pottery Path in Tokoname"
Tokoname has been famous for the pottery ,"Tokoname Yaki" ,for about 900 years.
The soil has been suitable for making big ware , big pot, big jar and earthen pipe!
So you can see many "Tokoname Yaki" when you walk the Pottry Path.
A path and walls are made of eathen pipes and big pots.
When you walk ,you must find a lot of pottery decorations and objects.
There are many factories on the hill ,in the center of the city.
You can see old chimneies.
In the old factry there is a souvenir shop.