Saturday, March 22, 2008   9:42 PM

2008-03-22

A brick wall in Yushima, Tokyo

In Europe, normally a brick wall isn't something you'd get too excited about. They're nice to have, keep the riffraff out of the garden and all that, but you don't often find yourself wandering through a European city and saying to yourself "Wow, an old brick wall! I must whip out the camera and document it for historical purposes!". Well, I was wandering through Tokyo in the general vicinity of Ueno when I chanced upon the patina-encrusted specimen pictured here, and entranced by this rare architectural feature I spent a few minutes in the pleasant sun enjoying its general brickiness and taking some photos.

If you want to experience this wall for youself (and why not take the kids and a picnic and make a day of it?), it's next to Yushima Shrine (湯島天神 or 湯島天満宮), which is also pretty nice.


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Comments
I'm there. Hanami party at the brick wall.
Posted by: Brian | 2008-03-23 03:06
Well, the obligatory blue plastic sheets for spreading out on the ground are already stashed on the trolley you see in the picture, we just need to fix a date.
Posted by: ThePenguin | 2008-03-23 12:21
Of course, the reason for so few brick walls in Japan is that they are notoriously susceptible to collapse in earthquakes. A little lesson they learned in 1923 in Yokohama, full of foreigners who built brick buildings.

You're back in Japan? Good stuff!
Posted by: headbang8 | 2008-03-23 22:56
Yup, back in Japan. 16 years of Germany is enough for a while ;).
Posted by: ThePenguin | 2008-03-25 13:30