Arata Isozaki 1933 - 2022
The famous Japanese architect Arata Isozaki passed away on December 28th, 2022.
Off the beaten track in Japan:- Nature, Culture, History, Spirit, Art....
The famous Japanese architect Arata Isozaki passed away on December 28th, 2022.
Chofu, a former castle town not far from Shimonoseki in Yamaguchi, was a base of the Mori Clan and though not so well known or visited is actually a delightful place for a visit.
Akiyoshidai, a karst of about 100 square kilometers in central Yamaguchi Prefecture is the largest limestone plateau in Japan.
The surface of the plateau has lots of sinkholes which makes for a very uneven landscape. There are also loads of rock pinnacle sticking up.
In the late autumn when I walked across it there was a lot of Japanese pampas grass growing. It is a very unusual landscape for Japan. It is semi artificial in that every year the dried grass covering the plateau is burned which tends to inhibit the growth of trees and stops the landscape reverting to forest.