Nagakute, Japan
All of the cars in this museum, and there are 140 of them, have been maintained in working order. The musuem itself was far more interesting than I expected. I was traveling with two persons who have minimal interest in cars. Both found the museum to be fascinating and were sorry we didn’t have more time to spend there.
Sakuji Yoshimoto is a 65-year old Japanese contemporary artist. He is a professor at Nagoya Universitiy of Arts where he teaches painting theory and practical techniques.
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The Sanja Festival is a Shinto festival that takes place mid-May in Asakusa, a district in Tokyo. It is a celebration of the three founders of the Sensoji Temple.
The videos above and below show celebrants parading the mikoshi (portable shrines) through the streets toward the Sensoji Temple. Each of the mikoshi represents a neighborhood.
D-Day, June 6, 1944. American, British and Canadian forces landed on five beaches in Normandy. It was the start of Operation Overlord, a mission that would eventually lead to the liberation of France from the Nazis. This is Omaha Beach. The American 1st and 29th infantry divisions landed here. It was the sight of the strongest resistance and of the most Allied casualties.
The Normandy American Cemetery includes the graves of 9,387 American soldiers, most of whom participated in the landing on Omaha Beach. Their average age was 23-24. There are another 1,557 names on the Wall of the Missing.
The Mill City Museum is built within the shell of what was once among the largest and most technologially advanced mills in the world. It was a flour mill that operated continuously for some 85 years.
The first Washburn A Mill was opened in 1874. In 1878 it exploded, destroying the mill and much of the surrounding area and killing 18 workers. The new mill, the one shown above, replaced it in 1880. From that time until 1930, Minnesota led the nation in flour production.
During the 1960’s the flour industry moved out of Minnesota due to a number of technology, transportation and tariff issues. The Washburn A Mill closed in 1965. The then-vacant building suffered a major fire in 1991. In the aftermath, the city cleared the rubble and reinforced the walls. The Minnesota Historical Society developed the museum that has been open on the site since 2003.
Works from the modern and contemporary galleries at Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, N.Y.
The Musee des Beaux Arts in Rouen, France, dates back to 1799 when it was housed in a church. in 1803 a number of works that had been confiscated by Napoleon were added to its collection. The current building was opened in 1888 and underwent a complete renovation in 1994. The museum houses European art from the 16th century to present day, as well as a large collection of impressionists paintings. The works below are all 19th century French paintings.
