A view seen from a Gazebo at the hill top of Tairua, New Zealand.

Leather tanning in Chouara Tannery. - Since the inception of the city, tanning industry has been continually operating in the same fashion as it did in the early centuries. Today, the tanning industry in the city is considered one of the main tourist attractions. There are three tanneries in the city, largest among them is Chouara Tannery near the Saffarin Madrasa along the river, built in the 11th century. The tanneries are packed with the round stone wells filled with dye or white liquids for softening the hides. The leather goods produced in the tanneries are exported around the world.

Wisdom is like a baobab tree; no one individual can embrace it.

Cornish Pumphouse, Waihi (gold mine town), Waikato. The Martha Mine is a gold mine in the New Zealand town of Waihi. Since July 2015 it has been owned by Australian-based OceanaGold.

It was a raining day when we visited the Martha Mine. There was a lay walking toward the Cornish Pumphouse that I captured the image.

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The animal is ignorant of the fact that he knows. The man is aware of the fact that he is ignorant.

Fireworks at Lake Toya. During the tourist season, there was short fireworks display at night from a moving boat in Lake Toya. Of course, I won't miss this chance as I only stayed one night at Lake Toya in my travel schedule.

Fort Goryōkaku)(五稜郭) -In the center of the fort stands the Former Magistrate Office, from where the officers of the shogunate administered Hokkaido. The original building was demolished after the fall of the shogunate in 1871, but the city meticulously reconstructed a part of the complex and opened it to the public in 2010.

Zuibaichi, although it is hundreds years old Chinese classical garden and so famous, however it is not in the major city like Shanghai that can attract many tourists easily. You will find most of the visitor to this garden mostly are local residents in Songjiang. Here it is another beautiful shot reveals the traditional Jiangnan Garden featured with water pond, stone bridge, pavilion, corridor and of course the green. I love it.

A small water pond at the Esplanade to Omokoroa Ferry Terminal, Omokoroa

Gebogan or usually called Pajegan is a form of offerings that is arrangement of fruits and flowers which is created and creations by Hindus people in Bali. Fruits and snacks usually innovate with the times, so what they eat is what they offer.

Other than the ancient old Songze Cultural, Liangzhu Cultural and Guangfulin Cultural discovery, here is the newly built traditional arch bridge in the cultural park.

The animal is ignorant of the fact that he knows. The man is aware of the fact that he is ignorant.

Surrounding vista of Aït Benhaddou, Morocco (UNESCO)

Muroran (室蘭) that about 90,000 people live along Pacific Ocean is the 11th largest industrial city in Hokkaido, and is located in the central part of the Hokkaido. The city has a relatively calm climate, and it is cold with temperatures 20 degrees in a summer, and it is warm with temperatures -2 degrees in a winter. The Muroran mean "A place with a small downward slope" in Ainu language. Muroran Port (Another name: Hkucho Gulf) surrounded by Etomo Peninsula (絵鞆半島) is famous for forming a good natural harbor, and has been called "Iron Town" since a long time, and developed as a port town of heavy and chemical industries. There are factories of Nippon Steel Sumikin (新日鉄住金) and Japan Steel Works (日本製鋼所). As for Kanamoto (カナモト * the TSE First Section presentation) and Narasaki Industry (ナラサキ産業 * the TSE Second Section presentation), here is a establishment of their business place. Therefore the city is a few town that vistors can unusually enjoy a scenery of the factories in Hokkaido, and night views are popular, too. There are tourist attractions such as Hakucho-Ohashi Bridge (白鳥大橋) across the Muroran port and Cape Chikyu (地球岬) as well as an industrial inheritance in Muroran that about 770,000 tourists visit. The Muroran has superb views in Hokkaido, and unique nature views such as Tokkarisho (トッカリショ) and Itanki Beach (イタンキ浜) are one of the high points of the Muroran. Those nature views are popular for shooting place of Japanese Movie, TV Drama and CM. So visiting the real-life locations is popular, too. The Hakuchō Bridge (白鳥大橋, Hakuchō Ō-hashi) is a suspension bridge in Muroran, Hokkaido, Japan. Opened April 17, 1998, it has a main span of 720 meters across Hakucho Bay and is signed as part of Japan National Route 37. Several windmills line the bridge which provide lighting at night to the park golf link nearby. The winds are extremely high on the bridge, so pedestrians, bikes, and motorbikes are prohibited from crossing.

The glass dome of the main building - colloquially referred to as "Lemon Squeezer"