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Tucked away in the heart of Tokyo, the Tsukiji Outer Market buzzes with life, offering a sensory overload of sights, sounds, and flavors. While the famed wholesale fish market has relocated, the outer market remains a bustling hub of culinary culture and history. Strolling through its narrow alleys feels like stepping into an earlier era, where tradition and modernity collide. Vendors, housed in compact wooden stalls and semi-enclosed storefronts, display a dazzling array of fresh seafood, artisan goods, and handmade ceramics.
Architecturally, the market retains its postwar charm, with many of the structures showcasing weathered wooden facades and corrugated metal roofs. These timeworn features blend seamlessly with the vibrant signage, lanterns, and cloth banners, creating a striking juxtaposition of old and new. Shops are often crammed to the brim, with wares spilling out onto the streets, drawing locals and tourists alike into an intimate, immersive shopping experience.
The energy here is unmatched. Fishmongers deftly slice glistening cuts of tuna, vendors shout their daily specials, and the air fills with the enticing aroma of freshly grilled seafood skewers. Beyond the seafood, stalls offer a treasure trove of Japanese staples—handcrafted knives, artisanal teas, and delicate ceramics, each telling a story of Japan’s rich cultural heritage.
Whether you’re sampling buttery uni or admiring the fine details of hand-thrown pottery, the Tsukiji Outer Market offers a quintessential Tokyo experience. Its enduring charm lies in its ability to preserve tradition while welcoming the contemporary, making it a must-visit destination for anyone craving a slice of authentic Japan.
Frisco, NC. October 2023.
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An alien looking, underwater world revealed by low tides Windansea Beach. With the storm clearing by the horizon and the setting sun lighting up those monsoon clouds, it was a perfect setting. All I needed to do was walk barefooted in knee deep water, one step at a time over those extremely slippery moss patches to make it to this location just in time!
The façade will be constructed in two parts. The outer layer of perforated mesh, arranged in triangular panels, will give the building a distinctive appearance. The mesh is designed to reduce the impact of solar heat gain on the building and significantly improves energy performance. A second inner layer of glass will ensure that all occupants will have uninterrupted views out of the building and excellent levels of daylight in the working space. The combined effect of varying transparencies and glass reflections with sun movement should give the exterior visual depth and dynamism.
Mostly just dirty and somekind of greasy along the edges, polished like the inner lens, just not so much.
"We will forsake our countries, we will leave our motherlands behind us and become one with this earth. We have
no nation, no philosophy, no ideology. We go where we're needed, fighting, not for government, but for ourselves.
We need no reason to fight. We fight because we are needed. We will be the deterrent for those with no other recourse. We are engineers without borders, our purpose defined by the era we live in.
We will sometimes have to sell ourselves and services. If the times demand it, we'll be revolutionaries, criminals, terrorists. And yes, we may all be headed straight to hell. But what better place for us than this? This is our only home. Our heaven and our hell. This is Outer Heaven." -- Big Boss
www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7o7-5Qh5Vs
Visit this location at Mesa 5 / Greeble Store in Second Life
This is a bridge on Outer Banks of North Carolina (the black fume in the background was supposedly from a forest fire)
The Outer Worlds draws to an end for me and what an incredible journey it has been. My ending, captured on XboxOneX.
Waiting to depart the Terminus of Outer Harbor is Adelaide Metro railcars 3111,3112 about to head back to Adelaide station on 8-3-2018
From 9,875 feet above sea level, a strange combination of the FAA flight traffic control radar station at Sawtelle Peak, clouds, the milky way, stars, and great deal of light flare.