Shanghai hairy crab （上海毛蟹）：The price of 1 crab is 2,500 Japanese yen. too expensive , little fresh to eat !
I don't understand why people in Shanghai prefer this crab ?
27 September, 2009
26 September, 2009
Yuyuan Garden (豫园), Shanghai
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Pinyin: Yùyuán; 日本語：よえん)
→ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuyuan_Garden
Hotel in Shanghai
The entrance of 上海雲悦酒店（Yun's Paradise Hotel）
from the room window.
上海雲悦酒店（Yun's Paradise Hotel）
→ http://www.yunsparadisehotel-shanghai.com/index.php
good hotel, no problem.
Any questions: write to keijihagiwara@gmail.com.
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25 September, 2009
Pudong, The Bund, Shanghai
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The illuminated building is the old one in The Bund.
The Bund (simplified Chinese: 外滩; traditional Chinese: 外灘; pinyin: Wàitān)
→ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bund
In the middle of 19th century, the Japanese saw the European buildings in Shanghai.
For example, In 1862, Shinsaku Takasugi（高杉晋作）from Choushu, a central
figure of the early Meiji Restoration, visited this place, and surprised ! At the same time, he had a strong sense of crisis that if not to be modernized, sooner or later, Japan will be conquered by the British, French, German, Dutch or Russian.
figure of the early Meiji Restoration, visited this place, and surprised ! At the same time, he had a strong sense of crisis that if not to be modernized, sooner or later, Japan will be conquered by the British, French, German, Dutch or Russian.
Fortunately, in 1868, Japan done radical change of society, "Meiji Restoration".
Japanese studied the structures of European society and imported the Science
Japanese studied the structures of European society and imported the Science
and Technologies during the late of 19th and early 20th century.
Thanks to the ancestor of the Japanese.
The riverside of Huangpujiang（黄浦川）, the right side is Waitan.（The Bund in English, 外灘 in Chinese, ガイタン in Japanese ),
Waitan: the former European colony(British, French, German ---- ), some of
the buildings(right of photo), which were built in the late 19th to early 20th
century, are preserved as the historical monument.
EXPO 2010 Shanghai
EXPO 2010 Shanghai China(中国上海世博会）
periods: May 1 ----- October 31, 2010
expected number of visitors: 70 million( Expo 1970 in Osaka; 64 million)
been constructing new buildings everywhere in city.
Chinese pavilion( center of photo)
Shanghai World Financial Center（上海金融中心）
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blue light of below photos is Shanghai World Financial Center (上海金融中心
in Chinese, or Mori buil in unofficial ). 492m high.
The scenes from the observatory of Shanghai World Financial center.
The tower(東方明珠塔), upper left, is the televition tower.
Any questions: write to keijihagiwara@gmail.com
24 September, 2009
Shanghai Maglev Train
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A Trip to Shanghai and 苏州Suzhou
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September 20th to 23th, I and my wife joined the group travel to Shanghai and
Suzhou in China. We gave up the personal travel since we can not speak Chinese.
Chartered direct flight from Ube to Shanghai. Among 4 days, sunny day was only
one day, other 3 days were cloudy and rainy. I will blog its trip.
End station of Maglev Train: Longyang Road(龍陽路), the suburb of Shanghai.
the route extension to the center of Shanghai is under construction.
opened January 2001. Pudong international airport to the suburbs of Shanghai
(Longyang road, 龍陽路) is around 30km. It take 8 minutes with Maximum speed
up to 430km/hr.
up to 430km/hr.
The tickets cost: single one way =50 元。
The linear lines of Magrev train.
From train window.
from train window
from train window.
------- Keiji Hagiwara, keijihagiwara@gmail.com
29 August, 2009
17 August, 2009
Common fig
The common fig tree is growing. This one is small tree, but some
figs are growing.
One fig is mature.
Cut to half. The taste is so sweet. The figs are sold in supermarket, usually eat in raw. In old times, given to the patients as a nutrient.
01 August, 2009
Morning glorey
The seeds is the second generation.
The tips is growing toward upright. why?
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