Mundane 501
May 17th, 2006 by quaisiIf you're new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!
I`ve posted mundane photos of partitions in a restaurant, rusting corrugated iron and now in my series of mundane Osaka photos, I`m posting this photo of a something in the floor. Reiko`s too pregnant to be able to tell me what it is and I have only a starbucks level of Japanese.
Anyway I think it`s really cool.
May 18th, 2006 at 1:02 pm
“kijunten”
It’s a reference point usually used to mark boundaries.
This should make you happy:
http://uenishi04.at.infoseek.co.jp/q417c-kyotoshiga.html
May 18th, 2006 at 2:25 pm
OK, it’s not so foreign even though you’ve discovered it in a foreign country. It’s a surveying monument, and if what my brother taught me is true (which it probably isn’t), there’s about an ounce and a half of gold in it.
May 18th, 2006 at 9:56 pm
Cheers Justin and Dax
Pure kijunten porn.
May 19th, 2006 at 11:44 am
I like these pics of abstracted articles/spaces within society that get little/no attention. It’s the real Japan, not the cliche shots of Shibuya, Cherry Blossom, Mount Fuji, Geisha’s
May 21st, 2006 at 11:32 am
I agree with Tom. I like to see the back alleys, side yards, homes, shops, and other things Japanese that don’t get as much exposure.
June 3rd, 2006 at 12:37 pm
it is a reference point set up by the construction department of Osaka Municipality.
June 27th, 2006 at 4:49 pm
isnt it a stud on a pair of levis?
February 13th, 2007 at 11:57 pm
Yup, survey monument. Nope, no gold.