Great inspiration

My stay in Japan is most of all a great time for inspiration. Everyday habits change and you notice differences from your life back home. Japanese draining-wells are my latest obsession. They are so beautiful with different patterns, signs and graphic figures. I spent a few hours last weekend in Kawagoe just taking pictures of them. When other people take pictures of temples, shrines and gardens I look down to snap and immortalize these neglected treasures!

I wonder who made them, what they had in mind while designing them and what the different signs and symbols stand for. Will I ever find out?

Posted by maria at November 4, 2004 12:00 PM