Osaka - Blog Posts
Sean bienvenidos japonesitasarqueológicos a una nueva entrega, en esta ocasión tenemos la colaboración de la cuenta @historia.belica.mundial, en la que hablaremos de la empresa más antigua del mundo ¿ Donde se localiza? dicho esto pónganse cómodos que empezamos. - Kongo Gumi tiene un grupo de artesanos llamado "Takumikai" formado por carpinteros de santuarios dedicados. El Kongo Gumi ha transmitido las técnicas que se han transmitido de discípulo a discípulo durante más de 1.400 años y para transmitirlas a la próxima generación. Son el principal grupo de carpinteros que hacen los templos y santuarios de todo Japón, utilizando técnicas tradicionales y avanzadas, como juntas y juntas de madera. - ¿Cuándo se estableció la empresa? Se estableció en el Séptimo año del trigésimo emperador Bidatsu del período Asuka 578 d. C fueron responsables de la construcción del Templo Shitennoji y el Templo Horyuji. Ahora el Templo Horyuji ha sido catalogado como Patrimonio de la Humanidad. En Japón, hay 7 "empresas del milenio" como King Konggumi, y hay más de 130,000 "empresas de longevidad" con más de 200 años, ocupando el primer lugar en el mundo. - Finalmente, en 2006, anunció su liquidación. Los activos fueron absorbidos por la empresa subsidiaria del mismo nombre "Kongo-gumi" establecida por Takamatsu Construction en noviembre de 2005, y Kongo-gumi volvió a su antiguo negocio, especializado en arquitectura de templos. Antes de la liquidación, los ingresos del año fiscal 2005 de King Kong Group fueron de 7.500 millones de yenes, con 100 empleados. - Espero que os haya gustado y nos vemos en próximas publicaciones de japón ¿Conocían esta empresa? - Welcome Japanese archaeologists to a new delivery, this time we have the collaboration of the account @historia.belica.mundial, in which we will talk about the oldest company in the world. - Kongo Gumi has a group of craftsmen called "Takumikai" made up of dedicated shrine carpenters. The Kongo Gumi has passed down the techniques that have been handed down from disciple to disciple for over 1,400 years and to pass them on to the next generation. They are the main group of carpenters who make temples and shrines all over Japan, using traditional and advanced techniques, such as wooden joints and joints. - When was the company established? Established in the 7th year of the 30th year of Emperor Bidatsu of the Asuka period 578 AD, they were responsible for the construction of Shitennoji Temple and Horyuji Temple. Now Horyuji Temple has been listed as a World Heritage Site. In Japan, there are 7 "millennium companies" such as King Konggumi, and there are more than 130,000 "longevity companies" with more than 200 years, ranking first in the world. - Finally, in 2006, it announced its liquidation. The assets were absorbed by the eponymous subsidiary company "Kongo-gumi" established by Takamatsu Construction in November 2005, and Kongo-gumi returned to its former business, specialising in temple architecture. Prior to the liquidation, King Kong Group's 2005 fiscal year revenues were 7.5 billion yen, with 100 employees. - I hope you liked it and see you in future posts from Japan. Did you know this company? - 日本の考古学者を迎えての新しい配信、今回は@historia.belica.mundialというアカウントの協力で、世界で最も古い会社についてお話します。 - 金剛組には「匠会」と呼ばれる、こだわりの宮大工の職人集団があります。金剛組は、1400年以上にわたって弟子から弟子へと受け継がれてきた技術を、次の世代に伝えるために継承しています。 日本各地の寺社仏閣を、木組みや継ぎ手など伝統的な技術と高度な技術を駆使して作る大工の中心集団である。 - 会社が設立されたのはいつですか？飛鳥時代の578年、美達天皇30年7月に設立され、四天王寺、法隆寺の建立を担った。現在、法隆寺は世界遺産に登録されている。日本には金剛組など7つの「千年企業」があり、200年以上の「長寿企業」は13万社以上あり、世界第1位である。 - そして、2006年、ついに清算を発表した。2005年11月に高松建設が設立した子会社「金剛組」に吸収され、金剛組は寺院建築に特化した旧来の事業へと回帰した。清算前のキングコンググループの2005年度の売上高は75億円、従業員数は100名でした。 - この会社は知っていましたか？
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you don't get it bro. there's this song called we are the champions. adrenaline music. hypes you up kinda music. gets me in a frenzy. he says we're the champions of the world. the world dude
I should bring back daily tadc I am barely posting...
Anyways here's some shading gone wrong. Except for Osaka. She's kinda unrecognizable without her dead lifeless eyes
A Cat Looks at Me
Electricity Poles
Japanese Silver Grass
Bikes in A Mess
The Osaka Monorail
The final post in this mini-series on the Osaka Expo 70 Commemoration Park is the obvious: how does one get there? Considering the Expo was all about bringing together the world's shared (or non-shared) visions of the future, the Monorail seems perfect! Except this line wasn't launched in time for the Expo - it was a later project, opened in 1990.
The straddle-beam monorail links Osaka Airport to Kadoma, and is due to be extended by the end of the decade. A short branch line pops out just to the East of the Expo 70 Park station, so a visit to the park is also a chance to see some mighty impressive sets of monorail points either side of the station, as the West side (above) also connects to the depot.
Expo 70 Japanese Garden
While most of the pavilions of the 1970 World Expo at Osaka were demolished, a very large exhibit was preserved: the Japanese garden. Located in the North of the enormous Commemoration Park, it's designed as a stroll through the ages, with four sections inspired by different periods, Ancient, Medieval, Modern (Edo period) and Contemporary - kind of like the zones from The Crystal Maze, just without the puzzles and Richard O'Brien.
From rock gardens to ponds and rolling hills, from a bamboo grove to wisteria and maple trees, it hits the notes you'd expect from a summary of Japanese landscape styling, but allows one plenty of room to contemplate each tableau - I'm emphasised how big the overall park is, but the Japanese garden alone covers 26 hectares.
One of the few gripes I have with Koishikawa Kôrakuen, my favourite garden in Tokyo, is that some buildings are close and large enough to appear in the background. With the Expo pavilions gone however, most views in this park don't have that problem. Only the Tower of the Sun and the Osaka Wheel are able to rise above the park in this view towards the South.
Been a busy bee today, so here are some animals from the Expo 70 Commemoration Park.
The Tower of the Sun
With another World Expo underway at Osaka this year, a massive park to the North of the city (actually in the neighbouring city of Suita) sits on the site of the first Japanese World Expo in 1970. There's usually some form of centrepiece: in 1889 it was the Eiffel Tower, and at Osaka Expo '70, it was the Tower of the Sun.
It is a massive sculpture by Taro Okamoto, which it was possible to climb into to view another work called the Tree of Life. As it was going to have people inside, it needed a lightning rod - that's what the top face (officially a mask, but I tend to call it the "bird face" - whose eyes light up at night apparently) is sporting. The three faces on the back, front and top represent humanity's past, present and future respectively, though some art critics and historians have a more bleak interpretation due to Okamoto's larger body of work and stance against technological progress, something the Expo would put emphasis on.
Similarly to the Eiffel Tower, the Tower of the Sun was supposed to be a relatively ephemeral structure, and nearly all the Expo pavilions around it have been demolished. Like the Eiffel Tower, it was avant-garde and no doubt not everyone liked it. But this building is one of the few to be preserved, and requires regular attention - again, like the Eiffel Tower which needs periodic repainting. In any case, the Tower of the Sun is one of Osaka's most iconic landmarks.
Feeling rather non-committal today, so here are some flowers from the Expo '70 Commemoration Park near Osaka. This is probably going to start a mini-series because the place is huge, so more information will come later.
More faces on Dôtonbori
There are the classics on Dôtonbori: Kuidaore Tarô, there's a well-known animatronic crab, and of course the Glico man. I reckon this ramen-loving dragon is my personal favourite.
... though, giving it some thought, I quite like the hand holding a sushi and Spiderman reaching for a pearl too.
But oh boy, are you ready for some real randomness?
This is the front of the Dôtonbori Hotel. According to Atlas Obscura, the hotel had these pillars made to symbolise them welcoming people from all over the world - the faces represent East Asia, Africa, the Middle East and Europe -, at a time when domestic tourism was dwindling (early 1990s).
