Tag Archives: building

The Tianzi (Son of Heaven) Building in Yanjiao, Hebei, China

Posted on August 28, 2016 by findingfoodfluency

China is – or at least, until recently was- the world’s petri dish for what I like to call bizarrchitecture. You have malls with Venetian gondolas (and Somali video games), (empty) towns designed to be spitting images of European villages … Continue reading →

Posted in Architecture, China & Hong Kong, East & Southeast Asia, Languages | Tagged Architecture, Beijing, building, China, Chinese, 福禄寿, fu lu shou, Hebei province, hotel, sanxing, tianzi, weird, Yanjiao, 天子 | 1 Comment

Quirky Japanese Kōban, or Police Boxes

Posted on October 19, 2015 by findingfoodfluency

I have a lot of photos from Japan, but this owl-shaped building in Chiba city may be the token entry for kōban (交番) neighborhood police stations. On second thought, that might be too generous – and incorrect – a term … Continue reading →

Posted in Architecture, East & Southeast Asia, Japan, Languages | Tagged building, Chiba, Japan, kōban, police station, Prussia, Tokyo, tourist | 3 Comments

Caracas, Venezuela’s Torre de David

Posted on January 23, 2015 by findingfoodfluency

My timing is not good these days. Ah, that’s a half-truth. Whereas the dollar went far on my recent visit to Caracas, Venezuela, the one building I wanted to visit, the Centro Financiero Confinanzas, was already been cleared of its … Continue reading →