Monbetsu is a city located in Ohtsuku Subprefecture, Hokkaid, Japan, on the Sea of Okhotsk. The name comes from Ainu Mopet . It is often called hotsuku-Monbetsu to distinguish from town of Monbetsu in Hidaka Subprefecture (different kanji, but same reading). Most of Monbetsu’s economy is dedicated to fishing for cold-water species such as crab. […]

Detail InformationEdit Although Monte Alto is noted for its sculptures (heads and potbellies), more than a dozen tabular shaped stone stelae were found as well as three stone altars. Fifteen plain stelas were recorded at Monte Alto and one alignment of three large plain stelae erected in a north south line could have served astronomical […]

Detail InformationEdit The Kanmonkyo Bridge (Kanmonkyō Kanmon bridge) (Asian Highway Network AH1 AH1) is a suspension bridge crossing the Kanmon Straits, a stretch of water separating two of Japan’s four main islands. On the Honshū side of the bridge is Shimonoseki (which contributed “Kan” to the name of the strait) and on the Kyūshū side […]

Detail InformationEdit The Kaminarimon is the outer of two large entrance gates that ultimately leads to the Senso-ji (the inner being the Hozomon) in Asakusa, Tokyo, Japan. The gate, with its lantern and statues, is popular with tourists. It stands 11.7 m tall, 11.4 m wide and covers and area of 69.3 m sq. The […]

Shimonoseki is a city located in Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. It is at the southwestern tip of Honsh, facing the Tsushima Strait and also Kitakyushu across the Kanmon Straits. Nicknamed the “Fugu Capital,” it known for the locally caught pufferfish and is the largest harvester of the pufferfish in Japan. Literally ‘lower port’ , the city […]

Detail InformationEdit The UNESCO World Heritage Site Buddhist Monuments in the Hōryū-ji Area includes a variety of buildings found in Hōryū-ji and Hokki-ji in Ikaruga, Nara Prefecture, Japan. They were designated in 1993 along with the surrounding landscape, under several criteria. The structures inscribed are some of the oldest extant wooden buildings in the world, […]

Detail InformationEdit The Choragic Monument of Lysicrates near the Acropolis of Athens was erected by the choregos Lysicrates, a wealthy patron of musical performances in the Theater of Dionysus to commemorate the award of first prize in 335/334 BCE, to one of the performances he had sponsored. The circular structure, raised on a high squared […]

Detail InformationEdit The church of Saint Panteleimon of Acharnai is a Greek Orthodox basilica in the center of Athens. It is the largest church in Athens and one of the largest in Greece. The church is in the downtown of the modern City of Athens, close to the high-traffic Acharnon Avenue.The foundations of the church […]

Detail InformationEdit Erected to commemorate the March 1st, 1949 offensive attack against the Dutch colonial rule when the Indonesian guerrilla fighters succeeded in reoccupying Yogyakarta under the command of the young Colonel Soeharto, the former 2nd President of Republic of Indonesia. Located on Panembahan Senopati Street, which lies right next to Fort (Benteng) Vredeburg, this […]

Detail InformationEdit Among all countries in the World, only twelve straddle the Equator. While among the countless cities within those twelve countries, only one sits right on this invisible line that separates the earth’s southern from the northern hemisphere. Pontianak, capital of the province of West Kalimantan – formerly known as West Borneo – has […]