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It's amazing how some of the old houses remain standing. It does add a lot of character to them though. Not sure I'd want to be inside one when the next big quake hits.
Comment by: Gav. Posted February 13, 2004 06:27 PM.
The pic gives me some "natsukashii" feelings although I don't think there are that kind of houses in Hokkaido, I mean 瓦屋根(kawara-yane) and the look of windows.
Comment by: Kiyo. Posted February 14, 2004 07:14 AM.
I still like taking photos of derelict buildings. Before Christmas we were driving through an old neighborhood northwest of the University of Texas--one of my favorite spots for looking at houses, when we came across this house which had burned down. Only the front porch was left standing. Such a pity. It must have been a beautiful house. I went back the other day to take photos of it. Actually I've been taking a lot of photos of houses in older Austin neighborhoods lately. Now that the trees are bare, the houses are more visible. I really like that we have so many old ones, not at all like the cities I grew up in the west (especially not like Las Vegas!)
Comment by: mss. Posted February 16, 2004 07:32 PM.
I live in brand new house in Aomori ken. It might as well be an old one for all the protection from the elements it gives me.
Comment by: jamie. Posted February 19, 2004 11:10 PM.
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House in old neighborhood in Austin, Texas. February 2004.