備長炭/binchō-zumi/charcoal

Posted by e. (New York, NY, United States) on 11 April 2008 in Art & Design and Portfolio.

We stopped by a charcoal museum in Minabe (or Minabegawa). They had the entire history of what charcoal had ever been made into, including these chimes. I tried eating charcoal for the first time ever. It was a rather strange experience.

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Photo taken in Minabe, Japan on December 21, 2007.

There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle. - Albert Einstein

Hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies. - Shawshank Redemption

Comments (12)

Helma from Tehran, Iran

Amazing shot ! nice composed and very good framing ! very interesting chimes ;) thanks.

11 Apr 2008 9:21am

sandra gomes from Macao

Very nice!! I realy liked it. the focus and unfocus..very well done!!

11 Apr 2008 9:52am

Saeed from Tehran, Iran

very nice shot

11 Apr 2008 10:12am

Lorraine from Gatineau, Canada

Beautiful dangles e ;)

11 Apr 2008 10:51am

Teresa Durães from Montijo, Portugal

beautiful shot, colors and angle

11 Apr 2008 11:13am

Rabbit from Richmond, United States

Great focus - and you tried eating charcoal? I suppose its not harmful if they let you. for some reason i thought it was bad for you?

11 Apr 2008 4:06pm

@Rabbit: Well, it's actually supposed to be good for you they said. They candied it. It was weird. Charcoal is actually also used in the States, but for a different purpose. They force people who have OD'ed to consume it so they throw up the drugs. So I guess it can't be all that bad for you right...? Maybe it's a specific type of charcoal.