♥ One of my favorite places in the world, and my first home in Tokyo:
国立天文台 (Kokuritsu Tenmondai), the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan in Mitaka-shi, where I learned my trade. Here’s the housing of the observatory’s old 65-cm refractor telescope that was manufactured by Carl Zeiss. Ship manufacturers built the wooden dome in 1926. I love this place, especially in August when vines cover everything.
In Summer...
... and in Winter
How beautiful and tranquil it looks. Thank you for sharing the photos!
Thank you, Janice! It’s a wonderfully peaceful place, and so lush and green in summer. (‘-’)
Window to the stars;
the round dome, shadowed deeply,
in green August vines
That’s lovely, Robert! August is the time of sparkle and shine, too…fireflies, hanabi, Perseid meteor showers.