Comments on: Lunch Over the River in Kibune http://regex.info/blog/2007-06-26/500 Not a photo blog, but sometimes I play one on TV Sat, 06 Sep 2008 03:36:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.12-alpha by: lorraine http://regex.info/blog/2007-06-26/500#comment-18351 Sun, 15 Jun 2008 20:29:25 +0000 http://regex.info/blog/2007-06-26/500#comment-18351 This looks really cool. just happened to stumble across your blog when doing my research for my Kyoto trip. Now i'm all excited, trying to make a reservation at Hirobun desperately. But it seems like trying to make reservations in the restuarants in Kibune with very very little japanese is extremely challenging. But for the food, i think it's worth it. thanks for the recommendation and pictures! This looks really cool. just happened to stumble across your blog when doing my research for my Kyoto trip.
Now i’m all excited, trying to make a reservation at Hirobun desperately. But it seems like trying to make reservations in the restuarants in Kibune with very very little japanese is extremely challenging. But for the food, i think it’s worth it.
thanks for the recommendation and pictures!

]]> by: Peter http://regex.info/blog/2007-06-26/500#comment-6371 Tue, 26 Jun 2007 11:16:34 +0000 http://regex.info/blog/2007-06-26/500#comment-6371 Yes, it was the ones apparently growing in the water at the top of the falls that caught my eye. I can't be sure, but they look like Pieris japonica (asebi), whose natural habitat is sunny hills and moors! I can't see them, or any other evergreen shrub, surviving long enough to grow so large, with their feet presumably permanently in water... Whatever, the effect is delightful and the whole thing beautifully done. Peter Yes, it was the ones apparently growing in the water at the top of the falls that caught my eye. I can’t be sure, but they look like Pieris japonica (asebi), whose natural habitat is sunny hills and moors! I can’t see them, or any other evergreen shrub, surviving long enough to grow so large, with their feet presumably permanently in water… Whatever, the effect is delightful and the whole thing beautifully done.

Peter

]]> by: Peter http://regex.info/blog/2007-06-26/500#comment-6369 Tue, 26 Jun 2007 09:26:44 +0000 http://regex.info/blog/2007-06-26/500#comment-6369 What a great idea! Remembering the heat and humidity of summer in Japan, this natural air-con must be blissful. And how well it has been done, though the shrubs hiding the structure look to be merely cut-off branches, which is a bit sad. But why were the noodle-eaters segregated, I wonder? Peter <div class='jfriedl'><p>Actually, there were no cut-off branches.... The roof structure was supported from above by mostly-hidden heavy-guage steel wire strung across the river at ground-level (which the river and was well below). It was really quite well done.</p> <p>Perhaps what you noticed were the trees growing in the water, at the top of the waterfall. For support, they are strapped to fairly large bamboo trunks which had been driven into the rocks. (Or, perhaps, steel rods were driven into the rocks, and the bamboo placed around for visual effect.) </p><p>—Jeffrey</p></div> What a great idea! Remembering the heat and humidity of summer in Japan, this natural air-con must be blissful. And how well it has been done, though the shrubs hiding the structure look to be merely cut-off branches, which is a bit sad. But why were the noodle-eaters segregated, I wonder?

Peter

Actually, there were no cut-off branches…. The roof structure was supported from above by mostly-hidden heavy-guage steel wire strung across the river at ground-level (which the river and was well below). It was really quite well done.

Perhaps what you noticed were the trees growing in the water, at the top of the waterfall. For support, they are strapped to fairly large bamboo trunks which had been driven into the rocks. (Or, perhaps, steel rods were driven into the rocks, and the bamboo placed around for visual effect.)

—Jeffrey

]]> by: Grandma Friedl http://regex.info/blog/2007-06-26/500#comment-6356 Tue, 26 Jun 2007 02:29:44 +0000 http://regex.info/blog/2007-06-26/500#comment-6356 What an enchanting spot! The logistics of building it would be fascinating. There didn't appear to be railings, except on the walkways. Fortunately, Anthony seemed engrossed in his toy truck so he wasn't in any danger, but evidently George couldn't be trusted so Aunt Jeanette had to keep him grounded. Even if the food had been mediocre, I'm sure you had a lovely lunch in that great atmosphere. There probably was a lot of moss thereabouts too. What an enchanting spot! The logistics of building it would be fascinating. There didn’t appear to be railings, except on the walkways. Fortunately, Anthony seemed engrossed in his toy truck so he wasn’t in any danger, but evidently George couldn’t be trusted so Aunt Jeanette had to keep him grounded. Even if the food had been mediocre, I’m sure you had a lovely lunch in that great atmosphere. There probably was a lot of moss thereabouts too.

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