Alex - the Himeji (sister-city) Gardens in Adelaide - the last time I visited it was in the late 1980s when in Adelaide visiting friends who lived up in The Hills - in Bridgewater. My wife and I were just at the start of last month in Adelaide - for eight nights.
I have visited Himeji and especially Himeji Castle - remarked up universally within Japan as THE most beautiful Castle in Japan (White Heron Castle - in translation) and also acknowledged as such by foreigners who are familiar with lots of Japanese Castles (of which only just more than the fingers on one hand are actually original - dating from the late 16th early 17th centuries).
I lived nearly two years in the city of one of those castles - in Matsue-city in Shimane-ken - its colloquial name was Plover Castle.
As a boy in my family we had canaries and budgerigars in large aviaries - but one little chap (blue-bridged beak) we had inside the house in a little cage - with a mirror - and no enemy - it was clearly his mate he saw reflected - twittering away standing next to the hanging mirror. He had a series of phrases he'd been taught and would repeat. I was too young then to think anything other than that the budgie was content.
Alex - the Himeji (sister-city) Gardens in Adelaide - the last time I visited it was in the late 1980s when in Adelaide visiting friends who lived up in The Hills - in Bridgewater. My wife and I were just at the start of last month in Adelaide - for eight nights.
I have visited Himeji and especially Himeji Castle - remarked up universally within Japan as THE most beautiful Castle in Japan (White Heron Castle - in translation) and also acknowledged as such by foreigners who are familiar with lots of Japanese Castles (of which only just more than the fingers on one hand are actually original - dating from the late 16th early 17th centuries).
I lived nearly two years in the city of one of those castles - in Matsue-city in Shimane-ken - its colloquial name was Plover Castle.
As a boy in my family we had canaries and budgerigars in large aviaries - but one little chap (blue-bridged beak) we had inside the house in a little cage - with a mirror - and no enemy - it was clearly his mate he saw reflected - twittering away standing next to the hanging mirror. He had a series of phrases he'd been taught and would repeat. I was too young then to think anything other than that the budgie was content.
Great analogy