2021年5月16日 星期日

The kitsch world of Kappabashi, Tokyo’s ‘kitchen town’



Pro chefs, kitchenware geeks and Japanese home cooks know they'll find just about everything they'll ever need in Kappabashi, Tokyo's 'kitchen town'. For the FT's Christopher Grimes, buying a new kitchen knife brings on 'a sensation very close to lustA'.



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The kitsch world of Kappabashi, Tokyo’s ‘kitchen town’
A kilometre of shops where chefs and cookware geeks come to buy k

2021年5月15日 星期六

Andrew Lloyd Webber has been working to restore the Theatre Royal Drury Lane in London to its Georgian grandeur








For the past two years, Andrew Lloyd Webber has been working to restore the Theatre Royal Drury Lane in London to its Georgian grandeur—a $60 million pound undertaking.



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Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Architectural Passion Project
After a meticulous face-lift, London’s three-hundred-and-fifty-eight-year-old Theatre Royal Drury Lane will finally be able to present “Frozen.”

Theatre Royal, Drury Lane - Wikipedia
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The Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, commonly known as Drury Lane, is a West End theatre and Grade I listed building in Covent Garden, London, England. The building faces Catherine Street (earlier named Bridges or Brydges Street) and backs ...
Designation: Grade I listed
Owner: LW Theatres
Public transit: Covent Garden
Capacity: 1,996 (4 levels)
First theatre: Theatre... · ‎Second theatre: Theatre... · ‎Modern theatre (1812...

以軍在空襲前一小時前曾發出警告,加沙一國際媒體大樓遭以色列摧毀 美聯社社長:震驚和驚駭 Israel destroyed a 12-storey tower block in Gaza housing the offices of the U.S.-based Associated Press and other news media on Saturday,






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1 時間前 — Israel destroyed a 12-storey tower block in Gaza housing the offices of the U.S.-based Associated Press and other news media on Saturday, saying the building was also used by the Islamist militant group Hamas.


Gaza tower housing Al Jazeera office destroyed by Israeli attack
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12 時間前 — Gaza tower housing Al Jazeera office destroyed by Israeli attack. Israel warned residents of the building, which also housed residential apartments and the AP bureau, to evacuate an hour before the air raid. The al-Jalaa ...




France 24: Israel flattens Gaza building hosting AP, Jazeera in ...
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13 時間前 — An Israeli air strike Saturday demolished the 13-floor building housing Qatar-based Al Jazeera television and American news agency The Associated Press in the Gaza Strip, AFP journalists said. Israel "destroyed Jala Tower in ...

以色列軍方5月15日下午空襲了加沙地帶一座辦公樓,樓內有卡塔爾半島電視台和美聯社等國際媒體的辦公室。以軍在空襲前一小時前曾發出警告,樓內居民和辦公人員得以撤離。對此,美聯社和半島電視台相繼發表聲明予以譴責。美聯社社長兼首席執行官普魯伊特(Gary Pruitt)通過聲明表示,對此次襲擊“感到震驚和驚駭”。

加沙一國際媒體大樓遭以色列摧毀 美聯社社長:震驚和驚駭

RFI.FR | 作者:RFI 華語 - 法國國際廣播電台

加沙一國際媒體大樓遭以色列摧毀 美聯社社長:震驚和驚駭

以色列軍方5月15日下午空襲了加沙地帶一座辦公樓,樓內有卡塔爾半島電視台和美聯社等國際媒體的辦公室。以軍在空襲前一小時前曾發出警告,樓內……

2021年5月10日 星期一

Lutyens’s Delhi 或 Lutyens’ Delhi

 

Lutyens’s Delhi 或 Lutyens’ Delhi

Narendra Modi is determined to make his mark on “Lutyens’s Delhi” no matter the cost to his people, dying in their thousands from Covid-19.
Modi’s Folly | by Atul Dev | The New York Review of Books
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At a cost of $2 billion to the national purse, Prime Minister Narendra Mo
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Lutyens' Delhi
Lutyens' Delhi is located in Delhi
Lutyens' Delhi
Lutyens' Delhi
Location in Delhi, India
Coordinates: 28°38′8.74″N 77°13′28.02″ECoordinates28°38′8.74″N 77°13′28.02″E
CountryIndia
StateDelhi
DistrictNew Delhi
Named forSir Edwin Lutyens
View of Rashtrapati Bhavan with the Jaipur Column in the foreground, in Lutyens' Delhi.

Lutyens' Delhi is an area in New Delhi, India, named after the British architect Sir Edwin Lutyens (1869–1944), who was responsible for much of the architectural design and building during the period of the British Raj, when India was part of the British Empire in the 1920s and 1930s and 1940s. This also includes the Lutyens Bungalow Zone (LBZ).

Sir Edwin Lutyens, the architect of Delhi, designed 4 bungalows in the Rashtrapati Bhavan Estate, (Viceroy House Estate); now, these bungalows lie on the Mother Teresa Crescent (then Willingdon Crescent). Lutyens, apart from designing the Viceroy's House, designed large government building and was involved with town planning.[1]

Sir Herbert Baker, who also designed with the Secretariat Buildings (North and South Block), designed bungalows on the then King George's Avenue (south of the Secretariats) for high-ranking officials. Other members of the team of architects were Robert Tor Russell, who built Connaught Place, the Eastern and Western Courts on Janpath, Teen Murti House, Safdarjung Airport, National Stadium and several government houses,[2] William Henry Nicholls, CG Blomfield, FB Blomfield, Walter Sykes GeorgeArthur Gordon Shoosmith and Henry Medd.[1][3]

It is on the 2002 World Monuments Watch list of 100 Most Endangered Sites made by World Monuments Fund, a heritage organization based in New York.[4]

The South Block


2021年5月4日 星期二

Ré Island, French Île de Ré, 雷島


レ島の地図

レ島 (Île de Ré)

レとう
フランスの島

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説明

レ島は、フランス、シャラント=マリティーム県の島。イル・ド・レとも呼ばれる。ラ・ロシェル西方の大西洋に存在する。島は長さ約26キロ、幅は70メートルから5キロで、1988年にフランス本土のラ・ロシェルとをつなぐ全長2.9kmの橋が完成した。 ウィキペディア
面積: 85 km²
最大長: 30 km
標高: 19 m
人口: 1.5万 (1999年)



 Alternative Title: Île de Ré

    Ré Island, French Île de Ré, island in the Bay of Biscay, Charente-Maritime départementPoitou-Charentes région of France. It is located off the west coast of France, opposite La Pallice and La Rochelle. It was for long separated from the mainland by the shallow water of Pertuis Breton, 2 miles (3.2 km) wide at the narrowest point, but a 2-mile toll bridge was constructed in the late 1980s.


    The island is 18 miles (29 km) long and 2 to 3 miles wide; it has an area of 33 square miles (85 square km). On the island’s north coast an indentation, the Fier d’Ars, nearly divides it, leaving an isthmus only 240 feet (73 metres) across. The island is low-lying and fertile, specializing in the cultivation of early vegetables, notably asparagus, and there are vineyards. There are salt fields and oyster beds along the shores, which have long stretches of sand. The chief resort communities are Saint-Martin, a port on the north coast, and La Flotte, a fishing port. There are ruins of a medieval abbey of Saint-Laurent. Tourism is the island’s principal economic activity, and preservation of the island’s natural resources has become important because of the large number of summer visitors.



    https://theculturetrip.com/europe/france/articles/11-reasons-why-you-must-to-visit-ile-de-re/

    The main town is a UNESCO World Heritage site

    Saint-Martin-de-Ré is the main town on the island, the mini capital of Ile de Ré. Home to some of the best restaurants, bistrots, bars, and ice cream, it is situated within fortressed walls and around a gorgeous waterfront. Saint-Martin is also a World Heritage site. In the 1670s, the famous French military engineer and Marshal of France, Vauban, was commissioned to overhaul the island’s defences. He enclosed this town in extensive fortifications and modern city walls still standing today. Climb the bell tower of the church for a panoramic view of the terracotta-roofed houses and donkeys grazing in striped shorts (a local tradition).

    The rooftops of Saint-Martin-de-Ré | © zurban139 / Flickr

    2021年5月3日 星期一

    東京台東區千束的吉原(よしわら):孕育浮世繪、歌舞伎及狂歌的幕府公認花街柳巷


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    日語寫法
    日語原文吉原
    假名よしわら
    平文式羅馬字Yoshiwara
    手彩色繪葉書東京吉原(明治大正時代)

    吉原是日本江戶時代公開允許的妓院集中地,位於現今東京都台東區,這個地名到1966年為止一直存在。那時候有台東區新吉原江戶町一丁目、新吉原京町一丁目等地名。《住居表示法》實施以後,改為台東區千束三丁目、四丁目[1]。是日本第一的花柳街。


    https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%90%89%E5%8E%9F_(%E6%9D%B1%E4%BA%AC%E9%83%BD)

    Map of Yoshiwara from 1846










    東京台東區千束的吉原の地図

    【吉原的狂浪與頹廢】

    位於東京台東區千束的吉原,如今依然是有名的風化街,從江戶時代初期建成已有400多年的悠久歷史,隨著時代的變遷,其風貌不斷發生變化。不過,受電影和文學作品的影響,作為明治時代以後頹廢的青樓場景的模式化「吉原」,在人們心中根深蒂固。
    https://www.nippon.com/hk/japan-topics/g00885/



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    「文化搖籃」江戶吉原:孕育浮世繪、歌舞伎及狂歌的幕府公認花街柳巷
    位於東京台東區千束的吉原,如今依然是有名的風化街,從江戶時代初期建成已有400多年的悠久歷史,隨著時代的變遷,其風貌不斷發生變化。不過,受電影和文學作品的影響,作為明治時代以後頹廢的青樓場景的模式化「吉原...