The CAADRIA conference has come to a successful close and we are now into the touring side of things. Today after lunch we boarded buses and headed south to Yatsushiro to checkout some Toyo Ito architecture. Afterwards we headed north-east into the hills to visit a very pretty lumber town and then went to a Japanese puppet theatre for a small show and dinner. Fortunately our table was lucky enough to have the english translator sitting with us so she was able to tell us what everything was along with a tonne of background to each of the foods. It was a very good tour and tomorrow we head north to visit Mt Aso, an active volcano and then some more architectural spots. Click on the photos below to enlarge.
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