Tag: Japan

The Great Sea Wall

Sea Wall in North-Jakarta, Indonesia
Sea Wall in Gedong Pompa, Jakarta, Indonesia
Sea Wall in Kesennuma, Japan
Flood Wall in New Orleans, USA

Sea Wall Shanghai, China
Saemangeum Seawall South Korea

Looking back through a treehouse window

Japanese artist Michiari Saito builds treehouses with the citizens of Kesenuma, one of the towns that were severly affected by the 2011 tsunami that caused the Fukushima disaster as well. A protective barrier now separates the twon from the sea. The view out of these treehouses allows different perspectives on the twon and the landscape, for example seeing the waterfront without the massive wall. The treehouses thus are a sort of time machine as well as an effort in community healing. (The video is japanese with German subtitles only)

Thanks to Hannah Janz for the suggestion!

Japan; 21. Century; Installation / Community Art; City: Kesenuma

Yonaguni Monument – The sunken city that is not a city

Off the coast of the small japanese island Yonaguni lies a rock formation that has striking ressemblances to remains of submerged cities elsewhere. It was discovered in 1986. But no source from history has so far proven the existence of a city in this location and it is deputed whether the Yonaguni monument is in fact nothing more than a bizarre fancy of nature.

Japan; 20. Century; City: Yonaguni