[September, 2011] This is one of the places our guide took us during the Kiev city tour. It is called the Golden Gate, but it is not gold at all. According to her, when people went…

[September, 2011] The title of this statue is ‘A Rain Drop’. There is a big drop on his face. We found this near the children’s park in Kiev.

[September, 2011] This is a children’s park in Kiev. You can play with these statues made of small tiles which often are seen in typical Japanese public bath. On this Sunday, it was full of families…

[September, 2011] This photo was taken in a park in Kiev. According to the guide, this gathering is for discussing culture, not politics or economy. It seems a part of process for independent Ukraine after Soviet…

[September, 2011] This is a photo of St Michel’s monastery in Kiev. It was founded early 12th century, but could not survive in the  communist era, so it was rebuild in 1998. There were other churches…

[September, 2011] This statue in Kiev is Macedonian brothers who taught Cyrillic language to Slavic people. According to the guide who took us around the city told us that these two were priests from the Orthodox…

[September, 2011] We went to Kiev in Ukraine for the first time. It is a beautiful city with the golden onion shaped domes with the very blue sky on the back ground. On the other hand,…

[September, 2011] In London there is an event called Open House. More than 700 private but significant buildings open their doors to the public. It is only two days in a year. This time, we visited…

[September, 2011] I haven’t been to London Dockland for a long time. The place I am standing is on the bridge above London Victoria Dock just outside of a big conference/fair venue called ExCel. The area…