Foot and Fire

Day 3 Nara Roaming around the streets in Japan is not boring as their manholes are always adorned with interesting painting, etching and colors. They are like stamps, yes the eki stamps which one gets after alighting a station and the postage stamps. Also, they represent the place and its symbols like Nara has deers, Shizuoka has tea plants, and Hemiji has castle. Here are some of the snaps we made along the way.  Day Himeji Castle Shizouka Hakodate Sapporo  

I think every traveler nowadays had a love affair with postage stamps at one time or another. *** I flipped on my album filled with used stamps. Some were actually from my past letters during my penpal days and some were donated by friends and acquaintances. The pieces were few compared to large collection but there are special ones and old ones. I recently organized some of them and shall put them in a poster frame...There are faces, flowers, birds, animals, fishes, national symbols, Philippine culture collections and a lot more. I did not touch the foreign stamps yet but they are all amazing to revisit too. ** *** *** *** ***