This is the Sumoto River. It joins the sea just under the bridge. It is rich in mullet, and not much else, although they used to farm unagi in this area, before the big typhoon.
I’ve always liked this bridge, ever since I first saw it – when I came here for the job interview six years ago. Ironically, the cops like setting speedtraps right around the spot I took this picture and it’s the only place in the world I’ve gotten a non-parking related ticket.
A loading door on the top floor of the new city gymnasium, near Jusco (aka ” Mecca of Awaji”).
Raising a family in Thailand // Documenting Issan food, culture, music, and people
I have seen this door many, many times in cartoons. I never thought someone would actually build one!
You see them a lot on factories and other buildings where they need to employ cranes to install large/heavy furnishings and equipment that cannot be moved through the buildings infrastructure. Sometimes there are shutters instead of doors.