Ninomaru

By: Zhang Wenjie

Apr 26 2011

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Category: japan

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Aperture:f/8
Focal Length:50mm
ISO:200
Shutter:1/500 sec
Camera:Canon EOS 450D

The roof details of a hall at Ninomaru Palace, Nijo-jo, Kyoto. Constructed using cypress and adorned with elaborate carvings, the roofs represent quintessential ancient Japanese architecture. Ninomaru Palace is also famous for its nightingale floors. Designed to protect the shogun and his consort from assassins, the wooden floorboards squeak like birds (or mice, if you’re not the romantic sort) whenever anybody walks on them.

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