Osaka

The Beauty of Westin Hotel Osaka

Beauties you can find in the Westin Osaka

Takako Sakamoto Jul 14, 2014 - 1 min read

<p>Gold ornaments of a frog and...seals?</p>

<p>Beautiful flowers decorating the hotel lobby</p>

<p>Overview of the ceramic art mural, 'Namban Screen' displayed on the wall in the Westin Osaka's lobby</p>

<p>Close-up of part of the Namban Screen. Western missionaries and a tiger in a cage can be seen</p>

<p>Missionaries, samurai, prostitutes and tigers in a house...?</p>

<p>Western missionaries landed at Sakai Bay, probably!</p>

<p>Ornaments of a horse or some imaginary animal on the check-in counter</p>

<p>Old carriage of Japanese aristocrats?</p>

<p>Western chest and chair, and Japanese miniature carriage</p>

<p>Found a pretty girl wearing Kimono</p>

<p>Lovely flower decorating her hair goes well with the blue color of her kimono and matches the color of the Obi sash. Perfect!</p>

<p>Umeda Sky Building and the Westin Hotel Osaka under the blue sky</p>

<p>A closer look at an abstract painting on the wall</p>

This photo story introduces some of the art and beauties I found at the Westin Hotel Osaka where I stayed recently. The Westin Osaka is a five-star gorgeous American hotel, and I found some of the ornaments and furniture here to be fascinating. The huge ceramic art piece displayed on the wall in the lobby particularly mesmerized me. This is similar to those I saw at Otsuka Museum of Art located in Tokushima, in which all the art pieces displayed there are reproductions truthfully copied on ceramic boards.

Takako Sakamoto @takako.sakamoto

I was born in and grew up in Tokushima prefecture, and have lived in many places since then: Nishinomiya, Kyoto, Nara, Mie, Tokyo, Kanagawa, Saitama, Chiba, Fukuoka and Fukui. I am currently living in Yokohama City. All the places I lived, all the places I visited, I have loved dearly. The histor...