{"id":5537,"date":"2021-01-25T12:11:25","date_gmt":"2021-01-25T20:11:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.donaldneff.com\/blog\/?p=5537"},"modified":"2021-01-25T12:11:25","modified_gmt":"2021-01-25T20:11:25","slug":"mentaki-water-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.donaldneff.com\/blog\/mentaki-water-house\/","title":{"rendered":"Mentaki Water House"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-gray-color has-text-color\"><em>Since April 2020 I have posted on Facebook a painting each day as a brief diversion from the lockdowns and other bad news this year. Neglecting my weblog, I\u2019ll post in the coming days some of my better posts.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"864\" height=\"429\" data-attachment-id=\"5538\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/www.donaldneff.com\/blog\/mentaki-water-house\/neffmentakikobew\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.donaldneff.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/waterfalls\/NeffMentakiKobew.jpg?fit=864%2C429\" data-orig-size=\"864,429\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"&amp;#8220;Mentaki Water House&amp;#8221;, 15&amp;#215;30, oil on canvas\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;Mentaki Water House&amp;#8221;, 15&amp;#215;30, oil on canvas&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;Mentaki Water House&amp;#8221;, 15&amp;#215;30, oil on canvas&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.donaldneff.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/waterfalls\/NeffMentakiKobew.jpg?fit=300%2C149\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.donaldneff.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/waterfalls\/NeffMentakiKobew.jpg?fit=864%2C429\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.donaldneff.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/waterfalls\/NeffMentakiKobew.jpg?resize=864%2C429\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5538\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.donaldneff.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/waterfalls\/NeffMentakiKobew.jpg?w=864 864w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.donaldneff.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/waterfalls\/NeffMentakiKobew.jpg?resize=300%2C149 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.donaldneff.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/waterfalls\/NeffMentakiKobew.jpg?resize=768%2C381 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 864px) 100vw, 864px\" \/><figcaption>&#8220;Mentaki Water House&#8221;, 15&#215;30, oil on canvas<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Back to Kobe, Japan for today&#8217;s offering from the Neff Studio &#8216;Pokey&#8217;. In the old sailing days, sailors from around the world loved docking in Kobe, drink the &#8220;Kobe Water&#8221;, and load it on the ships. The water was such good quality, it would not spoil even when crossing the equator. This scene is the Mentaki Waterfall, which has a small dam and intake house to supply water for Kobe, and is just a few minutes walk from the Shin-Kobe Shinkansen Station (bullet train station).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since April 2020 I have posted on Facebook a painting each day as a brief diversion from the lockdowns and other bad news this year. Neglecting my weblog, I\u2019ll post in the coming days some of my better posts. Back to Kobe, Japan for today&#8217;s offering from the Neff Studio &#8216;Pokey&#8217;. 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