Rooftops

This will be a short and sweet blog entry. While today we heard lively and fascinating reports from all ten "host city" groups, too much was said and shared for me to digest before our final banquet tonight. So I will simply show some pictures of rooftops that are characteristic of residential, castle or temple architecture in the region I have been. I love looking at the graceful curves of the tiles and eaves. The round design on the end of an edging tile is often a symbol for the family in the house. As I understand it, most of the roof tiles are made of sand and clay; the most-used colors are earth tones, blue and orange. They are distinctive indeed, and very beautiful!