Horse

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‘Nebuta’ Aomory city float
British Museum
Great Russell Street, Bloomsbury
London, January 2002

Emperor

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‘Nebuta’ Aomory city float
British Museum
Great Russell Street, Bloomsbury
London, January 2002

Samurai

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‘Nebuta’ Aomory city float
British Museum
Great Russell Street, Bloomsbury
London, January 2002

“‘Nebuta’ refers to the float of a brave warrior-figure which is carried through the center of the city, while dancers wearing a unique type of costume called haneto (ハネト) dance around in time with the chant Rasserā (ラッセラー) (shorten dialectal version of ‘irasshai’, calling visitors and customers to watch or join). In the local dialect, participation in the festival is inquired using the verb haneru (ハネル, ex. ‘今日もハネル?’ or ‘Are you going to haneru today?’), which was derived from the Japanese spelling of the haneto costume and the verb haneru (跳ねる, ‘bounce’).” (Aomori Nebuta Matsuri, Wikipedia)

Hungerford Bridge

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Golden Jubilee Bridges under construction
Hungerford Bridge
London, January 2002

Stone circle

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Stone circle
South Bank
London, January 2002

Zerman

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“Zemran” by William Pye, 1971
Southbank Centre
Belvedere Road
London, January 2002

Temporary pier

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Temporary pier
Hungerford Bridge
London, January 2002

“The 300 m (980 ft) long decks were raised using an innovative method called incremental launching, in which each 50 m (160 ft) long section was pulled across the river using a 250 m (820 ft) long steel truss weighing 300 tonnes. This process was repeated five times until each deck spanned the river, supported by six temporary piers made of steel and concrete. The seven 25-tonne pylons were then raised over the subsequent two weeks. Once the pylons had been installed, the decks were jacked up to enable their connection with the cable stays suspended from the pylons. The concrete deck was then lowered into its final position and the temporary piers and supports were dismantled.” (Golden Jubilee Bridges, Wikipedia)