Architecture in Osaka – The Church of the Light
Posted on 19. Nov, 2007 @ 11:16 am by harvey in Osaka Views: 1,625
I took a little field trip to The Church of the Light in Osaka a few weeks ago.
The church was designed by famous Japanese architect Tadao Ando, who also has many works on the art island Naoshima (JapanNewbie on Naoshima).
The back wall of the church has a cross shaped hole in it; when the weather is nice you get this great effect of a glowing cross at the back of the church. The building itself is very small, but the effect is great.
You can learn more about the church and Tadao Ando from the links at the end of this page.
We were able to catch an organ performance going on in the chapel as well.
Other than the main chapel, the building does not especially stand out… In my humble non-architect opinion. Lots of concrete and sharp angles.
They randomly happened to be having a bazaar when we went. We bought some nikuman (steamed buns with pork) and browsed the fine selection of used items. I ended up getting a used copy of Natsume Soseki’s Botchan
Love them church folk.
- Harvey
Other Church of Light related links:
The Church of the Light on Wikipedia
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