Question...

Nagasaki 1945, after the atomic bomb:




Nagasaki 2011, following earthquake and tsunami:



Seriously, wtf is that arch made of???

haha, okay.... Good question....


Not sure... But I want to build my house out of that stuff.

What? Nagasaki wasnt devastated by an Earthquake or Tsunami in 2011

lol, the second pic is a fake, and the arch in the first pic has now partially collapsed, its become a rememberance monument...but from what I can find, they are made out of granite.

Originally posted by Monkeygod333
Nagasaki 2011, following earthquake and tsunami:

Nagasaki is nowhere near the tsunami affected region.

Originally posted by alfa1

Originally posted by Monkeygod333
Nagasaki 2011, following earthquake and tsunami:

Nagasaki is nowhere near the tsunami affected region.

I think his point is the arch, not the location.

Arch = I want.

the rest not so much.

They use all kind of Material for this Gates, Wood from a Pine-Tree, Metal, Granite and even Cement!

But normally the use Wood!

something strong for a guess

My guess would be first one steel reinforced concrete second one timber, well seasoned timber is very strong depending on the type. The horazontal sections could be pre-stressed laminated timber which is incredibly strong or carved from solid timber. Notice the tree next to the second one is still standing, There is probably more of the posts in the ground than out.

The first one looks unburnt after what we know happened. They could be made from a few different things.

Very cool arches though, the tops look a bit like a boat.

I wonder what the tradition is behind them.

OK here it is. As I suspected they are in fact different Torii "Arch".

www.hoax-slayer.com...

Wiki shows different styles of them. Very cool and rugged design, they are meant to last and not fall down.

en.wikipedia.org...

Very impressive. And interesting.