From Japan to SL

Around the half way mark, there are giant squids who could have escaped from the fisherman’s market. In addition, there were mines on the course making the race a survival game.




There are two squids in the water. They kept quiet normally but jumped up occasionally making obstacles. But there were few boats suffered from them.




The gondola was created by Kaedepan, the creator of the SIM. Also there are gorgeous ones not for the race.




This is when I visited before and took a paid gondola tour. With a guide by hansom gondolier, I took many pictures remembering RL tour, but I forgot to change the picture quality to high and most of them were useless. This really looked alike the RL tour, passing through narrow canals, with the gondolier bending down when coming under a bridge.




At the last of the tour, it became snow and the gondola flew above the canal, passing through the shops at the top of the Ponte de Rialto. It was a cool experience only possible in SL.




Kaedepan demonstrating showcase sailing at the last race. Thank you Kaedepan for the wonderful event, and also I feel grateful for creating and managing this wonderful SIM!




The central canal where the race was held. Ponte de Rialto is at the middle. The St. Marko’s Square is at the top. In RL, I walked from the square to the bridge through a kind of maze referring to a map.




A distant view of the St. Mark’s Square. It is wonderful to depict all of this within a limit of single SIM, which is in no way inferior to the full-SIM art at LEA. Many beautiful photographs of this SIM are presented in the blog by Mizuki and her exhibition.
Mizuki’s Blog: http://mizukichan.slmame.com/