In the sound of the Gion Shōja bells resounds the impermanence of all things.
The color of the sala flower reveals that the successful must fall.
The cocky ones do not last, they are like the dream on a spring night.
The mighty fall last, they are like dust before the wind.
The Mayor of Sapporo
The mayor of Sapporo - which looks like an old sketch by Gerhard Polt from "Fast wia im richtigen Leben" from