1. Moss gardens, straw-mat rooms, wooden bridges arching in the moonlight, paper lanterns with the fire glowing inside. 2. Overheada bright pinwheel of paper lanterns had been strung from the trees to the gold-leafed weathervane on the bandstand roof. 3. We hung paper lanterns from the trees. 4. Mitch rips off the paper lantern in the flat which covers the light bulb. 5. A recent rooftop fund-raiser for El Museo del Barrio was given a festival look with a fusillade of colored paper lanterns. 6. But they are beautiful creations, with thousands of cells assembled from masticated wood pulp and leaf litter into a structure the shape of a hanging Japanese paper lantern. 7. For centuries, Japanese paper lanterns have proved their power to illuminate with soft warm light. 8. For centuries, Japanese paper lanterns have proved their power to illuminate with soft, warm light. 9. On entering, you find yourself within a hugely magnified version of a Noguchi paper lantern turned inside out. 10. Paper lanterns were a traditional Japanese industry, but the craft had declined into souvenir shop banality. |