Okunoin on Koyasan

Posted on October 27th, 2015 under Japan. Tags: koyasan 高野山, Nikon 24-120mm f/4 VR G lens, Nikon D600, okunoin japanese cemetery 奥の院. Comments Off on Okunoin

Terraced rice fields of Shugakuin Imperial Villa (Kyoto, Japan)

Posted on October 21st, 2015 under Japan. Tags: kyoto, Nikon 24-120mm f/4 VR G lens, Nikon D600, rice paddy, Shugaku-in Imperial Villa 修学院離宮. Comments Off on 棚田

Totoro @ Adashino Nenbutsuji

Posted on October 19th, 2015 under Japan. Tags: buddhist, ghibli, kyoto, Nikon 24-120mm f/4 VR G lens, Nikon D600, 化野念仏寺. Comments Off on Totoro Totoro

Today’s photo is of the same pagoda shown earlier, from much farther away.

Posted on October 16th, 2015 under Japan. Tags: kyoto, Nikon 24-120mm f/4 VR G lens, Nikon D600, Ninna-ji 仁和寺, pagoda. Comments Off on Five-story pagoda of Ninnaji

Japan is about the only country on the planet not to get the 75-year old memo on the swastika. Instead, they still use it as a symbol of good fortune or to mark on a map where a religious site is located.

Posted on October 15th, 2015 under Japan. Tags: signs, Tokyo. Comments: 3