Posted on June 16th, 2015 under Japan. Tags: koyasan 高野山, Nikon 24-120mm f/4 VR G lens, Nikon D600, okunoin japanese cemetery 奥の院, rain. Comments Off on Rain on Koyasan

Posted on June 14th, 2015 under Japan. Tags: arashiyama, buddhist, kyoto, Nikon 24-120mm f/4 VR G lens, Nikon D600. Comments Off on Statue near Tenryuji (天龍寺)

不動院

Today’s photo is a reverse angle of this prior one. That’s my room in the background.

Posted on June 12th, 2015 under Japan. Tags: buddhist, fudoin, koyasan 高野山, Nikon 24-120mm f/4 VR G lens, Nikon D600. Comments Off on Koyasan’s Fudoin

梅田スカイビル

A reverse angle from this prior shot.

Posted on June 11th, 2015 under Japan. Tags: buildings, Nikon 14-24mm f/2.8 AF-S NIKKOR G ED N, Nikon D600, osaka, Umeda Sky Building 梅田スカイビル. Comments Off on Umeda Sky Building

西院の河原

I was a couple weeks too early in August to see the Sento Kuyo (千灯供養) ceremony (which happens annually on August 23 and 24) at Adashino. On those evenings the temple is covered in candles and lanterns. Don’t miss it if you happen to be in Kyoto then.

Posted on June 10th, 2015 under Japan. Tags: buddhist, cemetery, kyoto, Nikon 24-120mm f/4 VR G lens, Nikon D600, 化野念仏寺. Comments Off on Adashino Nenbutsuji’s 8,000 Buddhist statuettes