Tokyo, Japan

Taken from the Motoazabu (元麻布) area of Tokyo, that’s Mori Tower in the background.

Posted on March 1st, 2015 under Japan. Tags: buildings, mori tower, Tokyo. Comments Off on the old and the new

Kushida Jinja (櫛田神社)

Posted on February 26th, 2015 under Japan. Tags: fukuoka, kushida jinja, Nikon 24-120mm f/4 VR G lens, Nikon D600, omikuji, shimenawa, shinto. Comments Off on Omikuji and shimenawa

rainy Miyajima

Posted on February 25th, 2015 under Japan. Tags: miyajima, Nikon 24-120mm f/4 VR G lens, Nikon D600, pagoda, Senjokaku (千畳閣). Comments Off on Senjokaku (千畳閣) and 5-story pagoda (五重塔)

Miyajima’s Daishoin steps lined with Buddha statues

There are several ways up and down Mt. Misen on the island of Miyajima (AKA Itsukushima). Most people take the ropeway. Be adventurous and ascend and/or descend on foot instead, through Daishoin (大聖院) and these steps.

Posted on February 24th, 2015 under Japan. Tags: buddhist, Daishoin 大聖院, miyajima, Nikon 24-120mm f/4 VR G lens, Nikon D600. Comments: 1

koto (琴) performance at Yasukuni Shrine (靖国神社) (Tokyo, Japan)

Today’s random, desktop image comes from my day after New Year’s Day visit to Yasukuni in 2010. I didn’t go to worship the war dead. I went because I was on my way home (via bike) after hearing the emperor’s New Year’s Day speech.

Posted on February 23rd, 2015 under Japan. Tags: shinto, Tokyo, yasukuni. Comments Off on Yasukuni bijin