View from Japanese bullet train window

I’m not sure exactly where I was when I took today’s photo last year. What I do know is I was riding on the shinkansen (新幹線) between Fukuoka (Hakata) and Hiroshima at more than 150 miles per hour. I was probably near or between the Shin-Iwakuni (新岩国), Tokuyama (徳山), or the Shin-Yamaguchi (新山口) stations.

Posted on August 31st, 2014 under Japan. Tags: Nikon D600. Comments Off on View from Sanyo Shinkansen window

Kamakura’s Kenchoji on Thanksgiving (2009)

The last couple evenings I have detected the slightest hint of fall in the air. Things will be cooling down in Southern Oregon very soon. For Japan it takes a bit longer.

Posted on August 30th, 2014 under Japan. Tags: autumn, kamakura, kenchoji. Comments Off on Autumn approaches

Fukuoka’s five-story pagoda

I’m still in Mexico, but here is a photo from Japan for you. Tomorrow I have a 7-hour layover in LAX so I will process some more photos of Mexico for next week during that time.

Posted on August 16th, 2014 under Japan. Tags: fukuoka, Nikon 24-120mm f/4 VR G lens, Nikon D600, pagoda, Tochoji 東長寺. Comments Off on Tochoji pagoda (東長寺 五重塔)

Fireworks at Jingu Stadium during Swallows game

A year ago today this happened.

Posted on August 13th, 2014 under Japan. Tags: baseball, fireworks, Nikon 24-120mm f/4 VR G lens, Nikon D600, Tokyo, yakult swallows. Comments Off on Japanese fireworks

Hell of Incessant Suffering (無間地獄) @ 東長寺

I previously showed you Great Shrieking Hell at Fukuoka’s Tochoji. That place is nothing compared to the Hell of Incessant Suffering. Muken Jigoku is the most horrible of the eight hot hells. Go here and you will suffer without a moment’s respite. No one can escape this place. I suppose a miserable life isn’t so bad after all if you believe such a place exists.

Posted on August 4th, 2014 under Japan. Tags: fukuoka, Nikon 24-120mm f/4 VR G lens, Nikon D600, Tochoji 東長寺. Comments Off on Hell of Incessant Suffering (muken jigoku or 無間地獄)