Nothing is more cheery than Japanese cherry blossoms this time of year, nothing that is except sakura AND a couple dozen kindergartners.

Posted on March 30th, 2015 under Japan. Tags: cherry blossoms, kids, sakura, Tokyo, 桜. Comments: 1

Yukiko’s (由起子) sakura haiku (俳句) about the Kanda River (神田川)

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Five years ago this happened. I have shown other haikus before. This one I don’t get. Read literally it says something like “Kanda River, even read from the bottom, reads Kanda River”, but that isn’t true. Kanda River read from the bottom is River Dakan so what am I missing?

Posted on March 7th, 2015 under Japan. Tags: kandagawa, sakura, signs, Tokyo, 桜. Comments Off on Sakura haiku

Blue skies over Tokyo

Posted on June 22nd, 2014 under Japan. Tags: buddhist, sakura, yanaka, 桜. Comments Off on Tokyo blue skies

Posted on June 3rd, 2013 under Japan, Oregon. Tags: cherry blossoms, Nikon 18-200mm VR II, nikon d7000, sakura, 桜. Comments Off on pink sakura

人力車

More than a hundred years ago, the jinrikisha was a popular form of transportation in Japan. Now it is more of a tourist attraction than anything else. Shortly before this one was parked on the side of this famous street (in front of Kodaiji) in Kyoto, it was transporting a couple of tourists dressed as Maiko or Geisha or Geiko.

Posted on May 23rd, 2013 under Japan. Tags: cherry blossoms, jinrikisha, kyoto, sakura, 桜. Comments Off on 人力車 or jinrikisha or rickshaw