Motoazabu Hills
元麻布ヒルズ
You would think that in Japan, a country known for its frequent earthquakes, buildings would look more like the Egyptian pyramids than the opposite.
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Copenhagen City Hall interior
Copenhagen City Hall (Københavns Rådhus)
While the exterior of Copenhagen City Hall is well photographed, after all you can see it easily from Tivoli, I have seen few people inside. Those people I have seen on my few visits through have been employees going about their business as if this was any old building. But it isn’t. Københavns Rådhus is a work of art with enough details to keep your eye wandering for weeks.
Ballad (バラッド名もなき恋のうた) – Japanese Movie promo set
Ballad display in TV Asahi (テレビ朝日)
TV Asahi studios in Roppongi in Tokyo frequently has some pretty cool-looking displays in their giant, atrium-like lobby that you can go in and view. Back in September of 2009 they were plugging a new movie with the display shown in today’s photo.
I didn’t see the movie, myself, and it can be difficult getting foreign films in the USA that weren’t super popular in the home country. IMDB gives it rather mediocre reviews as do customers on amazon.jp. Oh well, great looking promo structure in any event.
Japanese Liquor Store – Kamakura, Japan
I took today’s photo in Kamakura because of the cool-looking, old-style, Japanese building. This kind of architecture isn’t as common as it once was, but you can still find it, even in big cities.
Based on the sign in the lower left corner of the picture, you can buy specialty (microbrewery) beer here. Kamakura Beer (鎌倉ビール) appears to offer a variety of beers. I never saw Kamakura Beer, or other microbrews, for sale at most locations in Japan. Usually, stores offered a wide variety of beer that tasted pretty much the same (boring lagers). If this liquor store is closed when you visit Kamakura, you can buy from the vending machine out front (lower right part of pic). Now that is something you won’t find in most other parts of the world.
Old-style Japanese storehouse stuck in modern Japan
Japanese storehouse (倉)
Japan has some really nice looking storehouses. You find them often in the country, but I’ve seen a few right in Tokyo. Unfortunately, it is difficult to get a photo of one in its pure, classic form without more recent developments (cement walls, power lines, fences, etc.) taking over the picture.
Gävle (Sweden) Old Town (gamla stan)
Old Town at summer's dawn -- Gävle, Sweden
I took today’s photo at 2:29 a.m. in early July in the farthest place north I’ve ever been–Gävle, Sweden. I had no tripod so there are no photographic tricks of light here. The shutter on my D7000 remained open for a mere 1/200th of a second. The sky never became totally dark on this evening/morning. A long sunset turns into a long sunrise this far north in the summer. I was walking back to my hotel through Gamla Stan, Gävle’s “Old Town”, from the Getaway Rock Festival.
The Old Town of Gävle contains many buildings from the 17th Century and the cobble stone streets are also from that time period.