@dazaifutenmangu #iris

Posted on March 5th, 2019 under Japan. Tags: Dazaifu Tenman-gu 太宰府天満宮, flowers, fukuoka, landscape, Nikon 14-24mm f/2.8 AF-S NIKKOR G ED N, Nikon D600. Comments Off on Iris Pond (菖蒲池)

#イニミニマニモ #HakataRiverain #fukuoka #博多リバレイン

Posted on January 28th, 2019 under Japan. Tags: buildings, fukuoka, Nikon 24-120mm f/4 VR G lens, Nikon D600. Comments Off on eeny meeny miny mo

Shofukuji (Fukuoka, Japan)

#博多 #はかた #福岡 #聖福寺

Posted on November 20th, 2018 under Japan. Tags: buildings, fukuoka, Nikon 24-120mm f/4 VR G lens, Nikon D600, Shofukuji 聖福寺. Comments Off on Infinity Wall

Posted on July 29th, 2018 under Japan. Tags: fukuoka, Nikon 14-24mm f/2.8 AF-S NIKKOR G ED N, Nikon D600, signs. Comments Off on Posted sticker says to not post stickers

Japanese professional baseball “ema” in the Fukuoka Dome

You normally find ema at Shinto shrines in Japan. People write their prayers and wishes on them, hang them at the shrine, probably nobody reads them, and eventually they are burned. If they weren’t aesthetically pleasing (and a possible source of the placebo effect) they would be completely pointless.

Not so with these baseball ema which you can find at the home of the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks (福岡ソフトバンクホークス). These are for fans to write notes to specific players. I suppose the players eventually get to read them. Kind of fun and very Japanese.

Posted on January 27th, 2018 under Japan. Tags: baseball, ema, fukuoka, Nikon D600, Sadaharu Oh Baseball Museum. Comments Off on Baseball ema (野球絵馬)