お好み焼き

Sadly, I’ve never acquired a taste for okonomiyaki; that includes the real Hiroshima (本格広島) variety. Today’s photo was taken at a summer fireworks festival two years ago this month in Inuyama.

Posted on August 4th, 2015 under Japan. Tags: food, hiroshima, inuyama, Nikon 24-120mm f/4 VR G lens, Nikon D600, people. Comments Off on Genuine Hiroshima Okonomiyaki

Rogue River banana slug

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We saw this critter up one of the creeks on our journey down the Rogue River last week.

Posted on August 2nd, 2015 under Oregon. Tags: Nikon 24-120mm f/4 VR G lens, Nikon D750, rogue river. Comments Off on Banana Slug

Wild & Scenic Rogue River campsite

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My lack of posts this past week was due to a trip we took down the Rogue River which took us completely off the grid until now. Today’s photo is of our campsite on the first night. I’ll be posting more photos from our adventures over the next month or two here and here.

Posted on August 1st, 2015 under Oregon. Tags: landscape, Nikon 24-120mm f/4 VR G lens, Nikon D750, photomerge, rogue river. Comments Off on Rogue River 3-night trip

Aoyamon (Osaka Castle Gate, Japan)

This week a group of American football players from Osaka, Japan descended on my current hometown of Ashland, Oregon. On Friday they will play a football game against the local high school team. Anyway, two of the players were over my house today. I thought they would be from Osaka, but neither were. One was from Kobe and other from Shiga. To (sort of) commemorate their visit, today’s photos are from Osaka, between Kobe and Shiga.

Aoyamon sign

Posted on July 27th, 2015 under Japan. Tags: castle, Nikon 24-120mm f/4 VR G lens, Nikon D600, osaka. Comments Off on Osaka Castle gate

Former Fukuoka Prefecture Public Hall Distinguished Guest House (旧福岡県公会堂貴賓館)

Built in 1909, and designated an “Important Cultural Property” in 1984, I was somewhat surprised to stumble upon this building on my early morning walk in Fukuoka. Alas, it was too early for the building to be open, although it wasn’t too early for nearby night workers to be finishing their drinking.

Posted on July 26th, 2015 under Japan. Tags: buildings, fukuoka, Nikon 24-120mm f/4 VR G lens, Nikon D600. Comments Off on Meiji Era, western-style building in modern Japan