#梅田スカイビル #japan #buildings #skyline #大阪市 #osaka

Posted on February 11th, 2019 under Japan. Tags: buildings, landscape, Nikon 14-24mm f/2.8 AF-S NIKKOR G ED N, Nikon D600, osaka, Umeda Sky Building 梅田スカイビル. Comments Off on Osaka skyline

#Baekyangsa #고불총림 #백양사 #templestay #zen

If I ever find myself in Korea again I will not pass on this opportunity. I wandered through this place while doing a day hike in the Naejangsan National Park (내장산). I didn’t see a single soul, but apparently you can stay here, participate in zen activities, and be fed for under $50 a night.

Posted on February 10th, 2019 under Korea. Tags: baekyangsa temple, buddhist, landscape, Nikon 24-120mm f/4 VR G lens, Nikon D600, photomerge. Comments Off on Korean Templestay for under $50 a night

I initially wanted to go to Inuyama to watch cormorant fishing. However, the only day I could go did not have cormorant fishing because of the fireworks show on the same river at night. I went anyway as the next best thing to watching cormorant fishing is an awesome fireworks display with a castle in the background.

Today’s photo comes from said castle, and the boats you see in the bottom of the photo are the ones people watch the cormorant fishing from.

Posted on February 3rd, 2019 under Japan. Tags: castle, inuyama, Nikon 24-120mm f/4 VR G lens, Nikon D600. Comments Off on View from the castle

#tea #japan #tatami #koyasan #kongobuji

Rooms in Japan are frequently measured by the number of tatami. 4.5-tatami rooms are common and are the norm for tea rooms. 8-tatami rooms are considered large. However, on this day I sat in a 169-tatami room sipping tea by myself.

This room is known as the “New Temple Annex” (新別殿) in Kongobuji. I’m guessing on most days the room has dozens of tourists in it so this photo was a rare opportunity to capture the room vacant.

Besides having one of the largest tea rooms in Japan, Kongobuji also has the largest rock garden.

And if that isn’t enough to get you to Kongobuji the next time you are on Koyasan, you can head over to the Willow Room to see where Toyotomi Hidetsugu, and several of his wakashu (若衆), were ordered to commit suicide.

Posted on January 30th, 2019 under Japan. Tags: Kongobuji 金剛峯寺, koyasan 高野山, Nikon 24-120mm f/4 VR G lens, Nikon D600. Comments Off on 169 tatami room

#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