Very close to Osaka Castle is where I found the ramen shop featured in today’s photo. All of the employees, and most of the customers, were female–odd for a ramen restaurant in Japan.

Posted on January 7th, 2017 under Japan. Tags: Nikon 24-120mm f/4 VR G lens, Nikon D600, osaka, ramen. Comments Off on らーめん亀王

The Seven Lucky Gods (or Seven Gods of Fortune or 七福神) were raking it in at Daishoin on the day I was there a few summers ago.

Posted on December 15th, 2016 under Japan. Tags: Daishoin 大聖院, lucky gods, miyajima, Nikon 24-120mm f/4 VR G lens, Nikon D600. Comments Off on Cha-Ching

Izakaya (居酒屋) alley near Tennoji Station (天王寺駅)

Posted on December 14th, 2016 under Japan. Tags: izakaya, lanterns, Nikon 24mm f/2.8 AF-D nikkor lens, Nikon D600, osaka, signs, Tennoji 天王寺. Comments Off on Tennoji pub crawl

あだしの念仏寺 (Kyoto, Japan)

Posted on December 9th, 2016 under Japan. Tags: buddhist, kyoto, Nikon 24-120mm f/4 VR G lens, Nikon D600, sagano, temples, 化野念仏寺. Comments Off on Buddhist Temple Interior

三徳 西早稲田店

For TBT I chose this pic today. This was the grocery store near our apartment in Tokyo from 2009-2010 that we went to pretty much every day. After returning to the states I realized I didn’t take any photos of the stuff we saw every day, like Santoku. So when I went on a nostalgia stroll in 2013 I decided to get a photo of good, ol’ Santoku.

Posted on December 8th, 2016 under Japan. Tags: buildings, Nikon 24-120mm f/4 VR G lens, Nikon D600, nishi-waseda. Comments Off on Santoku