Japan
A gallery of images from my years living in Japan.
Near Ochanomizu in Tokyo
Shibuya district by night
Another autumn view
Free The Poppies
Tokyo city hall
Ginza at night
Engakuji, Kamakura
The masted schooner “Nippon Maru” moored in Yokohama
The famous Shibuya crossing
Engakuji, Kita-Kamakura
Stairs leading to skyscrapers in Shinjuku
Late summer at Meigetsu-in
Winter in Gifu Prefecture
Hokokuji in early autumn
The bamboo grove at Hokokuji
Hachiman jingu, Kamakura
Ginza abstract
This was a “diamond Fuji” day, in which the sun set directly over the top of the mountain. The shadow of the mountain can be seen projected forward on the haze
A Japanese castle in Aichi
The weather was quite different this year…
At my local pond
Memories captured at Shonan beach
Framed by gingko leaves
Shibuya crossing by night
Love at Miyakejima
Meanwhile, back in Tokyo…
For me, the statue is sublime, matched perhaps only by the Sokkuram Buddha in South Korea
New Year at Engakuji temple in Kita Kamakura
Hokokuji temple, Kamakura
warming up in -15C weather in Hokkaido for the Ombasira races
I love the Great Buddha at Kamakura, and make no apologies for the great number of images of it offered here
From the airplane
Yokohama abstract
After that day, I tried for three years to get a real shot of the sun setting over the mountain, and finally succeeded
Bamboo culms in the grove at Hokokuji
Some images of the Asakusa Sanja Matsuri
The entrace to Hokokuji temple in Kamakura
And again
At Asakusa Sensoji temple
Golden Gai, Tokyo
The Enoden train running down main street of Katase Enoshima
Meganebashi, Nagasaki
Reflections in Yokohama
Street crossing in Shinjuku
Rush hour train pusher
View from the top story of the castle
And in early spring (Meigetsu-in)
The statue, built more than 800 years ago, was originally housed in a temple that was destroyed by either a great storm or a tsunami in 1495. It has sat outdoors since
An old film image from a temple near Lake Biwa
Another autumn with Daibutsu
Another view of Fuji
Sunset from Shonan beach, with Mt. Fuji in the distance
Rush hour Tokyo train
Historic house in my local park
Sue Harvey
2013/05/02 @ 11:02
Wonderful photographs and beautiful fractals. I enjoyed my journey through your site. Thanks for posting this in the UF list.
David
2014/09/02 @ 12:16
Incredible photography. Many WOWs came out of my mouth while looking.
I also liked your Europe section a lot. It’s not just excellent technique but you expressed the atmosphere of Europe.
Thank you, I really enjoyed it.