A gallery of images from my years living in Japan.
And in early spring (Meigetsu-in)
Love at Miyakejima
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
Sunset from Shonan beach, with Mt. Fuji in the distance
New Year at Engakuji temple in Kita Kamakura
From the airplane
Street crossing in Shinjuku
warming up in -15C weather in Hokkaido for the Ombasira races
Rush hour train pusher
Another autumn with Daibutsu
An old film image from a temple near Lake Biwa
Hokokuji temple, Kamakura
At Asakusa Sensoji temple
Some images of the Asakusa Sanja Matsuri
After that day, I tried for three years to get a real shot of the sun setting over the mountain, and finally succeeded
Late summer at Meigetsu-in
Near Ochanomizu in Tokyo
And again
Meanwhile, back in Tokyo…
Golden Gai, Tokyo
The weather was quite different this year…
Historic house in my local park
Rush hour Tokyo train
Hokokuji in early autumn
Another view of Fuji
Hachiman jingu, Kamakura
Reflections in Yokohama
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
Ginza abstract
I love the Great Buddha at Kamakura, and make no apologies for the great number of images of it offered here
Winter in Gifu Prefecture
Yokohama abstract
Engakuji, Kamakura
Engakuji, Kita-Kamakura
Memories captured at Shonan beach
The Enoden train running down main street of Katase Enoshima
At my local pond
Ginza at night
View from the top story of the castle
Another autumn view
The entrace to Hokokuji temple in Kamakura
Framed by gingko leaves
Tokyo city hall
A Japanese castle in Aichi
Stairs leading to skyscrapers in Shinjuku
Bamboo culms in the grove at Hokokuji
For me, the statue is sublime, matched perhaps only by the Sokkuram Buddha in South Korea
The bamboo grove at Hokokuji
The masted schooner “Nippon Maru” moored in Yokohama
The famous Shibuya crossing
Meganebashi, Nagasaki
Shibuya crossing by night
Shibuya district by night
Free The Poppies
2 Comments
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.
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.
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.
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.