Showing posts with label Japan. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Japan. Show all posts
Monday, April 07, 2008
Friday, April 04, 2008
Wednesday, April 02, 2008
A day at the outskirt of Nara
A warm breezy Sunday of June 2005. With only a map in hand, I was traveling on foot in this little town in Nara. It was a quiet little town with plenty of green. No heavy traffic and the road of quite empty, maybe it was a Sunday. And the sun was kind and gentle to me.
Sunday, March 30, 2008
Shrine in Nara 01： 飞鸟坐神社
It's been a year since my last update in this photo blog. Simply because I kept procrastinating the scanning of the photos.
You can easily find shrines or temples almost anywhere in Japan, even in a busy city like Tokyo or Osaka. And it's not uncommon to see people to stop by at a shrine on their way home to have a quick prayer.
This picture and the next few ones were taken in this temple,飞鸟坐神社, while I was in Nara, with my F80. I've forgotten its name in Japanese(Hiragana). ;P
In Japanese, if I guess correctly, shrine for Shinto is normal called "dera". For instance, Kyomizudera/Kiyomizudera, while they also have temples for Buddhism, which is called "ji", such as Todai-ji.
Saturday, September 22, 2007
Wednesday, September 05, 2007
Japanese in Kilt
I met him when I was visiting the Osaka Castle大阪城(Ōsaka-jō). I've never seen anyone in kilt in real life. He's so far the first. And kilt is a Scottish cultural icon. Hope one day I'll have the chance to travel to Scotland.
Thursday, August 23, 2007
Tying the Knot
I saw this bride and groom at one of the temples in Kyoto. They were performing some ceremony.
That was the first time I saw a Japanese bride that up-close so I quickly snapped a few shots.
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