Japan Photos 2023

[johnnyG]

I haven't got my glasses on--is that red one a maggot hat?

 

[thomas]

I haven't got my glasses on--is that red one a maggot hat?

Whatever works, I guess.

Took me a while.

 

[Grandpa Frank]

Not sure which one it is ?

 

[johnnyG]

@Uncle Frank --I like that avatar!

 

[Grandpa Frank]

Another month and I'll have to start with Xmas ones , LOL.

 

[mdchachi]

View from my hotel. (Not my room though).

 

[musicisgood]

A camper's supper. Mine.

 

[johnnyG]

A lot of these around now:

and of course...

Tried for some daikon shots, but didn't get what I wanted.

 

[musicisgood]

Well anyway Okinawa

 

[johnnyG]

Morning walk--a view that's always nice:

On the way up there and back:

 

[mdchachi]

They said to stay away from Shibuya for Halloween so naturally I went to see the Japanese-style mayhem.

 

[Grandpa Frank]

Looks like quite a police presence .

 

[musicisgood]

The campsite where I'm staying at here in Okinawa they had a Halloween party for children they were expecting about 200 kids I didn't see 200 kids but then here they roast marshmallows yeah can you believe that for the Halloween party they roast marshmallows and they have other events that let the marshmallow man watch the big event for Halloween.

 

[musicisgood]

And tonight where I'm staying the campers and myself are having a ukulele I like campsire camps are whatever music yeah from Okinawa and people from the mainland Japan have come here I'm only a beginner but I probably can throw some Melody notes into what they're playing and yeah we're all going to have a barbecue and I'm putting pasta one person is putting fish and the other person is putting a beef and the other people that are coming I don't know but it sounds like a lot of fun yeah they're all going to have play ukulele tonight and really I'm only a beginner you know but the person that hurt me he said hey man you got to join yeah you got to join this man so I don't know what the heck right

 

[johnnyG]

According to the interwebs, daikon is detoxifying, a symbol of fertility, health, and longevity, and even a symbol of the god Kangiten.

two color, two B&W, all iphone.

 

[johnnyG]

And a couple others, just for the heck of it. I'm not sure what the plant with the red berries is--does anyone know?

 

[thomas]

I'm not sure what the plant with the red berries is--does anyone know?

Looks like this one: Firethorn (Pyracantha)

ピラカンサス

【画像】西アジアを原産とするバラ科の植物。秋にできる実がサンザシに似ていること、常緑であることから「トキワサンザシ」との別名がある。日本でピラカンサと呼ばれるのは本種とヒマラヤトキワサンザシの二種。ヒマラヤトキワサンザシは本種よりも全体に大振りで、実の数も多い。実は野鳥の食料となり、糞によって・・・

www.uekipedia.jp

Pyracantha - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[johnnyG]

@thomas That's it--some of the pics show a larger and airier plant, this one was small and dense (last pic or two show that), and the leaves definitely match.

Thanks!

 

[thomas]

Kotokuji temple in Itsukaichi last Friday.

 

[Haruto Uzumaki]

言葉なしで。

 

[mdchachi]

言葉なしで。

That makes it all the more mysterious.

 

[johnnyG]

なし

I tried a time of two to come up with a narration--to make that a story sequence. Pidge and Midge visiting and being shown around town by a guide, then saying goodbye.



separately:

 

[Haruto Uzumaki]

最近の観光

 

[thomas]

最近の観光

Looks familiar!


Don't hang around Shibuya!

Many combinis in Shibuya ask their clientele not to loiter in front of their stores.

 

[musicisgood]

Not sure where I took this picture. But the food sure looks good.