Japan Photos 2020

[johnnyG]

Best I could do yesterday.

 

[johnnyG]

@イエンス If you get the chance, there's a place in Hakone that's well known for pampas grass--sengokuhara/仙石原. I've never been there, but it's an easy google.

This is clipped from a movie, that's a local cycle path a week or two ago. Very windy that day! Hard to ride, but the wind in the grass was mesmerizing.

 

[thomas]

@イエンス If you get the chance, there's a place in Hakone that's well known for pampas grass--sengokuhara/仙石原. I've never been there, but it's an easy google.

When we went there (pre-corona) it was crowded with local and Chinese tourists trampling all over the pampas grass to attain their 15-second Instagram fame.

 

[angusthegreat]

wish the plants strong enough to regrow. i've seen similar tourists climb sakura trees in japan. i saw many locals very pissed but they didn't voice. later, i understood why. there were 1000s of them doing similar thing to 100s of sakura trees. :.(

 

[イェンス]

Uji Byōdō-in this afternoon.

 

[johnnyG]

(daikon still life, this morning )

 

[thomas]

Taken two weeks ago. The urna on its forehead is made of 6 kg of silver.

Of course, we have an article, too:

Kotokuin and the Great Buddha of Kamakura

Kōtoku-in (高徳院, "Temple of High Virtue"), officially known as Daiizan Kōtokuin Shōjōsen-ji (大異山高徳院清浄泉寺), is a Buddhist temple of the Jōdo-shū sect, located in Hase (長谷), in the western part of Kamakura. The temple is famous for the Great Buddha...

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[johnnyG]

more daikon:

 

[angusthegreat]

@イエンス If you get the chance, there's a place in Hakone that's well known for pampas grass--sengokuhara/仙石原. I've never been there, but it's an easy google.

This is clipped from a movie, that's a local cycle path a week or two ago. Very windy that day! Hard to ride, but the wind in the grass was mesmerizing.

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this one gives me a very special feeling

 

[johnnyG]

compositionally, I think this one is more balanced/striking--the "rays" look better:

 

[イェンス]

Kobe Port by night

 

[thomas]

Figurine of Kūkai in Iwaya Cave (Enoshima). This one would probably work better in B&W.

Edit:

 

[Buntaro]

Nice pictures, but they look spooky!

 

[イェンス]

My last trip to Himeji (this afternoon).

 

[thomas]

Cycling along the Tamagawa and the Asagawa today, I visited Takahata Fudōson Kongōji (高幡不動尊金剛寺) in Hino. It's the family temple of Hijikata Toshizō , a buddy of Kondō Isami , a fellow commander of the Shinsengumi.

More pictures in the album:

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Takahata Fudoson Kongoji Temple

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Takahata Fudōson Kongōji Temple (高幡不動尊金剛寺) is the head temple of the Shingon sect of Chiyama...

 

[イェンス]

Walking to the station: Osaka night impressions.

 

[イェンス]

Kobe Skyline

 

[Muz1234]

Cycling along the Tamagawa and the Asagawa today, I visited Takahata Fudōson Kongōji (高幡不動尊金剛寺) in Hino. It's the family temple of Hijikata Toshizō, a buddy of Kondō Isami, a fellow commander of the Shinsengumi.

What red statue is that? Buddha?

 

[thomas]

What red statue is that? Buddha?

I'm not 100% certain but I think it's Kūkai.

 

[Buntaro]

Kūkai

Kukai! The man who supposedly invented hiragana!

 

[イェンス]

Osaka night walk from Namba to Umeda.

 

[イェンス]

Hyōgo Prefectural Museum of Art:

 

[Buntaro]

I like the Big Apple. Is there a Big Mikan anywhere in Tokyo?

 

[イェンス]

Himeji Castle Light-up (until Sunday):

Himeji City Museum of Literature designed by Tadao Ando:

Some more photos uploaded to Himeji.

 

[thomas]

Great shots, thank you for sharing them! You seem to be very fond of Ando Tadao.