Japan Photos 2022

Mangoes from Miyazaki at our local supermarket. By far not the most expensive, but at over USD 25.00 apiece not exactly on the cheap side. Pampered by JA.

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I think we have already mentioned Cape Tenjinzaki in Wakayama in this thread as one of Japan's most scenic (and popular) photo spots.



The area is picturesque when the sky is seen reflected on a specular surface of a thin body of seawater that covers a flat, rocky beach. Admirers say the spot resembles Salar de Uyuni, a salt flat in Bolivia, and the scenery looks magnificent when posted on social media. The landscape owes its unspoiled existence to the unsung enthusiasm of a group of local residents, who have worked to preserve the rich natural environment for nearly half a century. Their movement continues, albeit with concerns over an aging membership.

 
Also, our visitor did not come on the boat, but my wife performs now and then at the cruise terminal over at the port. That's her on the right, the terminal in back, and then the boat that they were there for as a part of the send off. It was a windy day.

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Sake is only a new year's thing for me, hardly ever otherwise.

Actually, I try to stick to one beer a day, and usually that works!
 
Also, our visitor did not come on the boat, but my wife performs now and then at the cruise terminal over at the port. That's her on the right, the terminal in back, and then the boat that they were there for as a part of the send off. It was a windy day.

Very nice! Why this farewell committee? Is this standard procedure for tourists?
 
It's supported/encouraged by the city, which of course wants shipfuls of people to have a good time during their visit. Part of the local omotenashi.
 
Today's commute, barely resized:


Yakatabune moored not far from Hamamatsucho Station.

Yakatabune moored not far from Hamamatsucho Station


Tomioka Hachimangu in the morning when the vendors are getting their stalls ready.

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Tomioka Hachimangu


And a bit of the usual dramatic skies, Arakawa and Sumida:

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Very beautiful shots! What's that last building?
I can't seem to peg it on google street view, but it's along this street, in an area called tera-machi. Just there is a well-known tourist stop, ninja -tera. Temples all over there.

 
I can't seem to peg it on google street view, but it's along this street, in an area called tera-machi. Just there is a well-known tourist stop, ninja-tera. Temples all over there.

I remember the area. We wanted to visit Ninjadera with my brother in 2018, but they turned us away as we had no reservation.


More signs of normalisation from yesterday's commute:

Namiyoke Shrine in Tsukiji held its shrine festival for the first time since the pandemic started. I was passing by in the morning during preparations.

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Oshimagawa Suimon (大島川水門), part of the flood gate system that controls the Sumida River and the canals of Koto Ward.


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Sometimes the front page carries good news... (evening paper)

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I haven't struggled thru that yet--I'm not sure where the plates are that that will end up on.
 
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