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coming of age day, tokyo, 2008 2008-03-04 23:00:00
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I'm not quite sure why, but I think this
photo is so expressive of Japanese patience.
When the Japanese reach age 20, they are considered adults; they can
finally legally have a beer, drive, and enjoy all of the other
benefits of adulthood. Often, to signify this rite of passage, women
will dress in these kinds of elaborate kimono, head to a ceremony at
the local town hall, and then head off to the pub or to karaoke with
their friends.
Older people, and men in particular, love this holiday as it lets them
exercise their photography skills. Female photographers will often
approach these kimono-clad women and ask for their permission to take
a photo; afterwards they have a bit of a chat. Male photographers, on
the other hand, seem to feel assume the role of director for one day,
omikuji prayers 2008-02-29 23:00:00
directions:
1- insert 100Y coin into slot at base of drawers;
2- shake canister filled with sticks;
3- when "ready", tip canister on end and take stick;
4- match stick number with tray number;
5- read your fortune Read more:prayers
ueno sakura 2008-02-25 23:00:00
when the sakura season gets more into swing, i will be uploading many more photos; but i wanted to add one sooner rather than later!
sakura sketcher 2008-02-24 23:00:00
an older gent sketches cherry blossoms in Shinjuku gyoen
love dominoes 2008-02-23 23:00:00
okay, a bit of an artsy one from my uni days ;-)
sakura closeup (kawazu, izu, japan) 2008-02-17 23:00:00
and, with spring right around the corner the cherry blossoms have started coming out!
sacred rock (kawazu, izu, japan) 2008-02-16 23:00:00
something that strikes me as being pretty amazing: many of the rocks in japan have their own history, name and spirit; often, when traveling to ancient places, i can find a rock with special kanji characters marked on its surface, or a small weathered placard explaining the history of the stone or boulder. Read more:sacred
waterfall and rocks (kawazu, izu, japan) 2008-02-15 23:00:00
when tracing one of the rivers up to the foothills marking its source, i encountered the locally famous seven waterfalls of Kawazu (one of which is shown here). the geology of the area is amazing; now, it has been a while since i've taken a geology course, but the area seems to be surrounded by these amazing basalt columns that, over the ages, have been uplifted and warped into these beautiful flowing lines that mirror the surrounding water.
onsen maigic (kawazu, izu, japan) 2008-02-14 23:00:00
Kawazu, Izu.
I believe I have always a fascination with water. Living in Japan has
brought out in me an increased intrigue in this most hypnotic element,
particularly in terms of how to combine it with trees and other flora:
ways of weaving it into the tapestry of a garden.
Hiking up in the hills of Kawazu, tracing back to the source of one if
the larger rivers in the area, I found a series of lovely waterfalls.
Now, it should be noted that as the entire area is geothermally
active, the water pouring out from various crevasses and streams was
not always cold-- in some areas steam was being released in such
voluminous amounts that it would appear as though the very earth was
giving birth to the clouds above.
After a while, we came to a giant onsen lodge built along the side of
the cliff; i
snowy trees (atami, japan) 2008-02-13 23:00:00
later that day, snowflakes the size of Y500 coins started falling from the sky. as the cold wind started picking up, it drove the snow in such a frenzy that it looked almost as though the air itself started changing, transforming into an element more closely resembling the ocean than anything else
winter strawberries (atami, japan) 2008-02-12 23:00:00
this might sound a little strange, but the Japanese seem to have a fruit, vegetable and flower to mark each season. as winter
starts to wane, many people go to these large greenhouses, pay about Y1300 ($12) and get a small two-partitioned plastic tray. one part is to hold the strawberry stems; the other holds a large glob of condensed milk.
then people are let lose inside one of the greenhouses-- eating as much as they please for 30 minutes.
one of my friends put it this way: 日本人の大好きなことは、食べ放題と飲み放題です。Japanese tend to love places that offer "all you can eat" and "all you can drink".
i as well
sapporo snowman (sapporo, hokkaido, japan) 2008-02-07 23:00:00
i love this shot, even though it's not the best contrastwise: the photo was taken in sapporo, which is the hometown of the beer factory whose bottlecaps make up the eyes of this little guy Read more:snowman
ramen man (sapporo, hokkaido, japan) 2008-02-04 23:00:00
sapporo is fairly famous for its ramen; this chap has a handful of noodles ready for cooking in some boiling water
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