Exit to the ground
Subway systems and underground malls in large cities are all similarly designed, and sometimes it is hard to tell which city you are in …
Subway systems and underground malls in large cities are all similarly designed, and sometimes it is hard to tell which city you are in …
This Western-style building was built in 1936 as a villa for the Mitsui Partnership Company and became the property of Hokkaido in 1953. With its striking red …
JPG usually gets the job done for me, and I prefer how my Fujifilm cameras render the files, but sometimes the lighting makes RAW …
Japan’s cities are known for their congested roads. (Actually, that’s probably true for most cities around the world.) A tourist hotspot like Kyoto is certainly …
I shot happily for quite a while with the smaller, less powerful XT-30 as my camera body, but when the X-T5 came out, I decided it was worth the upgrade …
I’ve lived down the street from this Zen temple for more than 10 years. They had a very old well pump here. Not sure how old exactly, but it looked like …
Earlier I posted about the stone torii gate at Moroha Shrine. This here is the honden, which is the shrine’s main sanctuary. Although Kyoto’s Buddhist temples …
A neighborhood shrine can be a nice quiet place at night, if you can get past the somewhat spooky vibe, especially if you’re familiar with Japan’s …
Torii, the gates that mark the border between our world and the sacred world according to Shinto, Japan’s indigenous religion, are excellent structures …
In the quiet darkness of the night, there was a street café that had closed for the day. Tables and chairs seemed to be slowly ruminating …
With a vast and diverse collection, the Tokyo Photographic Art Museum is one of the few art museums in the world specializing in photography and film ….
Major repair work is underway at the Sapporo TV Tower. The work includes rustproofing to maintain the structure strength, and …