Taking in the view
Along with projection mapping, the nighttime production of light and sound by Naked Flowers at Nijo Castle this year featured this wall used as …
Naked Flowers at the gate
Can a flower be naked? Could you dress a flower? I suppose anything’s possible. But that’s beside the point. Naked Flowers is a company …
Instagrammable cherry blossoms
Among other things, the smartphone and social media have dramatically altered life for teenagers, especially for girls. I can tell from …
Bare tree with flowers
Within the past decade, projection mapping has taken the nighttime illuminations scene by storm in Japan. Rather than static lights basically …
Winter lights at Kyoto Station
Kyoto Station is a place I keep revisiting because there’s always something new to discover there. And not just the seasonal decorations …
Perspective at Kyoto Station
I once heard that a student decided to count the torii gates at Fushimi Inari Grand Shrine. The paths up the mountain are covered with …
Airport after midnight
My early evening flight from Haneda Airport was significantly delayed due to lightning striking the aircraft. Eventually, the airline decided …
The oldest shopping arcade
Tanukikoji Shopping Street is one of Hokkaido’s oldest and largest shopping arcades. It has a history dating back to 1873 and stretches for …
Snow-kissed Yasaka Pagoda
Yasaka Pagoda is among Kyoto’s many heavily photographed sights. Rather than reproduce something that’s already all over Instagram, I’d rather …
Crooked kokeshi
The renovations at Higashi Honganji Temple are nearly complete, and …
Through the middle
The city of Kyoto, Japan’s capital from 794 to 1868, was designed according to a grid pattern that originated in China. Today’s Kyoto Station …
Boxed in
Spaces can feel very confined in Japan. Very busy. Very exciting. Very different from suburban Texas where I grew up. But that’s one of many …