
Saturday, November 24, 2012
Susuki grass
The symbol of autumn

Labels:
om-d,
rural,
shimotsuke
Monday, August 13, 2012
Lanterns
Labels:
festivals,
lights,
nikko,
shrine,
sony alpha 100
Sunday, August 12, 2012
Preparing goshuin
at Zuihoji temple in Kanuma:
Goshuin is a piece of paper with a stamp and calligraphy that you can buy at a shrine or temple.
Here is a short video of one being made:
Goshuin is a piece of paper with a stamp and calligraphy that you can buy at a shrine or temple.
Here is a short video of one being made:
Labels:
calligraphy,
Kanuma,
sony alpha 100,
temple
Saturday, August 4, 2012
Drink
Labels:
festivals,
nikko,
people,
religion,
sony alpha 100
Friday, August 3, 2012
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Monday, May 14, 2012
Kids
Last Sunday kids were practicing for the festival season:
I suppose that taking and posting such a photo would get me into a lot of trouble in most (if not all) Western countries. Here, however, nobody so much as bats an eye. The boy is properly dressed for the occasion.
I suppose that taking and posting such a photo would get me into a lot of trouble in most (if not all) Western countries. Here, however, nobody so much as bats an eye. The boy is properly dressed for the occasion.
Labels:
festivals,
kids,
Pentax Optio W80,
people,
shinto,
shrine,
street photography
Sunday, May 13, 2012
Tuesday, May 8, 2012
Oya temple
Labels:
architecture,
nature,
oya,
religion,
sony alpha 100,
temple,
Utsunomiya
Monday, May 7, 2012
Sunday, May 6, 2012
Roofs of Toshogu
Labels:
architecture,
nikko,
nikon d200,
shinto,
shrine
Saturday, May 5, 2012
Friday, May 4, 2012
Tochigi Kaido
Labels:
architecture,
Pentax Optio W80,
traffic,
transport,
Utsunomiya
Thursday, May 3, 2012
Why?
Why do they even bother going to a restaurant together? They were sitting there and playing games on their phones. Not a word between them. Sad...
Labels:
black and white,
Pentax Optio W80,
people,
restaurant,
Utsunomiya
Sunday, April 22, 2012
Annual Toshogu Cleanup
Labels:
architecture,
nikko,
nikon d200
Monday, April 16, 2012
Huh?
Labels:
bike,
black and white,
sony alpha 100,
transport,
Utsunomiya
Sunday, April 15, 2012
Heiwa Kannon
Labels:
Pentax Optio W80,
sakura,
statues,
Utsunomiya
Monday, April 9, 2012
Chuzenji Lake
Labels:
lakes,
nature,
nikko,
sky,
sony alpha 100
Sunday, April 8, 2012
Lady Liberty in Kanuma
Labels:
Kanuma,
nikon d200,
sky,
statues
Tuesday, April 3, 2012
Akechidaira ropeway
Labels:
nature,
nikko,
sky,
sony alpha 100,
transport
Monday, April 2, 2012
Shimenawa
Labels:
religion,
shinto,
shrine,
sony alpha 100,
Tochigi city
Sunday, April 1, 2012
Spring
Labels:
countryside,
sony alpha 100,
Tochigi city,
woods
Saturday, March 31, 2012
At Ohira shrine
Labels:
shinto,
shrine,
sony alpha 100,
Tochigi city
Friday, February 3, 2012
Setsubun
Labels:
festivals,
kawaii,
kids,
nikon d200,
Utsunomiya
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Procession
Labels:
festivals,
night photo,
nikon d200,
people,
religion,
shinto,
traffic,
transport,
Utsunomiya
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Mikoshi
Labels:
nikon d200,
religion,
shinto,
shrine,
Utsunomiya
Monday, January 30, 2012
Quiet time
Labels:
night photo,
nikon d200,
people,
religion,
shinto,
shrine,
Utsunomiya
Sunday, January 29, 2012
Futaara shrine gate
Labels:
architecture,
night photo,
nikon d200,
religion,
shinto,
shrine,
Utsunomiya
Monday, January 2, 2012
First prayer of the new year
Labels:
night photo,
nikko,
nikon d200,
people,
religion,
shinto,
shrine,
women
Sunday, January 1, 2012
Happy New Year!
First omikuji of the year:
At Futaara shrine in Nikko right after midnight.
And this is what we saw at midnight at Rinnoji.
At Futaara shrine in Nikko right after midnight.
And this is what we saw at midnight at Rinnoji.
Labels:
night photo,
nikko,
religion,
sony alpha 100,
temple
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