Stay at Mount Koya

August 17, 2015 — Leave a comment

My girl friend and I stayed at a temple lodging on Mount Koya that is just south of Osaka. The experience there was quite amazing and peaceful compared to the cities that we have been too. We stayed at Fukuchin Temple where we were served breakfast and dinner which was vegetarian of course. Not all my cup of tea but Ms. Chef traveling with me sure did enjoy it. We took a stroll through the town which after 5-6pm was pretty deserted. All the stores were closed up and there was only one convenience store opened. We walked back and saw that the other temples started to close there gates just like this one.

Taken with Fuji XPro-1 with 35mm 1.4 lens

Charge and Drink

August 14, 2015

So walking around in Shinjuku after we went to the robot Show we checked out Golden Gai which is an area of small bars and narrow alley ways. Lots of interesting themed bars and a lot of the places don’t allow any photograph as they have signs all over the place probably because of tourists going inside and just taking pictures or some other past problem. People go in an hang loose. I wish I spent more time walking around or even went in to drink at a place. It started to rain on us and that was the only time it rained on our trip which was fortunate for us. These places, actually a lot of bars or clubs, have a cover charge to go in or occupy a table and then you buy what ever they have.

Taken on Fuji XPro-1 with my Fuji 35mm 1.4 lens

Premium Boss

August 13, 2015 — Leave a comment

So back in May, my girlfriend an I traveled to Japan for two weeks. It was my third trip and it was her first. The time spent there was great and it was nice traveling with someone the entire time as my first two times I went alone. It was a change of pace for sure and I tried more drinks and food then previous times. My girlfriend is a chef so she was very interested in the culinary of Japan. I am all about vending machines and drinks, love them. I tried as much as I could. I am a big fan of Boss coffee and there were many different kinds that I tried on this trip. I can get my hands on Black Boss Coffee back here in my city but any others is a no go. I tried at least 12 other flavors and all were slightly different. I tried all that you see here. Look forward to more photographs from my trip both digital and film as I traveled with a film camera.

Taken with Fuji XPro1 on fuji 35mm 1.4 at 1.4

Azaleas of Spring

May 20, 2015

The best thing to look forward to after cherry blossoms is the Azaleas blooming and they stay around for quite aqhile. All the colors bloom at slight different times and gives the blooming a longer run. They were great this year, espceilay at Bryan Park in Richmond. They use to have a spectacular azalea garden but it has declined.

Taken with my Fujica AX-3 on Velvia 50 using my micro lens at f3.5

These light purple ones are right behind my house…

These were at a clients house and were large bushes with the morning sun just coming up…

Thanks for looking…

Jefferson Memorial in Blossom

May 19, 2015

My girlfriend and I went to Washington D.C. during the peak blooming of the cherry trees that were given to us by the Japanese 100 years ago. The flowers are magnificent and lovely to see. The crowds are just unbelevialbe, no privacy just people everywhere.

Taken with Bessa R4M on Provia 100

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