Summer night on the Kamo River

August 21, 2015 — Leave a comment

So the weather that we had on our trip was really great. It rained once and that was when we were in Tokyo. Kamo River that cuts through Kyoto is a great sight on a nice night. Along Pontocho which has a lot of restaurants that are really nice and be quite expensive have there backs up to the Kamo river. they build these decks out of the river a little ways and adds a great atmosphere. We cooked our food in a large oil boil (veggies and meat) on one of these decks. It was splendid.

Taken with a fuji XPro1 35mm 1.4 Lens

Sunset at Higashiyama

August 19, 2015 — Leave a comment

Walking one evening while we were in Kyoto we manage to see a wonderful sunset which I didn’t get but the pink across the sky was visible for a good while. Walking in the Higashiyama hill area is a delight at this time in the early summer. There were no more crowds but the small stores were closing up. The old streets take you back and the setting sun cast shadows and lanterns turn on. Truly a great time for a walk.

Taken with Fuji XPro1 on 18-55mm lens

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

S Clinton Lewis

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