Photographs from Japan
Chinatown in Yokohama in Japan is the largest China town in the country. The largest Chinatown I was in before that was in Philadelphia. Lots of great Chinese food restaurants in Chinatown there. It was all delicious. There is a bright and colorful temple there that you can visit which is pictured here. Named Kanteibyo I decided to take this picture with Ilford FP5 and got a lot of detail out of it, but no color.
Taken with Voigtlander Bessa R4M with Ilford FP5
The past two times that I went to Kyoto and went through Nishiki Market I would stop at the one stall that sold tea. I happened to get some Roasted green tea this time, Hojicha, and it is definitely tasty. I also have gotten their green tea with roasted rice. I took a quick picture of this box full of the roasted tea leaves. It looked and smelled wonderful as he scooped up and filled a bag for me to take back home to the states.
Taken with a Konica Hexar at 30mm on Ilford FP5
The Amida Buddha at Kamakura is a really large bronze statue at Kotoku-in temple. It was great to see and by far the highlight at this specific temple. It has been washed away and damaged a few times over a long period of time by natural disasters. If I had seen this on my first trip to Japan like my original plane then this would have seem more amazing, but my trip 2 years ago I went to Nara to see the large on at Todai-ji which was incredible because it was housed in this massive wooden building. I sure loved the small beach town and the smell of the sea and the distant sound of waves.
Taken with Voigtlander Bessa R4M with 21mm lens using Ilford FP5
My trip was now a few month back and I already miss Kyoto. I have spent a little over a month worth of time in that city and it is never enough. I would go again anytime and if I could stay to see all the seasons. Walking around at night is great even if it is a week day Gion is moving about here and there. This entrance to the subway below gave me a good frame for the theater that was lit up in the front.
Taken with Konica Hexar 30mm f2 with Ilford FP5
The Fushimi Inari-taisha is a shrine that is for the Fox god. The hike up is splendid if you can make it early where you see hardly anyone and its serine. It can be long so be ready though older people do it a lot as you will see heading up the mountain. The tori gates keep going up and up the mountain and the trail will follow through them. It is almost in everyone ones plans that is visiting the city of Kyoto to go here and see the thousands of them. This was my 3rd visit early in the morning.
Taken with a Fuji X-pro1 and 35mm at 1.4
S Clinton Lewis 