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Asakusa Kitty Exploring

October 10, 2015 — Leave a comment

We stayed at the Sakura hostel in Asakusa, Tokyo when we visited there this past May. Great area as you are right there next to Sensoji temple which is great. They air there is happy and there is stores in the area and easy to get on trains and subways to get to the rest of the city. Walking around in the morning you see drunk people picking themselves up and heading home, people working on opening there store or restaurant and kitties exploring like this one in this alley.

Taken with Voigtlander Bessa R4M with Canon 50mm f1.4 ltm lens, Ilford FP5img051

Kanteibyo Temple in Yokohama Chinatown

September 27, 2015

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

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Taking a walk 9-12-15

September 16, 2015 — 1 Comment

I took a walk on Saturday since I was holding a meetup but no one showed because I guess “weather” so I went walking around exploring some alleys and checking out the non-stop stickers that are all over the city, especially on signs. I will have to do a series of these stickers on signs someday. I was walking around in Jackson Ward area of Richmond.

Taken with my XPro-1 with the 27mm lens.

Stop! slapping stickers on the sign. Like the Astro boy one…

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It isn’t just on signs but walls, poles and electric boxes.

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Nice dead end with the mural there, right next tot he park…

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Thanks for taking a stop by to look.

Kyoto Gion

September 14, 2015

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

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White in the Night

August 25, 2015 — Leave a comment

Walking around the streets in Japan in the city or just in the suburbs you will notice lanterns at shrines or in the front of restaurants. They are almost all different and look great at night as the light up the night provoking you to come eat or drink there.

Taken on my X-pro1 with 23mm at 1.4 lens

White Lanterns