Kyoto Blue Hour
Misty Mountains and High Speed Trains
ISLAND IN THE EAST
This is a retrospective travel log about an island in the East and about a country called Japan.
Misty Mountains and High Speed Trains
Timetraversing preparatory meetings and securing of evidence.
On a rainy day paying a visit to the inland gate.
The image agent
Just a quick touching base, wishing to return again …
An unexpected visit to a friendly martial art competition.
Smelly times
At the port event, unexpectedly, a giant spider was lurking – taller than a house, spitting out steam and swinging its far too long legs.
Low Clouds encountering the earthly everyday …
Ninja Dera (Ninja Temple) or formally known as Myoryuji Temple …
Higashichaya, Nishichaya and Kazuemachi are the three traditional entertainment districts in Kanazawa.
Lessons in Landscape Appreciation
A Candy Store where Decades or Centuries meet …
exploring one of the houses in the area …
Unexpected Time Tunnel in the Middle of the Street
A first exploration through little Kyoto.
… to commemorate the casualties of aerial bombing during World War II and to appease the spirits of people who died in air raids all over Japan …
Hidden in the mountains of Hyogo Prefecture there is the old Ikuno silver mine. Visiting the site and crawling in its dark tunnels unearths memories of times long gone by.
Faint echoes of something at the reconstructed Hosokawa residence near the castle …
Remains of the day and reconstructed memories. The dark castle in the South.
A cake from the West, a cake from the East
and Tomisaburo Kuraba
In Memory of the Glovers (and the Nagasaki Foreign Settlement during the late Edo, Meiji Period and its echoes in the Taisho Period)
Passing by a story comes to mind.
Gateway to the World
Just a stroll in the downtown area …
Up, up the hill … lies a villa, behind bushes of hydrangeas …
A midday stroll up and down the hill around the former Siebold residence …
Visiting the Center of Nuclear Rememberance
Wordless at the Memorial Park
A city in a city, or a theme park in a shopping mall?
Streetfood stalls