History/Temple/Landmark

Akasaka Rikyu, The Guest House -1

On a social networking service, I learned that in early January, Akasaka Rikyu, a state guesthouse, will allow visitors to take pictur...
100 Famous Views of Edo

#008 Suruga-cho

This is "#008 Suruga-cho" of Utagawa Hiroshige's 100 Famous Views of Edo. The original work is here. The current Nihonbashi-Muromachi,...
100 Famous Views of Edo

#001 Sunny after snow, Nihonbashi bridge

This is a view of Nihonbashi, Tokyo in the New Year. To those of you who may have been tempted to say, "Where's the sunny after snow?"...
City / Street

End of 2023 Kyoto Walk -3

The remainder of my Kyoto shots, taken in the morning when I went out for a walk in the Kenninji area of Higashiyama. The equipment wa...
History/Temple/Landmark

End of 2023 Kyoto Walk -2

This is a continuation of my Kyoto photo walk taken with the Lumix G99 and Pana Leica lense. This time, I took a walk to Kitano Tenman...
History/Temple/Landmark

End of 2023 Kyoto Walk -1

I visited Kyoto at the end of last year and will post some pictures of my visit. With various travel restrictions due to infectious di...
Plant / Animal

Wintersweets!

In this season when flowers are scarce, wintersweets are always the first to bring us lovely yellow flowers and fragrance. I went to a...